tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39966503267827900572024-03-14T03:51:25.588-07:00deep ground wellnessstephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-42451013954106172562024-01-04T10:00:00.000-08:002024-01-04T16:22:18.790-08:002024 begins<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYn5Kd8wvTatD00haeRvEYs964w9muqi2nhO6jBHU4EJuLzM4VhCKaWJ56b26oKMrO3y32c_T7FmzyVz6HvE334JqEqPzo3lvqDlJmXsGbsU2boxH8PlJ71HSv-96M7rNTTAOCYr6D_q_za4lpOMFlCuYn8Vht1FsLzLuq809PyCbo4K-A_fd5EUIcGc/s3600/2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="3600" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYn5Kd8wvTatD00haeRvEYs964w9muqi2nhO6jBHU4EJuLzM4VhCKaWJ56b26oKMrO3y32c_T7FmzyVz6HvE334JqEqPzo3lvqDlJmXsGbsU2boxH8PlJ71HSv-96M7rNTTAOCYr6D_q_za4lpOMFlCuYn8Vht1FsLzLuq809PyCbo4K-A_fd5EUIcGc/w640-h106/2023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif">It is a restorative practice to reflect on the past year, especially at the transition into a new one, as it can feel so futile. 2023 brought so much change: A new tattoo! A new space for my practice in Foster-Powell! A big surgery, and recovery! A haircut; lobbing off 15 years of long hair! Travel around the Salish Sea!</span></h4><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">2023 was also a year full of various creative endeavours: performing with <a href="https://extraditionpdx.com/">Extradition</a> for a festival and our quarterly showings, performing with <a href="https://pwnw-pdx.org/linda-austin-dance/">Linda Austin</a> in <i>3 miles of possible</i> and improvising with a large-scale installation at Building 5, and designing/building a beautiful tool shed for my backyard.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">I imagine 2024 will be more of the same; performing, building, and continuing our work together at my studio. At the end of this month I will begin a new course, Neural Manipulation, with the <a href="https://www.barralinstitute.com/">Barral Institute</a>. I am especially excited for this work, as it integrates the nervous system and how our bodies hold and/or process trauma, with manual therapies to address whiplash injuries and chronic neck and spine discomfort. </div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span>Opportunities:</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">For those of you interested in more somatic self-work, here are two offerings I would like to highlight happening in the greater somatic community:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><ul><li><a href="https://www.contemporaryalexander.com/">Contemporary Alexander</a> teacher Robyn Avalon is offering her <a href="https://somatrix.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/1053592">Living in a Body</a> (online) course beginning this month. I did this course in 2020, and found it fascinating and very useful.<br /></li><li><a href="https://www.poderosavoz.com/work-with-me">Resilience Toolkit</a> sessions and support with my multi-talented friend and neighbor, Vanessa Micale of Ponderosa Voz, to help cultivate in collaboration more tools to manage stress and burnout.</li></ul></div><span></span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span>Winter Practice Notes:</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">As Covid19 cases are increasing, along with usual respiratory viruses, <b>please remember to reschedule your appointment if you have any of the following symptoms: </b><i><b>runny nose, cough, fever, nausea, etc.</b> </i>If you are feeling recovered, but have a lingering runny nose, cough or other symptoms, <b>please wear a mask if you decide to come in for your appointment.</b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Looking forward to seeing you all sometime in this new year. I wish you all an abundance of joy, and skill at looking for the silver linings in these continually challenging times.</span></div>stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-13413706900117063262023-05-29T20:00:00.002-07:002023-05-29T20:00:00.142-07:00Summer update: NEW location<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: small;">I am so excited to share that I am moving into a thriving wellness clinic in Foster-Powell,</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://apexpdx.com/&source=gmail&ust=1685218901724000&usg=AOvVaw2LiTYsUtf2nPwRpJi9g13e" href="https://apexpdx.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Apex Wellness Center</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small;">. This clinic may be familiar to those of you who began to see me 7-8 years ago, though I will be in a new room. I am excited to move my practice to this lovely space, full of incredible practitioners. I will start seeing clients there</span> <u><b>beginning June 1</b><sup><b>st</b></sup>.</u></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKkUgR51hPmuhGbBM80_Of0kdWtfDghUhKan_ZVp7CpSmmXgRZrRZ9LjwJBNZUUizJfZk9vdHGEbjSsunnCKa9NhoBJOPqOEYWauaxKxrim2aTgXQTSMtftj0sUb6BpQHzGk27W-agvDdxdCZqIcNmEcKUUdkWoL6YEju8pt92AoIo9j5agb3obNZ/s562/ApexWellnessCenter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="562" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKkUgR51hPmuhGbBM80_Of0kdWtfDghUhKan_ZVp7CpSmmXgRZrRZ9LjwJBNZUUizJfZk9vdHGEbjSsunnCKa9NhoBJOPqOEYWauaxKxrim2aTgXQTSMtftj0sUb6BpQHzGk27W-agvDdxdCZqIcNmEcKUUdkWoL6YEju8pt92AoIo9j5agb3obNZ/s320/ApexWellnessCenter.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><u><br /></u></span><p></p><p style="background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Please let me know if you need to update any currently scheduled appointments. I realize this new location may impact the days and times you’d prefer to schedule, or travel times. I hope this move won’t be too inconvenient. After the past three years of a temporary landing at Laurelhurst due to Covid and subletting between two rooms, I am so excited to stretch back into my full practice. I will be opening up my schedule with more availability, <i><b>and able to get you in when you need</b></i>.</span></p><p style="background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Check the schedule here: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://deepgroundmassagebodywork.fullslate.com&source=gmail&ust=1685218901725000&usg=AOvVaw0XsyYc-E7aUytclQm7bm3-" href="https://deepgroundmassagebodywork.fullslate.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">https://<wbr></wbr>deepgroundmassagebodywork.<wbr></wbr>fullslate.com</span></a></span></p><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a name='more'></a></span></span><p style="background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I will be updating my appointment reminders with new location information, and sending out text reminders before appointments scheduled in the coming weeks. Things to note:</span></p><p style="background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: inherit;">New Door Code</span></b></li><li><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: inherit;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Masks are optional for clients</b><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">: I will continue to mask, and in addition to the high filtration in the building system, I will have an additional air filter in the room and 2 windows if more ventilation is needed.</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: inherit;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Busy practice</b><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">: Many of you are accustomed to the quiet, empty clinic at Laurelhurst during our sessions. While it is still quiet and respectful, there are 6 other practitioners at Apex! At your visit you might meet the office manager at the front desk, and see others in the waiting area.</span></span></li></ul></span><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"></p><p style="background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope this early summer fake-out has you enjoying (like me) all of the blooms, long walks, and sunny evenings in the parks with friends.</span></p><p style="background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can’t wait to welcome you into my new space!</span></p>stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-50469341667726560182023-03-20T08:00:00.007-07:002023-03-20T10:58:07.921-07:00Spring updates (masks, and other news)<p>Spring is here now, the bulbs are really popping up, the trees budding out. I am welcoming the light. The longer days have me imagining bike rides and long walks, yard projects and picnics with friends. </p><p>Though the Oregon Health Authority will remove the mask mandate in Oregon healthcare settings <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORDHS/bulletins/34c69c1" target="_blank">beginning April 3</a>, the providers at our clinic have agreed<b><i> to continue to require masks</i></b> out of respect for our immunocompromised clients, our community elders, and our own health in this work that requires such close proximity. We appreciate your continued care of the community of people and families that thrive at our clinic.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM3h8o9zYJTi9Azy2vDfE2yQDoYUvvSdKUfvlEdr-NrDXzItRxKmjEuVo6kVWg3FeSv7XqzD8x_hRkEpNJ6hhNdl7vhQmou9Hlq8C6DnKsxAEQb2JXYyem76rw7um0YSLXG9TCuUWTV9M3R0i6WRtQIJMSnozKVomvlIK9N9SaVP2awubCwDCa1aie/s3000/manymasks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="6 selfies of a person wearing different n95 masks" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="3000" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM3h8o9zYJTi9Azy2vDfE2yQDoYUvvSdKUfvlEdr-NrDXzItRxKmjEuVo6kVWg3FeSv7XqzD8x_hRkEpNJ6hhNdl7vhQmou9Hlq8C6DnKsxAEQb2JXYyem76rw7um0YSLXG9TCuUWTV9M3R0i6WRtQIJMSnozKVomvlIK9N9SaVP2awubCwDCa1aie/w640-h192/manymasks.jpg" title="many masks" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>I've gotten very use to wearing masks.</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p><br /></p><p>I cannot believe it has been three years. Life before Covid seems like such a dream; a little hazy, and the timing is confused. I can't quite recall all of the details. Vivid memories get stirred occasionally, and I feel such grief and wonder.