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Dry brushing versus hands for Self-Lymph Massage aka Manual Lymphatic Drainage, and other tools
Using your hands for self-lymph massage aka manual lymphatic drainage verses all the tools on the market. You don't need the tools. You need to know how to take care of your lymphatic system!

Janet Massey
Feb 123 min read


My feet are free - I get to wear barefoot shoes and I wore them out!
I wanted to share a celebration with you that might sound silly, but I will explain why it is such a big deal, and how you can all walk in this freedom too. I wore through the soul of my walking / hiking shoes! I know, a silly thing to celebrate, but I found it so fun. It is my second pair to wear out. Such an accomplishment. It is thrilling to me because obviously I have walked a lot in these shoes, especially because my daily walk is on dirt, and the

Janet Massey
Jan 154 min read


Why am I so tired? I need rest. Part 2 - Change of mindset. Give your body rest even when completely healthy and energized!
Rest: Have you ever considered that we should rest and care for our body even when we are fully healthy, and when we are sick. If we change the narrative around why we rest, our body doesn't need to scream so loudly to demand it.

Janet Massey
Dec 18, 20256 min read


Why am I so tired? So fatigued? I have to rest to decrease my symptoms? Or - can I rest because my body is a gift? Part 1
Challenge your beliefs on needing to rest. What if you rest because you have a body, and you care for it, rather than you need it, so you can teach your body to stop screaming?

Janet Massey
Dec 11, 20252 min read


Teaching your body to trust us takes time, and repetition, and building of consistency. Somatics Keep going. Sally's story
A story of building trust with a person in pain just like we can build trust with our hurting body. Don't give up, teach your body to trust

Janet Massey
Nov 20, 20254 min read


If I do Self-Lymph Massage will I have a Detox Reaction (or Herxheimer reaction or healing crisis)? - No
The simple answer is no, but I will share more. In all the classes I’ve taken on Manual Lymphatic Drainage, this has not been a topic of conversation. I admit, I see it in YouTube videos and Instagram posts and such, but not in the actual trainings for Manual Lymphatic Drainage (proper name for Lymph Massage). Lymphatic Massage or Manual Lymphatic Drainage is recommended and regularly administered even in palliative care, when someone is on Hospice. There are very comprom

Janet Massey
Oct 16, 20252 min read


How often should I do somatics? How often should I do somatics practices or classes to heal?
How often should I do somatics? It depends on why you are doing it? Let's think about this and talk about it together! I want you to create a new habit of caring for your body, rather than fixing it and waiting until its broken again to fix it again. So keep that in mind. To make a new habit, repetition and consistency is key.

Janet Massey
Sep 25, 20255 min read


Do I need to learn to trust my body, or do I teach my body to trust me? How? Body scanning? Self-care? Does my body always tell the truth?
Are symptoms ruling your life? You should be in charge don't trust your body, teach it to trust you. Here's how. Somatics and redirect.

Janet Massey
Sep 11, 20259 min read


Trauma - Do I need it to leave the body, or can I be healed anyway?
Are you dealing with what people are calling unresolved trauma, and experiencing negative physical and/ or mental effects from it and...

Janet Massey
Mar 27, 20254 min read


Somatic visualization - beach time, grounding to calm your nervous system, get in parasympathetic, ventral-vagal.
Enjoy this video to help support calming your nervous system, and being present in your body where your spirit and soul reside. More...

Janet Massey
Aug 16, 20241 min read


Communicate with your body, and it will respond. Otherwise, it may freeze, or go into fight/flight, or shut down. My dog Sandy does a good example of this if you rush her.
My dog Sandy just sits down and refuses to move (shutdown), and even will push against me and tighten her whole body (freeze), when she...

Janet Massey
Aug 9, 20241 min read
Take care of your Body - Life in You! Somatics and Self-lymph massage
You have life in you, the same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead, so act like it, create new habits, take care of your body, calmly...

Janet Massey
Jun 3, 20241 min read


What should I talk about relate to if it's not trauma in my past? Mind-set. Focus. Mind renewal.
We talked in our last blog post HERE about not needing to be connected to our trauma. That Jesus has broken the chains and set us free… ...

Janet Massey
Mar 17, 20243 min read


Do I need to connect with my past and process trauma to be healed and set free? We are Free! Jesus broke the chains.
We are FREE!!! I know how tempting it can be to think we have to process trauma, and all the emotions of old memories. And if an emotion...

Janet Massey
Feb 18, 20245 min read
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