Vital Flow CU

Say hi to Mina! She’s a service dog that came to visit me the other day. First time a canine has stepped paw in the studio.🐶🐾 Mina liked getting rubs too and I liked giving them to her.☺️ While she was here, she gave Emily’s EmpowHERed apparel a lil inspection. 100% Mina approved!😅💕

Domestic violence is up in over the past year.
💜In the United States, over 12 million people each year experience intimate partner violence.
💜In those homes where DV is present, child abuse occurs in 40% of those cases.
💜Nearly half of the U.S. population has endured psychological aggression by an intimate partner.
💜Reportedly 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men have been r***d.
💜In their lifetime, 27.2% of women and 11.7% of men experience unwanted sexual contact.

These statistics are all according to The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I myself found this information with the help of Courage Connection, a wonderful resource for anyone experiencing domestic or sexual violence in the CU area.

All of this to say, positive touch is very much needed among this population and can be incredibly transformative. Working with survivors and earning their trust after they’ve learned physical contact is scary and potentially life threatening is so meaningful to me.

Survivors, I want you to know I see you, I see your struggle, I see your strength, and I am here to help you let yourself let go so that your body, mind, and spirit can feel all the good things you were meant to feel. So that your body can feel Loved. Sacred. Worthy. Safe.

Trans lives matter. Trans health matters. Trans needs matter. Trans lives are human lives and trans bodies are human bodies. Period.

We wouldn’t tell all the intersex spotted hyenas, deer, moose, bears, kangaroos, fish, whales, sharks, insects, etc etc that there’s something wrong with them. They were born that way. And anyway, if they could talk back, they’d probably tell us it’s none of our business!

Oh joy, my favorite week to drive to work (or anywhere in town lol) is this week!😐 Hope I remember to leave a little earlier!😅🚗

Welcome back students! The ease in traffic sure was nice, but… you enrich this community with youthful exuberance and rich diversity and is lucky to have you.☺️🧡💙

Any musical theatre fans out there? Come see Gypsy at Parkland College Theater next weekend, July 17-20, directed by my son and produced by yours truly!

For those who don’t know, I wear many hats and, thanks to my 17-year old, community theatre producer happens to be one of them. And so, the door to the studio is closed and will remain closed until after the show. I’m booked the rest of July but have some spots open next month.

If you’re interested in seeing the show, tickets are on sale online at cudramamakers.com. You can also check out Champaign Urbana Drama Makers to see who is in the cast and how it’s all been progressing.🤩 Lots of talented folks of all ages! If you’re able to make it, be sure to say hi! We would love your support and you will most definitely be entertained!!!🌹🌹🌹

This is for my plant people…. Look what decided to 🌼bloom🌼 in the studio while I was on vacation…. Little stinker.😍

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Red flags 🚩🚩🚩 Some people run from them… while others of us dart towards them.😐😅

Our bodies are always communicating with us. One way is through pain and dysfunction. Red flags! Denying our own pain body, denying our own needs, only invites more red flags. More pain. More dysfunction.

This is a reminder to trust your intuition. Listen to your body. What is it trying to tell you? What red flags are you ignoring?

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My people, my people, let your freak flag fly! Diversity, Equality and Inclusion may not matter to some (like meta, the very platform we seem to be finding ourselves on right now🧐)… but it matters at Vital Flow. I value all of my clients and their experiences. I strive to make each person feel SAFE, seen and heard. The freak in me sees the freak in you and wants you to know that you’re welcome in my space, q***r or not!

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We’ve heard that 60-70% of the human body is composed of water. But did you know that according to the work of Japanese researcher, Dr. Masaru Emoto, human consciousness has the power to affect the molecular structure of water?

In his experiments, water that was sent positive thoughts and affirmations was compared under a microscope to water which was ignored and demoralized. What Dr. Emoto and his team concluded is that kind words and intentions shape water crystals into brilliantly beautiful formations while negative energy and neglect warp their shape and color.🤯

So to me this begs the question: If we’re mostly water and we drink (ideally) a ton of water every day, what are we doing to our bodies when we allow negative self-talk to enter into our consciousness? Are we just making ourselves sick and sluggish? And what, too, of the people around us? For someone who grew up receiving the message from others, including “care”givers, that they were no good, or who felt ignored, how has this reshaped their entire being? Can societal isms be responsible for restructuring a person’s biology, as well as social policies? Furthermore, in this way, can we also harness the power to heal?

For more on these studies (and his experiments with rice!), you can check out Dr. Emoto’s book, The Hidden Messages In Water and/or do a search engine deep dive. Fascinating stuff!💧❄️