</p><p>Our lives are altered, and we have shown immense flexibility and adaptability. I am equally grateful for this marking of change, our unfurling into the new routines of our lives, and I still am ever vigilant. We are still learning so much about this novel virus, and the fact remains that masks and air filtration are effective in preventing illness.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><i>Masks remain an effective way to reduce transmission of respiratory viruses. People are recommended to wear masks when they are sick, and individuals – particularly those with health conditions that put them at high risk for severe illness from a respiratory virus exposure–should continue to wear masks wherever they feel comfortable.</i></span></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>In other news, you might have noticed that my schedule often has same-week (and even same-day) availability. Many of you have gotten used to my schedule being out for weeks; however, I am keeping some appointments available for clients in need of immediate care. I look forward to seeing you! <a href="https://deepgroundmassagebodywork.fullslate.com/">https://deepgroundmassagebodywork.fullslate.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In June, I will begin my introductory course in <a href="https://counterstrain.com/patients/" target="_blank">Fascial Counterstrain</a>. I worked with a PT who practices Counterstrain work a handful of years ago and have referred many clients with lingering injuries. The work is very aligned with my current work and interests in alignment, the integration of body systems through a holistic view of and approach to bodywork, and how we can remap the ways in which we use our bodies to allow for more ease and less discomfort. I am excited to add this modality to my work with you in the coming months.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish you all the best this Spring. Take care!</p><p><br /></p>stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-75692607787622431182023-01-16T18:07:00.006-08:002023-03-07T18:45:56.906-08:00winter greetings<p><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">2022 really made me </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"> s l o w d o w n </i><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> and it has been nice to continue with slowness into this </span><span class="il" face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">new</span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span class="il" face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">year</span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">. Even with my insistence on taking it slowly, last </span><span class="il" face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">year</span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> went in a blur, thankfully with some sweet moments to savor; spending time with dear friends and their </span><span class="il" face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">new</span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> child in Hawai'i; returning to a favorite childhood place (Wallowa Lake); exploring the prairie near Mount Adams; getting to see my brother and sister-in-law again after three </span><span class="il" face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">years</span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">; and miles and miles of walks in Oregon, Hawai'i, Washington, England and Paris!</span></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYftBhcwMY8jQyyrMQIouLTUPtryRbBtxPXVzLLd9vCGRI6iS1nybo7qErfcpAb9D5JwXQt4j6490tf4tOYZ_A-x06NlRxfpWiCN8xNeJqPyA33WrjP3Ys_Bg170v_uaRwqMfZ5YVHf70zHCY0RL7CCrEznR8V2ujRtnaUrq5ve71KigshUMH6Qc3c/s3600/2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="3600" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYftBhcwMY8jQyyrMQIouLTUPtryRbBtxPXVzLLd9vCGRI6iS1nybo7qErfcpAb9D5JwXQt4j6490tf4tOYZ_A-x06NlRxfpWiCN8xNeJqPyA33WrjP3Ys_Bg170v_uaRwqMfZ5YVHf70zHCY0RL7CCrEznR8V2ujRtnaUrq5ve71KigshUMH6Qc3c/w640-h106/2022.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #ffa400;">This </span><span class="il" style="color: #ffa400;">year</span><span style="color: #ffa400;"> I look forward to a return to performing more -</span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://extraditionpdx.com/calendar&source=gmail&ust=1678327631557000&usg=AOvVaw0MmN_2ICUAWFb0udLS7SEd" href="https://extraditionpdx.com/calendar" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">which begins this weekend</span></a><span style="color: #ffa400;"> as I am an ensemble member of </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://extraditionpdx.com/extradition-plays-corner&source=gmail&ust=1678327631557000&usg=AOvVaw3gua8YaIP5OeKVvJ3q5kjR" href="https://extraditionpdx.com/extradition-plays-corner" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Extradition's Corner festival</span></a><span style="color: #ffa400;"> celebrating experimental, </span><span class="il" style="color: #ffa400;">new</span><span style="color: #ffa400;"> music composer Philip Corner- and continuing my studies in </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.contemporaryalexander.com&source=gmail&ust=1678327631557000&usg=AOvVaw3jYophATJ8e6dQn5aqtziy" href="https://www.contemporaryalexander.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Alexander technique</span></a><span style="color: #ffa400;">, </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gyrotonic.com&source=gmail&ust=1678327631557000&usg=AOvVaw1SY757YV-AV8leRtf22GCb" href="https://www.gyrotonic.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Gyrotonic</span></a><span style="color: #ffa400;"> and </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.barralinstitute.com&source=gmail&ust=1678327631557000&usg=AOvVaw3T1m5VMo-1mWN-DvuutdUm" href="https://www.barralinstitute.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Barral's visceral and neural manipulation</span></a><span style="color: #ffa400;">.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #ffa400;">I have quietly opened my schedule to <span class="il">new</span> clients. For insurance, I am only in-network with Regence BlueCross BlueShield (and all of their subsidiaries) and am not currently accepting any <span class="il">new</span> out-of-network insurance clients.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #ffa400;">I'm in the clinic </span><b style="color: #ffa400;">Sundays, </b><b style="color: #ffa400;">Monday afternoons, </b><b style="color: #ffa400;">and </b><b style="color: #ffa400;">Thursday late afternoons</b><span style="color: #ffa400;">. My online schedule is up-to-date and showing openings up to 6 weeks from now:</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://deepgroundmassagebodywork.fullslate.com&source=gmail&ust=1678327631557000&usg=AOvVaw10PRCq0M5GDJn96XfBo5Cm" href="https://deepgroundmassagebodywork.fullslate.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">https://</span><span style="color: #ffa400;"><wbr></wbr></span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">deepgroundmassagebodywork.<wbr></wbr>fullslate.com</span></a><br /></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400;"><a name='more'></a></span><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #ffa400;">I also want to pass along some referrals to great body workers, if you're wanting to try something <span class="il">new</span>:</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://aldercrest.net&source=gmail&ust=1678327631557000&usg=AOvVaw3SCoKj9YTIhpVvbnaKcEg5" href="https://aldercrest.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Kim Legler, LMT</span></a><span style="color: #ffa400;"> works from her gorgeous home studio in Milwaukie and practices traditional Swedish deep tissue massage and is a certified esthetician.</span><br /></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/TF5VU5&source=gmail&ust=1678327631557000&usg=AOvVaw2mKCj1kHm9s5LYETAGokkJ" href="https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/TF5VU5" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Daniel Addy, LMT</span></a><span style="color: #ffa400;"> is an attentive listener who combines Structural Integration and Thai-mat work focusing on body rehabilitation from his home studio in NE Portland.</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.lindakjohnson.net/contemporary-alexander-technique/&source=gmail&ust=1678327631557000&usg=AOvVaw3K1UmZq7Q_erOZKCrmmmri" href="https://www.lindakjohnson.net/contemporary-alexander-technique/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Linda K Johnson</span></a><span style="color: #ffa400;"> is a Contemporary Alexander technique teacher, who has a vast knowledge of the body and its systems working from her home studio in SE Portland.</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">And here at the clinic, </span><a href="mailto:malia@goodmedacu.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Malia Susee, LAc</span></a><span style="color: #ffa400;"> is our talented in-house acupuncturist, </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.lorikrampetz.com&source=gmail&ust=1678327631557000&usg=AOvVaw3A_6911GBaWXLVSYQxd6Ca" href="http://www.lorikrampetz.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Lori Krampetz, LMT</span></a><span style="color: #ffa400;"> is a skilled Visceral and Neural Manipulation practitioner, and </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.massagebook.com/Portland~Massage~Mojo&source=gmail&ust=1678327631557000&usg=AOvVaw3mLRXv3G1Gef73CiZXluPF" href="https://www.massagebook.com/Portland~Massage~Mojo" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Valerie Lyon, LMT</span></a><span style="color: #ffa400;"> is a brilliant energy worker and Visceral Manipulation practitioner.</span></li></ul></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>We still require masks in the clinic and ask you to stay home if you are not feeling well.