Mermaid Well

02/12/2026

When your body feels stuck on high alert, your breath can become an anchor. ⚓

Place one hand on your chest and one hand on your belly.

Slowly inhale through your nose. Feel the hand on your belly rise while the hand on your chest stays mostly still. Exhale slowly and feel your body soften.

This gentle practice signals safety to your nervous system and invites your body to slow down.

The present moment is the only moment.
Let the breath bring you back to it.

Sometimes one intentional breath is enough.

✨ Save this for moments when your system needs calm.

02/05/2026

It's easy to live in our heads.
To stay in constant motion.
To exist in a state of doing, thinking, and pushing through.

Many of us spend so much time in sympathetic overdrive that we lose connection with the body as a safe place to be.

As John Stirk once said:
"The more you think, the less you feel.
The more you feel, the less you think."

This is an invitation to begin unwinding.
To gently come out of your head and back into your body.
To notice what's been held.
To listen without judgement.

When compassion replaces criticism, something shifts.
The body softens.
The breath deepens.
Awareness replaces tension.

At Mermaid Well™, we create space for this reconnection so your nervous system can feel safe again.

And when the body feels safe, healing begins.

01/06/2026

✨ Sneak Peek: Welcome Goodie Bags ✨

Today we kicked off our New Year Pilates for POTS & Hypermobility series, and of course we had to start with a little extra love 🩵

Each participant was welcomed with a goodie bag curated by Dr. Kendra, featuring:
🌊 50+ salt & electrolyte supplements
🧜🏻‍♀️ Brand-new Pilates socks (the fuzzy socks are definitely a fan favorite!)

This series is all about building strength, stability, and community—one intentional ripple at a time.

Huge shout-out to Susan at Present Body Pilates for creating such a fun, supportive space to move, breathe, and truly be present together ✨

Here’s to gentle beginnings, strong foundations, and moving with intention.

🧜‍♀️

11/15/2025

✨ Exciting News!
We’ve been nominated for Best Physical Therapist in Dayton! 🧜🏻‍♀️🩵

Please support us and GO VOTE! 🎉

➡️ See link in bio or vote here: https://www.thedaytonmagazine.com/best-of-dayton/

You can vote once per day now through November 30th. 🫶

11/14/2025

Amazing Academy of Aquatic Physical Therapy Journal Club tonight about Aquatics & Pregnancy! 🧜🏻‍♀️🩵
We loved diving into this research and walking away with powerful insights that directly support the work we do at Mermaid Well!

Tonight’s featured article:
Therapeutic Aquatic Exercise in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

🌊 Key Takeaways

✨ Aquatic exercise programs generated greater improvements across most variables compared to land-based or mixed environments.

🫀 Better heart rate + blood glucose control
⚖️ Helps prevent excessive pregnancy-related weight gain
🤰 Improves balance + mobility during pregnancy
👶 Supports healthy newborn weight (no significant difference vs. non-aquatic)
🧠 Boosts body image + postpartum quality of life, including positive impact on postpartum depression
🩺 Mixed therapy showed even stronger improvements in glucose levels than routine care
🔥 Higher training volume in water = greater benefits, likely from increased caloric expenditure

✨Why This Matters

Every pregnant person has a moment—the one where walking across the room suddenly feels harder…
where the low-back pain becomes a constant companion…

The water can help. 🌊

In the pool:
💧 Pain decreases because the body finally gets to float instead of fight gravity.
💧 Walking tolerance improves because the water supports each step instead of stressing the joints.
💧 Mood shifts, because moving without pain feels like getting your freedom back—one lap, one moment, one breath at a time.

And that’s why this research matters.
It confirms what our clients feel every day:
Aquatic therapy doesn’t just help our patients physically—it helps…
Their hope. Their confidence. Their mental health.

Aquatic Therapy continues to prove itself as one of the safest, most supportive, and most effective environments for movement during pregnancy—reducing load, improving comfort, and boosting both physical and emotional well-being.

If you’re pregnant (or planning to be!) and want to experience these benefits firsthand, Mermaid Well has aquatic programs designed with you in mind.

🧜🏻‍♀️ Dive Into Better Health!
📍 Dayton, OH
🌐 mermaidwell.com

11/06/2025

✨COURAGEOUS REMINDER ✨
from Courage Is Calling by Ryan Holiday

🌱 “Growth requires challenges. The difficulties you face are the soil for strength.”
The hard moments aren’t detours — they’re the training ground. Every setback is planting something in you that will bloom later.

➡️ “Each day offers you a choice: Take a step closer to your destiny or drift further away.”
Even the smallest action is a vote for the person you’re becoming. Nothing is neutral. Every choice counts.

💬 Today’s reflection:
What challenge are you facing right now that could actually be shaping you?
And what one small step can you take toward the version of you you’re called to be?

Courage isn’t loud. Sometimes it’s the quiet decision to keep moving.

11/04/2025

Food drive ⬇️ Now Accepting Donations. Thank you for your kindness!

We’ll keep this bin out indefinitely to help out our neighbors and community. Please take any needed items on your way out, also.

11/01/2025

🩵 Mermaid Well was honored to sponsor the 12th Annual Standing Up to POTS 5K/2K today.

This cause is personal. As a clinic founded by Dr. Kendra — who also lives with POTS — we’re deeply committed to transforming care for those navigating POTS/Dysautonomia.

From improving diagnostics to elevating medical management and integrating lifestyle medicine, we’re here to bridge the gaps and bring hope, healing, and whole-person care to the POTS community.

Community is Medicine.

10/01/2025

Time is running out to register for the 12th Annual 5K/2K! Celebrate your loved one with while also helping us to fund much needed POTS . We offer both in-person and virtual options. Register TODAY at https://www.standinguptopots.org/annual-5k

09/20/2025

We hope you will join us on November 1 for the 12th Annual 5K/2K! Celebrate your loved one with while also helping us to fund much needed POTS . We offer both in-person and virtual options. Register at https://www.standinguptopots.org/annual-5k

09/05/2025

We hope you will join us on October 18 for the 12th Annual 5K/2K! Celebrate your loved one with while also helping us to fund much needed POTS . We offer both in-person and virtual options. Register at https://www.standinguptopots.org/annual-5k

09/05/2025

Don’t miss out on our Open Gym tomorrow, 9/5, from 1-2pm! 🤸🏿‍♀️ Call or text us if you want to get registered in advance and skip the line! Open Gym can also be used as a make-up class!