We’re so glad you’ve found us! We love offering the body an invitation to release, unravel and unwind. Whether you are seeking pain relief, nervous system regulation, a chance to de-stress, or dive into emotional holding patterns and unprocessed trauma, we look forward to holding space for you!
Your body is an access point into fascia. What is fascia? A continuous connective tissue web invisible on X-rays and MRIs that surrounds and infuses bones, muscles, nerves, and organs. It gives us support, dictates our posture, and holds cellular memory. Experiences such as car accidents, surgeries, falls, or emotional trauma which have been too intense such that we didn’t have the chance to process it fully at the time, gets embedded in our bodies. It’s our fascia that kindly stores the excess so we can keep “doing life” until we have the opportunity to outlet the remnants. These unprocessed remnants manifest in the day-to-day as tightness, pain, fatigue, or unexplained symptoms.
Do I need to know what my body is holding to be able to release? No. As we input gentle pressure or stretch into the body using hands-on myofascial release bodywork, you will feel your fascia engage and release in the moment. Whatever your body needs to release will arise naturally without needing to think about it or know the content in advance.
What does a release feel like? Warmth, vibration, easing of pain, an urge to move, stretch, and unwind with the release are common experiences. “Ah-ha” moments or insights can also be a part of the releasing experience too. Does it hurt? Myofascial release following the John Barnes’ approach incorporates a spectrum of pressures from light to firm. It’s gentle, intentional, and always within your tolerance. Forceful and aggressive pressures micro-tear the tissues, elicit the fight or flight response, and are counterproductive. Therefore, myofascial release is gentle and feels therapeutic.
How will I know it’s working? It’s always our aim that you experience releases inside of the first session. Your feedback and our guidance throughout the session create a synergy that invites you and your body to release such that changes are discernible right away.
What about pelvic floor? Myofascial release is a beautiful way to address symptoms related to the pelvic floor. Hip pain, endometriosis, surgical adhesions, incontinence, bladder leakage, painful intercourse, infertility can all originate within tight fascia. Working internally and externally, myofascial release is very gentle, and differs drastically from standard pelvic floor therapy. With myofascial release the focus is gentle release of tight and painful areas knowing that muscles in the released areas naturally have more powerful recruitment, are naturally stronger and pelvic floor exercises are rarely needed. No digging, no rubbing, no yanking, no cranking, nothing aggressive, ever. Your body is sacred and it should be treated as such!
I’m pregnant. Can I receive myofascial release? Regardless of what trimester you are in, both you and baby need myofascial release to clear out stress and tension and prepare your body for delivery. Restrictions in the fascia surrounding hips and pelvis skew the alignment of the pelvic ring making it more difficult for baby to descend and birth. Mom is also at increased risk of tearing if fascial restrictions are present. For moms journeying thru a VBAC experience, myofascial release is also helpful in releasing adhesions in the old c-section scar for mom’s increased comfort level and baby’s enhanced maneuverability within the womb. Enduring pain, tension, sacroiliac dysfunction “until baby comes” is unnecessary. Your body is meant to be comfortable throughout all trimesters of pregnancy.
