Making Space for Change
Hi, folks! I’m adding extra hours for somatics appointments the week of Dec. 29-Jan. 4, including the coveted morning times. Come get back on the table or try this deeply restful practice for the first time! Read about somatics sessions here: https://fenhaven.com/hands-on-somatic-adjustments/
You can schedule online here: https://calendar.app.google/bbUiZQHJk3Cms2DWA
$75/session
The Tea House is all dolled up and cozy, ready for winter somatic adjustment appointments. Come reset and realign after the holidays and get your heart, soul, and body ready for whatever 2025 may bring.
Garden tours, seed swaps, and pick-your-own herbals. I have ideas for so many activities for the new studio, I won’t be able to do them all at once! Maybe you can help me pick…
I’ve been waiting to tell y’all this until the details were settled, but that has happened and now I can announce that coming in April…
The new Fenhaven Garden Studio! This sweet little space will be nestled into my herb garden and orchard, ready to receive you for bodywork, movement classes, and tea sales. With windows facing the gardens on one side and the forest and fen on the other, it will be a deeply restful spot to ground yourself in nature and soak up all those great healing vibes.
I have so many ideas for this space, folks. Movement classes indoors or on the large, covered porch – recorded for those who can’t attend in person. Somatic bodywork with the windows wide open – listening to the pheasants and turkeys as they strut through the forest. Cozy firelit reflexology as the snow piles deep around. Garden tours, seed swaps, and pick-your-own herbs. So many things, I won’t be able to do them all at once…
In the meantime, I’m having a special on pre-sales for bodywork sessions in the new space. You can schedule now or wait until later to have your session in the new studio! I’m even offering some Monk and Robot-style tea ceremonies that combine bodywork, tea, and solo tranquil time in the studio and garden.
The bodywork I do pays a lot of attention to the lines of fascia through the body. I had a really great result this morning working on some of my own pains. My left outside hip, hip flexors, and big toe have been giving me grief lately. I know that “where it hurts is where it ain’t,” but I hadn’t been able to unlock the key to these hotspots. So I dug out my Anatomy Trains book and looked up the various lines, and wouldn’t you know, all of my pain points were along one line – in this case, the Spiral Line.
So, instead of stretching the bits that hurt, I used massage balls to stretch and release some points along that line that didn’t hurt. I spent about 10-15 minutes rolling and massaging between my shoulder blades and along my neck, and a few minutes relaxing and breathing while draped over a bolster along my ribcage.
The first things I noticed when I got up was how easy it was to take a huge breath and how tall I felt! Then I moved all the ways that have been bugging me, and I’m almost pain-free. And my flexibility has increased dramatically. Like…I did a forward fold from cobbler pose and touched my forehead to my heels. And I got about 3″ of additional reach in a standing forward fold, with no hamstring stretches. This is not typical for me!!
I guess this is a case of “physician, heal thyself.” I know this stuff works; I help people with it all the time. I just also need to take the time (and a little ingenuity) to do the same work on myself. 🙂