MaryAnn Reynolds, MS, LMT, BCTMB

Hi! It's MaryAnn, visiting your inbox again 😎 - https://mailchi.mp/d213596c9043/hi-its-maryann-visiting-your-inbox-this-spring-5691613

I have had a blog since 2010, and I still post occasionally. I’ve thought of switching to Substack but haven’t done it.

Wordpress provides a way for me to see which posts people are viewing, by day, week, month, and year. This one got four views yesterday.

I didn’t remember writing it, so I read it, and it’s good, really fresh. Sharing here…

Note to self: remember this next time I get sick of myself I will forget again how powerful this is. I will resist doing it, caught up in the whirl of thoughts. And I will get sick of myself again, and find my way back to this practice.

Horizon therapy. Davis Mountains.

If you’ve been going to Casa de Luz for years, you may recall that Paméla Overeynder had a Craniosacral Biodynamics practice there for many years.

Paméla is offering sessions in my office space on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

To reach her, call 512.826.7563 or email pamelaovereynder @ gmail.com.

Since I moved to Wimberley, I’ve cut back on my days in my West Lake Hills office (offering Craniosacral Biodynamics/Therapy and TMJ Relief) to Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

I offer the same in Wimberley on Thursdays.

To schedule online or set up a free discovery call, here’s my website: maryannreynolds.com

The Pain PT shares what happens in the brain with chronic pain. The anterior cingulate cortex is involved. It increases aversion and alarm, distorting the amount of pain experienced by greatly increasing it.

This reflex may be involved in reactions to light that intensify migraines and may also be linked to anxiety and depression.

Link to the original study in the comments.

Chronic Pain Rewires Circuits in the Cortical Brain - The Pain PT Here’a a 2017 study from New York University that found “that chronic pain rewires circuits in a brain region called the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) to increase “aversion,” the amount of attention paid to, and alarm felt about, any given pain signal. Most previous studies have focused on...

What are the origins of health? Rather than causes of disease…

Can you sense your own health? Some people can.

Your Sense of Coherence Can your ‘sense of coherence’ influence your health? The concept of sense of coherence (SOC) was put forwa

https://mailchi.mp/6f761f89ca48/hi-its-maryann-visiting-your-inbox-this-spring Spring newsletter is out!

Spring 2024 newsletter from MaryAnn Reynolds, MS, LMT, RCST®, BCTMB Lupinus texensis, Texas bluebonnets, from a trail near Wimberley, TX, in the Hill Country.

Blanco song circle. Small town tradition of guitar pickers gathering to share songs, covers and originals. Friday afternoons at 5 on the square...outside when weather permits, inside at On The Square when it doesn't. Hey! It's free!

The current best advice for people who have had a concussion is to rest for a couple of days and then do things.

Neurons get torn, and don’t easily repair. Instead, you struggle to read or do math while the brain makes new connections. Then you start to feel better. Neurons recalibrate — which doesn’t happen when you rest “until you feel better”, which may take months.

Why Do So Many Doctors Give the Same Bad Advice? The 17-Year Rule. — Slate Health care: why do so many doctors give the same bad advice? The 17-year rule.

It’s happening! In March, I will begin offering craniosacral sessions in Wimberley on Thursdays. First available date is March 7.

The office is located at 101 FM 3237, Suite C. It’s in the same building as the Wimberley View, near the corner of 3237 and 12.

For more information or to schedule, please call (leave voicemail) or text me at 512-507-4184, and I’ll get back to you.

My West Lake/Austin practice is open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

Patrice Maltas asked me to share this:

I am having a sacred women circle gong sound bath. With a short house concert before it. This will definitely be my last winter in Austin

So I wanted to something special .

It will be held this Sunday at Jill's house.
2910 Inridge drive
Austin

Asking for $10 donation
Would love to see you there
Patrice

People with depression and/or anxiety who take SSRI medications may experience bruxism (clenching and grinding their teeth) as a side effect.

