Come Start your Voyage to HEAL
Learning Healthy Everyday Activities for Life
We all have an innate ability to heal by listening to God. The Voyage to HEAL is where traditional stretches, exercises, and body mechanics meet the historically proven power of God’s healing. This is a guide to shifting your perspective from fear to God’s love so that nothing will hold you back. God has given you many unique gifts and he wants you to use them. The ultimate gift is his healing love full of grace and mercy.
Each week you will be provided with a stretch for one area of the body. You will complete this stretch following the myofascial release principles of place and hold. You’ll also be given a meditation that correlates to the messages of that area of the body and guides you to let go of what hasn’t been serving you well. Included in each week is a postural correction such as bending your knees and a gentle pelvic floor and core strengthening exercise. Contained in each week are journaling options, additional resources, and scripture references as well. This combination addresses pain and illness from cumulative everyday habits, physical injuries, and emotional distress.
As these new pathways of moving, thinking, and feeling are created, your pain and illness will subside and life will transform into a new, brighter way of being. Life is a gift, God will always be with you, and heaven can be here on earth. Peace is possible. With God, you can do this. Come receive the gifts He so freely gives and start your Voyage to HEAL learning Healthy Everyday Activities for Life.
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Who is this program beneficial for?
Slow down, Listen, Feel, & Heal
Not all stretches are created equal. If you have been dealing with chronic, debilitating pain without relief, you've come to the right place. If you have spent the last several years giving of yourself, helping others while your body and heart have paid the price, you've come to the right place. If your everyday activities have only been tightening the tension in your body, then you've come to the right place. If you are ready to end the cycle of physical and emotional pain that you have been carry with you for so very long, then you have come to the right place.
This voyage is more than just physical stretches. You are about to embark on a voyage releasing the energy that has been stored up in your body, holding you tight, pulling you out of alignment and resulting in pain and illness. Though this response is perceived as causing harm, this is your body's way of trying to protect you. Your body has been trying to hold you together, trying to keep you safe, trying to make things right. Yet as one area closed off, another area overworked and got tired and then that area, too, closed off and the cycle continued on. Your body really is your best friend. Your body is struggling just as much as you are. Pain is stored energy that has not been released. The time to let go is now.
Your body, your soul’s transportation device, would love to end this cycle. Your inner guide is the part of you that knows you best, that wants to see you happy, that wants to teach you how to release your pain and live a life of love. Your inner guide is your intuition which can manifest to you as God, an angel, a loved one who has passed away, a spirit guide, an animal, anything that you associate closely with. Throughout this voyage, you will slow down, listen, feel, and you will hear your inner guide direct you to finding peace.
Are you ready? Then come with me on a voyage to establish Healthy Everyday Activities for Life. This is the place that you have come to HEAL. I am honored to be your outer guide on this voyage to awaken your inner guide and find peace. Godspeed, Love,
Jocelyn J. Metzger
Jocelyn's Voyage to HEAL
My life has been an amazing, fully guided journey from start to finish. God has placed all the right people in my life at the exact right time for my destiny to unfold. This doesn’t mean that everything has been smooth sailing, but everything that was to happen for my life to unfold as it has, has happened. Nothing was ever done to me, but rather for me.
Thanks to my incredibly loving Aunt Janet, I knew I wanted to be an occupational therapist at age 16. Being an occupational therapist gave me the awareness of how the body and the mind work and what happens with injury and illness. This was a perfect start to learning about the physical body.
God guided me to Ohio with my first job, but I knew even during my clinicals that I wanted to be in Ohio. Here, I met my husband who has always been a transitional inspiration in my life. He pulled me out of the city and into the country, to owning a horse, and to a new job. I love small, intimate settings and peace and quiet so the country really did fit me better than the city. My horse brought me confidence and enlightened me to how my emotions can drive the behavior of those around me. I see myself in my horse which was further proof to me how influential we really are upon even our animals. We are mirrors of each other. The new job I took after I got married enabled me to take my first of many myofascial release courses which was the single most significant catapult in starting my voyage to heal.
John F. Barnes Myofascial Release taught me to feel. I was so unaware of my body before myofascial release. I knew stretches, exercises, and diet were important, but I didn’t really knowing what was going on inside of my body. I relied on others to tell me what was happening. MFR flipped that around and challenged me to look inside for the answers, not outside. I had to face my demons of insecurity, depression, self-blame, shame, guilt, and anger, to name a few. MFR is healing, but there was still more to come. Twelve years ago, I was diagnosis with Graves Disease. Using myofascial release, yoga, meditations, and self-healing within 2 and a half years my thyroid was functioning normally and has for the last 9 years.
