News & Updates from Massage Vermont
On Your Mark, Get Set . . . Pause.
We’re getting there. We’ve loaded up on PPE and cleaning supplies. The office looks almost ready to open for business. We’d hoped to reopen in…
Our High-Caution Massage Practice Meets Needs
You may have noticed wide variation in precautions massage practices are taking as each adjusts to working amid the pandemic. From closing permanently to resuming…
Our Health Precautions: Protecting Our Clients, Protecting Ourselves
Massage Vermont welcomes clients who . . . Have made an appointment and completed our digital form. Keep the nose and mouth covered with…
Manageable Stress Leads to Resilience
Developing the skills to calm the breathing to calm the mind and the body is within your grasp. The best way—some say the only way—to…
The Mind Follows the Breath
How you breathe affects every aspect of your mind and body. From thousands-of-years-old yogic teachings to today’s clinical knowledge of respiratory physiology and the nervous…
How to Change from the Inside Out
When you’re upset and someone tells you “Calm down!” what happens? What’s your reaction, faster than the speed of thought? Do you feel calmer? You…
Choosing the Road Most Taken
If you’re reading this, you might be here to alleviate a sense of unease, to feel better in your body and mind. You might very…
Shut Your Mouth.
Mouth breathing is a new phenomenon for human beings. Nearly all animals breathe nasally except when in distress or ill. It’s no different for us….
Listen Up: How to Manage Anxiety
Don’t miss a lively, funny, relatable conversation with Ezra Klein and psychiatrist and author Judson Brewer about something a lot of us feel now more…
Maybe This Fall
Widespread increase of people being vaccinated is showing promise in reducing the number and severity of COVID-19 cases. The world is starting to open up….
Two Winning Moves For You
The person in this beautiful image wins the moment by doing a rep. You will too—over and over. If you’re old enough to read this,…
Words to Take Comfort By
This ongoing activation of nervous system defenses is exhausting. Even if we’re doing less, we have greater metabolic need, including for oxygen. We get through…