</b> We continue to be in an amorphous stage of pandemic, and I appreciate you all helping me to continue to keep this community clinic healthy.</span></div><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #ffa400;">I look forward to our work together and wish you all abundance in 2023.</span></div></div>stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-42005810264150254762022-07-15T10:00:00.004-07:002022-07-15T12:24:04.037-07:00wavesThe ups and downs of these days have been a lot to manage. I have been ever-more reliant on my restorative practice of walking. Portland has a wealth of green spaces and parks in the city, and nearby. Recently, I have been thinking deeply about stress and anxiety, how these states show up for each of us, individually and collectively, and the entrenching of the semantics and pathology of Stress and Anxiety. (<i>more on these ruminations soon.</i>) <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbYB87-zF0q25OIoNq2ubItnTDE3Fj9LKM7Rm7VJ3omZYXSF-rCHnymDjChPtMjiDcO4YuNb5Mgq0eO2GZsNFxQcedxqxNsCDM5oRiBKHTp-ln0pyVUKjR-kPwRjObUxpUM2lRc2Hmb0LUvXXAoRdqO59j6bvX0Bua9wCsJb4-qbEKTVfM79RoTLF/s4032/D5C252DA-B404-427B-B2BA-184422E748A1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbYB87-zF0q25OIoNq2ubItnTDE3Fj9LKM7Rm7VJ3omZYXSF-rCHnymDjChPtMjiDcO4YuNb5Mgq0eO2GZsNFxQcedxqxNsCDM5oRiBKHTp-ln0pyVUKjR-kPwRjObUxpUM2lRc2Hmb0LUvXXAoRdqO59j6bvX0Bua9wCsJb4-qbEKTVfM79RoTLF/s320/D5C252DA-B404-427B-B2BA-184422E748A1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div> As we are well within our <u><b>seventh wave</b></u> of Covid19, I want to bring your attention to my <a href="https://www.deepgroundwellness.com/covid.html" target="_blank">Covid19 Protocol & Procedures</a> and share a few resources I use to understand what is happening with the Covid19 pandemic, my own personal risk, and assess ways to keep my clients at the clinic safe.</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><div>Some of you have noticed that my Covid19 Protocol (last updated 6/17/2022) is much stricter than the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/quarantine-isolation.html" target="_blank">CDC's current guidelines</a>. Though I firmly believe in the power of high-filter, multi-layered masks, and good ventilation, I am inches from your face for more than 15 minutes (what the CDC considers "close-contact") and I have clients of all ages, some with underlying conditions. I strive to keep each of us as safe as possible, especially when cases are increasing in the region. So please, when you schedule an appointment, be 10-14 days from a Covid19 exposure, or Covid19 infection AND testing negative before coming in for a massage. Details below:</div><div></div><blockquote><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">Please consider your health and exposure, and </span><u style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><strong>do not schedule/cancel or </strong><strong>reschedule your appointment if any of the following statements are true</strong>:</u></span><ul style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin: 5px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3em;"><li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;"><em style="position: relative;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">IF you were <strong>EXPOSED </strong>to Covid-19 and are <strong>NOT</strong> <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">up to date</a> with your vaccinations.</span></em></li><li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;"><em style="position: relative;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">IF you were <strong>EXPOSED</strong> to Covid-19 and <strong>ARE</strong> <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">up to date</a> with your vaccination.</span></em></li><li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;"><em style="position: relative;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">IF you have recently tested <strong>POSITIVE </strong>for Covid-19.</span></em></li><li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;"><em style="position: relative;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">IF you<strong> <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html" style="text-decoration: none;">HAVE SYMPTOMS</a> </strong>regardless of vaccination status.</span></em></li></ul><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); color: #888888; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;" /><span face="Lato, sans-serif">Return for massage </span><em style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; position: relative;">ONLY AFTER</em><em style="color: #818181; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; position: relative;"> </em><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/quarantine-isolation.html#anchor_1633109391123" style="color: #ff8400; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em style="position: relative;">ending isolation</em></a><span face="Lato, sans-serif">:</span></span><ul style="caret-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin: 5px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3em;"><li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">7 days after exposure, if you never tested positive and are still<u> testing negative.</u></span></li><li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10-14 days after testing positive AND you do not have any symptoms AND you are <u>testing negative</u>.</span></li><li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10-14 days after severe symptoms of Covid-19, if you've consult your doctor before ending isolation.</span></li></ul></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A stabilizing resource of the up-to-date science of Covid19 is <a href="https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/about" target="_blank">Katelyn Jetelina/Your Local Epidemiologist</a>. She has a regular newsletter offering insights on current data, studies, vaccinations, variants and case increases.</div><div><br /></div><div>Locally, I use <a href="https://www.ohsu.edu/health/coronavirus-resources" target="_blank">OHSU Covid19 Resources</a>, particularly Peter Graven, PhD's Covid19 Forecast. Find the most recent forecast (7/7/2022) <a href="https://www.ohsu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-07/OHSU-COVID-Forecast-July-7-2022.pdf" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I hope you all enjoy this summer sun, staying safe, and caring for those around you. As always, I look forward to working with you soon.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-59277207815521672942021-12-31T12:00:00.003-08:002023-03-07T18:47:28.865-08:00Welcoming a new year<p><span style="color: #f6b26b;"> <span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Reflecting on a year that seemed to move at superspeed, I recall sweet moments with close friends, a trip to see the Painted Hills, a humid summer week in NYC, an Oregon coast long-weekend, a few house projects, miles and miles of walks, and meeting many delightful new clients. Though the year has been peppered with heartbreak, I am thankful for all of your kindness and encouragement.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh52hKuu0vYAOGzTehlpbYKrGkNCautN1_7oiYKyCDX05H27yqULlfETMfH2boF2ybE-JpsSwuNzFwcN0HD2KRoVvFBDus11xB0XdjluA9Alr1QVvfDGjagaSlZCtqAs0f63DFIQ60URESvr2Tj6RyRdaSgdIaFoy143X_Z3_Av6ry96q5TdaLvrQlI=s4042" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1042" data-original-width="4042" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh52hKuu0vYAOGzTehlpbYKrGkNCautN1_7oiYKyCDX05H27yqULlfETMfH2boF2ybE-JpsSwuNzFwcN0HD2KRoVvFBDus11xB0XdjluA9Alr1QVvfDGjagaSlZCtqAs0f63DFIQ60URESvr2Tj6RyRdaSgdIaFoy143X_Z3_Av6ry96q5TdaLvrQlI=w400-h103" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">It seems challenging to be thinking, <i>again</i>, of a new variant and how much more adaptable we will need to become, but I am hopeful -<i>and grateful for vaccines, boosters, and more accessible testing.</i></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">As we look to the coming weeks of this </span><i style="color: #f6b26b;">highly transmissible</i><span style="color: #f6b26b;"> Covid-19 variant (</span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://covidblog.oregon.gov/governor-brown-ohsu-and-oha-leadership-urge-covid-19-vaccinations-boosters-ahead-of-january-omicron-surge/&source=gmail&ust=1642107681883000&usg=AOvVaw0Gon_BhRZjfOCpRNvin5ad" href="https://covidblog.oregon.gov/governor-brown-ohsu-and-oha-leadership-urge-covid-19-vaccinations-boosters-ahead-of-january-omicron-surge/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">omicron</span></a><span style="color: #f6b26b;">), I would like to remind you to please be discerning and reschedule your appointment if you have any -however mild- of the following concerns (I will be doing the same):</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><ul style="list-style-position: outside; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3em;"><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span face="arial, sans-serif">You or one of your household members have had symptoms of fever, cold or flu in the past 14 days (eg. <span style="background-color: yellow;"><i>tiredness, runny nose, congestion, sore throat, cough</i></span>, high temperature, shortness of breath, aches, pains</span><span face="arial, sans-serif">, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, or loss of smell or taste.)