When you have a healthy hormonal system that is able to create change and regulate functions within your daily and yearly cycles then you have a much more robust ability to handle illness and mental demands. There is less burnout, less irregular...
View moreHow massage helps to address burnout
There are many symptoms that burnout can present and so there are many ways to help bring relief. Because the body and mind are so complex, there are many roads that lead the way to giving relief from a build up of tension and fatigue. Each...
View moreBonuses to Bodywork, my client’s top 5 reported perks
It’s always so interesting to hear new stories and know the broad range of wonderful benefits and value that massage offers. It goes to show that even if you enjoy bodywork for the components of relaxation, there is always more benefit to...
View moreFacing body pain during postpartum recovery, a more common challenge than you thought
Women may not look at the postpartum time as a long journey, I designate the postpartum time to be a year after birth for my clients, and so they tend not to know when to stop and ask questions when their bodies send them signals of need. Having...
View moreSupporting healthy pregnancy and postpartum recovery, how massage does both
Prenatal massage and postpartum massage offer so much to a woman’s changing body. Supporting both her mental and physical relaxation is just the beginning of what this type of massage offers.
View moreWhy I chose Blissborn birth hypnosis for my births
Now I have something to contribute to the conversation about birth that flies in the face of what birth was presented to me from childhood to today. The importance of telling women the truth about birth, that it can be a wide spectrum of moments...
View moreWhat is fertility massage?
Fertility is something that usually only gets addressed by doctors once you decide to try to conceive. Having been a key component in supportive fertility care over the years, most recently at Shady Grove Fertility Center, I have heard and seen...
View moreWhy should you “trust your gut”?
You may be very familiar with your fight and flight sympathetic nervous system, but let me introduce you to your enteric nervous system.The enteric nervous system is all about connecting emotions of the mind to the core neural network found in...
View moreHow to maintain lymphatic health with lymphatic drainage massage
When your lymphatic system works well, then your ability to fight infection is at its strongest. But when lymph glands, lymphatic organs, lymph nodes, and lymphatic vessels are compromised then the whole immune response slows down. You just get...
View morePersonal Journey
“Service to other is the rent you pay for your room here on earth” Muhammad Ali I know that when I am being honest, joyful, and hopeful, then I am ready and in the best state mind for growth. I like to view this growth as purposefully, and...
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