After over three months with my practice shut down, I have returned to work with joy and relief – which my clients seem to share. My...

I taught my son how to ride a bike last month, a week before his eleventh birthday. He got the hang of it quickly, perhaps because he...

A couple weeks ago, a client apologized to me for not having shaved her legs prior to her appointment. This sort of thing happens a lot —...

Recently I had the opportunity to provide bodywork at Spiritfire, an annual four-day event that’s like a cross between a spiritual...

In early June I went to Boston for a 4-day intensive course in oncology massage – that is, massage specially tuned to the particular...

In my last essay, I posited that evolution shaped the human body and mind so that we are beautifully adapted to the world of 5000 years...

We humans evolved over millions of years, via an almost unimaginably slow process. Anatomically modern humans have been around for...

It’s February, and the media is full of headlines like, “Your New Year’s Resolution Didn’t Work, Now What?” The emphasis of these pieces...

I spend a lot of time these days talking about fascia. I study fascia, I work with fascia, I am a big ol’ fascia geek, and I could make...

Not long ago, my nine-year-old son tried roller-blading for the first time, with some friends. He had a blast, and although he did fall...

"Find the pain and look elsewhere for the cause." - John F. Barnes I’ll set the scene: a client comes to see me, complaining of chronic...

One of the questions I hear most often from my clients is, “Is this normal?” They come to the question by many routes. Popular lead-ins...

The term may not be familiar to you, but you already know about your sympathetic nervous system. At its most basic, it’s what causes your...

Well, to start with, I’ve always been a sucker for wordplay. But more importantly, that one (made-up) word encapsulates the journey I’ve...