Blue Heron Healing Massage

06/15/2026

Spent the weekend in Maine and attended the MFR study group there in York led by Lesley Fraser Breneman. Glorious day of sharing and working on each other. Beautiful, relaxing weekend.

06/13/2026

Great post from Body Resonance Myofascial Wellness Center, LLC The psoas is such an important muscle !

💜 The Psoas: Your Body’s Deep Core Protector

The psoas is one of the most important muscles in the body, yet many people have never heard of it.

Often called the “muscle of the soul,” the psoas connects your spine to your legs and sits deep within your core, close to many vital organs and the diaphragm.
Its job isn’t just movement.

The psoas is deeply connected to survival.
When the body experiences stress, trauma, fear, injury, or prolonged emotional strain, the psoas often tightens as part of the fight, flight, or freeze response.
Over time, this protective holding pattern may contribute to:

✨ Low back pain
✨ Hip pain
✨ Pelvic floor dysfunction
✨ Poor posture
✨ Breathing restrictions
✨ Digestive issues
✨ Anxiety and nervous system dysregulation
✨ Feeling “stuck” physically or emotionally

Many people spend years stretching their psoas without lasting results.

Why?

Because a psoas that is guarding does not need to be forced to relax.

It needs to feel safe.

In John F. Barnes Myofascial Release, we recognize that the body’s restrictions are often intelligent protective responses. When sustained pressure and a safe therapeutic environment allow the nervous system to down-regulate, the psoas can begin to release naturally.

Sometimes what appears to be a “tight muscle” is actually a body that has been carrying stress for far too long.

Healing happens when the body no longer feels it has to protect itself.

💜 The goal isn’t to force the psoas to let go.
The goal is to help the body remember that it is safe enough to do so.

Rowena Cua 💜
Expert JFB Myofascial Release Therapist
Trauma Informed Healing
www.bodymfr.com

05/24/2026

Great post by Body Resonance Myofascial Wellness Center, LLC

Scoliosis is often viewed only as a structural issue… but the body is far more dynamic than that.

Many times, the body has been compensating for unresolved strain patterns or trauma since birth. Over time, the body grows and adapts around those compensations.

In John F. Barnes’ Myofascial Release approach, we ask:

✨ What fascial restrictions are pulling the body into compensation?
As seen here in these incredible before-and-after photos shared by MFR Therapist Peter Poblieski, PT, DPT — just look at the difference.
Fascia is a continuous 3-dimensional web surrounding every muscle, bone, nerve, organ, and blood vessel in the body. When restrictions develop from trauma, stress, surgery, inflammation, or emotional holding patterns, the body adapts around that tension.

Over time, this can contribute to:✨ Rotation✨ Compression✨ Pain✨ Postural imbalance✨ Restricted breathing✨ Altered movement patterns often seen in scoliosis

Many people with scoliosis are told to simply “watch it,” brace it, or prepare for surgery. While some cases require medical management, gentle sustained Myofascial Release can often help:

✨ Reduce fascial tension✨ Improve alignment✨ Increase mobility✨ Improve breathing✨ Support nervous system regulation✨ Help unwind long-held compensations

Barnes MFR teaches us not to force the body to change, but to listen to the tissue and allow the body the space and safety to release what it has been holding.

💜 Sometimes the curve is not the whole story. Sometimes the tension pattern is.

📸 Photos/results shared with permission and credit to:Peter Poblieski, PT, DPT Expert JFB Myofascial Release Therapist www.completept.net

05/13/2026

Great post and explanation of myofascial release byBody Resonance Myofascial Wellness Center, LLC

“If you are working too hard… you are working too hard.”

This isn’t just a clever phrase.
It’s a clinical truth.
A nervous system truth.
A life truth.

In John Barnes’ Myofascial Release, we’re taught something that goes against everything the world conditions us to believe:

➡️ Healing does NOT come from force
➡️ The body does NOT respond to pressure or aggression
➡️ Transformation happens in the space of allowance, not effort

When you push tissue… it pushes back.
When you override the nervous system… it guards.
When you try to “fix” the body… you miss what it’s actually asking for.

The same applies to life.

How often are you:
• Overworking to prove your worth
• Forcing outcomes that aren’t ready
• Pushing through exhaustion instead of listening
• Trying to control instead of allowing

That’s not alignment. That’s resistance.

In MFR, the magic happens when we:
• Slow down
• Soften our hands
• Drop into presence
• Follow, not force
• Wait for the body to open

And when it does… it unwinds.
Naturally. Effortlessly. Intelligently.

Your patient/client can feel you’re working too hard. They can feel your energy. ⚡️

✨ The body already knows how to heal.
✨ It just needs the right environment.

Same with you.

What if the breakthrough you’re chasing…
is on the other side of doing less, not more?

This is your reminder:
You don’t have to force your way into healing, success, or worthiness.

You get to soften into it.

05/05/2026

Amazing post by
Body Resonance Myofascial Wellness Center, LLCI

Think of your body like a tent.

The skin is the outer fabric.
The bones are the poles.
And the fascia… is the system of guide wires that holds everything together.

In the image on the left, the guide wires are uneven, tangled, and pulling with different tensions. The tent collapses, twists, and loses its structure.
On the right, the guide wires are balanced and evenly distributed—the tent stands tall, stable, and supported with ease.

This is exactly how the human body works.

Fascia is a continuous web that surrounds and connects every muscle, bone, nerve, and organ. When there is restriction—whether from injury, inflammation, repetitive stress, or even early life strain—the “tension lines” in the body become uneven.

This creates compression, torque, and misalignment… just like the leaning tent.

Over time, this can show up as:
• Chronic pain
• Postural imbalances
• Limited mobility
• Nervous system dysregulation

Myofascial Release works with these “guide wires.”

Instead of forcing the poles (bones) into position, MFR gently releases and rebalances the fascial system—allowing the body to reorganize itself naturally from the inside out.

When the tension is more evenly distributed, the body doesn’t have to fight gravity anymore.

It finds support.
It finds alignment.
It finds ease.

You’re not just working on muscles…
You’re restoring the entire tension system that holds you together.

04/18/2026

Nauset Beach treasure 🌊🐚

04/17/2026

Recharging at my favorite Cape Cod spots🙏🏻🏖️☮️

04/14/2026

Morning ☀️

04/13/2026

Perfect ❤️found this on the beach today. 🙏🏻

04/12/2026

Recharge ☀️