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03/27/2026

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02/25/2026

Lets have a frank talk about massage and some common questions.

“Do I have to take my clothes off?”

The Touch Institute of Miami has clinically proven the benefit of skin on skin contact. While modalities of massage do benefit circulation, mobility, stress and pain relief through clothing the methods I prefer are undressed, so yes please remove all clothing.

“What about my underwear?’

I prefer no undergarments. It’s just a better experience for us both if I don’t have to yank around shorts to try to get to muscles or not have access. The glutes especially are important muscles with many attachments and insertions to low back and IT band pain. I can access your butt from the side while you stay fully covered at all times under the drape. No underwear and completely naked is best. You will never be exposed and always under the drape. I will, however, always always, always respect your boundaries so if you are absolutely uncomfortable removing undergarments and getting completely naked that is fine, we can work around them. I do prefer no clothing at all, however, again your boundaries will always be respected.

“Can I get a happy ending?”

Depends on what you mean. If you mean s*xual you are unlikely to be happy if I touch your genitalia – I know pressure points and it will definitely not feel good. My training and continuing education requirements for state licensure and board certification is extensive and expensive. I am not, nor should massage ever be, in the s*x work business. You will not get anything s*xual during a session with me. In fact if you attempt or ask, depending on the circumstance, you might get escorted out by police or my shotgun while limping and being humiliated on blast to social media and/or your wife or girlfriend. All that said- my clients usually leave very happy.

“What if I accidentally get a boner?”

Erections are rare but can happen. It’s a natural body reaction similar to sneezing but normally you are too relaxed and distracted for it to happen. If it does and is not in the above category, simply moving away from whatever muscle triggered it normally resolves it and often neither of us even notices if it does briefly occur.

“What if I fart?”

Also can and does happen – by both client and therapist. Fun fact: Flatulence is a sign that you are in the rest and digest parasympathetic mode of your body systems so don’t hold it in. Release farts and stress as they arise.

Any other questions?

02/14/2026

Wishing everyone a life to Love today!Breaking from tradition and going out for a night of dancing fun instead of couples massages
Happy Valentines Day!

02/05/2026

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02/01/2026

🌟 Saturday Spotlight: Riverside Relief🌟

Located in Lawrenceville, Riverside Relief is your local destination for relaxation, pain relief, and holistic healing through the power of massage therapy. Owned and operated by a licensed massage therapist, Riverside Relief offers a variety of customized massage services, including Swedish, deep tissue, prenatal, hot stone, and therapeutic massages designed to target your specific areas of tension and stress. Whether you're recovering from an injury, dealing with chronic pain, or simply needing a break from the daily grind, Riverside Relief provides a peaceful, welcoming space where your wellness comes first.

Riverside Relief is more than just a massage studio—it’s a place where clients feel heard, cared for, and renewed. The team takes time to understand each client’s goals and tailors every session to their unique needs. They believe that self-care is essential, not indulgent, and they’re passionate about supporting the overall well-being of the community. With flexible appointment options and a commitment to personalized care, Riverside Relief has become a trusted name for quality massage therapy in Lawrence County. We’re proud to spotlight them this Saturday!

01/25/2026

Copied. Perfect. Validating. Beautiful. True.

"You cannot breathe your way out of patriarchy. You cannot cold plunge your way out of structural oppression. You cannot meditate, journal, or yoga your way out of conditions that were designed to dysregulate you.

This is not to say that nervous system regulation tools aren't valuable. They are. I use them. I teach them. I believe in the body's capacity to settle, to find ground, to return to itself.

But when regulation tools are offered as the solution to chronic activation without naming the cause of that activation, they become a form of gaslighting. They locate the problem in your body rather than in the conditions your body is responding to.

The message becomes: if you're still anxious, you haven't tried hard enough. If you're still activated, you haven't found the right technique. If you're still struggling, the failure is yours.

But what if your nervous system isn't broken? What if it's accurate?

What if your chronic activation is a correct response to living in a world where your body has never been fully safe? Where your rights can be legislated away? Where your value has been tied to your appearance, your compliance, your ability to serve? Where violence against women is endemic and normalized. Where the mental load is invisible and unpaid and never ending?

You're not dysregulated because you're doing something wrong. You're dysregulated because your body is reading the environment correctly.

This is the problem with nervous system work that doesn't include political analysis. It pathologizes accurate perception. It tells you to calm down when calm would actually be a form of denial. It trains you to regulate your way into tolerating conditions that should not be tolerated.

What if regulation isn't always the goal?

What if sometimes the goal is testimony?

What if your body's activation is not a problem to be solved but a truth to be witnessed? What if the shaking, the racing heart, the inability to settle is your body saying: this is not okay. This was never okay.

And I refuse to pretend it is.

There's a reason oppressed peoples have always used the body as a site of protest. The body that refuses to be calm is a body that refuses to comply. The body that stays activated is a body that is telling the truth about what it has survived.

I'm not saying don't regulate. I'm saying regulate with your eyes open. Know what you're regulating for. Notice if your regulation practice is helping you show up more fully for your life, or if it's helping you tolerate conditions you'd be better off changing or leaving.

There's a difference between settling your nervous system so you can be present and settling your nervous system so you can continue to be extracted from.

One is healing. The other is sophisticated dissociation.

Your body knows things. It knows what's safe and what isn't. It knows what's sustainable and what's depleting. It knows when you're in the wrong relationship, the wrong job, the wrong room.

The question is not how do I make my body stop reacting. The question is what is my body trying to tell me that I haven't been willing to hear.

Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is not calm down. Sometimes the most radical thing is to let your body speak. To let it be a witness. To refuse to regulate yourself into compliance with conditions that are slowly killing you.

Although you cannot breathe your way out of patriarchy, you can listen to the body that has been registering its impact all along."
—Ailey Jolie

01/24/2026

Be safe and stay warm!

01/24/2026

Stay warm and be safe!

01/16/2026

Boost your defenses! Drink plenty water and get adequate rest

Some of my clients are immunocompromised or pregnant. If you have fever, cough, sore throat, "allergies", unusual body aches I am happy to accommodate an appointment when you are symptom- free. Thank you for consideration to others and take care!

01/11/2026

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