Ahimsa Health

Friends I’m going to do a free online class daily for the next 6 days. Let’s move our focus from what we can’t do to what we can. Let’s develop some healthy movement patterns for our bodies. If you are interested let me know and I’ll organise a private fb group. Big love ❤️

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B o m d i a B o w l s

50/50
Half dragonfruit, half coconut with spiralina and extra gogi berries

Now conveniently located in Glenelg and Adelaide CBD.

Did you know that Goji berries are thought to be the only natural food that can stimulate the pituitary gland and promote the release of Human Growth Hormones (HGH)? This hormone can help slow, and even reverse, some signs of aging.

That look you get when the senses in your hands become your eyes...

Do you remember the old ‘Princess and the Pea’ story? Refining palpation skills is like the attempts to be able to sense a tiny pea under a hundred mattresses. Its a vital part to becoming a good osteopath, massage therapist or body worker.

It’s one thing to understand the musculoskeletal system in theory and be able to label a diagram, it’s another thing entirely to have an understanding of these muscles when working on a real live person. To be able to find these muscles under skin and fat and understand the quality of connective tissue, muscle tissue, tension and hydration specific to each individual.

According to Karel Lewit, noted Czechoslovakian physician,"To begin to learn palpatory skill, one must possess a firm grasp of anatomy and the supporting soft-tissue structures. Palpation of tissue structures seeks to determine the texture, resilience, warmth, humidity and the possibility of moving, stretching or compressing these structures. Concentrating on the tissue palpated, and pushing aside one layer after another, we distinguish skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle and bone; we recognize the transition to the tendon, and finally the insertion."

And then we have to lean into our intuition. What area, direction, pressure, tempo resonates best in accordance to what we are sensing. It’s a constant feedback loop, a movement meditation.

For me I also find it useful to notice the ease or tension on the clients breathing, and posture. Whether they are clenching their jaw, or relaxing their brow. It becomes second nature to do this after time.

My background in yoga brings me to see someone’s body as a sum of their experiences. It has housed every thought and every feeling and every encounter they have ever had. In every treatment it is my aim not only to nurture the musculoskeletal aspect, but honour the conscious being those bones, muscles, and skin house.

I will soon be revealing the new space I have created for my wellness coaching sessions. I have called it “The Nurturing”.

It is a place for people to come and have their well-being tended too. It is my hope that they always feel comfortable and welcome here and can step away from the daily grind and take time nourish their bodies and declutter their minds.

The space is comfortable, zen, has an abundance of light and fresh air, and is surrounded by abundant fruit trees and greens. More to be revealed in the coming weeks...

nurture
/ˈnəːtʃə/

care for and protect (someone or something) while they are growing.

Middle English: from Old French noureture ‘nourishment’, based on Latin nutrire ‘feed, cherish’.

Encourage, lift and strengthen one another. For the positive energy spread to one will be felt by us all. For we are connected, one and all.

“Your life does matter. It always matters whether you reach out in friendship or lash out in anger. It always matters whether you live with compassion and awareness or whether you succumb to distractions and trivia. It always matters how you treat other people, how you treat animals, and how you treat yourself. It always matters what you do. It always matters what you say. And it always matters what you eat.” ― John Robbins, The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World