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 […]
Authentic Healing
Authentic means genuine, bona fide, valid, true, faithful and real. Healing means to make better, restore, relieve, improve, harmonize, and make beneficial. Authentic Healing It feels something like this: an awareness of real internal and external harmony. A place of conscious existence wherein my feelings match my responses, where I am free to be my […]
Stress? Myofascial Release Can Help!
Stress is like being overloaded and then forced to carry-on as if everything were ok! IT IS NOT OK!!!! Stress, we all have it. According to Dorland’s Medical Dictionary, the definition of stress is: a forcibly exerted influence; pressure; or the sum of the biological reactions to any adverse stimulus: physical, mental or emotional. It […]
Tension Triad Part III: The Piriformis
Three of the most common muscles in the body where we hold tension are known as the Tension Triad: Pterygoid, Psoas, and Piriformis. In Tension Triad Part II: The Psoas we discussed the Psoas Muscle. The last member of this tension triad is the Piriformis (pronounced Peer-ee-form-us) Muscle. The Piriformis is a muscle of the pelvis […]
Emotional Triggers as a Feeling Compass
We all have days when we tend to get hung up in a particular emotion. These are the days when something hits an emotional trigger and we feel it in our entire body. It takes over our thoughts and drives us to talk, act, and behave in a way that is linked to a certain […]