New book, Shaking Medicine: The Healing Power of Ecstatic Movement
I found a book, Shaking Medicine: The Healing Power of Ecstatic Movement by Bradford Keeney, at Half Price Books on Sunday when I was looking for another book. Of course it jumped off the shelf and...
View ArticleComparing trauma release and shaking medicine videos
Having just done the exercises along with the Trauma Releasing Exercises DVD for the first time, I recommend using the video over using the book to get up to speed on these. The extra exercises at the...
View ArticleA reader’s experience with shaking medicine
I’m feeling very blessed to have recently had two readers of this blog respond to it in depth, either by sending me a personal email with questions or by leaving a lengthy comment on a post and sharing...
View ArticleBodywork and TRE update
Yesterday I learned something: there is such a thing as too much bodywork. I had an early appointment with Chandler Collins, DC, who did applied kinesiology on me. I’d been having some nerve pain down...
View ArticleI’m going to massage school at Lauterstein-Conway!
I was taken with this quote in a book I’m reading. The leading contemporary philosopher of the body, Don Hanlon Johnson, also underscores how the invention of different body therapies arises from the...
View ArticleUpdate on trailer, brainwave optimization, TRE and shaking medicine
My Spartan Carousel trailer is still not here. Southeastern Washington state, usually somewhat desert-y, has had unusual flooding on the Columbia and Yakima Rivers. Although my trailer has been on high...
View ArticleA reader shares his TRE/shaking medicine experience
In case you don’t read the comments on this blog but are interested in the trauma releasing exercises and shaking medicine, I’m posting a long comment from a reader as a regular post in order to reach...
View ArticleWhy massage, yoga, shaking medicine, and movement make you feel so good
One of the coolest things I’ve learned in my first two weeks of massage school, besides that I actually know something from my years of experiencing bodywork and that my hands love connecting with...
View ArticleBody presence and awareness
This morning I was standing in line at the post office, and I could not stop making small movements as I stood. Shifting my weight from one foot to the other, letting my spine ripple up from the sacrum...
View ArticleTwo years of blogging, and happy first birthday, wellbodymindheartspirit!
Two years ago today, I posted my first blog post on this blog. Back then, this blog was called The Zafu Report. After the first year, I expanded its mission and changed the name to The Well:...
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