The Course of Miracles transitioned me to a deeper, more meaningful, spiritual way of living. I’ve learned the beauty of simplicity in absolutely everything. It comes down to this, God is in everything, including me. All I need in life is God. The light of God will always shine on inside of me forever. Happiness must come from the inside, not the outside and when it doesn’t, our body is at “dis” “ease”. In Alan Cohen’s book A Course of Miracles Made Easy, he states that perception is a mirror and not a fact. Jonathan Livingston’s book The Seagull made the profoundly true quote that our body is our thoughts manifested in a physical form. As I struggled with adapting to the life changes of being a mother due to severe post par tum depression and a very under active thyroid, I had to really soul search to see how my perspectives were tinting the beauty of my reality. The more I dove into A Course of Miracles, the more I saw the miracles, not the hardships, in my life. This allowed my body and mind to be more and more at peace and slowly my thyroid has leveled out and my depression has lifted. I have found the miracle of life. I have found peace and I so want to share that with you.
So how do you really heal?
You are the only one who can heal you. Doctors, therapists, outside sources can fix your physical wounds, but only you can transform your thoughts to love of yourself and others so those internal wounds will mend.
Then the most powerful question ever asked will be answered.
What is the meaning of life?
That’s simple: to Love.
God speed on your Voyage to HEAL
A very special thank you to all the angels in my life that have paved this path including my loving parents, my husband, my dearest friends Tracy, Helge, Lauren, Susan, Marianne, and especially my daughters. All of you have brought out the best in me. Thank you.
Voyage Process
This is a 12 week voyage traversing the oceans of life in search of you. Take the journey at your own pace. I recommend spending a week on each chapter, but you make that call. Be dedicated to this journey and give yourself at least 15 minutes minimal 3-5 days a week to feel the releases. Each week dedicate 1 hour to reviewing the chapter, choosing your stretches, knowing the exercises, and implementing the daily tasks and meditation shift of thought into your everyday. Most of the Voyage is shifting habits and can be integrated into your everyday life. The more time you give to yourself, the more effective the Voyage will be. It's yours for life. So you can start off simple and always return for more.
Enjoy the journey. As you develop your own, personalized healing journey, you will hear your body ask you to focus on other areas. Listen. Take a side excursion to where your body is asking you to go. As your tour guide, I will suggest various releases, but feel what is right for you and spend as much time as you want at each destination. The final destination is for you to know yourself and heal yourself by listening to your inner guide.
Here's how the voyage works:
- Read through and complete one chapter a week at the very most.
- Each week following, you will be given a specific area to focus on. There is a list of all the stretches in each chapter. You may also watch the video of stretches that corresponds with each chapter found in the Inner Guide to Stretching DVD as well as the on-line Voyage to HEAL process. From the list or video, choose 3 stretches to focus on each week by circling the releases you like best. *For example, if you watch the psoas releases, there are multiple ways to release the psoas. Choose 1 option that feels right for you. Each week you should have 3 releases to focus on in a specific area of the body. If you just can’t choose, I offer my favorite 3 stretches in each chapter.
- Read or listen through the weekly meditation that corresponds with each area of the body while you are completing your weekly stretches. The length of the meditation does not dictate how long a release should be held. The meditation is just to get you started. You are welcome to listen to it multiple times.
- Each chapter also includes a postural modification to address cumulative traumas of everyday habits. It may be helpful to set a timer on a phone, watch, or your computer to remind you to be aware of the postural corrections
- Each section has a progressive series of core exercises for you to complete. The exercises are listed out and there is a guided video for each section as well. Do this at your own pace and never feel like you have to move on to the next set of exercises if you are not ready.
- Journal, paint, sculpt, or express yourself in any way that you can during this journey to keep track of the changes in your emotional wellbeing and level of pain. There are also evaluation forms for you to complete periodically throughout the voyage. The app Pain Log Skillo Apps is free and great to continually track your pain and mood. Keeping a daily log may help you to see progress and trends in your pain and mood.
- There are recommend readings for each chapter as well. You do not have to read the book at that moment if you do not want to. They are just a suggestion for now or later.
