Do Your Ancestors Play a Role in Your Adult Life?
An interesting article came out recently describing how our ancestors emotional lives determine how we play out certain personality experiences in our lives by the way our DNA is affected, even as adults. In the past, science was not able to prove this but the newer...
Touching into Soft Pain with Massage
Soft Pain With my experience as a Massage Therapist and Bodyworker for over 15 years, I have come to a place of understanding soft pain from a clearer perspective. Many people have visited my office because they are uncomfortable in their bodies, in either chronic or...
How to Find Joy?
In your life, are you the type of person who walks around feeling joy and happiness? If joy is elusive to your life, then you might want to consider another possibility on how you are living. We are not born to suffer. It is only something that we choose. Perhaps...
Tellington TTouch Massage for You and Your Dogs
TTouch® Massage and Bodywork for your Dogs, Cats and Birds Last night I just arrived home from my first training class in Tellington TTouch®. It was a wonderful experience and I am very grateful for the learning that I found there. Being a Massage Therapist and...
Mind Body & Spirit Connection and Massage
mind body & spirit At Lighten Up Therapies, my hope is to find a way to engage the entire "Beingness" of my clients. I truly believe that my role is to be an educator and a questioner in the process of awakening into wholeness and comprehensive health. Your...
Human Anatomy in Motion
Massage: Open Mind and You Open Your Heart
Open Mind What do you think is the cause for suffering? If you feel like you're stuck in your life, allow Massage take you from limited thinking to feeling deeply in your body. If your mind is thinking thoughts that keep you in conflict, how can you open your heart?...
Stop Working So Hard and Get a Massage
Do you admire the American Work Ethic? For the most part, people work hard in so many parts of their lives. It makes sense as our work supports us, gives us a sense of accomplishment, and allows things to get done. The Opposite of Work is Doing Nothing. How do most...
Massage and vitamin D
Being a Massage Therapist, I listen to the concerns of my clients. Lately, one of the things that I have heard from some of my elderly clients is that they are facing some real challenges like: osteoporosis, hypertension, and auto-immune symptoms. When this is the...
Do You Think of Your Life as a Miracle: Massage
When stressed and feeling in pain, it is not easy to experience life as a miracle. However, when we acknowledge our present and touch into our hearts, we melt into that glimmer of the the Divine. Sometimes we feel it inside and other times we are reminded by...
