You are warmly invited to join me via Zoom this coming Friday, 26 November at 12 PM Eastern | 9 AM Pacific US/Canada time for “Ready, Set, PAUSE,” a body-oriented meditation class. Also? It’s on me! You can register to attend for free by using coupon code “free!” at checkout. (You will still need to… [Continue Reading]
At home in your body
Holiday in Quarantine: Setting a place at the table of you
Hello, my dear, What’s it like being you today? I wonder if it feels different these days than, say, a year ago today. Here in the States, tomorrow is a big holiday, one in which many people often travel long ways to be with family, whether family by birth, by circumstance, or by choice. And… [Continue Reading]
Time Sensitive: This Saturday (18 April) 1 – 3 PM EDT (10 – 12 PDT)
The International Focusing Institute has invited me to teach a class: At Home in Your Body: Focusing-Oriented Meditation. It’s pay-what-you-can. Saturday, 18 April 2020. Learn more and register HERE! In addition to teaching you ways to feel more at home and at ease within yourself (especially during these anxious-making times), I will be giving a… [Continue Reading]
You are warmly invited! “At Home in Your Body: Focusing-Oriented Meditation” Classes (COVID-safe, virtual, drop-in)
Dear clients, dear friends, dear visitors of Heidi’s Table, On March 18 I closed my office for in-person therapeutic massage work. (This is temporary, my part in minimizing the spread of COVID-19). It’s been an adjustment! (I miss you.) I, like probably you, am physically/socially distancing and going through quite the range of emotions: fear,… [Continue Reading]
Oxytocin: your anti-depressant, anxiety-modulating, wound-healing hormone
After their massage therapy session, one of my clients recently said: This is going to sound weird but I feel like I just got a really good dose of oxytocin. I love that they said that and it made total sense. But it also left me thinking about where the average adult—at least here in… [Continue Reading]
One little thing that can make the difference between being tense and relaxing
Whether you’re in your chair at work or chopping veggies at the kitchen counter, sitting in your car or on the bus, or lying in bed just before falling asleep, here’s a question that can make a difference between remaining tense or relaxing: Are you allowing the ground hold you, or are you holding back?… [Continue Reading]