Intuitive Bodywork LLC

11/18/2025

Testimonial Tuesday!

11/16/2025

Close your teeth right now. Which side hits first?

If you feel more pressure on one side, your spine is compensating at this exact moment.

Here’s the cascade destroying your posture work:

The jaw drags your skull off-center. When your bite lands harder on one side, your jaw pulls your entire skull with it. Your head tilts. One ear drops. Your neck muscles grip all day just to keep your eyes level.

The crooked head forces your spine to bend. Your brain won’t let you walk around tilted, so it bends and rotates your spine. One shoulder climbs. Ribs twist. That one-sided tightness you keep foam rolling but can never fix.

The twisted spine makes your pelvis and feet compensate. To stop you from falling, your pelvis shifts and one hip hikes while more weight drops into one foot. The leg that feels shorter. The knee that always hurts more.

And the jaw keeps the entire chain stuck. As long as your bite stays asymmetric, your nervous system keeps rebuilding this pattern from skull to feet. You can stretch your neck and strengthen your core all you want. Your body will snap back to this jaw-driven compensation by evening.

This is why your posture work never holds.

A 2025 study analyzing 83 studies confirmed it: the trigeminocervical nucleus creates bidirectional pain referral between jaw and neck. They’re hardwired in your brainstem. Your nervous system doesn’t distinguish between the two.

When jaw mechanics are off, your neck muscles stay tight not because they’re weak but because your brain thinks they need to stabilize a faulty jaw.

Link in bio for the blog and links 👆

Early Black Friday special: spend $300 or more and get the 5-Minute Posture Fix for FREE - until November 18.






Which side hits first?

11/11/2025

Come see our NATUROPATH next week!

🌿✨ Exciting News! ✨🌿
I’m thrilled to share that I am now a Board Certified Doctor of Naturopathy!

This achievement represents years of study, dedication, and a deep passion for helping others achieve true wellness — body, mind, and spirit. 💚

At New Horizons Natural Health, my mission remains the same: to empower individuals to restore balance naturally through comprehensive care, education, and personalized protocols that address the root cause, not just the symptoms.

This new certification allows me to serve you with even greater depth, offering expanded insight and support in areas like:
🌸 Hormone Balance
🌿 Gut & Adrenal Health
💧 Detoxification
💪 Immune & Cellular Wellness

I’m so grateful for every client who has trusted me on their journey — this accomplishment is for you, too. 💫

If you’re ready to take your next step toward natural healing, visit www.newhorizonsnaturalhealth.com
or call/text 417-708-1149 to schedule your appointment.

11/11/2025

In honor of Veteran's Day:

Veterans Therapy Program – November 18–22, 2025

The Dr. John E. Upledger Foundation is proud to support veterans through its Integrative Therapy Program, offering CranioSacral Therapy (CST) to help ease symptoms of PTSD including anxiety, depression, pain, and sleep challenges.

📅 Upcoming Dates: November 18–22, 2025
📍 Upledger Institute International, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
📞 Call 561-622-4334 to register or apply for a scholarship.

Learn more about the program and PTSD relief resources here: https://www.upledger.org/what-we-do/ptsd-relief.php

11/11/2025

Happy Veteran's Day!

We have supported a few charities over the years and one we have chosen to support this year is K9's for Camo!
We were so privileged to attend the Night Of Valor 2025 and to donate therapy certificates for their cause. Please consider donating to them and their mission in the future.

☆K9s For Camo is accepting applications for veterans and emergency professionals who need a fully trained and funded service animal for support! The dogs are rescued from the pound, trained by inmates in prison and given to service members... 3 lives are impacted positively through this charity with each successful placement!☆

Please check out their page and website to learn more and pass this information onto someone whom you think is a good candidate.

https://k9sforcamo.org/

11/10/2025

Jarva will be with us next Tuesday! Get on her schedule now!

🌿 Exciting News! 🌿
I’ll be seeing clients at Intuitive Bodyworks and Massage on November 18th!

If you’ve been feeling run down, out of balance, or just not quite yourself lately — this is the perfect time to take a step toward better health from the inside out. 💚

✨ Offering support for:
• General Health & Wellness
• Gut & Adrenal Health
• Immune Rebalancing
• Hormone Support
• Detoxification

Let’s get you feeling vibrant, energized, and balanced again!

📅 Schedule your appointment today:
🌐 www.newhorizonsnaturalhealth.com

📞 Call/Text: 417-708-1149

11/08/2025

Self Care Saturday

11/08/2025

This special is exclusive to Susan Cyrus! Please visit our pinned post to view Ashley Wright's specials!

It's that time of year again! 🎁 www.susancyrus.net

11/08/2025

Friday Fun! Sent by a client lol

11/06/2025

Give yourself or someone you love the gift of pain relief!

11/06/2025

Every part of your jaw system is connected to your posture in ways most people never realize.

When your jaw position shifts, your head and shoulders follow. The body instantly compensates to keep your eyes level, which leads to neck tension, shoulder elevation, and forward head posture.

When your tongue function is off, it directly affects the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) through the way it presses on the teeth and palate.

Poor tongue posture destabilizes the jaw, forcing the surrounding muscles to tighten and pull unevenly.

Your teeth and tongue work together to guide jaw position. When that relationship is off balance, the TMJ shifts, and the head posture changes with it.

This creates a ripple effect down the neck and spine, altering the body’s center of gravity.

And when you have a crossbite, that imbalance becomes structural. One side of the jaw moves differently than the other, creating asymmetry that the rest of the body must correct for from the jaw to the pelvis.

Here is the truth: if you have any one of these issues, your posture is already compensating. If you have two, three, or all four, your body is living in constant adaptation.

This is not about standing straighter or stretching more. It is about understanding that your bite, your tongue, and your jaw mechanics are dictating how your entire body aligns.

That is the real reason you cannot fix your posture until you fix your jaw.

In addition to this, a Functional Activator is a great tool that can be used to improve neck posture through tongue positioning.

Jaw and body connection, Link in bio ☝️




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