So as it turns out, I’ll be hosting/booking appointments for people to see my Maori Healer teachers for healing sessions on Friday & Saturday September 29 & 30.

We added LA as one of their stops on their way from touring in Europe and making their way over to Hawaii where they’ll be doing a women’s trauma healing workshop.

For those of you who read my last email, you would’ve heard that Manu, one of my teachers, and favorite people in the world died a couple of weeks ago.

Many people close to my Maori friends/teachers have been expressing a lot of grief and loss these passed couple of weeks.

One of my teachers, and closest people to me in my life, passed away a couple of days ago and I want to share with you a little about that – his name is Te Atua Wera, but most of us knew him as Manu.

I feel so grateful and blessed having known him; no, not from a “spiritual jargon kind of grateful blessed place”, but from the gut, like I’m a better man for having had him in my life.

So here’s the idea I’ve been looking at integrating into my practice; it’s the idea where I’ll be separating the physical, “body-therapy” aspect of what I do, from the conversational aspects of it.

For those clients of mine that see me currently, and especially as of late, you might have noticed the separation of the two; or at least you’ve noticed a subtle shift…

Hey everyone, I’m really excited to share with you that my teachers are coming to LA.

For those who don’t know, my teachers are Maori and they live in New Zealand, so this is quite the treat having them come all this way as one of their stops on their healing tour.

Now that I have your attention, here’s what I have to share with you.

No, I’m not getting a facelift, you’re stuck with the one I have.

I’ve given my website a bit of a facelift to celebrate my switch in my web designer company…

So, it’s been awhile since I’ve written my last email or done my last video to send out and I’m not happy about that.

Here’s why: I got this advice from a friend several months back, sometime before the New Year. They said that they felt the videos I was sending out didn’t reflect the great work that I do with my clients. They also said that I should practice making more videos and not to put them out until…

Before I head to bed, I want to leave you with some questions to consider when you're in physical pain or not feeling well.

These are the questions I ask myself - and you should too:

.. along with the happy one you already know to have.

To me, and to a lot of people I see around me, it feels as if we are hurling toward Christmas and New Years at warp speed like an asteroid making it's way toward earth... energy is high, and for one reason or another particular to you, people are crazed, anxious and panicked.

... at least no deep healing that is. But I'll say more about that in a minute.

I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving and find themselves back in action, looking to finish the year strong and with clarity in how they are going to move into the New Year.... this is not the time to shut anything down.

.. at least that's what I think.

It makes sense though... the world seems as though it's been put in a vice grip and everything and everyone is on high alert, flooded emotionally and overwhelmed by life in some way, shape, or form ...

Hello Hello, long time no write - I hope this note finds you better and better. To those of you who came to receive sessions from my Maori friends several weeks ago, it was great to see you there - thank you for coming, it was such an awesome day and everything I envisioned it would be...

Bear with me a little bit with this preface.

Do not take this blog as being in bad taste.

It's a sensitive story that is tragic for sure, but it's also a subject that I'm really passionate about, and something I strongly urge you to consider.... how our emotions effect our body.

So I got sick last week, and I'm all better now.... but it got me thinking that it might be helpful if I share with you the kinds of questions, and thinking process that I go through in order to begin the healing of myself.

For a quick overview before I get into the questions, here's what I think.

In the wake of Robin William's death, here are some of my initial feelings and thoughts that I felt inspired to share. ...besides the obvious shock and sadness!

So I saw the movie Boyhood last night, and as some of you know, I am a self-proclaimed amateur movie critic ...... I'm not, but I just like saying I am, hence the word, self-proclaimed.

It's a unique movie shot over a 12-year period that shows the evolution and growth of a boy and his family as they age and move through the ups and downs of life.

Feeling overwhelmed?

You're not alone, let me explain.

Overwhelm is such a common feeling people are experiencing these days.

It seems like every client I'm seeing, one after the other, is experiencing overwhelm for one reason or another.

So I saw Dawn of the planet of the apes recently and here is one of the things I got from it...

... and no I cannot just "watch" a movie, my mind never stops seeing the kinds of things I write about.

When we are unconscious about our fears, and we take action from that unaware place, we always end up hurting someone and getting ourselves into trouble.

Who are you accountable to?

For anyone looking to grow an aspect of their life, including healing something or developing their career, I highly urge you to be accountable to someone....

... preferably someone you pay....