Blend Therapy and Training

14/04/2026

We go live tonight in our free training Ageing Well: Brain Health Balance and TMJD.

If you’re already in — amazing. You’re going to love this.

If you’re not…

This is your last chance to join us live.

After this, you’ll be playing catch-up.

Drop an emoji and I’ll send you the link 👇

13/04/2026

We start tomorrow.

And honestly… this isn’t the kind of training you half-watch while doing something else.

It’s the kind that makes you stop and go:

“Wait… why did no one explain this before?”

We’re diving into:

✔️ Brain health & ageing (what’s being explored in research)
✔️ The glymphatic conversation
✔️ How this connects to the work you already do
✔️ Simple, gentle techniques to begin exploring in practice

No overpromising.
No nonsense.

Just solid, thought-provoking learning.

If you want to join us, drop your emoj

12/04/2026

Free three day live training! Ageing Well: brain health, balance and TMJD
You might have heard the term floating around recently:

The “glymphatic system”

A proposed process linked to how the brain clears metabolic waste.

Now — this is still being researched
and we are NOT making claims about outcomes.

But…

It does raise some interesting considerations:

👉 Sleep
👉 Positioning
👉 Head, neck and jaw mechanics
👉 Nervous system state

And suddenly…
what we do as therapists sits in a much bigger picture.

We’ll explore this properly (and safely) in the training.

Drop an emoji if you want the link 👇

11/04/2026

Calling all Massage Therapists dental professionals and allied health practitioners
Here’s what I find fascinating…

We talk about:

– Brain health
– Balance
– Falls risk
– Jaw tension
– Chronic stress

As if they’re all separate.

But what if they’re not?

What if they’re all part of the same conversation?

That’s the shift.

Not new techniques…
New understanding.

We start connecting those dots inside the training.

Comment below if you want in

10/04/2026

Big news! Today we have opened Early Access enrolment for the June 2026 TMJ Therapy®️ Level One Live Online Course.

If TMJ work is something you’ve been interested in, or maybe you’ve trained elsewhere and you’re ready to deepen your understanding of face and jaw pain, this is your sign to start today.

This five-week online professional CPD course is designed to help you approach treatment with clear clinical reasoning, confidence, and a whole-body perspective.
Immediate access to training materials to get you started plus scheduled live online sessions starting June

Click the link for more information and to enrol today Id love to have you onboard

Massage and Myofascial Training Online And In Person Course Provider. Creator of the Original TMJ Therapy® Diploma The ONLY Fully Online and FULLY Accredited Level 3 Qualification.

09/04/2026

Free training for massage therapists, dental professionals and allied health practitioners.

Strange question…

Why were we taught that the brain doesn’t have a lymphatic system?

Because for years… that’s what everyone believed.

And yet now…
that idea is being questioned.

There’s increasing discussion around how the brain may clear waste
and how this could be relevant in conversations around ageing.

👉 Not proven answers
👉 But definitely important questions

And if you’re working with the body…
you probably should know about them.

We’ll be opening this up in the free training.

If you haven’t grabbed your place yet… drop an emoji 👇

08/04/2026

Here’s the uncomfortable truth…

Most therapists are still working with a model of the body
that’s already being questioned.

Not because they’re doing anything wrong —
but because no one has shown them anything different.

The conversation around brain health is evolving.

And whether we ignore that…
or choose to understand it…

That’s a decision.

If you’re ready to at least explore what’s being discussed — safely, ethically, and within scope —

Comment below and I’ll send you the details.

07/04/2026

We were taught the brain couldn’t clean itself.

No lymphatic system.
No active waste clearance.
Just passive drainage… and that was that.

But that’s no longer the full picture.

More recent research is now exploring what’s being called the glymphatic system —
a process associated with how the brain may clear metabolic waste.

And this is where it gets interesting…

Because in conversations around ageing and conditions like Alzheimer’s disease,
one of the things discussed is the build-up of proteins such as amyloid beta.

👉 To be clear — we are NOT claiming to treat, prevent or reverse disease

But as therapists…

We have to ask better questions.

Like:

– Why are the head, neck and jaw being discussed more in relation to these systems?
– What role might movement, positioning and relaxation play in overall wellbeing?
– And why has this never been part of mainstream therapy training?

Inside this FREE 3-part training, we’re opening up that conversation:

Ageing Well: Brain Health, Balance & TMJ

✔️ You’ll explore the research (in a way that actually makes sense)
✔️ You’ll understand how this thinking connects to the work you already do
✔️ And you’ll learn simple, gentle techniques you can begin to explore within your scope

No hype.
No wild claims.
Just the kind of understanding that makes you stop and think…

“Why didn’t I learn this sooner?”

If you want in…

Drop your favourite emoji below and I’ll send you a FREE place 👇

06/04/2026

Most therapists haven’t been taught this…

Not because it’s not important
But because the research is only just starting to be discussed more widely.

Inside this FREE 3-part training, we’ll explore:

✔️ How the brain is now understood to clear waste
✔️ Why this matters in conversations around ageing and long-term health
✔️ What this could mean for us as therapists working with the head, neck and body

Plus:

✔️ Gentle, practical techniques
✔️ A clearer understanding of how the body works as a whole
✔️ A completely different way of thinking about your work

No hype. No overpromising. Just solid, thought-provoking education.

Drop your favourite emoji if you’d like to join us 👇

04/04/2026

For years, we were taught that the brain didn’t have a lymphatic system…

And that waste products were cleared passively via cerebrospinal fluid.

But more recent research has identified what’s now referred to as the
“glymphatic system” — a network associated with glial cells that appears to play a role in how the brain clears metabolic waste.

This has led to increasing scientific discussion around brain health, ageing, and conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease — where proteins like amyloid beta are known to accumulate.

Now to be clear:

👉 This is an evolving area of research
👉 We are not claiming to prevent or treat disease

But as therapists… it raises some very interesting questions.

Particularly when we consider:

✔️ The role of sleep and positioning
✔️ The head, neck and jaw
✔️ Fluid dynamics and movement
✔️ The wider nervous system

So…

What does this mean for us in practice?

And how might this influence the way we think about our work — safely, ethically, and within scope?

That’s exactly what I’ll be exploring in my new 3-part training:

Ageing Well: Brain Health, Balance & TMJ

If you’d like to join us, just comment YES and I’ll send you the details 👇

31/12/2025

As we look back on an amazing 2025 at Blend we give thanks for everyone who has been a part of our journey as we celebrated our 10th Anniversary as a school and an amazing 25 years of TMJ Therapy®️
To all the students who attended our many free trainings, to those who joined our all new TMJ Therapy ®️ Live Level One course. To those who progressed to the full diploma.
To everyone who joined our many other online blended learning course.
A huge amount of gratitude to everyone who celebrated with us at the first ever British TMJD Symposium in September and especially our wonderful speakers who made it possible

And finally to our fabulous team who show up faithfully and deliver our work with such knowledge kindness and kinship.

We can’t wait to see you all again in 2026
Keep on growing
Love Tracey

27/11/2025

Great visual of the deep front line.