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I was raised on five acres, with a cabin, ponds and gardens. When I was five, my brother and I were walking the land and I fell into a cistern and died. Preserved in ice cold spring water my brain was kept alive while my heart did not beat. I was clinically dead for 45 minutes. I was resuscitated, and lay in a coma for three days. During this time I experienced a oneness and unity that is beyond anything I can describe with words. My name is Angela Rose, I am a Myofascial Release Therapist and a...

I was dreaming of the transformation and metamorphosis of a butterfly. I woke up and the words felt planted in my mouth. A caterpillar forms her crystallis and as she enters her cocoon she begins to transform from the familiar to the new. Inside, she changes into something unrecognizable, she is liquified like a soup. Held in the safe container of her crystallis she breaks down, naturally, her own body unravels as an enzyme breaks down all the nutrients she spent the first part of her life consu...

Stop it Therapy, We can Train the Brain 

Everyday I see people transform with Myofascial Release. MFR is a therapy that was created by John Barnes, an orthopedic physical therapist that developed the technique while working with his own personal injury. So much of what we are taught stems from a cerebral understanding of the parts. After John Barnes had years of training he had all the knowledge down, and when he was injured he discovered that what he thought the body needed was not actually wh...

She has a hysterectomy scheduled for Wednesday. She’s young in her late 40s. She’s ready for it. She's been bleeding non stop for years and they can’t figure it out. She’s tired of it. She wants it done already. 

I tell her how wombs after being surgically removed can continue to have pain just as phantom limbs do. I suggest we have a ritual to honor her womb, to connect her with her body. So often when we have issues with our body, there is a way in which we look away, try to carry on and dist...