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From a young age I was aware of a passion to help others but professions involving life and death situations were too much for me. I turned to the rehabilitation field and a physical therapy clinic near my hometown in rural Pennsylvania sparked my interest. I was underage so I volunteered to do laundry and basic office tasks but was able to observe first hand that patients were getting better, loved having sessions and I knew I was on the correct career path. However, I was stunned to learn that all the hands-on myofascial release therapy I was seeing each patient receive was not taught in school! I was not deterred from my heart’s calling. I pursued my doctorate degree in physical therapy and upon graduation began to take myofascial release continuing education seminars with John Barnes, the developer of myofascial release. The courses are experiential so I was able to feel all of the techniques first hand and experience physical, emotional, energetic and spiritual releases in my own body while learning. My unexplained back pain that I had all through my teenage years disappeared and my journey to discovering more deeply who I am was born. As I progressed through the seminars I was offered a position at John Barnes’ clinic in Pennsylvania. Exclusively offering myofascial release treatment for local patients and the specialized Intensive Treatment Program for national and international patients provided a bird’s-eye view into the power of this modality to offer changes for a myriad of diagnoses and ages. Working directly with John and his staff for two years became a wonderful foundation for my relocation to Australia in 2009 and establishing a private practice with my husband, Roger, who had also taken John’s seminars. In our seven years of living in Australia, Roger and I were instrumental in encouraging fellow practitioners to travel to America to train under John and help spread myofascial release availability in Australia. While we loved our lives and careers there, we felt the call to start a family and returned to America in 2016 to be near my family where we continue to offer myofascial release exclusively in our private practice. Becoming parents has thrown us deep into the power of myofascial release for infants, toddlers, and kids. Incorporating all ages, we now offer sessions for unborn babies in the womb, the elderly, and every age in between!
- Munchee BEBE Protocols 2026
- Myomunchee Practitioner Protocols Certification 2026
- Tara Carrington’s Express Yourself Co-Hort 2025, 2026
- Pre-Release Paradigm: Interventions and Considerations to Achieve Therapeutic Readiness for TOTS 2024
- TOTS: Tethered Oral Tissues 2024
- Spinning Babies Workshop 2023
- Upledger Cranio Sacral Therapy 1 2023
- Fascial Cranium 2023, 2025
- Myofascial Immersion 2020
- Equine Myofascial Release 2019
- Quantum Leap 2010, 2014, 2017
- Therapy for the Therapist 2012, 2019
- Cervical-Thoracic 2008, 2011, 2016, 2022
- Advanced Unwinding 2007, 2010, 2016
- Myofascial Release III 2008, 2012
- Subtle Energy 2008
- Myofascial Rebounding 2008
- Healing Seminar 2008, 2012
- Pediatric Myofascial Release 2008, 2022
- Women’s Health Seminar 2007
- Myofascial Mobilization 2006, 2018, 2019
- Fascial – Pelvis 2005, 2015, 2016, 2021
- Myofascial Unwinding 2005, 2017, 2026
- Myofascial Release II 2006, 2018, 2019
- Myofascial Release I 2005
I’ve always wanted to help people, not realizing for a long time that it was I who was looking for healing! Psychology seemed like a logical path after high school, which turned out to be all about perception, memory and cognition. Not one lecture covered emotions or what to do when you’re having a ‘blue’ day. Disillusioned with western thought and the limitations of materialism, I volunteered to teach in Cambodia and Vietnam for a few years. It was there I discovered the power of touch and the embodiment aspects of massage and movement. Fascinated by the mind-body-spirit connection, Joni gave me the book “Healing Ancient Wounds” by John F. Barnes PT and something resonated deep within. The fact that emotions actually originate in the body, and it’s often not “…all in your head”, John offered a path to come back into my body and experience true integration. For many people, discovering myofascial release is a solution to physical pain. For me it was liberation from the pressure of unhealed trauma, overwhelming emotions, and catalyzed deep questions arising from a strict religious upbringing. Today, the healing journey brings athletes looking for their edge, ordinary people needing an extraordinary reset, and my absolute favorite; the anxious and inflamed who’ve been told “…it’s all in your head” because it’s not. It’s in your body too and that’s what we’re all here on the planet to integrate. B. Psych., Cert. IV Massage Therapy.
- Myofascial Mobilization 2018
- Quantum Leap 2010, 2014
- Therapy for the Therapist 2012
- Cervical-Thoracic 2007, 2011
- Advanced Unwinding 2007, 2010
- Myofascial Release III 2009, 2012
- Subtle Energy 2009
- Healing Seminar 2008, 2012
- Pediatric Myofascial Release 2008
- Myofascial Rebounding 2007
- Women’s Health Seminar 2007
- Fascial – Pelvis 2007
- Myofascial Unwinding 2006
- Myofascial Release II 2006, 2017
- Myofascial Release I 2006