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Injury Prevention ans Self-Care for Bodyworkers
Do you think about the connection between the earth and your feet when you wake up and put your feet on the ground? Well you should, especially if you are going to be working in someone else’s energy field. You are an electromagnetic being and you ground energy just like an appliance that is plugged into an electrical outlet.
Since I have had lumbar fusion surgery, I am happy to report that I can feel the ground again. It may not sound like a big deal but it is if your legs and feet have been numb and tingly for 2 ½ years. So now that I can feel the earth underneath me, I want to bring up the subject of grounding.
Grounding has to do with living inside your body and having a connection with the earth. Think of grounding as being anchored to the ground. Grounding allows for an inflow of energy to feed your bodily systems and an outflow of energy to release excessive charge in your body. Assessing the energy of the earth is essential when working with other people’s energy.
As a bodyworker, you should find a connection with the earth and feel the energy in your feet. Your feet have minor chakras that bring in and distribute energy in your body. In the morning before you get out of bed, rotate your ankles 50 times in each direction. When you put your feet on the ground, imagine energy flowing up through the inner arches of your feet. Direct the energy up through your core and take 3 deep breaths. Pay attention to your connection with the ground as you go through your day!
What are some ways to ground yourself?
1) Physical activity
2) Relaxation exercises
3) Eat food that is grounding and not over stimulating
4) Take a bath
5) Receive a massage
6) Stand in the grass barefoot and feel the earth underneath your feet
7) Engage in an activity that involves the senses
8) Listen to a CD of drumming
9) Wear grounding stones such as hematite, obsidian, or tigers eye
10) Get out into nature
Karina Braun
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Discussion Forum
Shameful if Injured
Started by Karina Braun Nov 9, 2010.
Have you had an injury in your career? 1 Reply
Started by Karina Braun. Last reply by Darcy Neibaur Jun 27, 2010.
Self care tips 2 Replies
Started by Karina Braun. Last reply by Darcy Neibaur Jun 27, 2010.
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Comment by Karina Braun on August 8, 2011 at 11:05am
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Check out Karina Braun's interview on Massage Nerd Radio Show
http://massagenerd.tv/archives/category/karina-braun-barovick
Stay Healthy!
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Therapists should be careful if they already have wrist pain and are practicing yoga. It is a good idea to modify poses until wrist pain subsides. Props are a great idea to take pressure off the wrist. Also, correct biomechanics in a pose is of utmost importance.
Check out this link from Yoga Journal--
http://www.yogajournal.com/practice/1247
Look for my yoga video and home study course just for bodyworkers coming in the summer.
Stay healthy!
Karina Braun
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Personal Body Maintenance for the Bodyworker® Series is experiential anatomy at its best. This series includes Creating Peace Survival 4 A Healthy Career and Yoga Therapeutix and is a 2 day seminar. Creating Peace is a wholistic course on self-care, kinesthetic awareness exercises, and Tspheres technique demonstration. Yoga Therapeutix breaks down the human body and assists with understanding of anatomy and anatomy in movement. You will leave this seminar with increased body awareness while you work and it will give you increased knowledge and expertise to work on your client.
I want everyone out there to understand this seminar is much more than self care. I have just partnered with Tspheres and I will use Tspheres techniques in Creating Peace classes as well as Deep Tissue classes for specific parts of the body.
With experiential anatomy, you will feel your body from the inside out on many different levels. This type of learning really makes you a better therapists and gives you body sustainability for a long, healthy career. Share your thoughts on the subject.....
Stay healthy!
Karina Braun, Get In Touch
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Yoga is a great cross training exercise for bodyworkers. It strengthens and stretches muscles to create more muscle balance. It also helps to focus the mind and get energy flowing throughout the body.
Karina Braun
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Self Care tip posted on Massage Mag. Thanks Massage Magaine for posting!
Click here to see self care tip-- Strengthen the Core
Have a great day!
Karina, Get In Touch
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Keep the shoulders and chest open with back prayer. Place your palms together behind your back. To modify: wrap your hands around your forearms while your arms are crossed behind your back.
Stay healthy!
Karina Braun
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Comment by Darcy Neibaur on March 11, 2011 at 9:49pm
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Thank you Karina a great video!
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Introducing The Second Edition of Creating Peace with Your Hands. Check it out. http//
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1:1:11 Brings Gratitude for the New Year
1 is binary number. Every number is divisible by this number. Since we are all one, we are associated by thought. Monitor your thoughts and think about what you want, not what you don't want. One way to do this is to be grateful.Gratitude is the door to a life full of abundance.
--- Write down 10 things you are grateful for in your life.
--- Create a vision board.
--- In with the new and out with the old. (material goods, thoughts, the past)
--- When you think of something you are grateful for; feel love in your heart.
--- Take time to breath and open your heart to the possibilities in life.
May you have a happy and Healthy 2011!
Creating Peace with Your hands second Edition will be out in January. Look for live courses stay healthy and extend your career. Also, check out new products like Personal Body Maintenance kits and Create Peace T-shirts.
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Karina Braun
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