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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!

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

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.

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?

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

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

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.

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.