Posture Massage for Fathers

Fathers are also notoriously bad at recognizing when they need self-care and bodywork. Many fathers get super busy with life, whether that be through recreating, exercising, or just plain hard-working. Everybody and every body could use massage to deal with and process stress or life’s curveballs. Read More

Massage, Bodywork, and Brainwork Are For Men Too!

Our society often categorizes spa treatments, massages, self-care, self healing, emotional work, and help with emotional healing as primarily something that women can benefit from. Men on the other hand are often raised to believe that when things get tough they just need to “buck up” or push through pains. “Being a man” in our society often means not being vulnerable and not seeking help when we need it. As you read this I hope you realize, well that is simply not true, all human beings need help and should be able to heal from trauma and stress. Read More

Processing Childbirth Trauma

This blog post is for all of you mothers out there! The process of giving birth to a child can be one of the most rewarding times for a mother but it can also be one of the most physically and emotionally traumatic events in a woman’s life. There is no shame in the childbirth game! We can love ourselves more by recognizing when our body has been through Hell (no matter how natural that Hell is) and to relieve any negative feelings or emotions locked within it. Part of loving yourself is loving your body. Part of loving your body is allowing it to feel and process what it has experienced. Read More

Feeling Sickly? Try Chikly!

Many people wonder where I learned all the different things that I incorporate into my practice at Posture Massage. Aside from learning the ropes of massage therapy by a traditional route of massage therapy school, I have taken on additional training, including many from the well-known Chikly Health Institute. My expertise on lymphatic drainage, brainwork, heart centered therapy and connecting into your emotions were mostly learned by working with this wonderful institute. Read More

Jetlag and Grounding

We are living creatures and as such our bodies operate with circadian rhythms. These rhythms are the patterns and timing that our bodies use to regulate hormones and energy levels throughout the day. When we travel and enter different time zones we are setting ourselves up for having our circadian rhythms be a bit off. Just like our brains have to adjust to new times and daylight patterns depending on where we travel, so too our bodies physically have to get on board. Read More

Childhood Trauma & Its Effect On Our Adult Lives

Brain and body work can help to release these traumas from our tissues. Working out our past traumas and setting free our tissues can help us to get rid of stresses and pains that have plagued us. Imagine realizing that you’ve been carrying a backpack full of heavy useless rocks around your whole life. Then imagine being able to drop each rock from your pack and continue forward. In time your shoulders and spine hurt less, your step feels lighter and your mind will be more at ease. All of us carry around things not meant for us. Read More

Thinking Happy Thoughts and Stuck Tissue

The chemicals, hormones, emotions, and feelings that we experience from traumatic experiences (both physical and psychological) can lock up or be locked up within muscles and tissues. Focusing your mind on a time that brought you joy or happy moments helps you to infuse happy chemicals into your bloodstream and reset these tissues. Read More

Lessons of Hanukkah for Everyone

The world can seem like a dark and dreary place, especially during winter months! We all fall into patterns that we aren’t thrilled about and allow clutter to happen in our physical spaces, our bodies, and our brains. I encourage all of us to take these lessons of rededication and the lighting of the menorah to implement them into our lives more fully. Read More

A Posture Massage Christmas Carol

Many of you are quite familiar with Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. No matter your faith or denomination the story holds a lot of great lessons and metaphors on self awareness, healing, and growing into a better person. Put your bah humbugs aside and join me as I imagine the classic Christmas Carol characters through the lens of body and brain work! Read More

Importance of Sleep

Sleep may seem like a very passive activity in our lives, however it may be the most important for a happy, non-depressed, and energetic life. Read More