</span><br /></span></li><li style="list-style: outside disc; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #f6b26b;">You have been near someone who has potentially had, or tested positive for COVID-19 through a family or work contact in the past 14 days. </span></li></ul></blockquote><div><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><a name='more'></a></span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">When you come in for an appointment please have </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/23/1066871176/mask-n95-omicron-contagious&source=gmail&ust=1642107681883000&usg=AOvVaw2H2S_Zb1d4dzxtt4lsF4ex" href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/23/1066871176/mask-n95-omicron-contagious" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">a well-fitting, and multi-layered mask</span></a><span style="color: #f6b26b;"> on. If you are in need of a mask, text me and I will meet you at the front door with a fresh mask. (Looking </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.protectly.co&source=gmail&ust=1642107681883000&usg=AOvVaw1kXbkwbocPBl90w4JPtyAV" href="https://www.protectly.co/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">to buy N95s or KN94s</span></a><span style="color: #f6b26b;">? This is where I purchase mine; in Portland they even deliver them by bike messenger!) You might have also noticed that the appointment reminder email now includes the door code (4045), so please, let yourself in!</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">At the clinic, we have added an air filter to the lobby, in addition to one in each treatment room. Lately, it is common to have multiple practitioners working at the same time -though we max out at three- there may be another person waiting in the lobby. The new year welcomes a </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://sweetlightwellness.com&source=gmail&ust=1642107681884000&usg=AOvVaw3jMpju4FERAMm6vuUmz8LV" href="https://sweetlightwellness.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">new chiropractor</span></a><span style="color: #f6b26b;">, (who specializes in perinatal and child care, craniosacral therapy, and mental-emotional support), in addition to </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.laurelhurstfamilyclinic.com/malia-susee-lac&source=gmail&ust=1642107681884000&usg=AOvVaw00RlP5QjKmjmqP2VIE8dXC" href="http://www.laurelhurstfamilyclinic.com/malia-susee-lac" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">acupuncturist Malia Susee</span></a><span style="color: #f6b26b;">, and massage therapists </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.lorikrampetz.com&source=gmail&ust=1642107681884000&usg=AOvVaw0A4V6GoDoUK_eDcbb6ZSej" href="http://www.lorikrampetz.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Lori Krampetz</span></a><span style="color: #f6b26b;"> and </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.mojorecoverytherapies.com&source=gmail&ust=1642107681884000&usg=AOvVaw0DvC-rjaTwxOSQ6lBWzynF" href="https://www.mojorecoverytherapies.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Valerie Lyon</span></a><span style="color: #f6b26b;">.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">I am back to seeing my full client-load, and my schedule has been filling up. I'm in the clinic </span><b style="color: #f6b26b;">Sundays, </b><b style="color: #f6b26b;">Monday afternoons, </b><b style="color: #f6b26b;">every-other Tuesday evening, and </b><b style="color: #f6b26b;">Thursday afternoons</b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">. Please don't hesitate to reach out and see if I have any appointments available if you are needing to get in sooner. My online schedule is up-to-date and showing openings up to 6 weeks from now: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://deepgroundmassagebodywork.fullslate.com&source=gmail&ust=1642107681884000&usg=AOvVaw34EkRHBAQCg3Us3-WVtPBC" href="https://deepgroundmassagebodywork.fullslate.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">https://<wbr></wbr>deepgroundmassagebodywork.<wbr></wbr>fullslate.com</span></a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Thank you for your support through these ever-changing years</b>. I feel unbelievably lucky to work with you all. Here's to an interesting, safe, and fulfilling 2022!</span></div></div>stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-64029657322470618572021-08-16T08:00:00.002-07:002022-07-15T12:24:51.529-07:00August updates<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">I can't believe</span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span class="il" face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">August</span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">is nearly half over; this summer has just disappeared. Though I can't quite recall where all the time has gone, I have been enjoying early mornings and late evenings in the hammock, and chance encounters with friends during my walks on Mt. Tabor and Powell Butte. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj4bQJ4ZZbS2-gC9Rh59UtCYG8grBueyvja8OmTx121OCaS6k6PLiFmMJYfhu7PGm43d0bPQJ4WkgvwtYuDQa9WdUDznO-WudkRKslg3a2BQYqXESzOJ8cjJgqhQvY7uBPxiIUaBfmQQGp7m1UoVkMQ3LpFf6I63Nl4ysWCtDbXBnkngkWpcLlLZjH=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj4bQJ4ZZbS2-gC9Rh59UtCYG8grBueyvja8OmTx121OCaS6k6PLiFmMJYfhu7PGm43d0bPQJ4WkgvwtYuDQa9WdUDznO-WudkRKslg3a2BQYqXESzOJ8cjJgqhQvY7uBPxiIUaBfmQQGp7m1UoVkMQ3LpFf6I63Nl4ysWCtDbXBnkngkWpcLlLZjH=s320" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As cases rise in Portland (and everywhere else), I am finding it difficult to feel the recurrence of uncertainty. However I am grateful that the vaccine is doing its job; mitigating severe symptoms, hospitalization and more death.<b> I hope you all are wearing your masks (now mandated in Oregon) and washing your hands frequently. </b>As a slow adapter in this pandemic, I was just beginning to spend time with more folks, but am returning to some <i>pre-vaccine </i>habits: decreasing the number of people I see (especially the number of people I am around unmasked) and opting to gather outdoors.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>To understand the state of Covid-19 in Oregon, I found this OPB article useful: </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.opb.org/article/2021/08/12/oregon-covid-19-cases-mask-mandate-governor-kate-brown-delta-variant-vaccines-questions/&source=gmail&ust=1642126106702000&usg=AOvVaw27HyC14BzJCCTWz9KGrxbo" href="https://www.opb.org/article/2021/08/12/oregon-covid-19-cases-mask-mandate-governor-kate-brown-delta-variant-vaccines-questions/" target="_blank">https://www.opb.org/<wbr></wbr>article/2021/08/12/oregon-<wbr></wbr>covid-19-cases-mask-mandate-<wbr></wbr>governor-kate-brown-delta-<wbr></wbr>variant-vaccines-questions/</a></span></span></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span></span><span><a name='more'></a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At Laurelhurst Family Clinic we are continuing to require masks throughout the duration of your time indoors with us, and though I have not requested a Covid-19 Screening prior to appointments since the end of June, please be mindful if you have recently traveled and gathered in large groups (regardless of vaccination status). My <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.deepgroundwellness.com/covid.html&source=gmail&ust=1642126106702000&usg=AOvVaw0a_OuKlVLe12PWKhbJumdC" href="https://www.deepgroundwellness.com/covid.html" target="_blank">Covid-19 Protocol & Procedures</a> were last updated 7/1/2021, here are the highlights:</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Prior to scheduling, please consider your health and exposure, and <strong>call/text if any of these statements apply to you</strong>:</span></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><ul style="list-style-position: outside; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3em;"><li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">You or one of your household members have had<b> symptoms of fever, cold or flu</b> in the past 14 days (eg. tiredness, cough, high temperature, shortness of breath, aches, pains, runny nose, congestion, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, sore throat or loss of smell or taste.)</span></li><li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">You have been near someone who has potentially had COVID-19 through family or work contact in the past 14 days.</span></li></ul><div><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And please, <strong>contact me <em>immediately</em></strong><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">in the case of a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis to protect me, other clients, and our families and friends.</span></span></div>stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-19491282383567342622021-06-30T07:45:00.004-07:002021-06-30T07:49:27.434-07:00June 30<p>The dates demarking changes to our safety practices seem arbitrary as our world continues to suffer from COVID-19 infections. I am charged with keeping you, your families, and our community safe and I will continue to do so to the best of my ability.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwcq6SMk0aIOG6TwiPenHn1c3kycJ04VvvC3jISOYOp6NwOv6zzOvhuizQVpR98yunbd4Y9Qe5n5BqmujSD1zuSfoMSMx_-FIDeI7H-up9VZ-hgVyET_A0OsE1PGRFVYeItIKMkAl62Y/s2048/57BEBBA9-B294-49B0-A2F6-826096F871F5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwcq6SMk0aIOG6TwiPenHn1c3kycJ04VvvC3jISOYOp6NwOv6zzOvhuizQVpR98yunbd4Y9Qe5n5BqmujSD1zuSfoMSMx_-FIDeI7H-up9VZ-hgVyET_A0OsE1PGRFVYeItIKMkAl62Y/s320/57BEBBA9-B294-49B0-A2F6-826096F871F5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>With Oregon amending its COVID-19 mask and physical distancing mandates on June 30, <b>I am still asking you to wear a mask into the clinic and throughout our session and wash or sanitize your hands upon entering the building.</b> I will be wearing an N95 mask and gloves, and our air filters will still be humming.</p><p>We will no longer request responses to the COVID-19 Screening Form. And when you arrive, you may enter the building (using the key code) and wait in the lobby if you chose.</p><p>Below are the changes to our COVID-19 Protocols and Procedure:</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p><br /></p><br />Prior to scheduling, please consider your health and exposure, and call the office if any of these statements apply to you:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>You or one of your household members have had symptoms of fever, cold or flu in the past 14 days (eg. tiredness, cough, high temperature, shortness of breath, aches, pains, runny nose, congestion, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, sore throat or loss of smell or taste.)