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7/31/2017 0 Comments Cryo and Massage Together....What happens when you do Cryo Therapy and Massage Together? You get a beautiful blend of some amazing healing power!!!
Cryo does so much for the body.... This is how it works... you get blasted with amazingly cold liquid nitrogen air. Your body cools down and your blood rushes to the core of your body dumping toxins and picking up oxygen and about that fast your done. Your oxygenated blood then spreads through out your body creating a happy place for healing to take place. Inflammation? That is decreased and often completely eliminated. Metabolic waste from overworking out or pushing hard in your exercising. Thats dumped! Muscle tightness.... Released!!!! And that is the best part for me because... as a massage therapist half my job is to get your muscles relaxed enough to get deep to the issue. Cryo it before hand and I can get deep quick and the correctiveness is so much easier. That tight hamstring that won't relax enough to let go relaxes and we can get deep to relieve that pesky trigger point and your on your way to recovery. Isn't it beautiful.... But it gets better. You Sandwich them!!! Cryo.... Massage.... Cryo!!! So that after going deep and receiving trigger points and unhappy muscles your again flush the metabolic wastes, keep inflammation from setting in and "set in" that massage so that it lasts longer!!! For August we are doing a package discount. 60 Min Deep Tissue Massage $95
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7/12/2017 0 Comments Grief![]() There is a painful part of life called grief, with several stages that some may or may not pass through but there is enough on the world wide web about those. I want to talk about the guilt of grief. The moment when the pain, the sorrow the anger or the resentment of the pain is too much and the emotion of guilt creeps in. Guilty that it is disrupting life this much. Guilt that it is taking this much life out of you. Guilt that you can't be more or do more for those that rely on you. Guilt that you are not strong enough to be ok. Guilt that you need to have help to come though this or that you rely on someone more than you feel you should. In grief the last thing you should feel is guilt. It is a hard thing that few can truly empathize with. But yet it is part of it that few talk about. We live in a culture where people are to be strong or turn to medication to make things right. Sometimes things are just not right nor will they be and sometimes medication helps us through moments that are tough and are very much needed and sometimes they are not enough. It is then that we need to do more than hide from the pain and the grief. I have found the more that I honestly embrace that, yes this sucks; yes, this is hard; and yes, we are not ok, that I allow someone to love. I am grateful for those tender mercies of love and patience and kindness in a time of deep struggle and sorrow. I have watched as those closest to me release the shame of guilt through their grief and turn to gratitude. Even if it is there was no line at the grocery store. Or your favorite song came on the radio. The shame culture we live in (which I will mention more than once because it is such a part of life) teaches us that if we have a weak moment we are weak. If we do something stupid we are stupid. LIE!!! We can have weak moments and be strong. The strongest and bravest of people have weak moments. They are strong and brave because they don't let weak moments define them but just the moment. I did something stupid, haha, I myself, however am NOT stupid. I want you to know that those that allow the weak moments to change paradigms allowing them growth and hope become the mighty of the might, the bravest of the brave and those that will lead where few are able to lead. 7/4/2017 0 Comments Healing My AnxietyMy life was riddled with anxiety for several years (over 9). Full of panic, fear, and confusion. I did many things to try to heal my anxiety and the depression I felt because of it in my life. I tried medication, counseling, books, seminars and affirmations. They all seemed to help in their ways but nothing took it away completely until……
I discovered the root of my anxiety. Mine was related to this spiritual gift I had asked for before I received my Patriarchal blessing at 12 yrs old. I had asked for the gift of Discernment. This gift in reality of my life allowed me to pick up on the energy and emotions of those that are around me. I am an Empath. I would walk into a room full of people and feel several different emotions and then have to explain why I was feeling that way in my mind. On my mission I completely fell apart due to unbalanced companions (bipolar and severe depression), not to mention investigators and less actives that have very complicated lives. Being in Downtown San Diego and within military housing was great additions to my overwhelming absorption of emotions. I tried to explain to myself why I felt this way not realizing the sorrow, or the anger or the depression wasn’t mine to begin with, but it became mine as I found a reason it in my life why it was there. I created problems that weren’t there to explain the feelings inside. I am a very creative person so this was a huge problem for me because I made everything fit. The gift of Discernment is ours. Given us by a loving Father in Heaven for the purpose of power within ourselves and to help others not to make us sick, that part comes from the adversary to keep us from our potential. So my discovery of why I felt anxiety changed everything? NOT AT ALL!!!! I learned how to cloak myself to protect me from feeling other people’s emotions and energy. I was able to cope with my anxiety but it wasn’t gone. I still had all the confusion inside from the past several years that didn’t seem to go away with my understanding. Skip forward a few years of coping and I was about to have my first baby boy. Due to a less than pleasant experience at the birth of my daughter (the birth itself) I decided to take charge and do this birth my way. I took classes and got certified to teach those classes and gave birth completely natural and enjoyed it. During the classes there was a hypnosis script to release fears of and around birth because that is the number one cause of pain and complications in birth, FEAR. (in life too, not just birth). So while I was releasing these fears, I added in my anxiety. I didn’t think much of it until after his birth and my mom stated that I had changed. I realized it was gone. I saw that the power of being able to go through a big event in my life of which causes most people pain and discomfort I had been empowered and it was wonderful and amazing. If I had the power to control my physical body like that I had the power to control my power of the gift of discernment. I have not felt any abnormal anxiety in my life since and it has been almost years. Situational anxiety yes, but chronic anxiety has gone away, even while experiencing additional traumas and stressors. Is this possible for everyone? No, not really because some people can’t give birth, are past that time in their lives, or that form of birth is not an option for them. So I kept searching, I can’t stand to see other people going through what I went through and not have the hope or understanding of healing. I found a tools that works. I have helped many others release and receive healing in their lives with a variety of tools. I feel like in many ways I am doing what my grandma did, with slightly more organization to the process. I have learned through some of her books and studies to understand how diet and herbs assist in balancing our bodies. Is anxiety everywhere? Yes!! Is a lot of it connected to the power of the gift of discernment? Yes, I believe so. The Lord is sending the gift of Discernment in large amounts to his children because of the time we live in. Not understanding it causes feelings of fear because of the confusion of what we are feeling, and then up to panic as it escalates due to the overwhelming amounts of emotion which literally vibrates within our body. Time does not heal all wounds. It makes us good at numbing and forgetting which sets us up for more pain in the future if not released. Building a shield and protection from feeling more emotion and energy is very important and the first thing in becoming whole. I then make sure that the mind, body and spirit are connected and working together. That is where Grandma Squires comes in again and I am working with her information to integrate her knowledge into this patchwork quilt of healing. I have studied for years and added several modalities into my tool box. I am now a Reiki Master and a Licensed Massage Therapist. I believe the atonement is full circle and this starts the rotation or ends it depending on where the person is at in that process. Our study of the gospel in order to change our behavior is crucial as a tool in healing. We can’t heal unless we change the way we interact with the world around us. That is what the Savior taught us. He has complete understanding of the energy power of everything in this world and was able to create healing through miracles because of that understanding. It is not our job to have that level of understanding but to trust that He does and that through Him we have healing in our lives. Open ourselves up to the complete faith in His power. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help start the healing process. |
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