Haelen Hands

06/04/2025

This is such a great quote to follow up to my post about the heart. Stay curious. Ask why. Challenge yourself to keep learning even in the face of having what you thought you knew is being challenged. Do the research. We really have so much to learn - sometimes, no a lot of time this is true. The piece of the pie that is the largest is the one labeled, "all the things I didn't know that I didn't know".

Prof. Brian Cox

06/01/2025

Perfect piece to read this morning while drinking coffee at Rivermede Retreat. It was a great weekend spending time there and catching up with Leslie Fraser Breneman. Yesterday's study group was, as always, inspiring and thought provoking as well. Thank you Carol M. Davis, for the O'Donohue piece and facilitating yesterday, reminding us of John F. Barnes' principles of MFR.

I place on the altar of dawn:
The quiet loyalty of breath,
The tent of thought where I shelter,
Waves of desire I am shore to
And all beauty drawn to the eye.

May my mind come alive today
To the invisible geography
That invites me to new frontiers,
To break the dead shell of yesterdays,
To risk being disturbed and changed.

May I have the courage today
To live the life that I would love,
To postpone my dream no longer
But do at last what I came here for
And waste my heart on fear no more.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from 'A Morning Offering' found in his books,
To Bless the Space Between Us (US) / Benedictus (Europe)
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

05/28/2025

Question of the week..where do you store your stress or emotions? Does that place ache or feel tight or make you aware of it on a regular basis? If, so, believe it or not, stress and emotions are often held fast in the fascial system. Myofascial release can help not only with the physical pain and restricted mobility it causes but also any stress and emotions you are holding onto, sometimes without conscious awareness of it. This week has been a week of talking about emotions as folks sighed or moved emotions through their system during our session.

05/23/2025

Such a fun week. One of the best things said...I don't know how you do it but I know you were inside my shoulder joint today and I felt it in my back at the same time.

05/22/2025

05/12/2025

Why are learning new ways of moving important? This research says "yes". Thank you to my friend Stacy Barrows for brining it to my attention in another platform.

Brain researchers have identified a bridge between the thalamus and the cortex as the key area that is modified during motor learning functions. They found that such learning does much more than adjust activity levels, it sculpts the circuit's wiring, refining the conversation between brain regions.