Orienting to Optimal Health through Craniosacral Therapy

Return to optimal health via this gentle, hands-on modality of healing, craniosacral therapy. Release patterns of trauma, stress and pain, and come to a deep state of relaxation and sense of well-being.

Yes, One Can Stretch Too Much

When we’re healing from injury, we’re often told that the muscles need stretching. Indeed, stretching can be incredibly therapeutic but it must be approached cautiously, especially if there’s been an injury. I wrote sometime ago about a lower back injury I was dealing with after plunging into the Spring gardening. The process of recovery was [...]

Self Massage: a Great Way to Support Breast Health

Breast Health Self Massage Class offered in Corvallis, Oregon. Beeara Edmonds, licensed massage therapist teaches in October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Learn to love and know our breasts in a way that can support our health on many levels.

Body Challenges at the Beginning of Garden Season

Here it is, the beginning of Spring and those of us gardeners in Corvallis, blessed with this long growing season, are already getting our hands in the dirt.  More sunny days, light until 7 p.m. and perennials and winter crops beginning to show there lovely green gets us going.  It’s a challenge to pace ourselves [...]

Thoughts on Vacation

It seems too many of us Americans work way too much and don’t realize how important rest, relaxation and time away from work can be. Or perhaps more accurately few of us are able to get enough vacation and time off. Just having returned from a blessed time away, I return relatively refreshed and [...]

Infant massage: an ancient art that’s timeless

In many cultures, across the globe, mothers have been massaging their babies for centuries. Infant massage has been a tradition passed down from generation to generation and yet, our culture, at the beginning of the 20th century has predominantly strayed away from this very beneficial, gentle practice.  Slowly, as more scientific studies are substantiating the [...]