Heath & Nicole

Self Care Mastery

Self care is not being selfishโ€”rather self care is being self aware. Have you noticed though, that many of the fundamental cues our body communicates are often ignored, discounted, pushed to the side or completely overridden? We invite you to consider your self care practice as an opportunity to listen and respond to your bodyโ€™s

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cupping massage

Self-Cupping

Cupping may be trending now, but itโ€™s nothing new. After all, the modern breast pump was inspired by the same cupping therapy espoused by Hippocrates, approved by the prophet Muhammed, and whose roots tunnel back 3,000 years into the past to ancient China. The enduring use of cupping therapy throughout the ages and across the

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Reset Breath

We take 960 breaths an hour, 23,040 a day, 8,409,600 a year, and approximately half a billion breaths in a lifetime.That means we have over 20,000 opportunities every day to start fresh and presence ourselves. With every inhale, we can choose to invite what we want more of, and with every exhale we can let

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Embodied Cognition

Embodied cognitionย  is the idea thatย โ€œthe relationship between our mind andย body runs both ways, meaning our mindย influences the way our body reacts, andย the form of our body also triggers ourย mind.โ€ Embodied cognition redefinesย the interrelated role of our brain andย body. The brain, while important, is notย the only resource we have available toย us to generate behavior and

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Loving Attention

We now experience more aliveness and positivity than at any point in our lives! And we’re excited to share the most effective practices we’ve discovered to consciously move your body, breath and attention to reliably cultivate a practice and life of ease and flow. We experience and define self-care as giving loving attentionย to ourself. And

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Presencing

My relationship to and with myself is changing and evolving into a new way of being. I notice the changes I am experiencing are emerging from the inside out, rather than from the outside in. They are happening โ€œendogenouslyโ€ (created from inside) rather than โ€œexogenouslyโ€ (externally created). And, there is a different quality of feeling

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No Regrets

Have you ever woken up thinking about something you have to do or something about a relationship comes to mind? Or, have you ever tried falling asleep and the last thing on your mind is that event or person? Then, according to the Foundation of Conscious Living, you may have an incompletion.”ย  For me, incompletions

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Conscious Agreeements

Heath and I are generating new ways to expand our capacity to connect, appreciate and trust each other and ourselves. We are experiencing the beauty and freedom that comes from making conscious agreements. Agreements regarding our relationship, our business, our money and our home. The last time we made conscious agreements with each other was

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Our Story

Heath and Nicole have spent the last 15 years collaborating, harmonizing and co-creating ย a prosperous business doing what they love! ย They share their healing attention through touch, movement therapies and offer continuing education to massage therapists around the globe. They continue to have a thriving private practice in their home town in Tempe, AZ. You

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About Nicole

ABOUT NICOLE ERRICO REED Nicole Reed earned an Organizational Communications degree and later graduated from the Utah College of Massage Therapy. Nicole combines her enthusiasm for bodywork with her extensive experience clearly and humorously articulating the healing arts. She instructed Basic and Advanced Massage Therapy, Craniosacral, Shiatsu and Client-Centered Bodywork at the Arizona School of

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It’s A Wrap

I am wrapping things upโ€ฆliterally, physically, mentally and emotionally. Not only am I wrapping gifts to share with friends and family. I am also freeing up some bound up energy by wrapping up some old business. I am creating completions and it feels really, really good! According to the online dictionary, โ€œto completeโ€ something is

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Appreciation Project

Did you know one major component of a healthy, happy and thriving relationship is appreciation? Recent research by John Gottman has shown that “couples, while discussing problems, who make at least five times as many positive statements to and about each other and their relationship as negative ones are happier.”ย  Heath and I are putting

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Body Awareness

As bodyworkers we are constantly listening to how our clients are responding to our touch. We feel for tension, resistance, and freedom. We then make adjustments to our session to meet their needs, but how often do we extend that same kind of attention to ourselves. How often do we tune into our own body

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Pattern Interrupt

โ€œMovement is the physical acceptance of change.โ€ โ€“Dr. Ida Rolf Everything is moving! From the cosmic whirling of galaxies to the microscopic shape-shifting of electrons transforming from waves to particles: our world is in flux! Even if we hold our breath and appear to be motionless, our heart continues to beat, our cells are endlessly

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Medical Massage for Knee, Foot, and Ankle Pain 8/22

