The Berry Method of Manual Lymphatic Drainage

08/09/2025

😕 You’ve heard it before:
“Something’s just not right.”
Clients can’t always explain it — they just feel off.
You give them a great session. Maybe it helps… but the results don’t hold.
You’ve stretched, released, mobilized, and melted tension — and still, something’s missing.
💭 What if the real issue isn’t just in the soft tissue… but in the nervous system itself?
🌿 What if their lymph isn’t the only thing stuck?
Over 100 million nerve cells live in the digestive tract — more than in the spinal cord.
🧠➡️🌀 That’s the enteric nervous system, the “second brain.”
And the Vagus nerve?
It’s the master switch for rest, digestion, and healing.
When it’s dysregulated, everything from lymph flow to energy, digestion, and mood can stall out. 😣🛑
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✅ In Taum’s Lymphatic Management class, you’ll learn how to:
🧬 Work with the deep relationship between the brain, gut, and lymph system
🌬️ Stimulate the Vagus reflex (it’s the first thing we do) to shift the body into healing mode
👐 Apply gentle, precise techniques that restore fluid movement without force
💤 Help clients release, regulate, and recover — even when nothing else seems to work
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This is the work clients don’t even know they’re asking for.
But you’ll recognize it when they say:
“I just need something to change.”
“Massage helps, but it doesn’t last.”
“I didn’t realize how stuck I was… until something finally shifted.”
✨ If you’re ready to meet those moments with confidence — and give your clients results that last — this class is for you.
🔗 Learn more & register:

Taum's lymphatic classes support the body's functional ability to move, drain, refresh, and recycle its 'Inner Ocean.' Learn more here.

08/07/2025

🌿 What if lymph wasn’t the only thing stuck?

💭 What if your nervous system was the real traffic jam?
Over 100 million nerve cells live in your digestive tract — more than in your spinal cord.

🧠➡️🌀 That’s your enteric nervous system, often called your second brain.
And the Vagus nerve?
It’s the body’s master switch for rest, digestion, and immune response.

When this nerve is sluggish or overwhelmed, everything from lymph flow to gut motility to mood can slow down. 😣🛑

💡 In Taum’s Lymphatic Management class, we explore:
🧬 How the brain, gut, and lymph system are deeply intertwined.
🌬️ Techniques to support Vagus nerve activation — in fact, the very first technique we use gently stimulates the Vagus reflex, helping the client drop into rest and relaxation mode.

✅ When the nervous system lets go, the entire body starts to shift. That simple moment can set the stage for real healing.

👐 Hands-on methods to encourage whole-body drainage and calm
💧 How to restore healthy fluid flow without force
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Clients often say:

🗣️ “I didn’t know how stuck I was... until something finally shifted.”

😴 “Best night's sleep I’ve had in a long time.”

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Want to learn how to guide that shift?
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✨ Join Taum for the next Lymphatic Management class — tap into 40+ years of insight and hands-on experience.

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Taum's lymphatic classes support the body's functional ability to move, drain, refresh, and recycle its 'Inner Ocean.' Learn more here.

08/04/2025

💡 Our job as therapists is not to “force” change—it’s to listen.

When Lauren would see us struggling with his work, he often told us to listen, "The body is smarter than we are, we just have to listen."

The Berry Method® honors that wisdom and approaches the body as a connected, intelligent system—governed by structure, fluid movement, and natural rhythms—not just isolated parts.

When we support the body in getting unstuck and returning to what it already knows how to do, everything shifts:
✔️ Sessions become easier
✔️ Outcomes become more consistent
✔️ The work becomes truly effective

👐 Taum’s hands-on approach is grounded in this perspective.
His classes go beyond muscle and fascia, addressing visceral tension, joint mechanics, and fluid dynamics to resolve stuck patterns at their root.

If you're a massage therapist, bodyworker, or movement pro ready to listen and work “with” the body (not against it), this is your next step.

🌀 Smarter touch. Deeper results.
Clients get off the table knowing and feeling the change.

👉 https://musclemanagement.com/lymphatic-management

08/04/2025

💎 Is It Lymphatic Constipation? 🔥
Do your clients present with any of the following?
• Sleep issues.
• Persistent fatigue or brain fog.
• Digestive sluggishness or bloating.
• That “stagnant” feeling they can’t quite explain
That stagnation is often felt as a sense that something is simply wrong.

Lymphatic congestion is more common than you think, and when you know how to release it, clients feel an almost immediate relief.

It might be *lymphatic constipation*—and yes, that’s a thing, and we can address it.

This two-part seminar in Truckee begins on Sunday September 21st and offers a unique hands-on, engineering-based approach to lymphatic work.

Grounded in The Berry Method®, a system rooted in Lauren Berry’s background as both a structural engineer and master therapist, it blends precise body mechanics, hydraulic engineering concepts, and visceral release techniques.

Client feedback often includes:
💩 Relief from constipation
👃 Unusual-smelling urine (a detox sign)
😴 Improved sleep patterns

You can help restore the body’s natural flow.