</li><li>You have been near someone who has potentially had COVID-19 through family or work contact in the past 14 days. </li><li>You are <i><b>unvaccinated</b></i> and have traveled by air or train in the past 14 days. </li><li>You traveled to a COVID-19 hotspot in the past 14 days.</li></ul><br /><br />In preparation for your appointment, please kindly:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Come into the clinic wearing a face mask and continue wearing it through the session. The purpose of the mask is to prevent droplet exchange from anyone you are close to.</li><li>Please wash your hands for 20 seconds or use hand sanitizer provided upon entering the clinic.</li><li>Please be freshly showered and wearing clean clothes.</li></ul><br /><br />Post-care:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Any client visiting the office must agree to contact us immediately in the case of a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis to protect the provider, other clients, and their families and friends.</li></ul><br />*Be advised that even with all of these measures in place we cannot eliminate the possibility of COVID-19 transmission as many people are silent carriers. We do feel that with all of the measures put in place we have reduced this possible risk. Please evaluate for yourself if your medical need to see us warrants a visit to our clinic. <span><!--more--></span><span><!--more--></span>stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-62158543409117970972021-03-01T08:58:00.015-08:002021-03-23T09:14:44.906-07:00March updates<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwufZ57nsmc5UjsHFzFmGcpxCQJy3PbVucLl9lqAG_HVqoBOABDMPe2eUyKUvu7kG5CEznvQ_rTun5vO4Roz2f7vY6qR8GcTiMcGL0m2lcXnDPkqkngZpRsrhmeMjswwFv1ByEeZpvQaA/s2048/B2EACC2E-A784-4631-8718-E7E6A11C7CCF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwufZ57nsmc5UjsHFzFmGcpxCQJy3PbVucLl9lqAG_HVqoBOABDMPe2eUyKUvu7kG5CEznvQ_rTun5vO4Roz2f7vY6qR8GcTiMcGL0m2lcXnDPkqkngZpRsrhmeMjswwFv1ByEeZpvQaA/s320/B2EACC2E-A784-4631-8718-E7E6A11C7CCF.jpeg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: inherit;">M<span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">y colleagues at Laurelhurst Family Clinic and I have received both doses of the </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Covid-19 <span class="il">vaccine!</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #f6b26b; font-family: inherit;">However, n<span>one of my personal or<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.deepgroundwellness.com/covid.html&source=gmail&ust=1616601574681000&usg=AFQjCNGGQ5GVberxLp9twKZy4Hz75xUpaA" href="https://www.deepgroundwellness.com/covid.html" target="_blank"> in-practice protocols and procedures</a> will change -</span><b>mask wearing, and hand washing remains a vital part of our lives</b><span>, and will be necessary for some time to come. The <span class="il">vaccine</span> is another way to protect ourselves from experiencing a severe case and reduce the strain on hospitals. There is currently promising data about the effectiveness of the <span class="il">vaccine</span> in preventing community spread, but I am erring on the side of caution. Until we reach herd immunity (a currently unknown percentage), or have more information and data, we should continue being vigilant about hygiene, personal space and mask wearing.</span></span></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: inherit;">And here are some Covid-19 <span class="il">vaccine</span> resources I'd like to share:</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: inherit;">This great interview by Ira Flatow on <i>Science Frida</i>y: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/how-vaccine-was-developed/&source=gmail&ust=1616601574681000&usg=AFQjCNEMF4xdC0qbs3QmkRbSMKBLjq75sA" href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/how-vaccine-was-developed/" target="_blank">How Did A <span class="il">Vaccine</span> Get Developed In Less Than A Year (1/15/21)</a> </span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: inherit;">CDC: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/mrna.html&source=gmail&ust=1616601574681000&usg=AFQjCNFe5s6UDZIBEudhSRwljo27g6RmwA" href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/mrna.html" target="_blank">Understanding Covid-19 mRNA <span class="il">Vaccines</span></a></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: inherit;">CDC: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/how-they-work.html&source=gmail&ust=1616601574681000&usg=AFQjCNFgJygaYIGjtmAzsrRTjNPcxB0xGQ" href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/how-they-work.html" target="_blank">How <span class="il">Vaccines</span> Work</a></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: inherit;">Local information on when you are eligible and how to schedule a vaccination appointment: <a href="https://govstatus.egov.com/OR-OHA-COVID-19">https://govstatus.egov.com/OR-OHA-COVID-19</a> and <a href="https://all4oregon.org">https://all4oregon.org</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-79767196822166992562021-01-21T20:23:00.011-08:002021-02-09T20:32:31.886-08:00a deep breath in 2021<p><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: inherit;"> <span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">A year of Unexpected and Adapting has been challenging and, has in many ways offered small gifts. Since July I have found my way to a new, beautiful clinic in Laurelhurst, and found a way to return to this work that feels safe for me, and those of you who have ventured in to see me. This includes very strict </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.deepgroundwellness.com/covid.html&source=gmail&ust=1613017445311000&usg=AFQjCNH0jcn89bM9suyzWXRiwq586sYnQA" href="https://www.deepgroundwellness.com/covid.html" target="_blank">procedures and protocols</a><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">, and li</span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">miting the amount of clients I am currently seeing.</span></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: inherit;">One of the bigger challenges this year is the shrinking down of who we can see, and who we are in close contact with. It is hard not to be able to see everyone, and yet a small gift has been receiving emails and texts from you all, checking in. I appreciate each and every one of you. I am grateful for the ways you are supporting me now.<br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: inherit;">Many of you who have been in, know I have been interested in how wearing masks, and our collective and individual worries around a global respiratory virus, a virus spread most easily by aerosolized particles, is affecting our breathing -not to mention how are nervous systems are reacting to all of the shift and stress. After the break find a diaphragm handout with an awareness exercise for those of you who are interested.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: inherit;">My hope is that this new year will allow us to eventually grow back our bigger circles, and step into our larger communities in some capacity, though in the meantime I hope you reach out if I can offer my support to you, or just to hear how you're doing.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtVGzlAdcSQUbaGBjLzIw3RNFKPpbcZuP2bu2qM17pjobSj3arQL47Ro2ykOJTY4wkqJ7cW_E0k3cVgC4FX7oOaFRFNYpn5ri2xNXA7_tchxn8Gpv7tCFOMWQ96P2YS1qJad_lUk8P3no/s2048/DGMB.DIAPHRAGM_Page_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtVGzlAdcSQUbaGBjLzIw3RNFKPpbcZuP2bu2qM17pjobSj3arQL47Ro2ykOJTY4wkqJ7cW_E0k3cVgC4FX7oOaFRFNYpn5ri2xNXA7_tchxn8Gpv7tCFOMWQ96P2YS1qJad_lUk8P3no/w488-h632/DGMB.DIAPHRAGM_Page_1.jpg" width="488" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozAgA3K4PhQ0ESttq6Wq72iCea9H8bikWpBTEsXkNJ9KqHYLj7yVqESUCsWwUXs_EKmEEia8R_0Cx57xu7AxBR3yETp9vfMwdkBAqj86NgXNCLEZb8ENTOr5ywNEWyVEsUqjl2vuNZqs/s2048/DGMB.DIAPHRAGM_Page_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1578" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozAgA3K4PhQ0ESttq6Wq72iCea9H8bikWpBTEsXkNJ9KqHYLj7yVqESUCsWwUXs_EKmEEia8R_0Cx57xu7AxBR3yETp9vfMwdkBAqj86NgXNCLEZb8ENTOr5ywNEWyVEsUqjl2vuNZqs/w434-h562/DGMB.DIAPHRAGM_Page_2.jpg" width="434" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></div>stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-3478062084473637612020-07-01T08:30:00.000-07:002020-07-05T22:31:13.698-07:00trying it out<div class="gmail_default">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I will be practicing out of <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/N1StDFfyXWCJjJr77">Laurelhurst Family Clinic</a> on NE Glisan/44th thanks to my colleague <a href="http://www.lorikrampetz.com/about.html">Lori Krampetz, LMT</a>. I am subletting her room 1-2 days a week, beginning next week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>We are taking things one month at a time</b>, as COVID-19 cases rise in Oregon and the Governor reiterates her strict dedication to her ReOpening Plan which can revert to closures at any time. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am not currently taking on new clients.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am not allowing advance booking beyond July.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am only seeing 4 clients a day at most, to leave time in between clients for adequate cleaning and for the room to air out and to keep my weekly close-contact with people outside my bubble to a minimum.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Once you book your appointment</b> I will email new Intake and Office Policy forms that are fillable online. Then, the day of your massage you will receive an email to fill out a COVID-19 Screening form, also fillable online. These must be filled and signed.</span></div>
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<li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: inherit;">Please wash your hands for 20 seconds or use hand sanitizer provided upon entering the clinic.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: inherit;">For those of you who are ready to return, I am looking forward to working with you again, and those who are waiting,<i> see you again when the time is right</i>.</span><br />