If this is you, share this link with your doctor. I’m not a subscriber, and it costs $47 to read the whole thing. Also, there may be newer research on this topic.

From an abstract:

“Alternative classes of antidepressants reviewed include serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, tricyclic antidepressants, atypical antidepressants, and monoamine oxidase inhibitors. Findings indicate that dopamine agonists and buspirone are currently the most effective medications to treat the side effects of SSRI-induced bruxism, but results regarding the effectiveness of specific antidepressants that avoid bruxism altogether remain inconclusive.”

Reevaluating Antidepressant Selection in Patients With... : Journal of Psychiatric Practice® at selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), the first-line drug therapy for major depressive disorder, may not be suitable for TMD patients because SSRIs can induce teeth-grinding, otherwise known as bruxism. This is problematic because bruxism is believed to further exacerbate TMD. Therefor...

Okay, from Gil Hedley’s presentation, The Nerve Tour, last week, the sacral nerves are sympathetic, not parasympathetic.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27856909/

Some day I will take a class from Kathleen Ukleja. This one looks great. Hmm. Could I get to Switzerland in April this year? Hmm.

THE POLYVAGAL FACE

The Vagus nerve has become a major focus in many branches of therapy, including our own. However, the ventral vagal complex at the centre of social engagement has always been more than just the ‘new’ branch of the Vagus. Early in his research Porges wrote that ‘the social engagement system is conceptualized to emphasize a system that has a common neural substrate composed of several cranial nerves that develop embryologically together’ and this system ‘focuses only on the neural regulation of the striated muscles of the face and head and the specific autonomic functions mediated by the myelinated Vagus’.

The entire group of cranial nerves, collectively known as Special Visceral Efferent, enables emotional communication through the face and voice. How we look, how we sound, gives away a lot more than the words we use to interact with others. While the cardiovascular rate is modulated by the Vagus, in line with the emotional experience. In our practice we can work effectively with all these nerves, consequently improving vagal tone and making us more resilient to stress.

In Behind the Smile, I will introduce clinical approaches to enhancing the function of these cranial nerves. Join at the Da-Sein Institut, in Winterthur, Switzerland in April 26-28.

# Face Emotion Trauma

If anyone is interested in checking out The Neurobiology of Connection on Substack, I can offer you a link to get the paid version for a month.

If you work with the autonomic nervous system (your own or professionally), this is worth your while to discover.

neurobiologyofconnection.substack.com

There’s a mutual relationship between anxiety and somatic symptoms. It can be a loop: somatic symptoms can create and perpetuate anxiety, and/or anxiety can create and perpetuate somatic symptoms.

The Pain PT talks about how to work with anxiety and the difference between perceived pain and structural pain.

Can you jump off the anxiety train?

Can you listen to just your body?

The Relationship of Anxiety/Worry & Somatic Symptoms Reach out if you'd like 1-1 consultation or group coaching support. You can learn more at: https://www.thepainpt.com/Blog Post on Anxiety/Worry & Somatic Sym...

08 - Let's Put the Heart back in it's Proper Place: The Center Now, let's go a bit deeper into the neurology without leaving the forest behind, because this forest is inside you, and because the way that the nervous system is understood in mainstream allopathic medicine has denatured a number of fundamental understandings that we will require if we are truly to...

THE DYNAMIC IN STILLNESS

In the Stillness of Life Becker wrote: ‘What we’re talking about here is life and motion…. the CSF swells and recedes rhythmically like the tides of the ocean. There are ways in which we can bring the fluctuation down to a still point, manually. And when it is brought down to a still point, there is an interchange between every single fluid and every single cell in the body. It happens in an instant. You have transmuted the breath of life into every cell… for every cell to take into itself and revitalize itself.’

It does not matter whether we are talking about the stillness reached in a state of balance, a still point in the fluid tide or deepening through the multiple levels of stillness, during a treatment session. In each case, the stillness is an opening, an opportunity for transmutation, a change of state in the potency of the breath of life which brings about healing. The stillness is not an end in itself.

