Why do some people separate their physical pain and health issues, from who they're being & their mental/emotional pain?
Isn’t that a disconnection issue to think that one thing doesn’t affect the other?
Stop downplaying the physical effects that depression and anxiety have on the body
Justin Bieber fans, don’t kill me for talking about our boy, I’m a belieber & just want to bring to light a very important subject.
Somatic Therapy
Let’s work, massage, move, adjust, provoke & challenge your muscles, fascia, joints, tendons, ligaments & listen for all the powerful intimate, emotional communications & trauma that are stored & sometimes buried in your body - that is Somatic healing/therapy. Let’s pay close attention & listen for these golden communications as they spill out of you. Forget studying a book where we can read where certain thoughts, feelings & energies are typically stored…
You can't do enough, in order to be enough
This line arose out of a conversation between myself & a couple of clients of mine. If you’re feeling like you’re not enough, no amount of success is going to change that. You can’t count on doing more, creating more or earning more in order to feel like you’re enough - you can’t solve an emotional issue with a physical solution.
Have you ever heard of the pain-body or the energetic body?
To keep it simple, it’s the place I’m affecting when I work with people; it’s the area where our emotions are connected to the body. While doing the sort of bodywork that I practice, I was taught to work 5% more than someone can handle, because that’s where the change(magic)takes place.
The body expresses itself 100% of the time, regardless of what we do
Meaning, regardless of how much we try & rationalize our feelings away, our bodies store a kind of truth in how we really feel deep down inside. Rationalizations are the minds way of trying to trick the body into how to feel; the body doesn’t communicate in rationalizations, only the mind is capable of that.
What do you do with your sadness & grief?
For some, they’re in touch with these feelings, while for others, they’re disconnected from them or choose to suppress them.
For those of you who are connected to these feelings, are you being creative & contributing them in constructive or destructive ways?
Kayla
So it's with a full heart that I regret to inform you that my pug-dog Kayla of over 15 and a half years, died this Monday... and for those who know me well, I loved that dog.
She was in steady "old-lady" decline for a couple of years, walking slower and slower because of an arthritic back and hips, and eyes getting progressively worse; but all in all she was a happy, healthy dog…
My Maori teachers are coming to LA - this Saturday only Oct. 12th
Below is part of an Instagram post I recently wrote, that describes an aspect of what Maori Healing bodywork helps people with. Details for Saturday are below.
Optimal Performance Podcast
Check out my most recent podcast I did with Sean McCormick from his show, the Optimal Performance podcast. It was really great being on his show, as Sean is a veteran in the Podcast world, having produced well over 200 podcasts. He was really curious to know about what exactly Maori Healing is, and how that relates to the style of coaching I do with my clients.
Let's Talk Podcasts
I’ve spent many years studying, healing, and building my craft and private healing practice. Now I'm ready to be more public about it all. I’ve had the opportunity to speak on a couple of my friends' podcasts, and it inspired me to explore these opportunities further. It was such a fun and rewarding experience that allowed me to share the impact my work has made in my life with all of you; I'd love to continue connecting with all kinds of new people…
A little origin story
I’ve been receiving & providing Maori-style bodywork since I was 29yo (47 now) & I’ve personally received this bodywork on the deepest possible levels.
At that time in my life, I was going through a massive amount of upheaval & I hungered for the work to help me exorcise a lot of emotional baggage I was carrying, while simultaneously & passionately learning to do the work for others.
Look for the healing
It’s been a few weeks or so since the Maori visited and I wanted to share a couple of thoughts with you.
First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who came out and received sessions. The two days were full with healing, and I was inspired by all the desire everyone came with in order to heal.
How it helped me
After I sent out the last email regarding my Maori-Healer teachers coming into town, I felt compelled to share more about how exactly this unique kind of bodywork has helped me with my life and how it may help you too.
Really quickly, and for those who have no idea what this work is, it looks like a sports-type massage, meaning that it’s hands on and it works at the root level of your muscle imbalance, pain and stagnation.
Maori-Healers coming to Topanga, CA
The privilege of having my Maori-healer friends/teachers coming all the way from New Zealand to Los Angeles has grown, especially after having lost Manu last year.
Their healing-posse has grown smaller and smaller, and because of that, the privilege has grown larger and larger.
Making The Connection
Some people have a difficult time making a connection with how the bodywork portion of healing that the Maori and I do, relates to all the “therapy-style” conversations people have with their coaches and therapists.Some people are very disconnected from their body.
They get that on an intellectual level, the mind is connected with the body, but when it comes to actually feeling…
Humble holidays to you and your family
A humbling Thanksgiving, and holidays to you and your family.
With respect to the numerous shootings, acts of violence, fires, political tension, increased complexity of the world and the speed with which we hear about it all and how it effects each of us on an individual level, I think it’s appropriate to use the word humble…
Gratitude and Loss Go Together
So I hosted Ata, my Maori-Healer teacher, on Saturday and Sunday March 17th and 18th, and it went great and seamlessly.
The environment all weekend was full with healing, laughter and fun. And for all those who came out and received sessions: thank you for coming and I hope you’re allowing the healing to continue to flow through you; remember, you control that flow, no healer or coach of any kind can do that for you.
They're Back
So I’ve got good news; my Maori friends are coming into town and I’m going to be hosting them on Saturday and Sunday March 17th and 18th.
Hosting means that I’m setting up healing appointments/sessions for you to partake in receiving from them.
Vertigo
So my Maori-teachers/friends went back home to New Zealand. Their stay here, and the two days that I hosted them with sessions they did for my clients, friends, and family was really great.
The two days went by seamlessly … besides our broken hearts about losing Manu (One of my Maori-healer teachers.)