- Throughout this journey, you are in charge of where you go. I highly recommend that this voyage be complimented by weekly myofascial release treatments, counseling, or other body work that integrates the physical and the emotional body. Have someone that you can rely on and talk to throughout this process. You do not have to travel alone. Seek the guidance you need to fully HEAL and find yourself again.
* Watch Myofascial Release Stretches for the Beginner using a rolled up towel for guidance on following the MFR principles of stretch and release.
Myofascial Release Stretches for Beginners
* For a complete workbook with pictures of all the stretches, check out the following 2 books.
- Comprehensive Myofascial Release Self Treatment: Your path to authentic healing and pain relief by Joyce Karnis, PT
- Myofascial Stretching: A Guide to Self-Treatment by Jill Stedronsky, MS, OTR and Brenda Pardy, OTR
Voyage Itinerary
Things to know for your voyage
- Understanding Fascia
- Stretching vs Releasing
- Guidelines for Corrective Releases
Preparing for your voyage
- Body Alignment Assessment
- Emotional Assessment
Week #1:
- Diaphragm & Breathing: Giving and Receiving
Week #2:
- Psoas, Piriformis, and Sacral Releases: I Am Safe
Week #3:
- Pelvic Balancing Releases: I Let Go
Week #4:
- Back Releases: Vows of Armor
Week #5:
- Opening the Chest: Forgiveness of Yourself
Week #6:
- Neck Releases: Forgiveness of Others
Week #7:
- Facial Releases: The Voice of God
Week #8:
- Arm Releases: I am Enough
Week #9:
- Leg/Foot Releases: God’s Plan
Week #10:
- Using the Ball and Foam Roller: Thank you
Week #11:
- Unwinding and Rebounding: Limitless
Week #12:
- Self-Mastery: The Meaning of Life
Voyage References
References and resources for the Voyage to HEAL
Scripture quotations taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used within allowed guidelines. All rights reserved.
My favorite Bible to read which is quoted in this voyage is The New International Version Life Application Study Bible, third edition 2019 by Zondervan. Grand Rapids, Michigan and Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, IL.
Introduction:
*Several of the books cited in this section are mentioned throughout the Voyage to HEAL. The books have been cited according to their order of mention in the workbook and may be repeated at other points in the workbook.
*The URLs may have changed. If a link does not work, please do an internet search on the title and author of the video.
Patterson, Joyce Karnis, PT, 2014. Comprehensive Myofascial Release Self-Treatment: Your Path to Authentic healing and Pain Relief, 3rd Edition. Self-published.
Stedronksy, Jill, MS, OTR & Pardy, Brenda, OTR, 2020. Myofascial Release Stretching: A Guide to Self-Treatment. Self-published.
Guiberteau, Dr. Jean -Claude. “Strolling Under the Skin.” You-Tube, uploaded by UkyOrtho, August 28, 2014, URL https://youtu.be/eW0lvOVKDxE?si=0TirveH10ThnyXJR
Guiberteau, Dr. Jean -Claude. “Strolling Under the Skin part 2 hq.” You- Tube, uploaded by Brahmani Teacher, January 9th, 2015. URL https://youtu.be/tM_dcUt3318?si=cwaoyKIKgftzavv2
Bach, Richard, 1973. Jonathan Livingston Seagull a story. Avon Books, A division of The Hearts Corporation. The Macmillan Company. New York, New York. Pg 104
Lindsay, Mark & Robertson, Chad, 2008. Fascia Clinical Application for Health and Human Performance. Delmar Cengage Learning, Clifton Park, NY.
Covell, Cathy, PT, 2014. A Patient’s Guide to Understanding John F. Barnes Myofascial Release. Balboa Press. Bloomington, IN.
Covell, Cathy, PT, 2014. A Therapist’s Guide to Understanding John F. Barnes Myofascial Release. Balboa Press. Bloomington, IN.
Cohen, Alan, 2015. A Course in Miracles Made Easy: Mastering the Journey from Fear to Love. Hay House, Inc. Carslbad, CA, New York, New York, London, Sydney, New Delhi.
Tavolacci, Phil, MSPT, PT, 2013. What’s in Your Web? Stories of Fascial Freedom. Balboa Press. Bloomington, IN.
Barnes, John F, PT, 2000. Healing Ancient Wounds: The Renegade’s Wisdom. Rehabilitation Services, Inc. Paoli, PA.
