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2 minute Squat Challenge
If you are dealing with stiffness, joint discomfort, reduced mobility, or chronic tension patterns, functional movement and mobility work may be an important part of your healing process.
A 2 minute goal of squatting daily is a great aim.
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Flexibility and Functional Movement
Flexability and Functional Movement are important because you never know when you are going to need to utilize your body in an interesting way. To pick up your grandchildren, reach for a bag of potatoes, bend over to smell fresh flowers, or install drywall.
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Benefits of Chair and Mat Yoga for Functional Movement
Between sessions, the work of maintaining and improving functional movement belongs to the patient. Here are some practices I recommend most consistently to my patients, not because they are the most advanced, but because they are the most consistently effective when done correctly and regularly.
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Our lovely Liver
OUR LOVELY LIVER
Your Liver Does Over 500 Jobs a Day. When Did You Last Do Something Nice for It? Spring and fall are the two best times to show your liver some love — and Melody has the exact protocol to do it.
Most people don't think about their liver until something goes wrong — but it is the second largest eliminating organ in your body, sitting snugly under your right rib cage and quietly filtering everything you eat, drink, breathe, and absorb. It metabolizes your hormones, stores your vitamins, clears your medications, produces your bile, regulates your blood sugar, and governs fat transport throughout your body. When it's sluggish, everything downstream feels it. In this post Melody shares the exact Liver Flush protocol she learned from Master Herbalist Christopher Hobbs — a five-step morning ritual using fresh citrus, garlic, ginger, and olive oil that takes ten days and is best done twice a year.
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Aromatheraphy Massage
AROMATHERAPY MASSAGE
When Your Doctor Says You've "Turned the Corner" — This Is Why Psychologists are referring their patients to Melody for this. Here's what aromatherapy massage is actually doing.
Aromatherapy massage is one of those therapies that sounds indulgent, until you understand what it's actually doing to your nervous system, your immune function, and your mental and emotional energy. Melody selects specific oils based on what each individual client needs that day, and the effects go far beyond relaxation. Reduced stress, eased anxiety, boosted immunity, and enhanced physical and emotional vitality are all outcomes Melody sees regularly, which is why the referrals from mental health professionals keep coming.
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