Dealing with Trauma: Fight, Flight, or Freeze?
What’s your natural response? Most of us don’t know until we experience something intense enough to trigger the sympathetic response. For it is not you or I, that decides what…
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What's a Body Scan?
No, I’m not talking EEG, MRI, or any other kind of medical machinery. I’m talking about a mindfulness technique that cultivates relaxation and balance within the body/mind relationship. The best…
Above & Below
It wasn’t long after becoming a massage therapist that I realized the importance of mastering self-care, for the sake of both my own being AND for the sake of every other…
Balancing in the Heat of Summer
The Summer Solstice is fast approaching, but the fire has already arrived here in Fort Collins, Colorado. Each day is getting longer, the sun seems to be getting hotter, and…
Igniting the Core
In talking about “core work” it is important to make clear that the human core includes far more than the abdominal muscles. Anatomically speaking, the core is composed of the abdominals,…
Drop Into Presence
Our minds have the ability to travel through the past, present, and future, a remarkable tool when consciously employed. When left untamed, the mind can become a chaotic distraction that…
Embodied Mind 