Myofascial Release Physical Therapy

02/05/2026

My time in Bali is coming to an end. The theme of my journey has been about finding my way home. I have come to realize it’s not a place I have been seeking, but a feeling of being home - home with who I am and my place in the universe. For most of my life I have felt adrift trying to find an external guide to find my connection. Much of my experience here has been deeply internal with a growing awareness that I’m not going to find home even in the best of external relationships or places.

I’ve come to realize that my expectations of external validation, has been a source of painful disappointment. Everything external has a life cycle of birth and death and when I identify with these things, I lose the connection with myself. This has been illustrated in the last couple months with the passing John just before I came to Bali.

Yesterday I was notified of the death of a third client while I have been gone. This landed particularly deep because he was the first client I had in my new orientation with myofascial release as an independent therapist about 30 years ago. He has been a constant with me as we explored a quality of life for him that kept him fully active and virtually pain free until the last month. His faith in me and willingness to show up year after year has touched me in ways I can’t describe.

The Sapience retreat I experienced this time was deeply uncomfortable with moments of beautiful presence, and yet the unease continued to force me into connection with myself over and over. The energy on this island with the 3 volcanoes and the density of life didn’t allow me to numb out, but continually invited me to connect.

As I prepare to return, I am feeling melancholy, which is a feeling of loss with no particular direction. I sense that part of me died here. I’m in the space between a death of my old self, and waiting to see what is birthed in me as I re-engage with my life back in the US.

I had many beautiful connections with people here as I shared myofascial release sessions and taught the principles. I let those moments flow naturally and, for the most part, allowed myself to connect in ways that didn’t involve me playing the role of therapist.

I write this with 2 more days left before I come back. I can feel the call to return and am so pleased that I took this time for myself.

Richard

01/18/2026

If you would like my music Wild Intuition I used for my tribute to John it is available for streaming on Spotify and Apple Music for meditation and treatment playlists. The link for Apple Music is in the comments. https://open.spotify.com/album/2leFKd1LmslCImDqtZF9s1?si=bXeB6ZnLRSGiqwJYHgQ4LQ

Richard Harty · single · 2026 · 1 songs

11/24/2025

My latest song just went live on Spotify. You can add it to your treatment playlist. https://open.spotify.com/album/29E4qpnkEkqCNG5Npg6ZCe?si=bNEL7K-cRNaPdRRZ5PI9fw

Richard Harty · single · 2025 · 1 songs

07/04/2025

Shine Yoga studio in Lincoln Center in Stockton has put up my Music of Consciousness experience on July 27 at 3:00 pm on their website. You can now reserve your place at the website if you don't want to use the app. Click on the link and scroll down until you see my event.

Jul 6 4:00 PM16:00 Breathwork, Reiki and Sound Healing with Haley Navarro Sunday, July 6, 2025 4:00 PM 5:30 PM 16:00 17:30 Google Calendar ICS Take a pause from your hustle and bustle to join us for a breathwork, Reiki, and sound healing experience that will leave you feeling refreshed and rec...

02/17/2025

One of the barriers that took me some time to move through was performance anxiety. What if the patient doesn’t get better? What if I do something wrong? There are all kinds of rationalizations the mind can come up with that can point out the futility of trying to control outcomes, and this can help to a point. The problem is the operant conditioning that dwells in the body. Just like Pavlov’s dogs salivated when the bell was rung, my body reacts when something mirrors shaming events from my past.

I have experienced this acutely in seminars and I have had to will myself to stay and not run. There were times I didn’t believe I could be free of my panic. I didn’t realize the wisdom of my panic and that it was the pathway to healing. I needed someone to hold space and give me permission for my body to go deeper into my fear. I have had many chances since with therapists willing to hold space (without “efforting”) and inviting me to go deeper into what my body was holding. It also has helped me develop a part me that can hold myself.

When I feel a therapist “efforting,” it inhibits my ability to open. I can feel the investment in a particular outcome. Even “efforting” comes from a desire to be of service, but it is an energetic forcing of the barrier and is exhausting for the therapist. The theme of being in the flow has been such an awareness for me in the last couple of years. There is plenty of support in the flow and it is accessed through softening and surrendering the chatter of the mind. The more I do myofascial release the more I am able to feel the flow of the field and its ability to connect me to my client with love and through its connection with the quantum field of consciousness, a wealth of information and knowledge to guide me in the moment.

One of the things that can keep me trapped in my fear is the belief that I am my mind. When I let go of the chatter of the mind and the energetic striving, I can become aware that my mind is simply a part of me. This letting go requires me to slow down and move into a long hold that allows what feels like an energetic opening. I then find myself in the moment and swimming in the energetic and emotional field of love and connection.

Richard Harty, PT


Producer of Fireside Chat and MFR I DVD course.


Author of the book titled The Music of Consciousness and The Art of Myofascial Release.

