Thursday, January 26, 2017
Up and RUNNING!
I received a message at the beginning of this year to GET READY! This is my year of Reclaiming MY SELF. Since that message, I have felt a drive I have not felt in years. I am looking at multiple health programs and certifications to incorporate into my practice and my daily life.
This week, I have had the grace of having some major introspection time, and have had some ground rumbling BREAKTHROUGHS! I have come to realize what I truly want out of life; why I want it AND what fuels my PASSIONS! Currently I am opening my SELF up to bringing that craving and that fire into my whole amazing, beautiful, talented SELF! I have decided to LIVE my life to its FULLEST potential!
Life is not about existing for someone else’s dreams. Life is about being ALIVE in every possible moment – and doing so with YOUR PASSIONS – what makes YOUR heart SING?
My heart sings when I successfully raise the quality of life of those in my care through holistics, massage, meditation, stretching, and a healthy plant based lifestyle. It sings when my art touches another’s heart and helps them heal. My heart sings when I and YOU meet OUR health goals, overcoming the challenges of life and living. It sings when WE succeed where Western practices fail!
Sunday, January 1, 2017
Ready for Re-Launch!
It's time to pick my life back up again!! What do I mean? Well. I had to put a few dreams on hold due to aggravated pain and mobility issues. It's very true what they say; you can't help others if you do not help yourself.
For years I have been living in pain. Pain that ultimately became so bad, I thought I had to walk away from my dreams of living my life as a massage therapist, herbalist and nutrition lifestyle coach. The pain I was losing my life to was caused by arthritis, nerve pain caused by a Morton's neuroma, and aggravated birth defect regressions in my hips (dyplasia & re-torquing) down to my toes brought on by working as a certified nurse assistant in Tennessee on the toughest floors of two hospitals. I loved bedside nursing. However, when we re-located back to Texas, I left it because my mobility and pain levels had become so bad, I was terrified that I would soon be relegated to a wheel chair. I could not stand with only the power of my legs; I had to use my arms to push myself up to a standing position.
I took time off, got my Massage licensure in Texas, and began to build my practice. Sadly, I continued to have the pain and mobility issues, until I finally accepted the fact that I would have to take time off and really find a way to heal.
I am a firm believer in alternative medicine; this is why I have made it my life work and study. I suspected that my right hip was torquing medially, and most days, I felt my spine twisted because of it. I asked my family doctor (western med) about my pain, and she basically threw her hands up in the air and said she didn't know what could be the cause. I sought out a D.O. - and nothing - no offer to x-ray in either case to see what was going on. I decided to seek out a chiropractor - and THERE I found my confirmation! The x-ray confirmed that my right hip was indeed displaced and medially torqued. My spine was twisted at the mid-lumbar and swollen. My entire right side was frozen.
I began treatments for the conditions - weekly adjustments and medical massage. Within three months, I began to earn back most of my mobility and my pain levels greatly decreased! I regained ROM in my right shoulder, and have since begun walking on a daily basis - my current average is half of the standard recommendation, but it is building and I am improving! So much so, that I have begun to accept massage clients once again.
I use all of my knowledge and skills for each of my clients; calling upon my many routes of knowledge to better serve them in their own healing journeys. I welcome the opportunity to serve you!
For years I have been living in pain. Pain that ultimately became so bad, I thought I had to walk away from my dreams of living my life as a massage therapist, herbalist and nutrition lifestyle coach. The pain I was losing my life to was caused by arthritis, nerve pain caused by a Morton's neuroma, and aggravated birth defect regressions in my hips (dyplasia & re-torquing) down to my toes brought on by working as a certified nurse assistant in Tennessee on the toughest floors of two hospitals. I loved bedside nursing. However, when we re-located back to Texas, I left it because my mobility and pain levels had become so bad, I was terrified that I would soon be relegated to a wheel chair. I could not stand with only the power of my legs; I had to use my arms to push myself up to a standing position.
I took time off, got my Massage licensure in Texas, and began to build my practice. Sadly, I continued to have the pain and mobility issues, until I finally accepted the fact that I would have to take time off and really find a way to heal.
I am a firm believer in alternative medicine; this is why I have made it my life work and study. I suspected that my right hip was torquing medially, and most days, I felt my spine twisted because of it. I asked my family doctor (western med) about my pain, and she basically threw her hands up in the air and said she didn't know what could be the cause. I sought out a D.O. - and nothing - no offer to x-ray in either case to see what was going on. I decided to seek out a chiropractor - and THERE I found my confirmation! The x-ray confirmed that my right hip was indeed displaced and medially torqued. My spine was twisted at the mid-lumbar and swollen. My entire right side was frozen.
I began treatments for the conditions - weekly adjustments and medical massage. Within three months, I began to earn back most of my mobility and my pain levels greatly decreased! I regained ROM in my right shoulder, and have since begun walking on a daily basis - my current average is half of the standard recommendation, but it is building and I am improving! So much so, that I have begun to accept massage clients once again.
I use all of my knowledge and skills for each of my clients; calling upon my many routes of knowledge to better serve them in their own healing journeys. I welcome the opportunity to serve you!
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