We are rolling in to the middle of the month and the first two weeks of 2023 are almost complete. So it’s a great way to freshen up your ideas, your visions, and possibly a few goals. When we don’t have results to what we desire come to us instantly, we can lose focus and our momentum. It’s kinda a human thing. Then it’s time to also dig more into - is this what I really want? Is this a hell yes! A hell yes means it lights us up. It isn’t something we “think” we have to do in order to gain something. A hell yes fuels the soul instantaneously with a frequency of high vibration. That is when we know that it’s meant for us So maybe what you thought you desired for the 2023 needs revising! Keep doing that till you feel an exciting ping and then use these steps to anchor in your juicy and sometimes life altering desires! 1. Break down your goal into smaller, achievable steps. This will help you stay on track, as you can focus on completing one step at a time and measure your progress. 2. Set up reminders or notifications on your phone or computer to help you stay focused on your goal. 3. Make sure to track your progress! This will help you stay motivated, as you can see how far you have come and what you have already achieved. Happy creating! Remember if you know your energy type (human design energy type) be sure to follow YOUR strategy - initiating, being invited, waiting to respond - in any manifesting! It’s one of the beautiful benefits of your type and will be a great asset! Happy Creating! Michelle McInnis Human Design Maven! Michelle McInnis is a CW Partner providing classes & individual support sessions in Human Design - a specific, highly individualized to understand your strengths and way you best function in this world. For more details visit www.theclarityroom.net
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12/24/2022 3 Comments What is your Superpower?What is your SUPERPOWER? While doing massage, a client sometimes asks – “Can you feel that?” (Their problem area; their tension spot; their pain points.) Or they ask “How do you know what area has the issue?” I have my responses, which are genuine, to which they then reply, “That’s amazing you can feel that”, or that I know where to look or that I know what their issue may be. My answer to their amazement is… we all have our gifts and mine is human touch. It is how I make a difference in someone’s life or day or my day or contribute to humankind. It is my purpose and how I thrive. It fills my happy meter. It is my SUPERPOWER. Now here we are facing another New Year. Woohoo!! But, how many of us put those expectations out? What are we going to accomplish? What changes are we making? Big strides and big ambitions. And although it is fun and important to learn new things and expand our endeavors, let’s not set goals to perfect those endeavors in a short time. Or to have expectations to change who we are. Or make an objective of creating a whole new us. Let’s embrace and acknowledge what makes us special. What do you already do well? What are you already accomplishing? What are you already achieving? I don’t ski. I am really bad. Like painfully bad. I also don’t build things. My measurements are not precise enough. It comes out lopsided. I like to sing, but there are no record producers signing me. I would like to learn to play the piano, but I have no expectations of selling out the Met. I love to bake. I love to take pictures. I know human touch. I love to help people feel and function better. It’s my thing. We all have our thing. Let’s live in the moment of what makes us happy and fills us up. I say, embrace your passions, your gifts, your purpose and live there. Celebrate it. Share it. So what is YOUR SUPERPOWER? Seriously, honestly, we want to know. Stacy Ford is a Certified Athletic Trainer, Licensed Massage Therapist and Co-Owner of Complete Wellness. She is available for Sports/Therapeutic Massage M-F. 12/24/2022 0 Comments 3 Ways to Trust Your Inner KnowingMichelle McInnis offers classes and support sessions at Complete Wellness as well as Human design readings and more.
