Insomnia.    Those who don't experience it, can't imagine it.   Rolling over, rolling back, the mind on its own little hamster wheel - around and around!   There are two types of insomniacs - those who can't get to sleep and those who wake up in 3 am and can't get back to sleep.  

I had a very strange experience a couple of nights ago.   I had been having trouble going to sleep for a few nights, and that isn't common for me.   If I have trouble sleeping, I wake up at 2 or 3 am and can't go back to sleep until 5 or 6 am, then I have to get up at 7 am - it makes for a short night.   I've done some of my best work between 4 and 5 am!  

But I digress:   I had been tired before I went to bed and thought I would just drift gently off to dreamland - but no.   I closed my eyes and the weirdest thing happened:  it was like seeing the back of my retina (ala the eye doctor visit) but it was just popping in and out and back and forth.   I opened my eyes then closed them again, same thing.   I'd gone to Des Moines a few weeks ago and gotten a session with Fonda Hall, my Body Talk™ instructor, and one of the techniques she'd used was the "Switching" technique.   This is part of the Body Talk™ self-help regimen, too, but I hadn't used it for awhile.   Seeing all of that strange light show made me think of it, though, and it 'deSwitched' myself in a few minutes.  I had the best night's sleep that I've had for a long time.   

If you are troubled with insomnia, you might give me a call and check out the different techniques that help bring a body back to balance!

Your Challenge to Shine!

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves,
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented, and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.
There’s nothing enlightening about shrinking
so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

by Marianne Williamson

Password Pink 2012

Password Pink was again a huge success!   This is a great annual event in Maryville, and 97.1 De Ville does a great job sponsoring it!  Dawn did chair massage for almost 3 hours (she did take a break) and there were a hundred vendors - so much color and so many people!  A truly great day!  This is a photo from last year as I am in 'camera hell' and couldn't take any pix this year - sorry Dawn!

Password Pink

Saturday, Feb 18th     11 to 2 pm   Maryville High School Gym

Maryville's 97.1 the 'Ville is sponsoring its annual Passport Pink Ladies Day Out again!   Over 40 vendors with food and drinks, free services and demos, door prizes and a Grand Prize $1000 Makeover!   Come see Dawn and me on Saturday!   Dawn will be doing free chair massage demos and I will be offing Jin Shin Jyutsu's Sinus Relief Quickie!   That's me with The 'Vill's Billie Sorenson last year!    www.971knim.com

Headaches? Stiff Neck?

The spheno-basilar joint lies at the top of the spinal column.   It joins the major bones of the head, the parietal, the temporal and occipitant.    It is easily put out of whack by both physical bumps and emotional upheaval.   It can be “locked down” which is often described as a feeling of being out of touch with one’s surroundings, being depressed, etc.   “Locked up” creates the opposite effect, creating “hyper” tendencies or even “manic” expressions.   I have seen the most amazing results from using this Body Talk technique in response to complaints of headaches, TMJ issues, swallowing difficulties, not to mention “foggy head” and a variety of perception imbalances.   One woman came to me with a sudden onset of swallowing, talking and “locked jaw” symptoms.   Another came with migraine headaches that she’d had for over a year, with no pathology in a battery of tests.    The first woman was under extreme stress at work and came to see me the second day of her symptoms, a very short session including the balancing of the SB joint relieved all symptoms.     The second woman with chronic migraine experienced dramatic results with her first session – which also included balancing the SB joint.    This is a simple, non-manipulative correction that can resolve a variety of “head” and “spinal” issues.    Call today for an appointment if you experience any of the described symptoms, including forgetfulness, fuzzy-headedness, even chronic neck stiffness!

Come and Meet Dawn Riley!

Acupressure by Hands-On Health

Welcome, Dawn!   Dawn Riley is doing her "extern"ship with me at Acupressure Hands-On Health!     She is completing her massage therapy training and is set to finish her classes in May.   I am so excited to have Dawn in the shop! Call or email for an appointment!  

Full hour massage for $30 through April!

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Acupressure Update:   If you are experiencing "foggy head," neck pain, TMJ symptoms, maybe it's time for an Acupressure
Tune-up!    Call today!