Butterfly Balance Wellness Center

Butterfly Balance Featured in Seattle Natural Awakenings

I was recently interviewed for an article in the January 2012 issue of Seattle Natural Awakenings Magazine about Health Kinesiology, along with my friend and fellow HK practitioner Bobbie Rice of Sacred Elements in Minnesota.

Right now, to my knowledge, I am the only HK practitioner in the Seattle area, so unless you've met me, seen me as a client, or read this blog, it's likely you haven't heard of it before. I absolutely love the work that I do and the results I've seen in my clients, and I'd like to make Health Kinesiology a household name in Seattle!

I love this quote from Bobbie in the article:

“[Health Kinesiology] helps
people go inside themselves
and clear out those things that
are keeping them stuck, so that
they can move forward without
extra junk holding them back.”

I hope you'll take the time to read the article, learn more about my practice and the Health Kinesiology work that I am so passionate about. Click here to download the pdf of the article:

Download Health Kinesiology Article in Seattle Natural Awakenings (pdf)(1066.6K)

Please contact me with any questions you have about Health Kinesiology after reading the article, and I'd be honored to work with you as a client. You can book an appointment now by clicking on the button below. Ask me about my new client special and multi-session discounts.

 

 

Compassion for Everyone? How About You?

One definition I found online for compassion says "Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it." That's a pretty nice quality, don't you think? We can do a lot of good in the world if we're mindful of what others are going through, being kind and supportive and helping them with what they are going through. And I think the average person who thinks of themselves as a "good person" strives to do just that. As Thich Nhat Hanh said, "With compassion in our heart, every thought, word and deed can bring about a miracle."

But what about you? What about self-compassion? Why is it that we can be compassionate towards others without blinking an eye, but we can be so hard on ourselves, saying things in our heads that we'd never take from anyone else? Where's YOUR miracle?

Many years ago I was taking some verbal abuse from someone, and a friend said to me "what is it in you that lets you allow her to talk to you like that?" It was a hard thing to hear, and actually made me cry - because it was an extremely caring thing for someone to reach out and say that to me, and let me realize that I deserved better.

So, I say to you now: "What is it in you that allows YOU to talk to yourself like that?"

Would you like help getting rid of the internal blocks that keep you repeating that same pattern? Health Kinesiology can help you get to the bottom of that junk holding you back and make lasting corrections to it. Don't you deserve the same compassion that you so readily give to others? Click the BookNow button below to set up an appointment today.

 

When Good Resolutions Aren't Good

I always find it interesting to watch the marketing of New Years Resolutions. I walked into Costco a few days before New Years, and the entryway was lined with diet programs, exercise machines, scales, stop-smoking systems, books on health and fitness - you name the typical resolution, there was a solution right there for the taking.

On January 1st I was watching TV, and not 10 minutes into turning it on, I was greeted by a commercial about how you need to start the New Year off right by having weight loss surgery. (Uh, no thanks!)

 

Sure, I've made my share of Resolutions in my lifetime, and there's such a high failure rate on them if you talk to people in February each year. It wasn't until I tried applying the concepts of Health Kinesiology to New Years Resolutions that I started to understand why that might be.

You are a unique, beautiful individual. You can come into my office with the same issue as another client, but your body will have an entirely different, unique way to deal with that issue. And sometimes an issue that sounds like a "no-brainer" in terms of benefit to someone/everyone will have all kinds of issues tied up in it for you that make it not the best thing to pursue without doing other work first. Let me explain.

One of the most popular New Years Resolutions is for people to change their eating habits and choose "better" food. What exactly is "better" foods? Sounds pretty reasonable to think that "everyone" would be better off if we ate more vegetables, for instance. But what if you're allergic to a certain vegetable and don't even realize it? You'll eat it, not feel your best, and then stop trying to eat "better." Or you might have tried to diet many, many times (like I have) and gained all the weight back. Your self-critic might be telling you that you'll fail this time like you always did. Or perhaps a friend or relative was unkind to you regarding you giving up on your diet in the past, so the thought of dieting is stressful to your energy system, putting you out of balance.

Not every seemingly "good" resolution is good for everyone. Want to ask your body some questions about what would be good for you? Or do some work to clear out the junk holding you back from achieving those goals? A Health Kinesiology session might be just what you need to find out what your body is telling you it wants and needs to be the best person you can be in 2012.