BOND Wellness Studios

10/25/2024

A little magic popped up in the studio. 🌈

Finishing up another day of soul satisfying work. 💕

Happy Friday!

10/08/2024

Just got the sweetest text from a valued client. If you want to know why I do what I do, this is it. ✨💕

07/13/2024

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PUBLISHES LARGEST STUDY EVER ON MASSAGE THERAPY USE

July 2024

"Many people receive massage therapy and for many reasons. But according to a new study – the largest and most comprehensive ever conducted on the subject – the prevalence of visits to massage therapists is higher than one might have imagined and the reasons may be surprising."

“What our study shows is that it’s probably not helpful any longer to label massage as an ‘alternative’ therapy, with all of the marginality that the term conveys.”

“Licensed massage therapists ought to be respected as mainstream practitioners, whose profession provides a therapeutic approach not just to address pain and functional challenges but to foster wellness and overall well-being, physical and emotional.

Everyone can benefit from working with a skilled massage therapist. They’re the hidden gems in the healthcare system.” - Jeff Levin, Ph.D., M.P.H., University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health. (Robert Rogers/Baylor University)

Study Link: Journal of Science & Healing
Prevalence & Determinants of Massage Therapy Use in the US
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550830724000958

03/14/2024

For the contentment seekers. ✨

Sometimes ideas hit me, but I often don’t share outside of my internal world. I’m challenging myself to express outwardly more. To be brave and open the possibility that I am not alone in my specific challenges. And foster unexpected connections.

I wrote this quickly as a note to myself. I struggle with my own body acceptance and I’ve seen way too many soul-level gorgeous people who also struggle. This is also for all the people I’ve worked with-and have yet to work with-as a reminder that your body has so much to offer and that it’s worth it to allow to feel it all, in struggle and gratitude.

Thank you, body

I’m often at war with you,
Forcing you into something you are not.
I misunderstand the language you speak and the sensations you send
Or sadly don’t hear or feel them at all.
Trusting you doesn’t come easy.

Yet, you are always working to keep me safe

Today, I pause to thank you
To hear the subtle whisper of your wisdom.

Now I remember.
I have felt it all. We have felt it all.

Seen pinky-orange sunsets sprawl across the oceanside sky as we sit in awe
Felt the warm, profound comfort offered from my partner’s hand
Tasted meltiest most delicious chocolate chip cookies just out of the oven
Smelled popcorn as we enter a theater inspiring excitement of what’s to come
Heard so many “I love yous” and tiny little giggles that find their way to our ears
And gush into our soul.

Together, we’ve made it through all of our hardest days and
We’ve experienced a joy that feels hard to contain in a body.

We will keep going. And listening.

Thank you, body.
-me

01/20/2024

Wowza…this one is a doozy! To all my lovely people. ✨ Our time has come. ♥️ You know who you are! 🌈

Drop a 🙌 if you are with me. 💕

01/19/2024

LAST DAY to register! Just about sold out. You are who we are waiting for. 🌈

January 27th 2024
10:00-5:00
Lunch included

Link in bio!

01/15/2024

Love and connection drives all that I do when working with you. It is how we begin. Healing happens in proximity.

Love and connection are not a luxury but a necessity. It’s strange that we seem to have forgotten that relationship is at the root of who we are.

The invitation to remember and return to wholeness is not an invitation to become needless.

The invitation is to show up for love as love. To see the ones we choose to walk this life with as sacred hearts to be held and cherished.

We are stepping out of the fog and allowing ourselves to move towards that which can truly nourish us, rather than chasing people and connections that deplete us.

Your wholeness is your birthright.

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01/05/2024

Yesterday I was bowled over with this belated Christmas gift from my thoughtful client. It involved a personal joke, movie reference and a shared love of coffee. Shout out to clients who really get you! Hope your year is off to a good start. Mine has been rocky but being seen like this definitely helped. 🤖 💕☕️🍻

12/31/2023

Peace out 2023! ✌️Cheers to welcoming 2024 with open arms. Wishing you all the very best this year can offer. Reminder to prioritize yourself. I can help. Sending you big hugs!! 🪩 🎆

12/31/2023

Sneaking this last post of 2023. 🎉

Meet Danielle “DJ” Johnson

Allow me to introduce you to my next presenter at The Embodiment Lab. Danielle “DJ” Johnson. She is the owner of Health in Mind , which is a mental health wellness company with a powerful mission to provide impactful services that heal our communities and to provide balanced employment for her staff.

DJ and I met when we became business neighbors in Midlothian, back in 2019. She was starting her new venture as a business owner and I was just opening my second location. We quickly discovered that we have many overlapping philosophies about how to engage and care for people and through this connection we became immediate friends.

Some people try to be cool, but Danielle EMBODIES cool. There is no trying, she just IS. And by cool, I mean imagine New York City late night smokey jazz club cool. Like spoken-word mic night cool. Like your best friend just flew into surprise you on your birthday cool. Like a person who will stop the all noise around her so she can hear what you have to say cool.

