The Voyage to HEAL is an on-going process of awareness and transitioning. These weekly blog posts provide physical, mental, and spiritual relief to transition your body and soul to a more peaceful and joyous place. There are stretches, exercises, meditations, and habitual changes to decrease pain while also eliciting hope and inspiration. Listen, feel, and heal as you continue on your Voyage to HEAL.
Just checked out this book from the Mary L. Cook Library in preparation for my presentation to HEAL low back pain on Tuesday, Feb. 13th at 2pm. I love this book and even ordered a couple copies. So what do … Read More
I’m reading a fascinating book Natural Horsemanship Explained from heart to hands by Robert M. Miller, D.V.M. in which he begins by describing the benefit of the horse’s flight response as a survival took. He talks about how an underdeveloped … Read More
So this theme has been coming up several times for me over the last couple weeks. I have heard clients talk about medical procedures in which they felt that they were treated more like a piece of meat than a … Read More
I just had this epiphany of what it takes to HEAL. Change your perception and you will HEAL. Now this isn’t referring to broken bones or wounds. This is referring to the emotional hurts and illnesses we experience. I had … Read More
This Sunday, October 22nd I will be teaching a class on balancing the pelvis from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. Here is a demonstration of a couple of the stretches that we will be trying. There are lots more videos … Read More
As I’m laying in bed preparing to do a diaphragmatic breathing meditation, I came across this awesome video that shows how the diaphragm moves. Check out why your ribcage needs to move east and west, not north and south when … Read More
A friend of mine called me and asked if I would be interested in any of her self-help or energy healing books. She said that she was passed that phase and now whenever she needs some healing or guidance she … Read More
Sacral Stretch #3: Laying on your back, bend the knees toward the chest, grab the inside or outside of the feet and allow the knees to fall to either side of the torso. This is a yoga stretch called happy … Read More
Sacral Stretch #2: Place one foot on a footstool or chair. Flex at the waist and reach toward the toes imagining a string pulling the sacrum up toward the ceiling
Stretches for the Sacrum The sacrum is not a large moving joint as are the arms and legs. At first, no movement may be felt. As you proceed with the following stretches, more subtle movement will be felt in the … Read More
The sacrum, a triangular boney segment of vertebrae below the lumbar spine, is the point where the pelvis attaches to the spine. Restriction of movement in the sacrum may result in impaired pelvic mobility and sacroiliac dysfunction. This would lead … Read More
Just as humans need to stretch, so do horses. Here is a simple shoulder rotation stretch that you can do. Remember never to force a stretch. Move slow and easy.
We all set goals for our life, our job, our bucket list, our competitive goals, etc., but how do we set ourselves up to achieve these goals? First, we must understand the basic format of a goal starting with a … Read More
Often times when people feel tension in their body they stretch, pop, or massage that area. They find themselves doing this over and over and over again without long lasting results. Why is this? I believe it is because the … Read More
A lot of people wonder what the difference is between MFR and massage. MFR focuses on releasing the physical and emotional holding patterns to decrease tension and restore alignment/fluidity to the body decreasing pain and illness. To accomplish this, the … Read More