Regarding Touch

10/11/2026

09/04/2026

One of the things I’ve become more particular about the longer I do this work is what I actually put on your skin.

We talk a lot about technique, pressure, training and what a practitioner’s hands can do.

But the product being worked into your skin for an hour?

That can become an afterthought.

Not on my table.

Carollanne, the woman behind Solavedi Organics, is a big reason why.

Calling her my skincare mentor almost feels inadequate. She’s taught me about Ayurveda, bodywork, skin, plants and formulation—and reinforced something I believe pretty strongly:

The details clients don’t see still matter.

Carollanne is one of those people who has learned and accomplished so much in one lifetime that I’m only half convinced she hasn’t lived for several centuries. And she is particular.

I mean that as the highest compliment.

She formulates and makes Solavedi products in small batches, paying serious attention to the quality and sourcing of ingredients and how the botanicals themselves are handled and prepared.

There are cheaper products I could use. Easier products. Products with much bigger marketing budgets.

I choose Solavedi because I know the difference.

These two surprise gifts—her newly reformulated Ayurvedic Beautifying Cleansing Milk and Wild Fern Leaf Barrier Shield Infusion—made my day. Her note explained that she reformulated the cleansing milk simply because extreme shipping temperatures could affect its consistency.

Most people would have called it good enough.

Carollanne made it better.

And that’s exactly why I trust her products on my clients.

When you book with me, you’re paying for my hands, education and experience—but also for the quieter decisions I make behind the scenes about what deserves to be used on your body.

The quality of a treatment isn’t just about what I do with my hands. It’s also about what’s underneath them.

Thank you, Carollanne—for the gifts, the education, and for setting the bar so high.

05/04/2026

“Change needs a surface that’s clear and ready to hold it.”

In bodywork, this is where everything begins.

Before muscles release, before breath deepens, before pain softens into something workable—there has to be space. Not just on the table, but within the body and the nervous system. A kind of internal clearing. A quiet readiness.

Massage therapists don’t force change. They prepare for it.

They listen through their hands. They notice where the body is bracing, guarding, holding stories it hasn’t yet let go of. And instead of pushing against that resistance, they create a surface that can hold whatever wants to emerge—tension, emotion, stillness, even discomfort.

That “surface” isn’t just physical tissue. It’s safety. It’s presence. It’s the unspoken agreement that nothing here needs to perform or pretend.

When the body feels that—when it senses it’s supported without expectation—it begins to reorganize itself. Patterns unwind. Breath returns. Change happens, not because it was demanded, but because it was finally possible.

Healing doesn’t start with doing more.

It starts with making space for what already wants to shift.

05/02/2026

They call Ayurveda “woo woo” because they don’t understand regulation.

Not just nervous system regulation…
but skin, inflammation, digestion, and stress response.

Ayurvedic skincare + bodywork works because it treats the body as one connected system.

Not isolated symptoms.
Not quick fixes.
Not reactive care.

Real, physiological support.

This is why your treatments feel different.
This is why your results last longer.

And this is why it’s not for everyone.

Only for people ready to go deeper.

04/29/2026

You do not need to become some hyper-optimized, biohacking, metahuman version of yourself to feel better.

You need regulation.
You need consistency.
You need habits your nervous system can actually trust.

Pause before reacting.
Breathe before spiraling.
Move your body.
Eat food your body recognizes.
Sleep like your healing depends on it—because it does.
Love people well. Let yourself be loved well.

Wellness is not found in extremes.
It’s built in the quiet, unsexy, repeated things.

The real glow-up is nervous system peace.

Not hustle.
Not burnout.
Not pretending exhaustion is ambition.

Calm is the flex.

04/23/2026

Most people wait until their body is basically screaming before they do anything about it.

The migraines.
The sleepless nights.
The burnout.
The panic attacks.
The moment your neck locks up and suddenly turning your head feels like a full-time job.

But here’s the thing—your body didn’t just start talking at breaking point.
It’s been trying to get your attention the whole damn time.

In quieter ways.

The shoulders that live somewhere near your ears.
The jaw you’re clenching without even noticing.
The low-grade exhaustion that coffee can’t fix.
The headaches you keep calling “normal.”
That tight chest.
That restless sleep.
That constant hum of stress sitting under everything.

We get way too good at overriding these signals.

We normalize tension.
We glorify pushing through.
We tell ourselves being uncomfortable is just part of being an adult.

It’s not.

Your body is giving you information, not inconveniencing you.

Pain, tension, fatigue—they’re not personality traits.
They’re signals.
Little warning lights saying, hey, something needs attention here.

And when you ignore them, they don’t magically disappear.

They get louder.

Real healing starts when you stop treating your body like an enemy and start paying attention to what it’s been trying to say all along.

04/18/2026

Ending my day with this view… face down, stress gone, and not a single text being answered 😌✨

04/16/2026

Yoga has a way of meeting me exactly where I am… and then asking for more.

It’s one of the few things in my life that continues to shape me—quietly, consistently, every single day. Not just in how I move, but in how I think, how I respond, how I hold space for myself and for others.

The room I practice in isn’t just a room. It’s energy. It’s breath. It’s people showing up as they are—raw, real, human. There’s something powerful about sharing that space with a community that feels both grounding and electric at the same time. I don’t take it lightly that I’ve had friends, clients, and people I love step into that space with me. It makes the practice deeper. It makes it matter more.

And the thing is… it doesn’t stay on the mat.

I carry it with me. Into conversations. Into silence. Into my treatment room, where that same energy becomes something I get to give back. Something sacred. Something felt.

This practice isn’t just movement—it’s a mirror, a release, a reminder of who I am underneath everything else.

Find community in strangers
Strength and support in love
Power, purpose and peace in yourself

Send it.
(G Love is so right. There’s something extraordinary about the Thursday morning OM)

04/16/2026

Most places treat massage like a menu.
Base price… then charge you extra for anything that actually works.

Stone therapy? Extra.
Cupping? Extra.
Anything beyond basic? You guessed it—extra.

We don’t do that.

If something is going to help your body, we’re using it. No pause. No “that’ll be an add-on.” No weird moment where you’re doing math on the table.

Just one rate for the full experience—however your body needs it that day.

Turns out, people don’t just like that… they expect it once they’ve had it.

And honestly? We wouldn’t run it any other way.

04/09/2026

Progress isn’t linear — and that’s not failure… it’s biology.

Some days you feel stronger.
Some days you feel tight again.
Some days the pain comes back.
Some days your range of motion improves overnight.

That doesn’t mean you’re going backwards.
It means your body is adapting.

In fitness, recovery, physical therapy, pain management, and bodywork — progress looks like:

• Good days and hard days
• Breakthroughs followed by plateaus
• Less pain… then temporary flare-ups
• Small ROM gains that compound over time

Healing isn’t a straight line. It’s a wave. 🌊

Your nervous system is recalibrating.
Your tissues are remodeling.
Your brain is relearning safety in movement.
Your body is building resilience.

And sometimes… that process feels messy.

But every session, every rep, every stretch, every bit of bodywork is adding to the foundation — even when it doesn’t feel like it in the moment.

Consistency beats perfection.
Patience beats frustration.
Long-term progress beats short-term expectations.

Keep showing up.
Keep moving.
Keep trusting the process.

Your body is doing more behind the scenes than you realize.

Progress isn’t linear — but it is happening. 💪