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Engaging Embodiment Conference

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I am honored to present a live online session at the international conference Engaging Embodiment: Somatic Applications for Health, Education & Social Justice

The conference is being held March 3-7, 2021, live online, with taped replays and is co-sponsored by ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association) and Pacifica Graduate Institute. Filled with talks and experiential workshops led by inspiring pioneers, leaders, teachers, and expert practitioners in the field of Somatics!

Cost is $125 members, $150 non-members. Video replays are available for one year. If attending live, check time converter for your time zone.

Even if you sign up now in the final two days of the conference, you can have access to the video replays all year. This conference holds a wealth of information and experiences for somatic professionals, related fields of psychology, movement, dance, occupational therapy, and more.

My session is A Somatic Journey at the Intersection of Headaches, Migraine, Myofascial Pain, and Awareness, Saturday, March 6, 10:10 am PDT. The video replays are posted approximately 24 hours after the live presentation.

NIH Panel Presentation on Transcranial Touch Therapy for Migraine

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I was honored to present a clinical, mind-body perspective about migraine in a panel presentation at the NIH HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-term℠) Initiative’s Myofascial Pain Workshop (virtual) on September 16-17, 2020. The HEAL initiative is exploring ways to help end the U.S. opioid epidemic with non-drug therapies.

Myofascial pain is prevalent in migraine patients, and my presentation introduced a “Targeted Transcranial Touch Therapy for Migraine” (aka Mundo Method) and research about the intersection of touch, tactile attention, fascia, pain, and the brain.

The presenters, clinicians, researchers, and scientists hailed from preeminent universities, colleges, medical centers, and the NIH to discuss the properties of musculoskeletal pain, fascia, the nervous system, and cutting-edge imaging and measurement technologies with a view toward understanding and measuring myofascial pain.

How to Ease Your Shoulders on “Migraine Relief Code” with Dr. Amelia Barrett

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I had a great time talking about Headache and Migraine Somatic Self-Care with holistic neurologist Amelia Scott Barrett, MD, on her Migraine Relief Code channel. Dr. Barrett has a wonderful listening presence and participated wholeheartedly in the self-care techniques I shared, which makes for a lively, interactive video.

Headaches or not, these practices will help to relieve those tight, sore shoulders we all get from extended screen time, so I hope you’ll do them along with us and that it’s helpful! Let me know in comments how it goes, or if you have any questions — and please feel free to share! Thanks and enjoy!

To work with me by web cam for headaches, migraine, pain, stress, tension, or trauma, contact me to schedule a Free consultation.