Visit The Clarity Room for full details about Human Design and the impactful way you can understand your unique roadmap and how your purpose, talents and tactics best work for you. I'm a co-owner here at CW and sometimes ya just have to take one for the team. When we have new services I try my best to try them out so I can really understand who it may good for and how to describe the service. It's tough - but someone has to do it. :-) Well last week I tried the Zen XL Facial & Body Massage. Now I have to find words for it. This is hard because it was SUCH an experience....just wow. But that's not enough. Not nearly enough. (BTW if you've met me you know speechless is not usually my issue, yet here we are!) This is a 90 minute service with our super talented therapist Lori. It is a full body massage combined with the Zen facial massage. It has beautiful oils that are good for your skin. It has a warm honey & brown sugar scrub. It has Hot Towels on your face...and neck....and back. And, And, And... I was silent for 90 minutes. I don't even think I was HERE. This was an escape. I literally walked into a room, closed the door and was transported away from all the STUFF of daily life. Relaxed. Pampered. Void of all the thoughts and lists in my head. There was just too many soothing things to feel to be thinking. Then there was after. My body was happy. My skin....oh my....I am very upset with myself for not taking before and after pics. The dark lines under my eyes were gone. My complexion - color, tone, vibrancy - was 1,000% improved compared to looking tired, pale and droopy. I looked alive again and I felt that way, too. Clearly I still need to hone in on how to describe this - it's too good for words really. So, who needs this experience? Let's see... If you need a break from all EVERYthing, if your body needs to feel better, if your skin and its appearance needs a refresh. THIS is for YOU. Who doesn't need this? I don't know. I don't know anyone who doesn't need this in their life. If you have lived through the past 3 years - you deserve this and ya probably need it too. Tracy McGovern is a co-owner of Complete Wellness as well as a Nationally Board Certified Reflexologist and Reflexology Instructor. She has appointments available M-F and some Saturdays. These are a few of my favorite things... My family has a lot of traditions. I won’t bore you with all of them, but know that many of my memories come from family gatherings. Over Thanksgiving I was trying to spur some dinner table conversation and asked, “What was your favorite Christmas gift you ever received?” Have to say many of the answers were subpar. Were your gift givers lousy? Do you not remember who gave you what? Or did you not commit special moments to memory? Or maybe we process special moments differently – special people, special foods, special gifts, feelings, smells, the weather, the place. I have a few special gifts come to mind – the kitchen set my dad built for me, the bench my uncle built for me, games, games and more games, the first holiday Barbie my husband tracked down for my aunt to give me, the pillow and blanket Nanna made for each of us. Maybe you noticed the theme here. These were all special because of the people who created, made the effort, took the time FOR ME. Every year my mom would give me a new game and that New Year’s we would play it until the ball dropped. But beyond the gifts were the cookie baking with Christmas music, the red velvet cake and homemade fudge, the exact same dinner every year, hosting the extended family holiday party, hosting the New Year’s bash, Christmas caroling around the neighborhood. Not sure how my mom didn’t combust, but it was her favorite time of year and she passed that to us. Special moments, quality time, memories made, keepsakes forever. We have a few pictures (no cell phones clicking away and posting.) But pictures are limited compared to the memories that evoke feelings. You can almost hear the laughter, wrapping paper ripping, the parade on TV. Smell the baking. Know it was cold that year it was a white Christmas. Hold those close my friends. Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, my message is to be present in the memories being made. It translates to any time and with anyone. Make the effort to be with family and friends. Spend the time more than the money. These are the things that make memories. Make traditions. Thanks for another wonderful year from all of us at CW. You are in our hearts and we have special memories spent with you. Stacy Ford is co-owner of Complete Wellness, a Certified Athletic Trainer & Licensed Massage Therapist. She is available for appointments Monday - Friday to help you feel & function better. 