Thoughts are containers for energy. They carry these energetic vibrations with them adding to the creative manifestations in our lives. I am feeling into some yucky familiar stuff just now with someone who is close to me. It felt right to blog about it while processing through it is fresh in my feelings. I am […]
Emotional Triggers Transformed
How is it that we come to know that we need to attend to our emotional reactions? Initially, we find that we are repetitively reactive in certain situations. We begin to take notice of patterns in our relationships with our friends and loved ones. Circumstances arise where we feel insulted, offended, or we get immediately […]
Working With Patients
Myofascial Release expert, author, and Physical Therapist John Barnes frequently says during seminars, “We never force, we never injure.” In my last blog, “WHY IT’S NOT OK TO FORCE THE FASCIA” I focused on the physical reasons for not forcing the fascia. To bring awareness to the emotional and mental reasons for not forcing, we […]
Motivated by Myofascial Release
In NDT (Neuro-Delvelopmental Treatment) there is a principle: “Every movement is proceeded by a weight shift!” This principle has been an integral part of my practice as a Physical Therapist. In order to move a rehab patient who has no motor function in one or both lower extremities, we have to first teach them to […]
Burdens got you down?
I was talking to a fellow MFR therapist about the way we approach our clients. Each of us has been trained specifically and personally by John F. Barnes, PT using his Approach to Myofascial Release. John frequently tells us that as you practice this work with the eyes of a beginner, we each will develop […]