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Thirty Minutes to Bliss
Once a week, I get a 30-minute massage. I emerge more relaxed and refreshed, my edges softened. Even when I can’t fully let go, I feel grateful for my skilled massage therapist gently tending to my body and mind. I’ve…
Keep readingSlow, Safe Relief from Back Pain
Back pain requires patience to heal from. That’s because reaching first for quick “fixes” like drugs, surgery, and even medical imaging can end up delaying healing or, at worst, lead to more pain and worse problems, such as surgical side…
Keep readingHow I keep it together in difficult times
In these tough times, I might appear calmer than I feel inside. This is not a facade. I am taking great care in choosing what I express. My goal is to express only what I believe will be helpful to…
Keep readingFree acupuncture available to Vermonters living with chronic pain
Our colleague Baylen Slote, a Montpelier licensed acupuncturist with Black Turtle TCM, writes: A new study on acupuncture and chronic pain has just been funded in Vermont! People experiencing chronic pain who are at least 18 years of age and…
Keep readingExtraordinary Giving: Please Help Our Friend Find a Kidney
Our friend Joe Gage needs a kidney. He needs it soon. It must come from someone with blood type 0+ or O-. Sometimes, a person’s medical needs are extraordinary, requiring extensive medical care. In this case, Joe’s medical need requires…
Keep readingMassage in the Goldilocks zone
Our goal here is simple: Provide your nervous system with sensations that feel “yummy” while avoiding sensations that feel “yucky.” This approach is therapeutic and in line with pain science research. Professor Lorimer Moseley, Professor of Clinical Neurosciences and Foundation…
Keep readingA Thank You to Massage Clients
At this time of giving thanks, I thank you, our clients, for allowing me the gift of massage therapy as a career. Livelihood matters, and there’s so much more. When you walk into our office, you might notice that the…
Keep readingSounds heal
Find out at a Didgeridoo open house this weekend and beyond,
Keep reading“Do you prefer to start face-up or face-down?”
Craniosacral therapy and foot reflexology treatments happen with the client face-up. But massage therapy clients can start face-up or face-down, and usually turn over during each session. How do decide? I leave the starting position up to each client. If…
Keep readingNo Time for Delays
Today I went back to Jazzercise. It was my first class in more than two years. On the drive home, I thought, “At 52 years old, it’s hit or miss whether I can restart working out after a hiatus and…
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