11/29/2024

I want to remind everyone that along with my book "The Music of Consciousness and The Art of Myofascial Release" at the BookBaby Bookstore I also offer an extensive video library of my custom approaches and insights into how to create your own techniques as needed. The complexity of the fascial system requires one to deep dive into the art of this work. You can find these videos by subscription at

These are instructional videos on myofascial release to enhance your skills as a therapist. I have over 40 years experience as a therapist and have a practice that…

08/06/2023

I want to let everyone know that my book, "The Music of Consciousness and The Art of Myofascial Release is being really well received and it is accomplishing my goals for its message. I am definitely more left brained in my navigation of things and I have learned to rely more and more on intuition for the moment by moment guidance in treatment and in my life. Part of the message in my book is my journey from a deductive emphasis to experiencing life as an art.

In this age of scientific reason and its emphasis on deductive explanations based on a certain interpretation of the facts, the human factor can often be lost. When I went through physical therapy training, I understood that my oath was to my patient and their well-being. So, when evaluating the val...

06/11/2023

Next year I am planning a treatment road trip. I am making myself available to treat therapists, offer intensives, and possibly do doubles with clients if therapists would like some training. And if there is interest offer a 2 day clinic on techniques taught in my video series at www.mfrtv.com and demonstrate dialog and energetic methods. I hope to set up a schedule where I can treat for a week in various locations and make stops in such a way that I can make a loop around the US.

I charge $240 an hour on the road. I don’t charge for lodging if I have a place to stay or if there are at least 20 sessions scheduled for the week. I require ½ down to reserve a spot since I need to commit to a route to make this work. I hope to have this set up by September.

I’m putting this out there to see if the timing works out and if there is enough interest. You can email me at cardw@me.com or text (209) 406-5387

06/07/2023

I find that scientific language can describe spiritual principles in ways that are free from traditional assumptions. It is true that fundamentalist interpretations of science can lead to scientism, but if we are aware that any language-based description, even if it is scientific, is a reduction, we can be free of the need to have the “right” description.

There is a saying that energy flows in the path of least resistance. It would be more accurate to say that energy flows in any path open to it, but it flows in greater amplitude in paths that have less resistance. You can see this with a lightning strike where there is a large central flow with branches going off laterally. You can observe this with water flowing down the mountain where there is a large central flow where it has a greater opening, with small eddy currents branching out in other available openings.

The principle of resistance can apply to the basic principles of treatment in myofascial release. We treat where it is hot, hard, or tender. Electrical energy produces heat where it encounters resistance. Resistance to feeling emotions can cause muscles to contract and harden. When the flow of fluid encounters resistance it creates pressure, which can cause pain when that pressure pushes on nerves. If the resistance is great enough fluid filled cavities can create hardened areas in the body.

In my last post I talked about the power of surrender. Surrendering is a way to decrease resistance and allows energy to flow. Energy is always wanting to flow and will continue to build up against resistance until the barrier breaks. We can see this when water is rushing down a mountain. It eventually overflows any barrier and can break the dam.

When barriers break in the body, we call that disease because it creates pain and inflammation. Too often we look at healing as building the barrier back up, when reducing resistance to the flow of energy would take the pressure off, soften the area, and remove the pain. Pain is our check engine light. Disconnecting the check engine light doesn’t make the underlying problem go away.

And we so often ignore the check engine light by using pain relievers, anti-inflammatories, and muscle relaxers exclusively. As John has said many times myofascial release treats the underlying cause.

Resistance is much less in crystalline structures because the molecules are lined up reducing the collisions of electrons or photons traveling through the tissue. As we have recently found, one of byproducts of the heat produced during a release is the forming of liquid crystal water in the area being treated. This also has the effect of allowing energy to more freely move through the body allowing the clearing of toxins and providing a connection with our environment as we come into harmonic resonance with the living things around us.

This harmonic resonance provides life force, information for our intuition, and awakens us to the sensation of being. This allows us to live in a state of wonder and gratitude.

Richard Harty, PT


Author of the book titled The Music of Consciousness and The Art of Myofascial Release.

www.RichardHarty.com

02/12/2023

My friend Wayne Noel has been really helpful in setting up and designing my personal site which has links to buying my book and watching my myofascial release training videos. The site is

Myofascial Release Therapy

02/11/2023

My friend Wendy Fi**ne is having a retreat in early March. You can find more information at the following link. https://www.somaticecotherapy.com/retreats?fbclid=IwAR3nhSdM1qk562RYJ7dMoREhT3b5mTtWRcmUvUi2dI_m-A48C7ae7zlZqak

Find out about my upcoming retreats.

01/17/2023

BookBaby just informed me my books have shipped and are available on the store.

In this age of scientific reason and its emphasis on deductive explanations based on a certain interpretation of the facts, the human factor can often be lost. When I went through physical therapy training, I understood that my oath was to my patient and their well-being. So, when evaluating the val...