And She’s Back!

Hi, everyone! I’m feeling rested and ready to get back to the office after my little sabbatical. Looking forward to seeing everyone again and hearing how your summer has been going. In this newsletter I’ve included a brief reflection on my time with water during my break as well as the poll result from my last newsletter, “Down the Rabbit Hole”. Enjoy and hope to see you soon.

Reflections on Water

During my break I spent as much time near, in and with water in all different forms. Not only to beat the summer heat, but there is something about being near water just brings out the best in me. It’s cooling, cleansing, peaceful and yet can be such a powerful force.

I got to thinking how everything I do in my practice moves our waters, gets fluids flowing. Massage brings fresh, nutritive blood-flow to the tissues, lymphatic drainage helps cleanse our tissues and remove waste, craniosacral supports the movement of cerebrospinal fluid that bathes and protects our brain and spinal cord. Dryness and stagnation in the body create inflammation and restriction. The work I do at Better Being Bodywork helps to cool and calm the system, circulating more of the good stuff the body needs and release what no longer serves. Calm, peaceful and yet a powerful force.

Down the Rabbit Hole

In my last newsletter, I wrote about how I’ve been going down the rabbit hole of understanding the origins of “wellness” as an industry. I asked some questions about your own experience with the wellness industry and also put up a poll on my instagram stories. Here are the results!

What types of self care activities actually leave you feeling nourished?

• Float tanks

• Hiking in the mountains

• Qi gong and functional movement

• Getting enough sleep, eating a good breakfast

• Letting go of the idea that not participating in a wellness program = being unwell

• Writing

• Legs up the wall

• Slow breathing

• Hatha and yin yoga

• sleeping enough

• Baths, stretching, present moment mindfulness with cat

• Breathwork, yoga, movement

• Massage, exercise, yoga nidra, laughing, music

• Hot springs, acu, massage, a good meal, meditation

• Evening walk, resistance training, stretch, lymph drainage

• Time in nature

• Nap time

• Eating enough in the morning

• Qi gong, energy healing, prayer and meditation, GF treat, walks in nature

• Rest, community, dancing

• Massage, facials, things I choose that i enjoy

• Time with real friends, connection

• Time in nature, meaningful connection, good sleep, movement, massage, good food

What types of self care have left you disappointed or wanting more?

• Poorly educated or integrated practitioners

• Vibration plates

• Trying to “relax” even during downtime

• Masks

• Shaving

• Skincare

• Really intense breathwork

• Restricted diet

• Brain retraining

• Dieting/weird diets

Gone down any interesting health/wellness rabbit holes recently?

• Vaccines

• Creatine

• Talk therapy is not meant for or effective for most mental health issues

• Conspiracy against sunscreen

• Beef tallow

• Fear of the sun

  Looking forward to picking back up on this topic in the next newsletter.

  Until then, take care!