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Wellness

Cranial Cradle

The Cranial Cradle offers passive trigger point therapy to relieve headaches, backaches and neck pain and tension.

Theracane

A wonderful self massager, especially for those hard to reach areas on your neck and back.

Gua Sha

Gua Sha helps move lymph, reduce swelling and edema and relieve pain and tension. Use it on pressure points to ease muscle tension or on your feet to relieve pain.

Tiger Tail Products

Too many to name, they've created some beautiful designs for self massage and pain relief.

Books

I have way too many favorite books to mention, but the books below have informed me and my practice in Yoga and Somatics. I also added a couple favorite fiction because I just love to read and want to share!!

Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown

Atlas of the Heart is a beautiful book which dives into the anatomy of our emotional world. I highly recommend it!

Explain Pain by Butler and Mosley

Ever wonder why you can experience pain even though every doctor and x-ray show there is nothing wrong with you? Explain pain dives into how that works and the complex inner experience of pain.

The Way Out by Alan Gordon

Alan Gordon is the found of Pain Reprocessing, a technique used to treat chronic pain, especially when there is no physiological explanation for the pain.

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resma Menekem

This book informed not only several of my practices, but helped my unpack some of my own blind spots during the Racial Reckoning of 2020. From the description: My Grandmother's Hands is a call to action for all of us to recognize that racism is not only about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide. Paves the way for a new, body-centered understanding of white supremacy--how it is literally in our blood and our nervous system. Offers a step-by-step healing process based on the latest neuroscience and somatic healing methods, in addition to incisive social commentary.

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

One of my favorite works of fiction about women's empowerment.