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    This is a really great article.  His basic premise is that the human brain is neuroplastic, meaning malleable, and that we can take control over which direction our brains go.  At the end, he talks about absorbing the positive experiences, letting them sink into your consciousness.  I’ve been saying exactly the same thing…

A client just sent me this article and I think it’s a great reminder to simply take a moment and stop whatever it is your doing, especially if it’s unproductive and just take a breather for a minute.  But read the whole article because the author says it much better than I do anyway: Restore…

I just saw this article on Fascial Fitness that I think is worth sharing.  In it, Thomas Myers explains how the fascia has been ignored for years and is now finally being studied and it’s true value is being sorted out.  My clients have heard me speak about the Fascial Web and how we are…

In this interview and demonstration, Peter Melchior shares with us some of the lessons he’s learned after years of Rolfing.  He was one of the original people that Ida Rolf picked to carry on her legacy.  There’s a lot of wisdom in this man who recently passed away.  Thank you Peter!  

I’ve been referencing Gil Hedley’s Fuzz Speech to a number of my clients lately so I thought it was time to post a link for it. Using cadavers, he gives a lesson on the importance of movement and stretching to maintain the sliding properties of tissues in the body, as well as the value of…

I’ve been trying to put my experience at Harbin Hot Springs into perspective since I returned on Sunday.  I feel like I went on a magical, mystery tour of discovery and the tour was all about me and who I am.  I’ve lived on this planet for 57 years but I’ve never felt my heart…

Dear Clients, This Friday, February 10, I will be traveling to Harbin Hot Springs and Avalon Springs in California.  My intention is to deepen my meditation practice and explore a new modality of bodywork called Watsu.  It’s amazing to me that after 30 years of working with you, my clients, on a table or mat,…

NY Times Article – How Massage Heals Sore Muscles “Dr. Tarnopolsky, a professor of pediatrics and medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, said that massage works quite differently from Nsaids and other anti-inflammatory drugs, which reduce inflammation and pain but may actually retard healing. Many people, for instance, pop an aspirin or Aleve at…

“There’s general agreement that massage feels good, now we have a scientific basis for the experience.” Saw this great article on massage reducing the amount of inflammation in muscles.  Somebody finally did a clinical study of the effects of massage after exercising to exhaustion. Read the article here

A Scientific Look at the Dangers of High Heels Just because they’re fashionable doesn’t mean they’re good for you.  New research shows just how bad they are. “The scientists found that heel wearers moved with shorter, more forceful strides than the control group, their feet perpetually in a flexed, toes-pointed position. This movement pattern continued…