Brenda Michelle STL LMT

12/29/2025

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Background: Cancer and its treatments frequently lead to physical and psychological symptoms that negatively affect quality of life. Massage therapy has been proposed as a complementary intervention to reduce symptom burden through its effects on ...

11/30/2025

PSA:
It’s water/kidney season. 🫘
(In Chinese Medicine)
Meaning…we are keeping our ears, necks and low back Covered and cozy- like it’s our job. 😄
The cold is seen as an external pathogen that can cause dis ease in the body, so we keep it out by keeping covered. 🧣

Kidney naps, Hot foot baths before bed, time spent creating + crafting are encouraged for restoration.
Understanding that “just keep pushing” can be a recipe for unraveling this season 🧶

Hot teas, cooked veggies, foods simmered low and slow in broths help maintain our internal Water and Yin 🖤
Time to switch your salad bowls for broth bowls 😘
No smoothies, iced beverages, or cold plunges for me, especially this season 🙏

Foods for this season are beans, root vegetables, white radish, white mushrooms, bone broth, dark leafy greens, salt, red jujubes, dates, seaweed, seafood like muscles and herring, black sesame seeds,
And Pomegranates are just around the corner, 🤗

One of the things I truly love about Chinese medicine is it shifts with the seasons. Just when I get bored or tired of what I’m eating or how I’m cooking it, the season shifts and I’m inspired to try new things ♥️

11/19/2025

Greetings ✨
For the holiday season I am offering clients the option to buy any two sessions at full price and receive one 45 minute Express Sesh as a gift.
OR
Buy any three sessions at full price and receive one 60 minute session as a gift.

You may purchase sessions on my booking website now through December 20th, 2025.
If you wish to pay via invoice instead, please reach with a message or email and I will prepare an invoice via Square.
These sessions can be for yourself or as a gift for someone else. If you would like a virtual or physical gift certificate, I have those on hand as well. 💝

Many blessings 🙏

Picture of my hot morning water with extra lemon, rosemary, a clove spice, and a hunk of ginger, and manuka honey.
If you wait until the water is cool enough to drink, you can smudge the honey on the rim, and it will stay so you can sip each sip through the honey 🍯

03/29/2025

Still spots left for this workshop tomorrow 💓

03/26/2025

This week I’m working with..
3 clients who had a tummy tuck in the last two months,
1 with a recent BBL + lipo,
1 who is a long term client after cancer journey and breast reconstruction,
1 who is healing from lipedema removal surgeries,
1 new mama needing deep tissue,
6 for full body, relaxation focus,
one with constipation and face wrinkles,
3 on a weight loss journey, 2 of which are using GLP-1,
1 athlete,
1 with cerebral palsy,
1 with chronic neck pain after and accident and surgery,
1 for c-section scar release,
1 with migraines and carpal tunnel,
and 2 for general lymphatic wellness/detox. 🤗

And I locked in a steady stream of referrals from a top plastic surgeon on the Illinois side as well as a local gym - both in the last two months 🙌
So grateful to have these lymphatic skills and to be able to help such a wide variety of people. When I started lymphatic work 10 years ago, it seemed like no one had even heard of it. Now I have referrals coming from all directions.
Bring it on ❤️‍🔥

Launching another round of the lymphatic curriculum I built to begin this fall. 💘

02/22/2025

I specialize in lymphatic bodywork for everything from postop + trauma recovery to lymphedema and lipedema.
I also offer relaxing massage, on-site chair massage, and self care workshops 💓
My home office is in Ofallon, Illinois and I will be offering limited hours in Clayton beginning in June 🙌

12/07/2024

As a reminder 🫶
This also applies if you purchase a gift card for someone that qualifies for the discount 🙏

09/18/2024

Great share from on lymphatic drainage for support in breastfeeding 🙏💗

Breastfeeding is a journey, but it can come with its challenges. Among these challenges, inflammation in the breast (such as engorgement, blocked ducts, and mastitis) can be particularly distressing. Enter the latest buzzword in breastfeeding care: lymphatic drainage. This holistic approach is gaini...

08/11/2024

Offering a buy three sessions at full price, get one free special 🫶
Inquire via messenger or email and I will send over an invoice 🌈

60 minute massage, 4 for $300
75 minute massage, 4 for $360
90 minute massage, 4 for $420

Lymphatic sessions are $20 more, per session, across the board. 🙌

07/11/2024

There seems to be a collective kidney imbalance I’m feeling and seeing.

This looks like throwing tantrums, an inability to control oneself or cravings, dehydration, struggling to emotionally process.

Dark beans and berries help support kidneys, not too much protein at one meal , reducing/taking a break from dairy (even 3 days, then try 7 days), not too many high acid foods.

Lessening input on things you have to emotionally process.
Calming things like chamomile tea, wearing cooling colors, including magnesium (Epsom foot soaks and Celtic salt sublingually before water).

Regulating the nervous system by turning your head to one side and taking several slow breaths, repeat on the other side.

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07/07/2024

A lot of my clients are recovering from surgery and needing high protein meals to support healing.
What are your favorite high protein meals?

Picture of my breakfast- beef bacon over buckwheat microgreens with white balsamic vinegar. Orange cauliflower and brie gratin not pictured.
Preceded by sourdough toast with almond butter, crushed almond/walnut/date blend, and jam.
Celery juice to start the day.
32+ grams of protein so far 🫶

06/17/2024

This will be reschedule to Saturday July 20 at 4:30 🙌
Exploring the crossroads of and at Blue Sky Yoga STL 🫶

With special guest Shenee Alexa 🤍

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