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stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-59590280163586605332020-06-19T19:15:00.000-07:002020-07-05T22:30:02.177-07:00dipping in a toe<span style="font-family: inherit;">Multnomah County has entered Phase 1, which means Personal Services can return to work with many new safety measures in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As our governor and counties begins to lead us through "opening" the state, I wanted to share with you what that is projected to look like, following guidelines put forth by the governors office for personal service providers (like me). Personal service providers will not be able to resume work until their county is in Phase 1. As I am sure you already know, Multnomah Country has not yet open to Phase 1. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I don't know when we might achieve that. And, it is important to note that the governor might reinstate closures to non-essential business if COVID-19 cases begin to increase.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This uncertainty as a business owner is very difficult. And I am asking myself the question, <b>is going back to work worth the risk for you and your families or for me and mine</b>? Some of you might be saying, <i>Yes! I am in desperate need of a massage.</i> And I hear you -I haven't seen my genius massage therapist since March and am feeling deeply the importance of regular bodywork for my physical, mental and emotional health. Though I am having a hard time negotiating the risks to do this work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>When the timing is right</i>, and I secure a new studio location, adequate PPE and cleaning and sanitation supplies <b>our sessions might feel very different</b> to properly implement safety and sanitation protocol set forth by the state, and recommended by <a href="https://www.abmp.com/">ABMP</a>. A draft version of what you might expect is after the jump.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In addition, I want to let you know that I am feeling pretty cautious. I am in deep acknowledgement that this virus will be with us for some time, and that we will as a community and society be greatly impacted by it -but we can help to shape what that impact is by really sitting with our own expectations and our own desires.</span></div>
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stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-80489454478471528062020-03-23T13:30:00.000-07:002020-03-23T13:36:09.498-07:00closed, for nowAs you may know, this morning in Oregon <a href="https://govstatus.egov.com/or-covid-19#closingsRulesRecommendations" target="_blank">Governor Brown issued an executive</a> "stay at home, stay safe" order which requires me to close my business "until further notice". <div>
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<br />I am deeply sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. It is a difficult decision to make but I believe it is the safest right now to prevent the rapid and exponential spread of COVID-19.<br /><br /><br />If you have a moment today, or this week, here are some ways to advocate for our healthcare workers and all workers who are continuing to keep us safe, healthy and with our essential goods:<br /><br /><ul>
<li>Write our congress people and governor asking for the safety and well-being for those working non-stop in healthcare and service industries to be considered, that they are provided the supplies and funding they need to continue their vital work:</li>
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<a href="https://www.merkley.senate.gov/contact/" target="_blank">Senator Merkley</a><br /><a href="https://www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/email-ron" target="_blank">Senator Wyden</a><br /><a href="https://blumenauerforms.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/" target="_blank">Representative Blumenauer</a><br /><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/gov/Pages/share-your-opinion.aspx" target="_blank">Governor Brown</a><br /><br /><ul>
<li>Help to share this message from our local <a href="https://www.portlandgarmentfactory.com/news/2020/3/18/pgf-ready-to-make-personal-protective-equipment" target="_blank">Portland Garment Factory</a> creating PPE for local healthcare facilities.</li>
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<li><a href="https://freesewing.org/blog/facemask-frenzy/" target="_blank">Make your own face mask</a> for you and your household, to allow masks and other PPE supplies to go to those who really need it.</li>
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<br /><br />In other difficult news, <b>I have decided to let go of my lease at my Hawthorne location</b>. Karuna Contemplative Living has been home to my practice for nearly 5 years. It is sad to say goodbye to Hawthorne, however when it is safe to practice with you again I will be back in a new location.<br /><br />Please take care and don't hesitate to reach out. I'm always here to offer self-care suggestions, and self-massage techniques. I hope you all are staying healthy, and finding little joys in your days.<br /><br /><br />In solidarity.</div>
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For your health, and mine, and the health of our loved ones and those in our community who need us to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 I have decided to close my practice until April 1st, at which time I will reassess and determine if I should re-open my practice, or postpone opening depending on recommendations from the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html" target="_blank">CDC</a> and <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/DISEASESCONDITIONS/DISEASESAZ/Pages/emerging-respiratory-infections.aspx" target="_blank">OHA</a>. If you have an appointment before April 1st it will be cancelled.<br />
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This is a difficult decision, and I am grateful to all of you for your support of me and my practice throughout the years. If you have the ability, the recommendation is to stay home as much as possible. However with this lovely weather, it is easy enough to keep distance from others in the garden or yard, get out for a walk, or bike ride. Please take care of yourselves, and have compassion for all beings as we move through uncertainty.<br />
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If you find yourself with some free time, you might consider writing our local congresspeople to encourage paid time off for self-employed and independent contractor workers and workers without PTO, and hazard pay to health care workers, and frontline employees and businesses like our grocery stores, pharmacies, and other amenities that are continuing to stay open and serve us all.<br />
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Wishing you all well.stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-12304126300075804342020-01-24T13:43:00.000-08:002020-01-24T17:28:33.848-08:00new year, new moon, new offerings<div dir="ltr">
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's not hard to come back to work after time away when the rewards of this work are experiencing the progress that it allows for my clients, and me. At the end of a very full week I treated myself to a workshop this past weekend called "Integrated Embodiment". This workshop allowed me to begin to integrate more fully my own somatic work through my Contemporary Alexander practice, and my deep myofascial massage.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>I will start to offer one-hour sessions of </u><i><u>somatic alignment</u></i>. This work is done clothed on the table, and includes body awareness, breath and movement cues, repetitive passive range-of-motion and intrinsic muscle engagement (small structural muscles, ligaments and tendons) to help reset joint/bone alignment, proprioception (how we orient ourselves in space) and our nervous systems -which are very busy in our current world. This work is subtle, small, yet profound. It is patient work, requiring a lot of listening to your own body, and may not be for everyone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am excited to offer more 'integrated embodiment' into my massage work. I believe somatic work helps us to heal our patterns that inhibit us from more fully living in our bodies. </span>stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-302592821577354282019-09-20T17:11:00.000-07:002020-01-24T17:12:19.688-08:00stillness and reframing productivity<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I am learning how to relax. I've not very good at sitting still. I can keep myself busy, and master a check-list and perfectly arrange my time to fit as much as I can into my days. There are very few moments I have allowed myself to truly rest, not through the action of meditation, or Constructive rest, or the container of a nap, but just having stillness in my body and setting aside the rambling list of things-to-do. This is my radical act.<br />