12/13/2022 0 Comments Do you hear what I hear?Do you hear what I hear? One of my favorite Holiday songs is Do You Hear What I Hear? The version sung by Whitney Houston with that voice of hers as big as the sea. I listen to it and my heart beats a little faster especially towards the end when the music crescendos right at ‘he will bring us goodness and light’. Music has a way of helping us to feel our emotions. Think about it. How many times have you walked through the grocery store when one of your favorite songs came on and instantly your mood lifted? That’s the power of music or healing sound. It helps to lift us out of lower vibrations. Our voices are sound that’s unique to each of us. Our own sound comes from the heart and when you speak, your words are carrying that heart note in the form of vibration. Imagine if all of our words were kind! We’d be walking through a sea of love. Maybe that’s why we’re attracted to Holiday music. The high vibration themes are love, hope, divinity, and peace. We sing or hum these songs and that frequency floats around our beautiful globe, Mama Earth, reaching out and blending with other high vibration sounds. And we feel a little better, lighter, dare I say, happier. As you go about your life this Holiday season, I encourage you to listen for those high vibration sounds that you resonate with, like, a familiar voice, a rhythmic purr, an expressive tune, the chime of a bell, a crackling fire, even the silence of a snowfall. You’ll know it when you feel it. Receive it as love and then send the love to someone else. May your days be merry and bright this Holiday season and may peace and love surround you. ~Kelly EarthRhythmSacredDance.com Kelly Thomke is a Workshop/Retreat - JourneyDance/Sacred Dance Facilitator and a frequent instructor at Complete Wellness. You can find her at the Tea & Tarot Gatherings, Goddess Gathering and various other magical classes through the year. 10/29/2022 1 Comment ...on Turkey and GratitudeNovember. The month of Turkey and Gratitude. I'd like to take a moment to wax poetic on both- cause I know you can't wait to read all about it! Turkey. Every year I remember how much I like turkey - especially when my hubby smokes it, holy hanna wow! I wonder why I don't eat it more often and then suddenly it's November again and I am wondering the same thing. I don't think I'm alone when I say my fav thing is utilizing the left overs. On my best days I avoid bread - but even the leftover bowl with the turkey and stuffing (yea I make it without bread) and cranberry sauce (big vote for homemade and not the terrifying stuff that stays shaped like the can it's been in since world war II) - it's the stuff dreams are made of... Thoughts? Who's with me? I'm sure a few aren't - you chime in too. Gratitude. Everyday. All the time. This one - on purpose- is not left for November. I won't even go on an on. I will just say this. I f you don't do anything else in your life - make this a daily habit. More than once a day if you can. However you do it. Thoughts are fine. Writing is fine (journal, post, dry erase board on the fridge). Talking to yourself out loud - totally fine. Every time something makes you roll your eyes, sigh or feel down - bring in gratitude. 3 things you are grateful for, small or large. BAM. Watch how you feel different. Watch how things change. Don't believe me for one second. Test it out and keep it forever. I am grateful for homemade leftover thanksgiving bowls. I am grateful my hubby smokes the bird. I am grateful that I get to help people feel better as my career. I am grateful you read this far (and am hopeful you give gratitude a try... and if you're lucky some smoked turkey) AND I'm grateful for all the cool stuff we get to offer to everyone to help them feel & function better. Warms my heart and makes my soul smile. Happy November ya'll! Tracy McGovern, BA, Nationally Board Certified Reflexologist, Reflexology Instructor Co-Owner Complete Wellness Tracy has reflexology appointments available M & W 2-7, T/Th/F 9-12. A new reflexology class is forming for February, 2023 8/27/2022 0 Comments Journey of Growth.Have you heard our story? I was moving to Quakertown. Where is Quakertown?! But hey, I knew one person. One! Kinda… a roommate from college. A little luck and Google put me in touch with her. She was kind enough to invite me to a crystal class where I could socialize with other women for an evening. Tracy was the instructor. But no, that is not the start of CW. Not yet anyway. A local physical therapy clinic offered Tracy space at a gym to do reflexology. They mentioned they wanted to offer massage as well. Tracy had just met a massage therapist and gave them my name. I started sharing a space with Tracy doing massage at the gym. Then, about a year later, the gym closed – with only a couple days notice. So, we decided to share a room at another location. But no, that still isn’t when we opened CW. A year after sharing that room, as our lease was ending, we decided we wanted our own space. And THAT is when CW was created. Ahhh, 5 years ago. The memories. <sniff, sniff> So we get a space and it’s big enough to share with other like-minded healers and teachers. They bring their expertise and innovation and CW starts growing. We have to shift our plan. You know, our expectations of what CW is and will be. Then, we add a salt room and CW continues to grow. Now we have to shift again. Add a pandemic and Retail Therapy and we make a few more changes. Whew! Finally things start to settle… or so we think. Lease is up. Do we stay or do we go? Well, we look at least. And ahhhhh <angels sing, heavens glow> we find a perfect place. A beautiful new space with plenty of easy parking, ADA friendly, more rooms, larger salt room, dedicated classroom and it is wonderful. So, yet again, we adjust and move and grow and shift. Five years and we are a long way from where we started. Oh so grateful for the opportunities, the loyal clients, the gracious friends, the collaborative businesses, and the suggestions from each of you. We are here because you led us here. We are what we are because you told us what you wanted and needed and helped mold us. We are exactly who and what and where we are meant to be because you are with us. You have supported Tracy, me and our vision to help others with as many options as possible to feel and function better. Don’t