What does being grounded mean to you? Yes we can feel emotionally or spiritually grounded. Compared to feeling spacey or flighty. I personally don't always want to be grounded emotionally. It's fun to have your head in the clouds sometimes. But in this blog I want to talk about the benefits of being physically grounded. [...]
The first step is to define what is chronic pain. Chronic pain is something you have had for a long time. Some people may define that for years, a year, or even just 6 months. For many of my clients it is not usually a constant chronic pain. It can come in waves. Bothering a [...]
It seems like there has been a collective sigh of relief. Things are getting back to normal. We can see a light at the end of the tunnel. I say collectively because there have been some interesting studies to suggest we share a collective consciousness. So even though I personally did not feel very stressed, [...]
Stress is an interesting thing. It effects your hormones and make it a challenge to gain weight. It can lower your immune system. However this year I learned that it can also effect your skin. It can effect and even weaken your skin barrier. For my already sensitive skin, it made it so products I [...]
If you’re a regular to massage, the concept of a muscle knot is probably something you’re well aware of, but what are they exactly? And what’s the relationship between a muscle knot and a trigger point? What’s a trigger point? Trigger points are simply tender spots on your body that ‘trigger’ or cause discomfort. These [...]
If you’re taking part in a sports event, you’ll probably be training hard and eating well to make sure that your body is as well prepared as possible. But what about pre-event massage? Did you know that there are many benefits to preparing your muscles – and mind with massage therapy? What Is Pre-Event Sports [...]
Recently I was listening to a podcast called herb of the month and I thought that is an amazing way to learn something! Not only do I want to use that to learn herbalism, and this month is all about that ground ivy blooming in my yard. But also to get a better understand of [...]
In the last decade we have heard more and more about the benefits of CBD. First I want to make sure I address that there is CBD from the hemp plant and CBD from a marijuana plant. The hemp plant and the marijuana plant are related in the same way all night shade plants like [...]
https://youtu.be/FGN9AqgZTCI Are you in the habit of making New Year’s resolutions and then not keeping them? We’ve all been there of course; we set goals to lose 20 pounds, to go to the gym, or to stop procrastinating…but it’s so easy to let the big ideas fall by the wayside as expectant January turns into [...]
So recently I opened a can of worms. However healing can be like that. It can get worse than it gets better. And John Barnes teaches us that the best therapist have had to heal their own pain. Yet I had two weeks that I felt like I didn't even want to a great therapist. [...]
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