[nivoslider id=”1961″] Medical Massage for Knee, Foot, and Ankle Pain on August 22nd Knee and leg pain and stiffness, Iliotibial band Syndrome, Chronic Ankle Instability, and Plantar Fasciitis are addressed. Anatomy and contributing factors are discussed, in addition to presenting a 90-minute hands-on protocol to relieve these common complaints. Also, movement and repatterning exercises are

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Affirmations

Remember the greatness that you are!ย New research provides evidence that self affirmation can protect against the damaging effects of stress especially when faced with a problem, improves our willpower, and increases our self control. More research shows that affirmations contribute to the rise and circulation of feel good hormones and helps our brains push to

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No Mind

Mai Pen Lai is the Thai expression for, โ€œdonโ€™t worry about it.โ€ Mai Pen Lai (my-pen-lie) literally translates as โ€œno mindโ€, and is similar to saying never mind, or donโ€™t think about it. For us, going to Thailand is an opportunity to let go of too much thinking, to let go of expectation, and instead

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Letting Go Breath

Fall is fast approaching and soon we will experience a shift and change of season. The Autumn Equinox brings a time of balance, when there are equal hours of darkness and light. It is a time of harvest: an opportunity to reap the benefits of our efforts and a time to be thankful and grateful

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Doing Presence

We recently attended a Conscious Loving + Living workshop with Kathlyn Hendricks in California and it is wonder-full to be a student! In this very experiential workshop we got to move, breathe and love in new ways.ย  I am still processing all that we experienced and shared, but thereโ€™s one word and feeling that has

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Ahhh-preciate

Summer is the season of the heart, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine. This time of year, the air is warm, the blood is readily circulating, and our feelings become more palpable as things heat up and intensify! When we align with the season of Summer, our intuition is strong and our hearts project ย feelings of

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Computer Hunch

The Computer Hunch Americans spend six to nine hours a day in front of a digital device. It is becoming increasing clear that more time spent working, communicating, playing, and interfacing with computers and phones has its consequences. Prolonged sitting (at a computer, at home, in a car, etc) increases the likelihood of developing painful

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Your Heart

โ€œThere is no feeling in a human heart which exists in that heart aloneโ€“which is not, in some form or degree, in every heart.โ€ ~ George McDonald When we become more aware of our heart we connect not only with the mechanics of it, we also connect with its electromagnetic field, and itsย  emotional energy.

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Eye Palming

In Traditional Chinese Medicine the โ€œWoodโ€ Element exerts its power influence over the Spring season. The Wood Phase is embodied by the movement of all things living, growing, and building momentum. Think expansion from the inside out and the outside in, like a tree developing a deeper and wider root foundation and simultaneously reaching its

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Clean Slate

It is the year of the Horse according to the Chinese calendar. This is aย year of resilience, strength and hard work. It will also be a year to cultivate and practice patience.ย  This is a year of resilience, strength and hard work. It will also be a year to cultivate and practice patience.ย  As this

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Source of Happiness

Have you heard of the โ€œHugging Saintโ€?ย  She is for real and she travels the world simply taking time to hug everyone she meets. Her name is Mata Amritanandamayi, she goes by Amma, which in her native language means โ€œmotherโ€.ย  When she travels the world auditoriums, and banquet halls fill with the expectation of a

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Winter Soup

Time for soup!?!ย  This year Heath and I have been enjoying the wonderful array of lentils available in the dried bin section of our Sprouts supermarket. After exploring the many varieties, I offer you a quick summary of your choices and which one we recommend for our favorite lentil soup. Compared to other types of

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Got Your Back

Low back pain is estimated to affect 90% of the population at some point in their lives.ย  Low back pain has different causes, which leads to different experiences of pain. Some causes of low back pain derive from pregnancy, falling, a direct blow, pulling, coughing, sneezing, or having a short leg. Two common types of

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Skin Breathing

Our skin is our largest organ and can be considered our third lung. Our skin breathes. It is alive and it has a rhythm, an inhalation and an exhalation. It absorbs (inhales) oxygen, nutrients, senses light, and regulates heat and cold. It releases (exhales) carbon dioxide, sheds dead skin cells and completely regenerates itself every

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Build Your Wei- Qi

As nights grow longer and days grow colder now is the time to strengthen your Qi in order to build your immune system. ย The lungs are the internal organs related to fall. They ย areย  considered by Traditional Chinese Medicine to be the โ€œtender organ.โ€ This is because the lungs are the uppermost organ in the

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Everything is Moving!

