Everyone is thinking about immunity these days, so I posted an informal poll asking friends what they do for their immune systems. The most common answer was getting adequate sleep, which surprised me, even though it is definitely very important for optimum health. The reason it surprised me was because I wasn’t raised to valueContinue reading “Supporting the Immune System”
Author Archives: Rachel Creager Ireland
Layers of old and new
As I type, I’m sitting at the old desk my Dad used for planning Physics lessons. Later he was disabled by a stroke, and took up building model cars at this desk. In the process, he deposited countless layers of every color of paint and glue on the desk top. When I took it fromContinue reading “Layers of old and new”
Mostly Wellness
Shortly after I graduated from Massage Therapy school in the 90s, I went into an advanced course in Myofascial Massage Therapy. This is a structural modality, related to Rolfing, which is the kind of bodywork that is supposed to change your life. It’s “intense” (aka painful), and so deep that there’s no need to removeContinue reading “Mostly Wellness”
Past-Life Regression
The prairie of the Flint Hills is timeless. Things happen here, but the prairie goes on being itself and doing the prairie, and doesn’t really notice us if we don’t disturb it. I spent last week in Berlin and Prague. It wasn’t nearly long enough to get a sense of even one city, but inContinue reading “Past-Life Regression”
Anatomy Nerd
I noticed that I was feeling pain near my left knee whenever I bent forward at the hip. It didn’t make any difference if the knee was straight or bent, bearing weight or not. It’s been over twenty years since I studied anatomy formally, but I have lots of friends who are massage therapists, soContinue reading “Anatomy Nerd”
Rachel Creager Ireland, LMT 