Bowman, Katy, MS, 2016. Alignment Matters: The First Five Years of Katy Says. Propriometrics Press; 2nd edition.
Schucman, Helen & Thetford, William, 17th edition 1990. A Course in Miracles; Foundation for Inner Peace. Foundation for Inner Peace. Glen, Ellen, CA.
Week 1:
McKeown, Patrick. 2016. The Oxygen Advantage: Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques to Help You Become Healthier, Slimmer, Faster, and Fitter. William Morrow Paperbacks, New York, New York.
DeStefano, Anthony, 2009. Ten Prayers God Always Says Yes To: Divine Answers to Life's Most Difficult Problems. Image Publishing, Inc. Los Angeles, CA.
Week 2:
Germain-Calais, Blandine, 2003. The Female Pelvis: Anatomy and Exercises. Eastland Press, Seattle, WA.
Stein, Amy, PT, 2008. Heal Pelvic Pain: The Proven Stretching, Strengthening, and Nutrition Program for Relieving Pain, Incontinence,& I.B.S, and Other Symptoms Without Surgery Paperback. McGraw Hill, 1st Edition. New York, New York.
Levine, Peter A & Frederick, Ann, 1997. Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma. North Atlantic Books. Berkeley, CA.
Loyd, Alexander, PhD, ND & Johnson, Ben, MD, DO, NMD, 2010. The Healing Code. Grand Central Publishing. New York, New York and Boston, MA.
Week 3:
Hay, Louise, 2001. Heal Your Body A-Z: The Mental Causes for Physical Illness and the Way to Overcome Them. Hay House, Inc. Carslbad, CA, New York, New York, London, Sydney, New Delhi.
Lucado, Max, 2000. He Chose the Nails: What God did to Win Your Heart. Word Publishing, Nashville, TN.
Week 4:
DiNubile, Nicholas A, MD & Scali, Bruce, 2011. Framework for the Lower Back: A 6 step plan for a healthy lower back. Rodale, Inc. New York, New York.
Dispenza, Joe, Dr., 2013. Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One. Hay House, Inc. Carslbad, CA, New York, New York, London, Sydney, New Delhi.
Shirer, Priscilla, 2022. The Armor of God. Lifeway Press; Nashville, TN.
Week 5:
Young, William P., 2007. The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity. Windblown Media Thousand Oaks, CA.
Erikson, Kim, 2022. Predicting Jesus. Moody Publishers. Chicago, IL.
Week 6:
Van Der Kolk, Bessel, MD, 2015.The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Penguin Books. New York, New York.
Schwarzenegger Pratt, Katherine, 2020. The Gift of Forgiveness: Inspiring Stories from Those Who Have Overcome the Unforgivable. Penguin Life. Westminster, London.
TurKeurst, Lysa, 2020. Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again. Thomas Nelson. Nashville, TN.
Week 7:
Stoep, Carol Vander, RDH, BSDH, 2013. Mouth Matters: Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body: How Your Mouth Ages Your Body and What You Can Do About It, 2nd edition. Ianua Publishing. Dripping Springs, TX.
Mipham, Sakyong. 2017. The Lost Art of Good Conversation: A Mindful Way to Connect with Others and Enrich Everyday Life. Harmony. Chatsworth, CA.
Week 8:
DiNubile, Nicholas A, MD & Scali, Bruce, 211. Framework for the Shoulder: A 6 Step plan for preventing injury and ending pain. Rodale, Inc. New York, New York.
Richardson, Kerri L, 2017. What Your Clutter Is Trying to Tell You: Uncover the Message in the Mess and Reclaim Your Life. Hay House, Inc. Carslbad, CA, New York, New York, London, Sydney, New Delhi.
Bream, Shannon, 2021. The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and their Lessons for Today. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY.
Week 9:
Bowman, Katy, MS, 2011. Every Woman’s Guide to Foot Pain Relief: The New Science of Healthy Feet. BenBella Books, Inc. Dallas, TX.
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, 2008. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Harper Perennial Modern Classics; 1st edition. New York, New York.
Warren, Rick, 2002. The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I here for?. Zondervan Books, Grand Rapids, MI.
Week 10:
Leaf, Caroline, 2009. Who Switched off my Brain? Controlling Toxic thoughts and emotions. Thomas Publishers, U.S.A.
Week 11:
Bernstein, Gabrielle, 2018. The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear to Faith. Hay House, Inc. Carslbad, CA, New York, New York, London, Sydney, New Delhi.
