Fractal Bodyworks Myofascial Release

It’s amazing how something so big can grow from such a small anchor.

My husband said this while we were looking at this tree today, and I immediately thought about the body.

These trees didn’t have a clear, easy path into the earth. Its roots adapted. They grew around the rock, followed the spaces available to them, and kept reaching until they found what they needed.

Our bodies are incredibly adaptive, too.

When we experience injury, repetitive strain, stress, surgery, or trauma, the body finds ways to keep us moving. We compensate. We brace. We shift. We create new patterns around what feels restricted.

And often, those adaptations work remarkably well until they don’t.

One of the things I love most about myofascial release is that we aren’t simply chasing the place that hurts. We’re slowing down and looking at the larger pattern. Where is the body holding? Where might there be an old restriction quietly influencing something much farther away?

Just like these roots, the body is always adapting.

Sometimes healing isn’t about forcing our way through the obstacle.

It’s about giving the body enough space to find another way. 🌿

For a long time, I mostly talked about MFR in terms of the physical — less pain, better movement, less tightness.

I was honestly a little hesitant to talk about the mind-body side of this work. Maybe because I worried it sounded too “woo woo” and it would therefore push clients away.

But the funny thing is, my clients kept discovering it on their own.

“I feel lighter.”

“I didn’t realize how much I was holding.”

“I feel more like myself.”

After spending four days immersed in this work again, I understand those words a little differently.

This work is physical. But it can be so so much more than that. 🌿

Back from Boston after repeating John Barnes’ Cervical-Thoracic Myofascial Release seminar. 🤍

I believe there’s a lot of value in repeating classes. The more experience I gain treating clients, the more I’m able to return to this work with new eyes on picking up details, refining techniques, and deepening my understanding in ways I couldn’t the first time around.

The neck and upper chest are such important areas of the body. Restrictions here can influence much more than neck and shoulder discomfort as they can affect the jaw, head, arms, posture, rib cage, and even how freely we’re able to breathe.

This weekend gave me an opportunity to slow down, revisit these connections, and continue refining how I work with this area of the body.

There is always more to learn, and I’m grateful to keep growing in this work that I feel so passionate about 💫

One year ago today, I closed the doors to my Ohio practice after five incredible years.

Today, I’m practicing in a new state, in a space that truly feels like home.

I’m so grateful for the amazing clients who’ve trusted me here in New Hampshire, and humbled to already be booked out for the next few months.

Thank you to everyone who’s been part of this journey. Here’s to taking the leap. 🤍

I have a rare last minute opening tomorrow at 2pm! My next available is August 27th.
Visit my website to book online ✨

Myofacial Release Healing in Hooksett, New Hampshire We help active people get back to living without pain through the gentle touch of Myofascial Release. Take the first step and book your healing session today!

“Everything looks normal.”

But you still hurt.

This is something I hear often from clients.

“My MRI was fine.”
“They said nothing was wrong.”
“I don’t understand why I still feel this.”

The truth is pain is complex. Our bodies hold experiences via injuries, surgeries, stress, repetitive patterns, and years of compensation.

Sometimes the question isn’t only “what structure is damaged?”

Sometimes it’s:

✨ Where is your body protecting?
✨ What patterns has it adapted to?
✨ Where is your system asking for support?

John F. Barnes Myofascial Release is a whole-body approach that looks beyond symptoms and creates space for the body to change.

My next opening is August 27th.
Visit www.fractalbodyworks.com to book online.

I’ve been a little MIA on here lately.

The truth is, life has been full.

I’m incredibly grateful that Fractal Bodyworks has been busy (currently booked into the end of August 🤍), I’m raising my toddler, and a few months ago my family experienced an unimaginable tragedy.

My brother-in-law passed away unexpectedly at only 33 years old.

And grief hit me harder than I could have prepared for.

I felt it not only emotionally but physically.

A heaviness in my chest.
Tightness.
My body wanted to protect and brace.

It gave me a deeper understanding of something I see so often in my work which is our bodies are part of our story.

Through Myofascial Release, I leaned into the same tools I share with my clients.

I slowed down.
I listened.
I gave myself permission to feel instead of pushing it away.

I practiced Myofascial self-treatment, received treatment myself, and gave my body space and support while moving through something incredibly painful.

Because healing doesn’t always mean we erase what happened.

Sometimes healing means creating enough safety within ourselves to feel what’s there.

To soften around it and carry it differently. ❤️

Over the past several weeks, so many clients, and community members have shown incredible patience, kindness, and support during this difficult season for my family. It has truly meant more than I can express. 💛

As a small gesture of appreciation, I’ll be doing a client appreciation giveaway through the end of June.

One winner will receive a complimentary 60-minute Myofascial Release session ($220 value) at my Hooksett, NH office location.

Clients seen during May & June will be automatically entered to win. Those who also donate to my sister’s family GoFundMe will receive one additional entry.

You do not need to be an existing client to participate.

Maximum of 2 entries per person.

If donating, simply send me a screenshot of your donation confirmation via email or fb messenger so I can add your name to the drawing.

Thank you all again for the compassion and support you’ve shown our family during this time.

https://gofund.me/59218ffb9

A personal share here because my family is in the middle of something devastating.

My brother-in-law remains in critical condition after a severe accident, and my sister and their four children are facing an incredibly difficult and uncertain road ahead.

If you’re able to donate, share, or keep them in your prayers, it would mean so much. ❤️

Donate to Supporting the Dunn Family, organized by Krystal Pavlin Cory Dunn was recently involved in a devastating accident and is now in critical condition, … Krystal Pavlin needs your support for Supporting the Dunn Family

I share this often because it’s one of the simplest things you can do that actually makes a difference.

When I do postural evaluations, I consistently see rounded shoulders and a rounded upper back.

Our lives pull us forward—
phones, computers, driving…

This is a simple way to give your body the opposite.

In this photo I’m using a yoga bolster, but a rolled-up bath towel works just as well.
Place it along your spine, let your shoulders fall open, and allow gravity to do the work.

Breathe into it. Stay for about 5 minutes.

☀️ Bonus if you can get some sunlight while you’re there.