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HEALTH IS A JOURNEY, NOT A DESTINATION
We are blessed with one body for our entire lifetime. Only ONE. That’s it! Our body is a blessing, to say the least. And, if you think about it, in a physical sense, our [...]
WHY I PREFER WORKING WITH SOMEONE MORE THAN ONCE
When I first started massage school, I initially thought I’d be entering into the spa industry. However, before I was even finished with my training, I discovered that I had a therapeutic bent [...]
WHY THE 1ST MASSAGE WITH A NEW CLIENT IS MY LEAST FAVORITE
It's not that I have an aversion to the first session with a new client. I do enjoy getting to know new people. It's just that, of all the bodywork we will do [...]
WHERE SHOULD YOU GO TO GET A MASSAGE?
When people are looking to go get a massage with a therapist they have never been to before, they oftentimes default to going to one who is the closest, cheapest, or most [...]
8 WAYS TO GET THE BEST RESULTS WITH BODYWORK
Whether your goal for receiving bodywork is to reduce stress, release tension, alleviate pain, restore balance, or you are rehabilitating an injury - - there is so much you can do to [...]
WHICH MASSAGE SETTING DO YOU PREFER?
What is the best setting to get a massage? Once you have determined what kind of massage you need (relaxing or therapeutic) the next step is to consider what sort of environment [...]
THE “NO PAIN, NO GAIN” MINDSET WON’T SERVE YOU IN BODYWORK
Every now and then, a new client will come in and request a really deep massage for their session. Some of them tell me, I can't go hard enough. Let me preface that manual [...]
HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU GET A MASSAGE
After their treatments, many clients ask me how often I think they should come to receive massage (ideally). My answer will vary for each individual, as there are many factors to consider. It [...]
THE 2-DAY RULE IN BODYWORK
I often tell my clients to give any type of bodywork treatment, a couple of days to “land.” For 2-3 days after a session, your body will continue to release and repair. As [...]
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM RECEIVING BODYWORK
What most people who receive bodywork are wanting to achieve is therapeutic beneficial change. What they expect in exchange for their resources and time invested is to feel less stress, less tense, more [...]
WHAT IS BODYWORK?
Bodywork is body-centered therapies performed by a qualified practitioner to help improve health and well-being. It includes therapies such as massage, acupuncture, chiropractic-osteopathic care, craniosacral therapy, and such. Bodyworkers are licensed professionals who [...]
WHY PEOPLE GET BODYWORK
People schedule themselves for bodywork because they want to improve the way they feel in their body. They (me included) want to feel better. We want to be less tense, restricted and uncomfortable [...]
SPA VS. PRIVATE PRACTICE
One day, not too long ago, I was chatting with a relative. While we were talking, she confessed to me that she had made the decision to sign up for a year-long [...]
#5 Way to Love and Protect Your Body: – Have Your Medicine Cabinet Stocked Before Illness Strikes
You have the best chances at nipping illness in the bud if you start taking medicine right at the onset of symptoms. You can help prevent getting sick by boosting up your immune system [...]
#4 Way to Love and Protect Your Body – Be Your Body’s Advocate
Having even the slightest understanding of how the human body functions, as we discussed in #3 - Understand Basic Human Physiology and Nutrition) is super helpful in loving and protecting your body. However, a [...]
#3 Way to Love and Protect Your Body: Understand Basic Human Physiology & Nutrition
In an ideal world, we would all carry knowledge about how to care for our bodies. Healthfulness would be emphasized more comprehensively during our formative years. We would learn human physiology (how the body [...]
#2 Way to Love and Protect Your Body: Build a Holistic Health Team
There is no single ONE thing, no magic bullet approach, that will deliver you to everlasting pristine health. Maintaining good health and healing requires an integrative holistic approach AND it takes a team of [...]
#1 Way to Love and Protect Your Body: Get Bodywork
There is no denying that we are bombarded with a plenitude of poor influences on our health every single day. Go to any gas station, corner store, movie theater, or entertainment establishment and you are [...]
Phoenix Not Failure
After six years of practicing massage, and two failed attempts before, my dream of creating a wellness center finally manifested. For years, I had entertained the idea of a coming together with a group [...]
Alleviating Headaches Naturally with Bodywork
There is certainly a time and place for consuming pain-relieving drugs to alleviate headaches quickly and easily. And then there are times when the pains calls for a wiser more involved choice. When the [...]