She is a powerful force and has a palpable strength and she can change the energy of a room just by walking in it. And if you are lucky enough to make her laugh -be thankful-because her laugh is one of the best around. Big and all in.

And most importantly, when she is around, you just know everything is going to be ok.

There will never be another “first time” of this workshop again, so join us for this unique and memorable event.

The Embodiment Lab
January 27th, 2024
10-5

✨Register with link in bio.

12/17/2023

📣Friendly heads up that there are only a few spots left for the retreat! I couldn’t be MORE EXCITED for the line up of INCREDIBLE presenters I have coming to open your minds and warm your hearts on January 27th. The room is going to be brimming with talent & expansive energy.

You definitely DO NOT want to miss it! Let’s make some memories together and start this year with radical intention. ♥️

✨Stay tuned for more introductions in the coming weeks✨

The Embodiment Lab: A one day wellness retreat to indulge and engage your senses

January 27th, 2024
10:00-5:00p
Lunch included

We are just missing you. ♥️

Grab your ticket with the link in bio.


#2024

12/01/2023

Meet Molly 🌈🪩♥️💃
It's a rare gift in life to have someone so special in your life for over 3 decades. Molly and I connected in high school during many of the woes and triumphs woven in both of our coming of age stories. She had a special calling. A calling to be an artist. A creator. A dancer. And OH MY did she dance! For the past 20+ years, she has been calling NYC home while traveling around the world dancing & choreographing as professional dancer/artist. She did it. She's a dreamer AND a dream follower. I'm so proud to call her my friend. Oh and fun fact, we share the same exact birthday!

This past summer she contacted me that she is coming back to Richmond for a year to work at VCU Dance department and would I like to get together….Um, YES! I also happened to be in the early development of The Embodiment Lab and I didn't hold back asking her if she would participate. She gave me the resounding YES that I needed.

I'm so incredibly excited to introduce you my talented friend and artist, Molly Poerstel, and who will be a presenter at The Embodiment Lab!

Molly brings a whole new perspective to embodiment through movement and I'm so excited to have her share her wisdom and experience with you.

About Molly

Molly Poerstel has been teaching movement forms such as Pilates, Yoga, and Contemporary Dance for the past twenty years. She completed her 200-hour ISHTA yoga certification in 2003, Pilates Training from Kinected in 2014, and is a UWM Fellowship pursuing her MFA in Dance and Choreography. Poerstel's somatic classes are influenced by pilates teachers Hilary Clark and Kelly Kane, anatomist Irene Dowd, and Body-Mind Centering teacher Roseanne Spradlin. Poerstel maintains a dynamic dance performing career and has taught and performed both locally and abroad, and infuses these experiences into her studio teaching. As the mother of two children, (and a dog), Poerstel understands the complexity of each person's physical journey and is passionate about finding corporeal power, precision, and vitality for each unique individual she encounters.

Grab your ticket! Link in bio.

11/20/2023

MEET CHLOÉ 💕🎀🌸

I’m so excited to introduce you to Chloe of English Tea Paperie who is one of the talented presenters that will be with me at The Embodiment Lab!

I’m still in disbelief I get to work with this beautiful soul. Not only is her enthusiatic & joyful energy contagious, but she will be bringing such insight on how to clear your cluttered mind and so you can live a more embodied life.

Chloé Minyon

As an artist, designer, and post-burnout creative, Chloé believes designing a beautiful life begins with heartfelt intention. Encouraging those around her to enjoy life like a fine art gallery, slowly, with emotion and purpose. Guiding away from overwhelm and into living from a place of rest.

Having spent the majority of her career as a bespoke wedding stationer in a high-end and fast-paced industry, burnout struck in 2018 and almost led her to quit. Instead, she rested and did the deep work of understanding why women and creatives are more susceptible to the continual destruction of overwhelm.

Originally from London, England, Chloé now calls Richmond, Virginia her home. An Enneagram 4w5 and a highly sensitive person (HSP), she always envisioned becoming an artist, bringing poetic expression to the world. Using her new artistically designed Clear Mind Journal, Chloe hopes to eliminate the shame around our suffering and bring joy back to our days.

Join us for this powerful and unique retreat to start 2024 in a whole new way!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/745556257837?aff=oddtdtcreator

11/14/2023

A very special morning with a very special new friend (tag you? 😊). Our breakfast came with flowers on our plates. What a beautiful & memorable touch . I even ran into another friend while there that I haven’t seen in at least a decade! So grateful for all the incredible people who have been and continue to come into my life. And for discovering coffee shops with so much life.

Continued the flower theme of the morning and bought myself flowers! Didn’t have a vase at the office, so a pitcher will have to do.

10/25/2023

Join us for this unique experience to usher in 2024 with radical intention. This will be a rejuvenating experience like no other. Immerse yourself in a day of relaxation, exploration, and self-care as we indulge your senses.

Can’t wait to share more about the event along with announcing our special presenters.

Purchase your ticket at the link in profile. ✨🧘‍♀️😎