Training


Hurricane Irma

The class at the Upledger Institute was cancelled due to the hurricane. However, I had two excellent CST sessions with a therapist that worked with John Upledger himself and who teaches all over the world, including the CST Aquatic program […]


Upledger Institute in Florida

I’m at the Upledger Institute in West Palm Beach, FL this week for some training and for some Cranial-Sacral Therapy for myself. Hoping Hurricane Irma bypasses this area! https://www.facebook.com/RayOfLightMassageTraining/videos/1455085097910084/


Direct-Indirect Technique Works!

I had a client come in yesterday who is an LMT and a bodybuilder. She had some chronic shoulder and arm pain, as well as hip issues. I released the shoulder and hip tightness and then I noticed that her […]


Can supplemental vitamin D improve sleep?

Interesting article about research on sleep issues and vitamin D supplementation. It looks like vitamin D can definitely benefit some folks that have sleep problems, though there are still lots of questions as to how it helps. https://examine.com/nutrition/can-supplemental-vitamind-improve-sleep/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blog-082217


Fix Your Shoulder Pain

This is good information on the importance of diaphragmatic breathing, core strength, and flexibility in the cervical and thoracic spine to having a healthy, happy shoulder. I haven’t seen the exercises themselves, so I don’t have an opinion on those. […]


Wonderful Muscle Balancing Class in Fayetteville!

We had a wonderful group of therapists at the Muscle Balancing and Joint Stabilization class in Fayetteville the past two days. You can see their eyes just glowing :-). (The camera flash helped a bit.) We had a blast! Great […]