thebodywisemethod

thebodywisemethod Where science and self-care meet to support women and medical writers in midlife.

06/18/2026

3am. Eyes open. Mind already running. You know this one. Next time it happens, try this before you reach for your phone.

Heart 7 — called Spirit Gate (Shen Men) — is on your wrist crease, at the pinky side. Feel for the small bony bump on the outer edge of your wrist. The point is in the depression just beside it.

Press gently with your thumb. Hold for 6–10 slow breaths. Then switch wrists.

In TCM, Heart 7 calms the Shen — your spirit, your mind’s capacity to settle. When Yin is depleted (as it often is in perimenopause), Heart Fire rises unchecked. That’s the racing mind, the heat, the inability to return to sleep.

This point doesn’t force sleep. It settles the spirit enough that sleep becomes possible again.
I keep a small sticker on my nightstand to remind me: Heart 7 before phone.

Save this for your next 2 am wake-up. Heart 7 before phone.

06/17/2026

You know that feeling when your mind won't stop and your body is practically shouting at you to slow down?

That is body intelligence. Your body doing exactly what it's designed to do — sending signals, receiving information, working to keep you well.

Most of us get very good at overriding it. Especially those of us who work in health and science, where the mind is the professional tool and the body is the thing that gets managed around the schedule.

This September, and I are hosting seven days in Mexico specifically for midlife women in health, science, and medicine who are ready to stop overriding and start listening.

Small group. Registration is open — save your spot today at the link in bio. Use code REWRITERETREAT for $800 off through June 21st.

06/14/2026

Step your right foot to the front of the mat, coming into a low lunge. Feel free to toe-heel that foot forward, so you can feel a lengthening in the thigh of your left leg. You can use a blanket underneath that knee for comfort.

For all of our menapause practices, we want to make sure we feel as supported as possible, not pushing through. We are not training in a way that will ignore what our body is telling us.

Stay here for a few breaths, spine nice and tall, left hip pressing down towards the earth. Notice where you're feeling sensations, keep shoulders nice and relaxed. Enjoy this moment of much needed care for your body.

06/10/2026

on connection, culture, and why retreats help us understand ourselves.

Join us this September in Mexico. Use code RETREATREADY for $800 off until June 21. Link in bio.

06/05/2026

and I sat down to talk about all things midlife and our upcoming retreat we're co-hosting in September. Early birds get $800 off with code RETREATREADY through June 21. Link in bio.

06/02/2026

**Registration is now open!

I'm trying to tell you about a retreat and my dog is back there absolutely nailing the whole point of it.
This September, and I are hosting seven days in Mexico — yoga, breathwork, rest, and real community — specifically for midlife women in health, science, and medicine who are ready for a week that actually belongs to them.

She's been practicing for years. You can catch up.
Small group. Registration is open — link in bio to get code REWRITERETREAT for $800 off through June 21st.

05/27/2026

Test your core strength. Sit in a butterfly pose: soles of the feet together, glutes on the mat, knees nice and soft (don't worry if your knees don't go too far toward the earth). Raise your arms to shoulder height and take a deep breath in. And on the exhale, start to roll down toward the mat. This may feel a bit different in your body. In this pose, your legs can't pitch in, so your abdominal muscles are having to do the work to maintain control as you make you way down to the ground.

I want you to meet Marybeth Donahoe.She’s an international yoga teacher and retreat guide based in North Lake Tahoe. Wit...
05/26/2026

I want you to meet Marybeth Donahoe.

She’s an international yoga teacher and retreat guide based in North Lake Tahoe. With over a decade of teaching experience, her toolkit includes: vinyasa, gentle flow, yin, movement therapy, myofascial release.

What I love most about Marybeth is her steadiness. She meets people exactly where they are. No performance. No pretending your body should be somewhere it isn’t.

That’s why I asked her to co-lead this retreat. The women coming to Quimixto don’t need a workout. They need someone who can hold space for a body in transition.

Marybeth is that person. Follow to get to know her before September.

05/21/2026

Yawns activate your rest-and-digest system. Here's how to initiate a yawn: Lift your gaze and let your jaw get heavy. Open your mouth a little bit and breathe in. You may feel some thickness in the back of your throat, try to transition it into a yawn. Keep breathing and let it be noisy!

The yawn is a great tool to let your parasympathetic nervous system kick in.

05/19/2026

There’s a moment in midlife nobody prepares you for.

The client who’s always been slightly difficult becomes intolerable. The project that’s fine but uninspiring makes you angry. The colleague who oversteps doesn’t get another pass.

Your first instinct: judge yourself. Why am I so irritable?

Here’s what’s actually happening. Estrogen is tied to serotonin and stress-buffering capacity. As it fluctuates, your ability to absorb low-grade friction decreases. But there’s a deeper layer. Many women discover that what they used to call “patience” is actually chronic accommodation.

This tolerance isn’t strength. It’s survival. And the body is finally saying: enough.
Your shrinking tolerance isn’t a symptom to manage. It’s your nervous system asking you to honor what you’ve been overriding for decades.

The practice: notice your first “no,” not your last one.
When was the last time your body said no before your mind caught up? Leave a comment below.

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