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This Fourth of July I am celebrating a different kind of freedom: that of the shackles of the mind. Many things contribute to why we end up locked in to negative and limiting beliefs or belief systems about ourselves, other people, and the world around us. Trauma is likely the most prominent reason for our […]

Wait.. “I’m supposed to behave a certain way when receiving massage“, you ask? The short answer is “no”. And here comes the long answer. Many clients apologize for the current state of their bodies when receiving massage. “I’m so sorry I didn’t shave before I came! Ugh!”  is the most common. I always respond in the […]

Everyone deserves a beneficial treatment massage! Skin color, sexual orientation, sexual identity, what you eat, social status, what you do for a living, how busy or not busy you are, how you exercise, and weight do not determine whether you deserve a massage (and are also not indicative of your health status)! Those with anxiety […]

Boundaries are everything. That’s what I’ve discovered of the years. Here are some of the many boundaries: Social, romantic, nutritional, environmental, monetary, energetic, emotional, physical, spiritual… of course, those are not the only types of boundaries, but you get the idea. Some aspects of our lives need tight boundaries, some need more loose boundaries. They […]

Clients often come in with pain predominantly in one or two areas of their body and say they only want to be massaged there. I tell them that it’s important to massage as much of the body as possible. Why? Because: Fascia! What the heck is that? It’s a web-like connective tissue that consists of […]