The power of touch has a special resonance with me. My first experience was when I had a biopsy done for breast cancer. I was in the prone position so I could not see the person. The biopsy was done on my left breast and was painful. The person assisting the...
Scientists have repeatedly found that stress and trauma affects our physical well-being. More recently, however, scientists have also found that stress and trauma can cause epigenetic changes, or switching on and off of genes that regulate body functions such as...
What’s the real reason that we love the holidays like Christmas and Hanukkah so much? Why do we love holidays and holy days in general so much? How do we keep that sense of peace and joy in everyday life? What does truly make us happy in a lasting sense in life? Often times in life, especially when we are children, we think that we love the holidays because we get to receive gifts and eat good food. Yet, even as children, the winter holidays evoke so much hope and love and joy and positive expectation about life. I would suggest that the real reason we love the holidays is that we do experience (so many of us do, anyways) at least hope, usually along with a good dose of love and peace, and maybe even some joy.
You are already an expert in subtle energy, but you probably do not know it. Have you ever attended a ball game or sporting event and “felt the excitement in the air?” Most people have felt that feeling of excitement in the air somewhere. Interestingly, no one had to...
If you’re like most women, you have cellulite. But massage may help cellulite as it increases circulation and skin elasticity. Believe it or not, over 90% of women have cellulite at some point in their life. Every year you make a vow to eliminate it once and for all....
Some people choose to handle musculoskeletal pain on a managerial level. While frequent visits to the doctor’s office, medications, and sometimes intermittent periods of rest may help, this need to constantly address the pain can easily reduce one's quality of life....
Reiki is an ancient healing tradition brought to light in the early 1900s by Mikao Usui of Japan. The word “Reiki” has deep meanings, which can be summed up most simply by the concept “universal life force.” Everyone benefits from being alive with energy – that is...
Could using a rebounder actually help the lymphatic system? A rebounder is a mini trampoline, an easy, gentle way of bouncing the entire body and supporting the lymphatic system by simply standing on the rebounder. As a massage therapist, there is one person in...
It seems to be an especially brutal flu season this year. Deep, bronchial coughs echo through the aisles of the grocery store, Snuffaluffagus is answering the phone at the bank and sneezes flutter over cubicle walls with hot zone wings. If you or one of your beloveds is suffering from respiratory congestion it is a good time to start thinking of a steaming mug of medicinal tea, ideally full of honey and steeped with love. While there are plenty of great teas on the market – Breathe Easy or Throat Coast by Traditional
We are exposed to toxins daily in our fast paced, modern world. Personal care products, cell phones, microwaves, wireless electronics, processed foods, plastics, cleaning products, carpet, water, and food may contain chemicals or emit electromagnetic frequencies. So,...
We can all feel our heart pumping and see blood leak from a cut or an injury. Damage or dysfunction of this circulatory system will have instantaneous dangers and consequences such as a heart attack or bleeding. But, are you aware of our second circulatory system,...
Updated April 6, 2020 Touch is a Basic Human Need Why does massage feel so good? When most people consider touch they think of skin and its soft, (or not so soft) supple texture, but touch reaches far deeper than the surface of our skin. Since touch affects us...