Buddha’s Six Pack
There are two things I try to remember when it comes to working with breath. Awareness And Contradiction. The Awareness. There is this...
The Muscle, The Beast & And A Cup Of Tea
The sternocleidomastoid (the SCM) is one of those muscles massage therapists tend to avoid because there are so many cautions raised when...
The Surprising Key To Career Longevity
About one year into my career as a massage therapist I started to question if my thumbs were made for this job. They felt weak and the...
The Anthropomorphic Connection
Physical and Psychological Benefits of Connective Tissue Recently, there was a beautiful article on scar tissue in Massage & Bodywork...
Breathing Through COVID-19
So this is what the world looks like in a pandemic—not what I was expecting. I cannot even remember the day I heard about COVID-19. It...
The Science of Yin and Yang
An Ancient Symbol of Harmony that Seemingly Holds Measurable Answers I have spent most of my career focused on the cold, hard sciences...
The Anatomical Machine
“Body Mechanic” is a creative, concise, and common title many massage therapists give themselves. And with good reason. The body is,...
Healing is Teamwork
Engage Your Clients with AET How the body heals has not changed, but the techniques, research, and science behind what we do has exploded...
Choosing Wisdom
Making Wise Choices to Increase Your Business Success—and Your Self-Esteem With age comes wisdom, or so they say. But it seems the more...
What The PNF?
Is Its Success Physical or Psychological? Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) is probably one of the fanciest phrases I use...