FREE Self-Massage Tools That Get Results
Yes, you can massage yourself at home. No, it won’t be as great as booking an appointment with one of us (obviously!). But the same way that brushing and flossing …
Neuro-Muscular Reprogramming: Change Your Brain, Change Your Body
Our bodies are intricate, complex, and, above all, they hate to fail. So when we get an injury, or even have a bad habit, that causes something in the body to not work, our brain deploys other nearby muscles to keep up our bodies going.
Resolution Blues? Try Intention Instead
This post was originally written for The Heart of Hillsborough magazine. I’ve never been very good at New Years’ Resolutions, and I think I’m in good company. Our resolutions often …
Fascia: The Tissue that Binds
Fascia is the name for the connective tissue that runs through our bodies, connecting bones to bones and bones to muscles (and much more). In fact, 30% of our muscle tissue is actually fascia.
FOTM – Aparigraha and Grace
I spent the last weekend of October at a massage therapy training, learning how to re-program motor pathways by simply showing the body that something is not quite right. It was a fascinating example of how our perspective defines what we see. It struck me, more than once, how similar this neuro-muscular reprogramming work is to the work of yoga.
The Paradox of Action
This October, my energy has been directed entirely outward, rather than inward. Drawing inward and being still in order to act seems counter-intuitive, but I think this is one of the paradoxes that are so common in yogic philosophy – the paradox that, in order to effectively act in the external world, you have to draw in to the stillness inside, not just at first, but continually.
FOTM – Transitions and Balance
Transitions October is a month of transition. Summer is over, and fall is just beginning to creep in. It’s a transition here, too, as I have spent the last 6 …
Lymphatic Massage
The Lymphatic System The lymphatic system is part of the circulatory system. Our heart, blood, arteries and veins form a closed system through which the heart pumps our blood throughout …
The Precipice, Honoring Intentions, and Universal Grace: A Review
It has been 6 months since I wrote my last post, and not quite 2 years since I started this blog, not quite 2 years since I walked away from …
Where have all the joy bubbles gone?
Some time ago, I wrote a post about joy bubbles – small moments of wonder and appreciation at the most mundane, and yet wonderful, things. I have since learned that …