There are some questions out there that you don’t want to just ask somebody to their face, especially in a situation like getting a massage, where you are about to take your clothes off and let a (sometimes) complete stranger rub you down. This might be part of the influence…

Our bodies are full of innate wisdom as they carry our souls through life in the physical world. They tell us when we are hungry, tired, sore, or energized. Our five physical senses let us explore the world, appreciating things like the taste of a decadent dessert, the smell of…

Here are some unexpected ways posture affects your overall health — My grandmother used to yell at me, “Shoulders back, sit upright!” It seemed to be an important thing to that generation: An erect spine and an upright, confident posture. But, like so many other old generational values now going out of style, the advice felt like last week’s questionable leftovers…

The answer seems obvious. If you’re not breathing, you’re not alive, so is there really a “wrong” way to breathe? Although breathing is something we do obliviously for most of our day, many people don’t breathe correctly and ignore critical signs the patterns of our breath could be sending us…

Stop pushing your recovery out of sight — It’s an icy morning in the middle of winter, but you’re late for work. You bolt out the front door, thinking about what traffic might look like instead of where your feet are going, then whoooosh, bam! Your legs go out from under you, and you fall on the ice. …

How emotions impact the physical body — Can we start admitting the mind-body connection is a myth? Connection implies a bridge between two separate entities; our mind and our body are not independent, but one interconnected existence. Your emotions, when repressed or not processed properly, can have a huge effect on your physical health and can lead…

My husband and I moved back to our home state of Minnesota in 2016 with no intention of staying here forever. We attended massage therapy school together for a year, then one thing led to another and life kept distracting us from figuring out our next move. …

You’ve felt them before. You’re lying on your bed, checked out for the night when suddenly there’s a searing pain in the back of your lower leg. It involuntarily cramps and spasms, so you move your foot and leg around, or perhaps even get up to walk it off. …

As I sit here staring out my kitchen window, the sun is still shining through a thin layer of overcast, but the next few days are ominous. A blizzard is coming, and it’s going to be a gnarly one. One that will dump around two feet of snow in a…