Because when the lymphatic system flows, so does everything else.
This class offers a hands-on solution.

You’ll learn techniques that are highly effective as a natural decongestant—grounded in body mechanics and fluid movement, not force.

👉 https://musclemanagement.com/lymphatic-management
The magic within The Berry Method® is found in its ability to gently guide the body out of stress and into a state of rest, repair, and deep healing—by naturally activating the Vagus nerve reflex.
https://musclemanagement.com/vagus-nerve

Taum's lymphatic classes support the body's functional ability to move, drain, refresh, and recycle its 'Inner Ocean.' Learn more here.

07/27/2025

🧠 Brain Fog, Bloating, Fatigue, Sleepless nights?

How many clients have you seen who “just don’t feel right”?

They’re tired, foggy, bloated, can’t sleep—and your usual techniques only get them partway there.

Consider this: The issues may be deeper than the symptoms and more of a regional problem.

When the liver loses its optimum position and natural rhythm, lymph flow slows, digestion gets backed up, and the brain pays the price.

You’re probably already aware of the Vagus nerve’s vital role in overall health—and its link to the gut-brain connection.

This class provides both clarity and a practical, hands-on understanding of how the abdominal, lymphatic, and digestive systems work together to influence energy, mood, detoxification, immune function, and overall health.

👐 In this hands-on class, you’ll learn:
✅ Visceral massage techniques for the liver and digestive organs
✅ How to support lymphatic flow and detox pathways
✅ How to restore balance through the vagus nerve
✅ A structural approach that delivers results your clients will feel

This is work most therapists were never taught—but your clients truly need.
Expect your clients to get off the table and notice a difference.

🔗 Learn more or register: https://musclemanagement.com/lymphatic-management

Taum's lymphatic classes support the body's functional ability to move, drain, refresh, and recycle its 'Inner Ocean.' Learn more here.

07/14/2025

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07/06/2025

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Behind skilled, educated hands lies a quiet foundation of knowledge, experience, and understanding.

07/06/2025

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Got me in the first half ain't gonna lie

07/06/2025

Wow...Doctors are starting to get it.🙏

In 1989 a patient with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) came to see Dr Raymond Perrin in his capacity as an osteopath. The man had postural problems but when Dr Perrin worked with him using osteopathic techniques something else happened. His ME got better.

07/06/2025

James Carville isn’t a man prone to panic, but when he says, “I would not put it at all past [Trump] to try to call martial law or declare that there’s some kind of national emergency,” around next year’s elections it’s time to sit up straight....

07/06/2025

https://www.yahoo.com/news/illness-no-cure-doctor-believes-173000098.html

In 1989 a patient with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) came to see Dr Raymond Perrin in his capacity as an osteopath. The man had postural problems but when Dr Perrin worked with him using osteopathic techniques something else happened. His ME got better.

07/05/2025

Visceral Massage: A Door to Core Wellness (and a good night's sleep:)

Many of our clients carry tension that extends beyond their muscles — it's rooted in their breath, digestion, and nervous system.
One powerful yet often overlooked way to support deep healing? Visceral massage.

This gentle, focused work addresses the organs of the abdomen — especially the small and large intestines, liver, and diaphragm — and in doing so, it taps directly into the vagus nerve, the body’s main communication line for rest, digestion, and recovery.

Here’s how it helps:

🧠 Nourishes Vagal Tone
The vagus nerve sends and receives messages from the intestines, liver, and upper abdomen. By gently mobilizing these areas, we stimulate the nerve’s calming feedback loop — helping the brain register safety and shift out of fight-or-flight mode.

🌬️ Frees the Breath
Tension in the diaphragm can influence the vagus nerve, restricting breathing. Releasing this area encourages deeper, slower breathing, which directly activates the parasympathetic nervous system.

💧 Supports Circulation and Drainage
Releasing tension around the liver and cisterna chyli (a major lymphatic hub near the diaphragm) improves fluid movement, reduces congestion, and enhances immune and vagal function.

🍽️ Improves Digestive Rhythm
Visceral work restores motion to the small and large intestines, supporting natural peristalsis and communication along the gut-brain axis — a key role of the vagus nerve.

✅ When the vagus nerve is balanced, clients often report:
- More energy and better digestion
- Less anxiety and better sleep
- A greater sense of calm and wholeness

Visceral massage doesn’t just move organs — it helps reset the system. It’s a subtle yet profound way to invite core-level wellness and resilience.

If you’re already integrating this work, what have you noticed in your practice? And if you haven’t yet explored it, this might be the door you (and your clients) have been looking for.
These remarkable techniques have consistently stood the test of time in my practice for over 40 years — and for those fortunate enough to carry them in their tactile toolbox, the results speak volumes.
Even after decades of hands-on work, I remain inspired by how deeply and lastingly Lauren's techniques and protocols help the body shift, heal, and restore.
If this work speaks to you, there’s still room in my Visceral Massage class happening next Sunday in Truckee.
Click here for more information and to sign up: https://musclemanagement.com/visceral-class



PS...the 2025 sleep record is 16 hrs...so far

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