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Massage • Yoga • Wellness Center | Framingham MA
Massage • Yoga • Wellness Center | Framingham MA
Ok, so I know this is going to sound like I made it up, but did you know that September is “Self-Care Awareness Month”? Even though there’s a month for everything now, I definitely couldn’t pass this one by! The National Day Calendar website says it was founded in...
Let’s face it… whether for business or pleasure, most of us spend an inordinate amount of time looking at our phones (and our computers!). Aside from the obvious social and mental health implications of disappearing into the electronic world, there is a significant...
My client came in this week looking to relieve the stiffness and pain in the foot she broke seven months ago. Her bones were completely healed and she was done with PT, but she was still experiencing limitations and pain with certain activities. After her massage,...
If you've ever looked at a massage menu and felt more confused than confident, you're not alone. After 15 years of welcoming clients through our doors at The Gentle Place in Framingham, I can tell you that "I wasn't sure what to book" is one of the most common things...
I just came in from shoveling my front walk, and although it’s kind of hard to tell with all the drifts, it looks like we got about 13 inches in Framingham. Could have been a lot worse! I was 16 years old in the blizzard of ’78, and I remember it well. My...
Dear Samsara & Gentle Place Community, Year of the Fire Horse and Total Body Strength… (Photo of Minnie, one of the therapy ponies at Ironstone Farms in Andover, MA) This week started off with a combination solar eclipse (viewable from Antarctica, parts of South...
Dear Samsara & Gentle Place Community, Valentines, Lunar New Year & an Art Show Invite… (Photo from last Friday’s 9:30am Gentle Yoga Class) Valentine’s Day is tomorrow! Long before greeting cards and chocolates, this holiday was connected to an ancient...
Dear Samsara & Gentle Place Community, Soothe, Bond, and Connect. (Photo from our last Mala Making Workshop, next workshop TONIGHT sign up here ) Thank you friends for understanding my absence on Wednesday, it’s a strange chapter for me to be entering. Where my...
Dear Samsara & Gentle Place Community, What do the Full Moon, Imbolc, and Candlemas have to do with sheep? (Photos of the Sheep: Goodwill, Lila, Sully, and Winston Lambert the Third, rescues from Unity Farm Sanctuary in Sherborn! ) Great question! Well, let’s...
Dear Samsara & Gentle Place Community, Winter storm watch for the outside world and our inner world… (Photo of me in 2014 on a frozen Lake Cochituate in Natick) We shall see how this “Severe Winter Storm” plays out in Framingham and our surrounding towns. I am...