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We live in a society, and I was raised within a household, where productivity and how much I do are significantly valued. It is hard to stop when you feel like your self-worth is intrinsically tied to continuing <i>to do</i>. As I struggle between my value and my time, time to wander in thought, to ignore the forever-long list of doing, I find more freedom in relaxing. Unwinding the impulse to continue doing allows me to slow into the taskless oblivion of living. Life doesn't have to be all of the things we do, it can also be all of the things we sense and perceive, the things we feel and find.stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-825674058175334122019-07-01T16:26:00.000-07:002020-01-24T16:59:30.195-08:00insurance questions<div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: "lato" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif , "arial";"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">At Deep Ground Massage + Bodywork, we call your insurance provider to verify benefits. As so much of this practice focuses on education, we want to share with you the questions we ask when we call to verify benefits and illuminate what these components of your insurance benefit mean (find a glossary after the break).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: webkit-standard;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br />Is the Provider (Stephanie Lavon Trotter) </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">In-Network</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">?</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: webkit-standard;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br />Are there </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Out-of-Network</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> benefits?</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: webkit-standard;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br />Is there a </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">yearly maximum </span></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">for this benefit?</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: webkit-standard;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br />How many </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">visits are authorized</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> per year?</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br />Often times </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Massage Therapy is not covered, but Physical Therapy</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (including manual therapies) </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>are</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. In some insurance plans massage therapy benefits can be acquired through Physical Therapy benefits.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">When a provider is "in-network" they are specifically credentialed with your insurance company or a clearinghouse that services alternative care for your insurance company.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Some plans allow you to see providers who are "out-of-network", however a higher copayment or coinsurance may be due.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Almost every plan has an amount that must be paid into the plan before the benefits will begin. For example, if you have a $2,000 deductible you will pay $2,000 out-of-pocket before your insurance will start paying for provider visits, lab work, etc. Once the deductible has been met, or in the rare case where Massage or Physical Therapy is covered without the deductible, you will only be responsible for paying copayment or coinsurance.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Some plans require a doctor's referral to received Massage or Physical Therapy. Plans that require this may differ, however if required a Rx must be on file from your MD, ND, DO or DC for Massage Therapy, including diagnosis codes, frequency of visits, and an expiration date.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Some plans require a pre-authorization before receiving Massage Therapy. Often your insurance company will use a third-party company to implement a pre-authorization. This is required to establish that the massage is "medically necessary" and you will need to provide an area of complaint (neck, back, left arm) that brings you into the office for massage. Most pre-authorizations are for a specific duration (4-6 weeks) and allow for a certain amount of visits (4-6) within that time period. Once the authorization has expired it will need to be renewed, or re-established before care can continue.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A copayment is a special dollar amount due to your provider at time-of-service.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Coinsurance is a specific percentage amount of the total billed that is due to your provider either at time-of-service, or after the insurance claim has been processed.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Plans often outline a dollar maximum for a particular benefit, or even several benefits. For example, $1,500 maximum for Massage, Acupuncture, and Chiropractic care. This means that you may not be able to continue receiving care if billed amounts from all of these providers total $1,500.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">You plan will have an out-of-pocket maximum, a dollar amount that once you've paid out your insurance company will pay 100% of the provider's billed amount, and you will not be responsible for payment.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Some plans outline a visit maximum. For example, 12 visits in a calendar year. Or, 30 visits in a calendar year combined with Massage, Acupuncture, and Chiropractic care.</span></span></span></div>
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I have been practicing massage since 2010. In this time I have learned that the more awareness we have of/in our bodies, the deeper impact the work can have. Sometimes change can't happen through force, but the gentle reminder that transformation occurs in ways we often don't see. I have been practicing Contemporary Alexander since 2017 and have begun to take more courses that integrate this somatic awareness into my massage work. Many of my clients have experience this integration in real time, as I share my own practice of finding my bones, my alignment, explain self-care practices (like Constructive Rest) and commiserate on the struggle of deep movement and stillness patterning and how to remind our bodies that there are more choices for us to make in movement, that we can find less restriction and stiffness through very subtle and gentle practices of listening. I am grateful for the openness and acceptance of this subtly profound practice as it weaves it way onto my table. I look forward to sharing more of this work as it integrates into my shared bodywork.stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-71891006489199481142018-05-01T08:00:00.000-07:002020-01-24T17:29:37.015-08:00Laziness and our ability to be curious<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">We live in a complex world that asks a lot of us. We have many ways of showing up to our living. What if we strive to be curious about comfort and discomfort? What if we investigate the ways our bodies respond in situations that are comforting or discomforting? Can we give our minds and hearts a break as they are struggling to find comfort in the </span>chaos of living? Some people suggest 'focusing on the joy', but I want to expand that to focusing on all of the feelings and sensations beyond our pain, discomfort, hopelessness, doubt, ambivalence. Be open to feeling it all, but know that you get to determine what of those sensations to focus on, to feed.</span><br />
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stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-71605780456308567772018-02-13T12:04:00.000-08:002018-10-30T12:05:47.446-07:00fatigue relief!Friends, family, clients, and even I myself feel <b>too tired</b> most days. It is annoying to be told to try some stretch or pose or activity to alleviate this exhaustion because, <b><i>I'm just too tired</i></b>! However, this is a constant lesson for me: <i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">when we create time for ourselves, we find more time.</span></i><br />
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A colleague of mine, incredible visual artist and yoga teacher, <a href="http://jvandepol.com/" target="_blank">Jen Van de Pol</a>, the person who began my evening ritual of tulsi-rose tea, offered this collection of restorative poses to help combat this constant, ever-growing exhaustion.<br />
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<strong style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16.639999389648438px;">"</strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16.639999389648438px;">Place a bolster vertically a few inches behind you and sit in front of it with your knees bent. Fold a blanket on the other end of the bolster for your head. Bend your knees to the sides and join the soles of your feet together. Tie a large loop through a belt and slip it over your head and around your lower back. Pull the loop in front of you over your toes and underneath your feet so that the sides of your belt are on the inside edges of your legs. Now bring your feet closer to your pelvis and tighten the belt so that it is holding your legs close to your torso. Don’t make the belt so tight that you feel a pull on your knees.</span><br />
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Lie back over the bolster and place your head on the blanket so that it doesn’t tilt back. With your hands slide your sacrum and buttocks toward your feet so that your lower back feels long. If you feel any compression in the lower back, you may need to slide a bit more off the bolster toward your feet.</div>
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Pull your shoulder blades away from your neck and roll the outer edges of your shoulders down so that the chest spreads from the center to the sides. Let your arms release to your sides on the floor, spreading away from your chest, rotated outward, palms facing up.</div>
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If you feel any strain in your knees or inner thighs, place a support underneath the outer edge of each leg. Close your eyes and rest for up to 10 minutes. Allow the abdomen to recede away from your chest on the exhalations as your chest expands outward and upward on the inhalations."</div>
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<strong style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16.639999389648438px;">VIPARITA DANDASANA AND SETU BANDHA SARVANGASANA </strong><br />
