What is “Myofascial Release”? Different people in the bodywork and movement worlds would probably say different things. I’ve heard some people talk about “myofascial release” as something they do with a ball during a yoga class. I’ve heard general massage practitioners talk about feeling and engaging with fascia in their work, who may or may …
Continue reading John Barnes vs Generic “Myofascial Release”: No Comparison
A snapshot in time, immediately following my MFR1 training... As I sit at the computer now, and intermittently as I go about my day, I find myself deeply attuned to an inner sensation of slow movement and aliveness. This is my body’s fascia: the semi-fluid, hyperconductive, continuously communicative and intelligent tissue that organizes the sensations …
Continue reading A Glimpse of God: My First Myofascial Release Training
Today I want to share a bit about a bodywork modality called Ortho-Bionomy. I spent four days of the past week learning from a very experienced and skilled practitioner, Jim Berns: two TA days in his "Releases for the Spine and Pelvis" class, and 2 days in a weekend workshop on Isometrics. So, it’s the …
Continue reading Learning Ortho-Bionomy: A Yin Approach to Healing
It's been two months since I graduated from the SF School of Massage, and it's time for a public update! I am going to give you one in a weaving, story-like fashion, because I have many threads of happenings going on. And that's the way my brain works. 🙂 I imagine this would be useful …
Continue reading After Massage School: Finding Employment & Connecting with Purpose
It’s hard to believe, but I’ve just finished my 600-hour massage training at the San Francisco School of Massage. Six intense months went by in a flash, and somehow, miraculously, it all came together. I am, all of a sudden, ready to be a professional in this new vocation — a radical experiential evolution to …
I found another lovely bodywork modality that I’m hoping to weave into my personal practice! Today I’ll share some of what I’m learning for those in my life who may be curious about what it is and/or whether they’d wish to experience it themselves. This past week we had a few classes dedicated to lymphatic …
Continue reading Learning & Loving Lymphatic Drainage Massage
“Full-time massage school will be like drinking out of a firehose,” they told us. “Pace yourselves. Know that it will take a long time to integrate what we are teaching.” Now, four months into this six-month journey, I can say: they were right. It’s both wonderful and stressful. I’ve been trying to drink out of …
Hello friends, from the one and only San Francisco! I’ve been back in my old apartment the past few months, after nearly two years of living as a vagabond-nomad, and conditions could not be more different than when I left. This time, I’m on a path of truer purpose and calling. I’m feeling grounded. I’m …
Continue reading An Unlikely Journey: Tech Refugee to Wilderness Therapy Guide to Bodyworker
Trail Journal, February 2025: A poetic and inevitable rainfall Back story: I’m with the girls’ band. We made it to this week’s “Final D” (final destination) and have set up camp at the foot of a small mountain in the Arizona high desert. We are tucked into a hillside juniper grove just above a running …
Time for an update! I've been starting to pull together some writings I worked on sporadically over the past months, to tell the story of where this adventuresome life chapter has taken me, and how I've been growing. I hope you enjoy! It's been a wild and spirit-guided journey... A rollercoaster of change and exploration, …
Continue reading Nomad Life Continues: Journey to Arizona Update #1