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Transforming Touch for The Elderly
Transforming Touch® is a therapeutic modality that recognizes the power of touch in addressing the epidemic of loneliness and isolation in today’s world. At its core, Transforming Touch® aims to build a sense of safety, trust, and connection. This gives the client’s nervous system a chance to find deep regulation and balance. For the elderly,
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Stuck in Cycles of Anxiety and Depression?
These are natural human coping mechanisms to overwhelming, prolonged stress – there’s absolutely nothing wrong with you. These cycles often originate from childhood. As impressionable young ones, everything we experience seeps into the unconscious. This is especially true in connection to early caregivers. They inform the way we’ll relate to ourself and others for the rest of
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8 Core Principles for Healing Trauma
I believe that effective healing is built on eight fundamental principles: 1. Healing Happens in SafetyTrue healing can only occur in an environment where you feel safe, acknowledged, and supported. An important part of this safety is consistency and dependability. Growing up, our caregivers may have been on and off, hot and cold, supportive and
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The Coin Metaphor: The Impact of a Hyper-Aroused Nervous System
Living in a state of constant stress, whether conscious or unconscious, can be illustrated through the metaphor of coins. Early traumatic experiences become stored in the body, affecting muscles and organs, and especially the fascia ~ the connective tissue throughout our body. In Transforming Touch therapy, the emphasis is on the client and their regulation
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The Joys of a Balanced Nervous System
When the nervous system is balanced, the organism sings with ease and joy! The nervous system offers a communication pathway, transmitting signals between the brain and various parts of the body. It governs everything from our heartbeat to our emotions and thoughts. Let’s delve into the incredible benefits of a balanced nervous system and how
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Virtual Transforming Touch®
A touch-based modality done without physical touch?! Indeed, suspicion is in order. Virtual Transforming Touch® relies on the power of intention ~ where attention goes, energy flows. For in-person sessions, we experience the sensations from their touch as an affirmation of their care and attention. Virtually, we bring our awareness to the body part that
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Opa the Opossum
*My 95-year-old grandma often tells me: “You better keep writing – your writing is just lovely and you have to keep your mind sharp!” Over the last year since my grandfather passed, I write her short stories every so often to amuse and connect with her. This is the life I imagine for that an
Nurturing Wellness 