<strong style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16.639999389648438px;">"</strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16.639999389648438px;">Position two bolsters end to end and place two blankets, folded lengthwise, on top to cover each bolster. Sit on the front bolster with your back to the other bolster. Tie one belt firmly around your thighs and one around your ankles to hold your legs together. Keep your knees bent and lie down on your back on the bolster. Pushing off with your feet, slide back until your head rests on the floor, but keep your shoulders on the bolster.</span><br />
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Straighten your legs and extend your arms straight overhead until the backs of your hands rest on the floor. Lengthen the side body toward your arms, and your sacrum toward your heels. If you feel any compression in the lower back, actively lengthen the backs of your legs toward your heels, turn the thighs in, and lift your tailbone (or bend your knees). Rest there for 3 to 5 minutes.</div>
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Now bend your knees and slide off the bolster until your shoulders and head both rest on the floor. Straighten your legs. Extend your buttocks and the backs of your thighs toward your heels. Rest your arms alongside the bolster, palms facing upward. Tuck your shoulders underneath and rotate your upper arms out to broaden your chest. Keep your chest broad as you relax your abdomen and diaphragm. After 5 to 10 minutes, bend your knees and slide off the bolster until your pelvis reaches the floor. Rest on your back with your thighs on the bolster for 30 seconds before turning to your side, untying your legs, and sitting up."</div>
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<strong style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16.639999389648438px;">"</strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16.639999389648438px;">Sit with your legs crossed at the center of your shins in</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16.639999389648438px;"> </span><em style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16.639999389648438px;">svastikasana</em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16.639999389648438px;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16.639999389648438px;">so that your feet rest underneath your knees. If your knees lift up higher than your pelvis, sit up on a blanket or two. Pull a bolster onto your lap and place a folded blanket or two on the other end of the bolster. Press the end of the bolster down under your abdomen as you lengthen your torso forward.</span><br />
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Rest your abdomen and chest on the bolster, and your forehead on the blanket. Add more blankets, another bolster, or use a chair if you can’t comfortably reach the bolster. Cross your forearms and hold your elbows, resting them overhead on top of the blanket.</div>
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Relax your forehead and eyes and allow your attention to withdraw as you rest for two minutes, before changing the cross of your legs and arms and repeating on the other side."</div>
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<strong>"</strong>Place a bolster with two folded blankets on top of it near a wall, with a couple of tall blocks between the bolster and the wall to keep the bolster from rolling into the wall. Sit with your right outer hip on the bolster so your sit bones are touching the wall. Use your hands behind you on the floor to support you as you roll your sacrum onto the bolster and your legs up the wall. Push your hands into the floor to push your hips closer to the wall. Gently lower your head and shoulders to the floor, careful to keep your hips close to the wall.</div>
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As in sarvangasana, roll the outer shoulders down into the floor and lift the sides of your chest. Relax your throat and allow the neck to lengthen away from the bolster. Relax the abdomen and allow it to recede back toward the bolster. Close your eyes and settle here for 10 to 15 minutes. If your legs get tired, cross them in svastikasana, feet resting on the wall for a few breaths, switching the cross halfway through. To come out of the pose, bend your knees and bring your knees and feet together. Press the feet into the wall and slide off the bolster until your whole back is on the floor. Cross your legs in svastikasana and rest them on top of the bolster; switch the cross of your legs halfway through. Then roll over to rest on your right side before sitting up."</div>
stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-63576378729137956232018-01-02T10:55:00.000-08:002018-10-30T10:57:42.966-07:00soak it up<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We've come a long way in the history of bathing in America. The tradition of soaking is much longer, especially in the <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/01/22/reference/japans-hot-springs-part-of-social-geologic-historic-fabric/#.W9iZjS-ZMWo" target="_blank">places with thermal pools</a>, naturally occurring hot springs. It wasn't until mid-19th century that bath tubs were common in the States, and only in for the wealthy. At the time they were mostly used for cold plunges, to 'balance the humors'. In the mansions of Newport, RI the homes along the Atlantic had tubs with salt water AND fresh water. With the ease if modern indoor plumbing, the baths we enjoy today are much warmer and an act of relaxation.<br />
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As many of my clients know, I don't have a shower only a tub. So, most nights I find myself soaking, usually in Epsom salts. A soak is part of my evening ritual, more than just the act of bathing it is my time to slow down, reflect, and be with myself.<br />
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The benefits of soaking are innumerable. I often suggest a soak to clients after sessions, to bring heat to the muscles, to help circulation. A soak in a tub is a radical act toward your own self care. To be solitary, to be submerged, to be still, to be wrapped in the comfort of warm water.<br />
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You can get more bath inspiration from my friends at Mountain Rose Herbs: https://blog.mountainroseherbs.com/herbal-bath-recipesstephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-3992894111835835482017-12-18T14:00:00.000-08:002017-12-26T13:05:09.514-08:00psoas major<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This muscle has been coming up a lot lately. Psoas can contribute to back pain that is worse with flexion of the torso (bending at the waist), or more minutely, arching of the lumbar spine. It can also contribute to disc pain, hip pain, sciatic pain, leg length discrepancy, and instability.<br />
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The psoas attaches at the <b>anteriolateral surfaces of T12, L1-L4 vertebrae</b> spilling down the posterior abdominal wall, over the anterior brim of the pelvis to the <b>lesser trochanter of the femur </b>- a common attachment site with illiacus, hence the grouping <i>iliopsoas</i>. Psoas is one of only three muscles that attaches the spine to the leg (gluteus maximus and piriformis are the other two).<br />
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Helping to release this muscle in its tightened, shortened state requires great focus on the table. Utilizing deep breathing techniques, as the client is supine (laying on the back), I will start to apply pressure in the abdomen between the belly button and the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS). With each exhalation a gentle move deeper, pushing aside the abdominal contents to get closer to the spine and the belly of the psoas muscles.<br />
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Stretching this muscle when you are in pain can be tricky. The easiest way is by laying on the back and bringing one knee toward the torso -this is activating the muscle. Trying not to push beyond, into resistance, allow the lower back to melt into the floor and for the femur to feel loose, free.<br />
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If this psoas/low back is not in a lot of pain here are some yoga poses I recommend:<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.yogajournal.com/poses/reclining-big-toe-pose" target="_blank">supta padangusthasana</a>, </span><span style="background-color: #fdfbfb; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.yogajournal.com/poses/warrior-i-pose" target="_blank">virabhadrasana I </a>or </span><span style="background-color: #fdfbfb; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.yogajournal.com/poses/bridge-pose" target="_blank">setu bandha sarvangasana</a>.</span></span><br />
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<br />stephanie lavon trotter, lmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816867849642303408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996650326782790057.post-81705896203591775372017-12-01T14:25:00.000-08:002017-12-07T15:48:50.227-08:00plantar fasciitis<i>Plantar fasciitis</i> can be a miserable, cyclical pain in the foot -or even both feet. It occurs from prolonged standing, a walking stride that strikes heavy on the heel, and improper footwear. The plantar (bottom) surface of the foot becomes inflamed (-<i>itis</i>), often stemming from a strain of the ligament. Pain occurs at the plantar surface of the calcaneus (the heel) and can move into the "arch" of the foot, the plantar aponeurosis -a fibrous sheath of tissue that connects the tendons of the plantar surface of the foot.<br />
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It generally hurts most during your first steps of the day, an apprehension to step out of bed in the morning and place your weight on the effected foot. It can often take time to heal. Self-care, such as stretching, icing and massage of the lower leg can help the healing process along. Below find some useful stretches:<br />
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