One of the simplest ways to support digestion in the summer is to shift your mindset. Our relationship with food matters. The first step to digestion starts in the brain when we think good thoughts about food. This is especially important when food feels like the enemy because this subconsciously turns off digestion.

Community Hike, Bike, Yoga Nights with Jackie

We are collectively feeling the burden of the debt we owe to our bodies, and the cost is not cheap. In today’s world, the pace is faster, the stress is higher, and environmental toxins are more pervasive than ever. As we age, our bodies become more vulnerable to oxidative damage, nutrient depletion, and inflammation—all of which accelerate the aging process, both inside and out.

Self-Care Is Earth-Care: How Feeling Good Helps the Planet Thrive

Being a body in times of uncertainty. 

There is so much going on in our individual lives and as a collective right now. I have many clients coming to me asking how do I meet what is here? This emotion, this challenge, this hurt, this anger, this hardship, this fear……..

How would we all be diferent if we treated ourselves from a place of wholeness rather than lack? Thoughts on health and healing as we step into 2025.

When we learn how to allow a greater depth of sensation and energy to move through we get bigger, we get qualities and parts and pieces of ourselves back. We burst into tears at the remembering of who we are.

I had been practicing being pregnant, giving birth, and becoming a mom since my first moments of learning how to take care of myself. Every woman does. The innate wisdom stored in the depths of our unconscious allows us this miracle.

Structural Integration is a holistic type of bodywork that uses both manual therapy and movement education to help clients move with greater ease and feel more comfortable in their bodies.

“The practice of recording our progress helps us appreciate our small wins, which, in turn, can boost our sense of confidence. This confidence can then be leveraged to help us become more competent and achieve future, larger successes and enhance our self-appreciation”.

When you focus your attention you can cultivate the ability to reflect and make difficult decisions.

Rest disrupts chaos, it pushes back against the idea that “more is better”, and it creates space for healing to happen, both mentally and physically. When the mind is still, we can be more creative and intuitive; more human.

“Shiatsu is designed to help the body’s innate ability to heal, recover and thrive from the stresses of life,” Schieffer writes in the book. “It is especially effective in treating deep-rooted trauma that is held in the body. Shiatsu is simple, but has profound and lasting results.”

Youtube class diving into the theory of Lung health, what the immune system is – and how it’s supported through lifestyle, herbs, and a common acupuncture point – and how this all ties into our emotional wellbeing.

It's time to dust off the cobwebs and revitalize. Spring is a time to honor the body, mind and spirit as it navigates a new phase.

When we’re happy, our body generally feels lighter, warmer and energetic. When we feel sadness or grief, our body generally feels heavy, lethargic and may even feel cold.

We, at Enso, are turning to the medicine we know well and trust. This an invitation to take great care of yourself, and your community.

My hope after all is said-and-done is that we learn from COVID how cultivate foundational wellness not just on an individual level but on a communal, national and even global scale.

Just another day. Yet, this day I woke up and my world was destined to be shaken up by a force beyond my control – or actually totally within my control.

Katie Cook-Bretson recently spent a morning with Kelsey Sather in conversation around how her work in wellness as an acupuncturist influences her passion as an athlete, and being a woman.