Journaling & Your Mental Health

Journaling can help you to release tension, stress, anxiety, anger, and to feel more settled. The side benefit is that the more settled you are the better your physical health will be as well. When we do not process emotions or past events the emotions from those events can get stuck in our tissues and cause us issues. Journaling is a great way to start to clear some of that rubbish out. Read More

Phobias: Why we get them and how to clear them

Phobias are defined in the dictionary as “an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something. Read More

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

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

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

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

The Body Records What Happens

Our tissues record the pathways of the trauma that happens to them. Unless we work through those pathways, our tissues will not let go or loosen up. Read More

Remote Body and Brain Work

If you are feeling aches and pains, need lymphatic drainage, or would like to work towards a peaceful mind, but are unable to come to one of my offices for a session, consider having a session with me remotely! Read More

Memorials

It is important to memorialize those we have loved and grieve the things we have lost. Read More