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The refrain is all too familiar:
"Oh, my aching back." Athletes
and secretaries, students and
executives all share this com
mon malady.
But in Eugene, sufferers can
also share a cure. For about $20,
professional masseusses
(women who practice massage)
and masseurs (men who prac
tice massage) can ease knotted
backs and tired muscles.
True, massage in America has
a bad name: garish parlors in
back alleys with "madams" giv
ing "full " massages. In Eugene,
the sleazy reputation is certainly
unfounded. Masseuses and
masseurs must be licensed in
Oregon, so the business is
strictly on the up-and-up.
The most common massage
performed is Swedish. Swedish
massage employs long flowing
strokes, and clients are rubbed
with oil. This style is very
popular, and many places only
do Swedish massage. In Eugene,
a variety of massages in a variety
of settings can be found.
Favors, 845 Willamette St., of
fers a wide-range of massages in
a luxurious setting. The
spacious lobby sports a plush
sofa, racks of clothing and a
make-up counter. Massages are
perormed privately separate
rooms. Rates vary from $22 to
$38 for an hour to an hour-and
a-halt massage.
Nina Cherry, the masseuse at
Favors, says she works on a lot
of University students, fre
quently atheletes for rehabilita
tion purposes. Once an Italian
biker visited Favors the day
before his race. The next day, he
called Cherry and excitedly told
her he'd won the race.
But are massages really that
magical?
"Naw," she said, "It wasn't
the first race he'd won."
Most places in Eugene stay
right in that $20 range.
The Sauna, 99 W. 10th St., of
fers one hour Swedish massages
for $20. Masseuses and
masseurs at The Sauna also per
form Shiatsu, and have
developed a special program for
people weighing close to 200
lbs. This massage features a
masseuse or masseur walking
on a client's back. To avoid in
jury, The Sauna insists clients
weigh at least 200 lbs.
Masseuse Holly Nelson, who
works inside the Reflections
building, 292 West 8th St., offers
only Swedish massage, but with
variations. She specializes in
deep tissue work and also deals
with pain control for atheletes.
Nelson charges $20 for a 45
minute massage.
Nelson says she also sees
University students. About half
her customers are regular, and
Photo by Mark Pynes
Nina Cherry, masseuse at Favors, says she works on a lot of
University students — expecially athletes. Here, dance student
Chris Goulding benefits from Cherry's expertise.
some come in every week.
"Some people I've worked on
five years," she said, "and
they're friends — not just
clients."
Nelson says some of the ideas
people have about the massage
business really rub her the
wrong way.
"We have to let people know
that we do not give sexual
massages," she said. "We're not
in the business for sex."
Reflections alleviates this
misconception by screening
potential clients — "Just to let
them know about this — that we
don't give sexual massages,"
Nelson says.
Rebecca Jacobsen
Continued from Page 3B
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on the bottom of a river
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Another one of the book's
contributors, Steven White,
recently spent a year in Chile on
a Fulbright grant putting
together an anthology of
Chilean poetry. In his " Letter
from Chile,'' White presents "a
brief panorama of the current
situation facing poets in Chile."
He reveals an inside picture of
the complexities of cultural life
in a country in which there's a
lot of repression and poverty. In
such a context, the problem of
the relationship between per
sonal artistic vision and collec
tive political reality is much
more acute than it is for most
poets in this country.
Following this is a selection of
White's translations of poems
written by Aristoteles Espana
when he was in a concentration
camp on Dawsom Island, Chile.
Even in such a place the poet
manages to catch glimpses of
the light. "A Kind of Song"
concludes:
I've learned to see
the transparent abysses of
what's human,
the cold splendor of
compassion,
the other dimension of hope.
Juan Epple, another con
tributing poet, has edited two
anthologies of recent Chilean
literature. In his poem, "Exile,”
he laments his friends: "some
disappeared in their cells/others
traveled to remote countries.”
But few people know that even
before
the bullets and the oblivion I
stayed here
in this land which belongs to us
today it seemed to slip between
my fingers.
I have only skimmed the sur
face of the sea of material in
"Third Rail 6." There's a lot
more, including photos and
other illustrations. A striking
photo of Julian Beck and Judith
Malina, co-founders and co
directors of the Living Theatre,
sends its energy out from the
glossy cover.
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