Shinn, Florence Scovel, 2020. The Game of Life and How to Play It. Griffin Publishing, Duxbury, MA.
Recommended Resources:
Ojermark, Lawrence Sylou-Creutz, 2011. Plenary Fitness: A Warrior’s Compendium. Self-Published.
Dyer, Wayne, Dr. “The Shift”. YouTube uploaded by Gratiela Bobos. September 15, 2015 uploaded, URL link https://youtu.be/0H42vAMJwB0?si=X3fzA2xk4ojZCaOe
Moore, Beth, 2007. A Woman’s Heart: God’s Dwelling Place. Lifeway Press; Nashville, TN.
Strobel, Lee, 2016. The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus. Zondervan Books, Grand Rapids, MI.
Strobel, Lee, 2016. The Case for Miracles: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Supernatural. Zondervan Books, Grand Rapids, MI.
Cohen, Alan, 2019. Spirit Means Business: The Way to Prosper Wildly without Selling Your Soul. Hay House, Inc. Carslbad, CA, New York, New York, London, Sydney, New Delhi.
Cohen, Alan, 2018. The Tao Made Easy: Timeless Wisdom to Navigate a Changing World. Hay House, Inc. Carslbad, CA, New York, New York, London, Sydney, New Delhi.
What a typical week looks like
Here is an example of a week in which the focus is on the arms:
Stretches: Arm Releases. Allow your body to move as it needs and see what happens while you are stretching. (A video and list of the stretches are provided along with my favorite 3 stretches if you can't choose.)
Meditation: I am enough. (You can click and listen or download the meditation.)
Daily task: “I am enough. There is nothing that I need to hold onto.” Begin simplifying your environment and life. Let go of things you do not need and focus on yourself. Remember, everything is a blessing, but nothing is really needed.
Postural Correction: How do you hold your arms in sitting, standing, sleeping? How is that affecting your posture? Change it if needed.
Exercises: Shoulder rotator cuff exercises (A video and written instructions are provided for all exercises.)
Recommended Reading: What is your Clutter Trying to Tell You by Kerri L. Richardson
* Reassess your wellness and alignment and your emotional holding patterns using the charts provided
The video below demonstrates the flow of a weekly routine that would be completed in the Voyage to HEAL process correcting cumulative, physical, and emotional traumas.
On-Line Benefits:
*You will get all the latest updates and additions to the workbook
*You become a part of a community of people on the same Voyage to HEAL through the comments and helpful tips section in each chapter
*Access to the bonus feature area with monthly videos and tips
*Each chapter has multiple links to educational videos as well as music and book resources that can only be viewed through the Voyage to HEAL.
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Love this program
It is so rewarding to see the last 10 years of work learning and teaching come together in one program that encompasses everything needed to heal. As I created the Voyage to HEAL, so did I heal in the process. God supports us down so many paths so that we may grow and share with others. I am so grateful for all I have experienced and feel blessed to know I am right where I am supposed to be. I pray that you too hear the voice of God speak to you and tell you how amazing you are while on your voyage and forever more. God speed on your Voyage to HEAL. Love, Jocelyn
I would highly recommend the Voyage to Heal series to anyone & everyone! The online access to videos, stretches, meditations, inspirational songs & positive personal affirmations are wonderful but attending a live class with Jocelyn is even better! She shares her wealth of knowledge & vast experiences to make us all feel better too & this “lifetime membership” is like a gift that keeps on giving! Always something new & encouraging each time I get an email update, visit the web site or attend a live class. I can’t wait to have a copy of the Voyage to Heal workbook also as I know this is a resource I will use for the rest of my life.
This course is a gift to yourself that can last a lifetime. Jocelyn has an extensive knowledge of techniques and how to employ them for every individual. It is a course of learning you keep coming back to over and over as you continue your journeys. You make this your own as you have been given the tools to achieve many kinds of healing.
Thank you so very much. It is as much of a gift to me as it is to you. Thank you for recommending to keep coming back as I’m always adding new things I find.
Thank you Jocelyn for sending these email reminders for a “refresher course” for me 🙂 I participated in your original weekly classes, benefiting greatly in 2019 while recovering from a broken ankle…unfortunately now I am working through healing from a shattered wrist after surgery and again the same principles can be used to heal the whole body and encourage me…love having the book too and appreciate for the continued additions! Thanks again and God bless you!