be wary of change or of growth. We may not be where we started or have ended up where we envisioned, but we thank you for believing and encouraging us to create your Complete Wellness. Here’s to at least 5 more years. Stacy Ford, ATC, LMT is Co-Founder of Complete Wellness. An athletic trainer and a licensed massage therapist. Her passion is to help people feel and function better. She is available by appointment only Monday-Friday at Complete Wellness, Quakertown. To schedule with Stacy or any other CW Practitioner Text/Call 267-509-7717 7/29/2022 1 Comment ...summers back in the dayRemember back to the days when we were kids. School was out for the summer and all we had was months of fun ahead. I grew up in a rural area. I remember evenings where the cornfield was just lit up with lightning bugs. It was like my very own fireworks display. Like Christmas lights in summer. We would play flashlight tag. Camp in the backyard. Play kickball all afternoon. Swim and play all summer long in the pool or run through the sprinkler. My aunt would take us to the beach for the day. We would have boogie boards and rafts in hand and have a grand old time all day in the waves. I actually had a tan then. We didn’t have central air. If it was too, too hot, my parents would have one window unit in the dining room and one window unit in their bedroom. We had a small ranch home so a couple strategically placed fans would keep the house comfortable. And on beautiful evenings, the windows would be open and the sounds of the peepers and crickets would lull you to sleep. They were a regular symphony. My grandparents were farmers. I would sit on the porch with my grandmother and snap beans and shell peas fresh from the field for dinner. Not to mention the other yummy eats. Who doesn’t love some strawberry shortcake? Corn on the cob. BLTs are amazing this time of year. Cucumber salad. A bushel of crabs. By September, we had our back-to-school supplies and new clothes. We were sad to see summer end, but we were recharged and ready for the school year. I find myself saying ,“I miss summers as a kid.” Why do I miss it? Answer: Because I am not present for the memories being made today. I don’t make time to share those memories of the past and relive them with this generation. I don’t often aspire to find my inner child and play. These are all important to keep us recharged. *Destress. *Support our immune systems. *Be more productive. *Disconnect from the work/school world and play. So, rolling into August with a month or so of official summer still ahead, what are you doing to maximize the summer you have left? Find time to smell the roses while they are still in bloom. Put your toes in the sand or hike that mountain trail. Make time with friends. Enjoy the sunshine and increase your Vitamin D. Ocean or lake. Have fun! Stacy Ford, ATC, LMT is Co-Founder of Complete Wellness. An athletic trainer and a licensed massage therapist. Her passion is to help people feel and function better. She is available by appointment only Monday-Friday at Complete Wellness, Quakertown. To schedule with Stacy or any other CW Practitioner Text/Call 267-509-7717 7/14/2022 0 Comments Alchemy and Essential OilsHi! Lisa Franklin here, aromatherapist and owner of Alchemy Massage and Bodyworks and Alchemy Crystals and Aromatherapy. I have been fascinated with herbs since my teens and when I discovered essential oils in my twenties, it was love at first sight! Small, portable, powerful concentrates of all the plants I didn’t have room for in my garden! After 40+ years of studying herbs, plants and essential oils, I finally took the time to take a 750 hour aromatherapy course to be recognized officially as an aromatherapist. Some of you may know me from previous partnerships with Complete Wellness, others of you I have not had the pleasure of meeting – yet. Currently my line of essential oils is available at Complete Wellness. There is a wide variety of 19 different essential oils for sale at reasonable prices. Each variety comes in a 10 ml bottle, double the industry standard of 5ml. All essential oils are researched, sourced, purchased, bottled and labeled by me…well, to be honest, my husband does the labeling sometimes – he loved to label my various products…and who am I turn thwart someone’s desire to label bottles??? He is a huge help, much neater and tidier than I am in getting them placed properly on each bottle. Each essential oil is chosen for its’ efficacy, fragrance, and purity. I do not do the distillation process as I am not trained nor skilled in that process. Instead, I look for reputable sources to purchase quantities of essential oils. I want the essential oils to be of the best quality I can buy and keep at an affordable price for my customers. If I can purchase organic and/or pesticide free, I happily do so. Not all essential oils are grown, harvested and processed the same. It varies based on the plant, the grower, the country and the supplier. It’s quite a maze to navigate sometimes. With the current state of manufacturing and distribution it makes it difficult to order things regularly. With each newsletter I hope to provide you with a short description of an essential oil and a recipe of some sort to share with you. So, stay tuned and check the next newsletter! Also, I will be teaching essential oil classes at Complete Wellness through the end of the year. Click this link (Essential Oils: Summer Skin Solutions) to learn more about the next upcoming class. |
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