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If there’s one thing you can count on from me, it is that I will continue to change and grow and expand. There’s an open invitation for all connected to me to continue to do the same. DETAILS and then the story: First things first: I AM NOT LEAVING VISALIA. WHAT: I am moving offices […]
I’m grateful for the days I get to babysit my god daughter and spend hours reading books to her like I used to do with my kiddos. Today the tears flowed as she curled up in my arms reading “The North Star” by Peter H. Reynolds: my life story illustrated and simplified in this 60 […]
This is the paradigm I am committed to as a bodymindspirit therapist. And I only choose to submit myself to a therapeutic relationship with practitioners who approach my process like this. THIS is empowerment. Once you have experienced this kind of therapeutic relationship, it will be hard to work with anyone who thinks they have […]
I am THRILLED to invite you to a six weeks foundational teaching in Qi Gong exercises with my Medical Qi Gong Master, Pat Bardone. WHEN: Sundays from 11:30-12:30 starting April 7th. Consecutive Classes will be April 14, skip for Easter Sunday, 28, May 5, 12, 19. WHERE: Blain Park in Visalia: 3101 S Court Street, […]
This song has been on repeat for several weeks. The music video is fantastic. The word “resilience” is one of my favorite. Humans are such a resilient species. What is resiliency and how can we cultivate it? Here’s what a couple articles from Psychology Today and American Psychological Association have to say about it. After […]
Fascia is a newly acknowledged system in the body. It’s not a new system. . . just newly acknowledged. As a body worker, fascia is one of the systems I am very tuned into. This video brings my love of spiders, webs, and fascia together to explain what the fascial system is like throughout the body […]
This article, CranioSacral Therapy and Concussions, is a great overview of how CST can support healing. I will periodically be sharing articles and information about CranioSacral Therapy to help create awareness and understanding around the therapy that I love to practice and receive. This is a wonderful article about CranioSacral Therapy and its influence on […]
When did “healthy” become complicated? When did illness become a way to make money? When did wading through wellness options become a nightmare? When people began disconnecting from the earth and its rhythms, and their own bodymindspirit and its messages, and the wisdom of traditions passed down for generations . . . that’s when health […]
“Rest and receive with an open heart.” These are the words I’m meditating on this year. Pondering their application, I saw a house in my mind’s eye. This cozy house was situated at the end of a very long lane. And at the beginning of the lane was a guarded gate. I tucked the vision […]