Time for Me (of Kenilworth)

14/11/2025

So important!

It is why we look at the TMJ routinely. It’s impact on posture is huge.

Low tongue posture begins when the brain adapts to survive inefficient breathing early in life.

If a baby struggles to breathe through the nose, because of birth compression, poor oral reflexes, or early mouth breathing, the nervous system learns to keep the mouth open.

The tongue drops to clear the airway.

Once that pattern sets in, muscles, bones, and joints adapt around it. The palate narrows, the jaw retrudes, and the face elongates not as the cause but as the structural memory of that early compensation.

The low tongue posture is therefore not random it is the body’s long-term adaptation to a breathing pattern learned in infancy.

Braces and surgery can move teeth and bone, but if the tongue still lives low and the lips still fall open, the old pattern pulls everything back.

The only lasting change comes from retraining how the brain, body, and breath coordinate.

That is when posture, breathing, and movement align effortlessly again.

So no, you don’t fix a weak jaw with braces or surgery. You fix it by retraining the neurology that holds your tongue and your breath in place.

In addition, the Functional Activator helps improve neck posture by correcting tongue position. Get yours for $247 (regularly $329) during Early Black Friday. Spend $300 or more and get the 5-Minute Posture Fix FREE.

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18/10/2025

You didn’t “lose balance” because you’re old.
You lost it because you stopped moving.

Let’s stop blaming age for what inactivity caused.
You sat down for years.
You stopped training your legs.
You stopped trusting your body.
And the world told you that was “normal.”
That was graceful aging. It wasn’t.
It was decline...avoidable decline.

Balance isn’t something the young are gifted.
It’s something the active maintain.
And guess what? You can earn it back.
But not by being careful.
By being intentional.
By getting up.
Moving.
Challenging yourself.

If you’re afraid of falling, do something about it.
Train. Get stronger. Get steadier.
Because “just being careful” is exactly how people become fragile.

You’re not fragile. You’re deconditioned.
And that can change if you stop treating age like a diagnosis.

14/10/2025

Fascia research continues to grow and proves many of the connectivities that we bodyworkers see daily doing Bowen therapy, neurostructural /neuromuscular integration, etc.

It takes us well beyond isolating individual ‘muscles’ or other named elements of soft tissue. Also beyond the cardiovascular and lymphatic networks to the, only fairly recently discovered, interstitium and more.

🫁✨ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱!✨

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗔𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱:
“Is the lung part of a continuous fascial-organ system that communicates with the rest of the body?”

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱:
*Hyaluronic acid (HA) formed a seamless network through all lung compartments, connecting with vessel walls and nerve sheaths linking directly to the global fascial system.

*Tiny airborne carbon particles travelled through this connective network — inside and beyond the lungs!

*Mouse lungs showed similar organization but lacked HA in alveolar walls, a subtle species difference in fascial architecture.

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗜𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀:
The study shows that interstitial spaces are communication highways between organs; pathways through which inflammation, infection or cancer may spread (even hinting at a fascial link between the lung and brain).

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀:
Every breath , movement and touch transmits force through this HA-rich matrix — shaping physiology, immunity & health.

🧠 “𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 — 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 — 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗮.”

Source: Journal of Anatomy (2025) | Ordner, Narula, Theise et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.14280

Click to read full paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joa.14280?domain=p2p_domain&token=PZMWVE9FPQF5AHVZVXVM

12/10/2025

Many of you know we have been based at Warwick Road Clinic since 2015, and previously in High Street in Kenilworth old town, and before that in 2011 in Oaks Precinct in Caeser Road.

Also at Warwick Road Clinic, offering Bowen therapy is Laura of Laura Parkinson Bowen Therapy

10/10/2025

Tomorrow!!

Very pleased to be a long-standing sponsor of this amazing, lively club in Kenilworth offering squash (and many high level players!), racketball and on the same site tennis and high level croquet plus padel tennis.

10/10/2025

Simple activities incorporated into your life routinely, plus gratitude always for what you have!

Sometimes the simplest habits lead to the most profound results.

09/10/2025

Sometimes, healing doesn’t come from adding more things to your life — it comes from removing what’s quietly hurting you.

✨ Remove certain foods — and your body starts to thank you.
Processed junk, excess sugar, and artificial energy boosters might feel comforting in the moment, but they drain your vitality, cloud your mind, and fuel anxiety. Replace them with clean, living foods — fruits, vegetables, water, sunlight — and suddenly, your body starts to feel lighter, calmer, more alive.

✨ Remove certain people — and your peace returns.
Not everyone around you is meant to grow with you. Some people feed your soul, others feed your stress. Learn to recognize the difference. You don’t owe anyone your energy, especially if they leave you feeling smaller every time you walk away. Protect your peace — it’s sacred.

✨ Remove certain habits — and your life transforms.
Late nights scrolling, endless comparisons, ignoring your own needs, saying “yes” when your heart says “no.” These are silent thieves of joy. Replace them with self-discipline, mindfulness, and rest — and watch how your clarity returns.

🪷 In Buddhism, this is the practice of letting go. The Buddha taught that suffering often comes not from what we lack, but from what we refuse to release. When you let go of what no longer nourishes you, you create space for peace, growth, and genuine happiness.

🌸 So today, instead of asking, “What should I add to feel better?”
Ask, “What do I need to remove to feel free?”

Because sometimes, subtraction is the most powerful form of healing.

07/10/2025

My mother (87), pulled an arm muscle due to over doing it in the garden.

She was in quite a lot of pain & & despite following GP advice & guidance she couldn't lift her arm, which stopped her from doing basic every day activities.

Took her to see Kathryn & after only 2 sessions, doing the exercises religiously as she was advised, she's got the full motion & functionality of her arm back within a mere 3 weeks.

Highly recommended.

01/10/2025