Upcoming changes to my bodywork practice:

My last day working at West Holistic Medicine in downtown Austin is January 18. To schedule there, please call 512-814-0184.

After that, WHM will refer its patients desiring Craniosacral Biodynamics or TMJ Relief to my office in West Lake Hills.

To schedule at my West Lake office, go to my website (with an online scheduler) at maryannreynolds.com. You can schedule a freebie consultation if you like.

I moved to Wimberley last August and have been making the drive into Austin and West Lake to work ever since. Although it’s a lovely, scenic drive through the Hill Country, I’d enjoy spending less time on the road and more time working.

So, I am looking for a space to practice in Wimberley, 1-2 days a week while commuting 2-3 days to my West Lake office.

If you know of any place, or anyone in Wimberley who might want to work with me once I get a space, please let me know or share this with them.

May 2024 bring you safety, wellness, peace, joy, and compassion. ❤️

Hello! - MaryAnn Reynolds, MS, LMT, BCTMB Welcome to my website. I offer advanced bodywork sessions in the Austin, Texas, area. I specialize in two types of bodywork: Craniosacral Biodynamics and TMJ Relief. Craniosacral Biodynamics is gentle, nurturing type of bodywork that works from the inside out to relax your nervous system, improve yo...

Reading the chapters as they are written of an upcoming book, The Neurobiology of Connection.

07- Inward Forest Have you ever set foot deep in virgin forest? There is something that happens to your senses deep in an aboriginal forest. It is hard to reduce it to science, yet there is profound science to it. The very science of Life. Part of this science is that we come from the forest. In the dawns of time –...

Reposting this from March 21, 2020. Winter is a great time to make beet kvass.

Also, I still haven’t gotten COVID, knock wood.

Beet kvass: an easy fermented drink you can make at home to build vitality and resilience Once upon a time, people didn’t know about viruses, bacteria, or hand-washing. They tended to live shorter lives than we do now. They got sick more often, and a whole lot more infants and children …

I have found this Substack worth my while to read. The author is publishing a book in April on the neurobiology of connection, based on Stephen Porges’ research on the autonomic nervous system, but taking it further, from within one individual to how we connect and relate to one another.

The Neurobiology of Connection | Natureza Gabriel | Substack This is the serialized manuscript of our forthcoming book entitled the same, with additional interactive material. Click to read The Neurobiology of Connection, by Natureza Gabriel, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

HeartMath is offering a new biofeedback sensor with a free app that you can use to improve your coherence/heart rate variability (HRV), balancing your mind and emotions, improving performance, and reducing stress.

This is a good way to deepen the overall health of your system, especially your resilience in the face of stress.

Who doesn’t need more of that???

Using the HeartMath program is a nice variation on meditation. HeartMath offers exercises you can do while you watch your HRV improve in real time, that you can then use in times of stress. You get feedback, and you can track your HRV over time using the device.

The Black Friday discount is 30 percent off, and it runs from 11/16 through 11/27.

If you miss it, the Holiday discount is 25 percent off, running from 11/28 through 12/31.

Go to http://store.heartmath.com/ on the appropriate dates to get your discount.

HeartMath Store HeartMath® helps you tap into the power and intelligence of your heart — your heart’s intuition — which connects you to the best version of yourself.

Some clients coming in for Craniosacral Biodynamics have neuroplastic pain, also called central sensitization. It’s when an injury to the tissues has healed but the pain remains, indicating it’s become based in the brain.

The Pain PT teaches an approach to chronic pain that involves retraining the brain.

Craniosacral Biodynamics helps the whole system relax deeply, which helps these clients relax more deeply and get better results from doing exercises taught by the Pain PT.

A stressed brain and nervous system can cause many a symptom in the body. When that is the case, our focus should be on getting the brain and nervous system to settle down, not on trying to fix the symptom directly.