Riversong Holistic Health & Jin Shin Jyutsu Consultation

04/20/2022

Have you been working on your own mental/emotional health?

Whether you've had trauma in the past that has left you with invisible scars others can't see and are unaware of, or those you've buried and refused to acknowledge, it helps to talk about it with those who understand.

08/08/2021

The old threads are unraveling,
Get your needles ready.
We are stitching a new quilt
of Humanity.

Bring your old t-shirts,
worn out jeans, scarves,
antique gowns, aprons,
old pockets of plenty
who have held Earth's treasures,
stones, feathers, leaves,
love notes on paper.

Each stitch
A mindful meditation.
Each piece of material
A story.

The more colour the better,
so call in the Tribes.
Threads of browns, whites,
reds, oranges
Women from all nations
start stitching.

Let's recycle the hate, the abuse,
the fear, the judgment.
Turn it over, wash it clean,
ring it out to dry.
It's a revolution
of recycled wears.

Threads of greens, blues, purples
Colourful threads
of peace, kindness,
respect, compassion
are being stitched
from one continent to the next
over forests, oceans, mountains.

The work is hard
Your fingers may bleed.
But each cloth stitched together
Brings together a community.
A world, our future world
Under one colourful quilt.
The new quilt of humanity.

~ Julia Myers

Art by Daniella Willett-Rabin
www.daniellawrfineart.com

07/21/2021

Trauma Geek - Trauma and Neurodiversity Education

My research deep dive this week led me to learn about how neck problems cause digestive problems by compressing the vagus nerve...

and now I’m pretty sure I know why I have new food allergies after a whiplash injury 😯

“When a patient comes into our clinic for cervical spine instability issues and they describe digestive problems, the digestive difficulties are usually one of many symptoms, as I described above.

One of the causes of this myriad of symptoms may be found in compression of the vagus nerve. We have two vagus nerves. The one on the left side of the neck and the one on the right side of the neck.

Among the many functions of the vagus nerve is that it provides 75% of the total input for the parasympathetic nervous system, aptly called the rest and digest system. The vagus nerve is responsible for managing our intestinal activity as well as managing the sphincter muscles in the gastrointestinal tract.”

Functional dyspepsia (indigestion) and irritable bowel syndrome caused by cervical spondylosis

05/14/2021

This knee pain relief stretching routine is great for helping to relieve general knee pain and knee stiffness.

Always make sure to see your doctor for an evaluation.

These knee pain relief stretches are great for helping to relieve general knee pain and knee stiffness. The knee stretches are done in real time, so they are...

05/02/2021

The Soul is a Breath...

"The soul is a breath of living spirit, that with excellent sensitivity, permeates the entire body to give it life.

Just so, the breath of the air makes the earth fruitful.

Thus the air is the soul of the earth, moistening it, greening it."
~Hildegard von Bingen~

Archaeology for the Woman's Soul