The language of our culture is full of sentiments acknowledging how we feel after a loss. The term “heartache” and the phrase “I’m so sad, it hurts” immediately come to mind. Grief is the body’s response to loss, and we attempt expression of physical, emotional and mental feeling with words or displays of emotion toContinue reading “Grief and Degrief, Part 2 – Degriefing the Body & Mind with Psychosomatic Semantics”
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Free the Body of Sadness – Putting the Pieces Back Together After a Life-Changing Event
Job loss, death, divorce, break-ups, financial strain, and the many challenges life presents are painful and tramautic. Sadness is stored within our bodies, sometime long after we think we’ve moved on. Addressing the issues in the tissues can in fact help individuals move more quickly through the grieving process to help reclaim stability and, ultimately,Continue reading “Free the Body of Sadness – Putting the Pieces Back Together After a Life-Changing Event”
Intuition 101 – Polishing your Intuition
We’ve all heard stories about people whose “bad feeling” led them to cancel a flight, only to discover later that the plane crashed. That’s intuition. Your experiences with intuition might not be so dramatic, but they’re no less valid. Maybe you can’t shake the feeling that you should call your mother, and when you do,Continue reading “Intuition 101 – Polishing your Intuition”
Your Body Remembers – Childhood Issues Affect Adult Bodies
When your massage therapist sees you for the first time, it is likely that he or she may take a medical history. Over time, as you become more familiar with your massage therapist, there may be issues affecting your body that are not covered by the medical history or cannot be identified until your therapistContinue reading “Your Body Remembers – Childhood Issues Affect Adult Bodies”
Our Wellness Rx for 2012
This brand New Year gives us the opportunity to begin anew in many ways. From a holistic perspective we like to take the opportunity to renew our mind, body and spirit. “Don’t live in the past, thinking about mistakes or changes you made. Think of your life as a book, move forward, close one chapterContinue reading “Our Wellness Rx for 2012”
Caring for Body and Soul – Reconsidering Spiritual Well-Being, Part II
Continued from Friday . . . “In both Buddhist psychology and Western experiential therapy, this process of experiencing and accepting the changing stream of sensations is central to the alchemy of transformation,” writes Tara Brach, PhD, a clinical psychologist and founder of the Insight Meditation Community in Washington, DC, in her book Radical Acceptance: EmbracingContinue reading “Caring for Body and Soul – Reconsidering Spiritual Well-Being, Part II”
What am I Feeling? – The Healing Benefits of Massage
Touch. We come into this world being touched, and we hopefully can leave being touched. Whatever our experiences in this life, touch is usually involved in some form. Each time we are touched, the emotions related to that touch are stored in our mind and in our body’s tissues. We not only store the emotionsContinue reading “What am I Feeling? – The Healing Benefits of Massage”
Breathe Into Your Massage – As You Tune Into Your Breath, Notice Your Body
Elaine was having trouble relaxing. And while I don’t command my clients to relax, I found her constant talking distracting. As the session continued, her body grew more tense, not because she was in pain, but because she was talking about all of the stressors in her life. I felt the frustration rising in myContinue reading “Breathe Into Your Massage – As You Tune Into Your Breath, Notice Your Body”
Massage and Bodywork – Seasonal Self-Care
If you look at the natural world around you, you’ll be surprised by what it can teach you about your own self-care. We can attune to the cycle of the seasons, letting that awareness bring a healthy balance of self-care measures into our lives. Spring, for example, is the season of new growth and isContinue reading “Massage and Bodywork – Seasonal Self-Care”
Bodywork Etiquette – Guidelines To Help You Get The Most Out Of Your Session
Most massage aficionados remember the trepidation that came with their first massage. What should I expect? Will I have to take off my clothes? How much do I tip? For relative newcomers to massage, the prospect of those first visits and their unknowns can be unnerving. Here are some basic bodywork etiquette guidelines to helpContinue reading “Bodywork Etiquette – Guidelines To Help You Get The Most Out Of Your Session”
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