From the cosmic whirling of galaxies to the microscopic shape-shifting of electrons transforming from waves to particles: our world is in flux! Even if we hold our breath and appear to be motionless, our heart beats, our cells are endlessly dying and being reborn in infinite chemical exchanges, and letโ€™s face it: every second weโ€™re

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Osteoarthritis & Massage

Arthritis is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints. There are over 100 different forms of arthritis.ย  By far the most common type of arthritis in the world is Osteoarthritis or “OA”, also known as “degenerative joint dysfunction”.ย  In Ruth Werner’s bookย  A Massage Therapists Guide to Pathology (

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Cultivate Self Love

Self-love is both an attitude and an act. Itโ€™s how you view yourself, and how you live your life. Self-love is about tuning into your needs, honoring your body and boundaries and taking care of yourself mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Self-love is a daily practice – not a destination. ย It is through a practice

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A Chillout Playlist

In recent workshops we play music that isn’t necessarily ‘massage music’ but still creates musical environments that feel relaxing and fluid without being too intrusive. I have compiled a requested playlist of songs thatย  are rhythmic, super chill down tempo beats.ย  You may want to include some of these songs to create your own groovy

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Medical Massage for Low Back, Hip, & Sciatic Pain 7/28

We review the anatomy and contributing factors of Low Back and Hip Pain, Disc and Facet Joint Injuries, and True and Pseudo-Sciatica. We then learn highly effective techniques integrated from various modalities (such as Neuromuscular Therapy, Structural Integration, Cranial Sacral Therapy, and more) to relieve these conditions. Also, movement and repatterning exercises are offered for

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Medical Massage for Shoulder, Arm, & Wrist Pain 7/29

Chandler, AZ 8.5CEs We review the anatomy and contributing factors of Low Back and Hip Pain, Disc & Facet Joint Injuries, and True & Pseudo-Sciatica. We then learn highly effective techniques integrated from various modalities (such as Neuromuscular Therapy, Structural Integration, Cranial Sacral Therapy, and more) to relieve these conditions. Also, movement and repatterning exercises

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Medical Massage for Neck, Jaw, & Migraine Pain 7/30

Chandler, AZ 8.5CEs We review the anatomy and contributing factors of Neck and jaw pain and stiffness, tension and migraine headaches, teeth grinding, tinnitus, and TMJD. We then learn highly effective techniques integrated from various modalities (such as Neuromuscular Therapy, Structural Integration, Cranial Sacral Therapy, and more) to relieve these conditions. Also, movement and repatterning

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Medical Massage for Neck, Jaw, & Migraine Pain 8/4

Las Vegas, NV 8.5CEs We review the anatomy and contributing factors of Neck and jaw pain and stiffness, tension and migraine headaches, teeth grinding, tinnitus, and TMJD. We then learn highly effective techniques integrated from various modalities (such as Neuromuscular Therapy, Structural Integration, Cranial Sacral Therapy, and more) to relieve these conditions. Also, movement and

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Medical Massage for Shoulder, Arm, & Wrist Pain 8/5

Las Vegas, NV 8.5CEs We review the anatomy and contributing factors of Shoulder Bursitis, Rotator Cuff & Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Golfers/Tennis Elbow, and Carpel Tunnel. We then learn highly effective techniques integrated from various modalities (such as Trigger Point, Neuromuscular Therapy, Structural Integration, Muscle Release Technique, and more) to relieve these conditions. August 5, 2012

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Medical Massage for Low Back, Hip, & Sciatica Pain 8/6

Las Vegas, NV 8.5 CEs We review the anatomy and contributing factors of Low Back and Hip Pain, Disc & Facet Joint Injuries, and True & Pseudo-Sciatica. We then learn highly effective techniques integrated from various modalities (such as Neuromuscular Therapy, Structural Integration, Cranial Sacral Therapy, and more) to relieve these conditions. Also, movement and

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Medical Massage for Arthritis

[nivoslider id=”2314″] Participants learn about the causes of common forms of Arthritis, and how to effectively ease the its symptoms. Utilize Myofascial Release, Muscle Energy Techniques, Call for Motion, and other techniques to relieve the contributing and exacerbating symptoms of Arthritis. Also, youย earn 8.5 AZ state- and NCBTMB-approved CEs. Benefits of Experiencing Medical Massage for

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