Center of Balance, LLC

11/28/2025

Come by and say hi, The Center Of Balance, LLC is open this Black Friday and also for Shop Small Saturday!

11/28/2025

Stop by to say hi and to get a jumpstart on your Holiday shopping on Black Friday and Shop Small Saturday at The Center of Balance, LLC on 25 N Jefferson St in lovely Greencastle, PA!

11/25/2025

November 2025 Blog Breathe Into The Thankfulness
What does it mean to breathe? We all breathe everyday…It is just something we do or is it? Does it have another purpose besides keeping us on track of staying alive by taking in oxygen? How and what does breathing as a therapy do for us? How can the act of “breathing in and then breathing out” be like a “letting go”? What does it mean to embrace your breath? Can it make changes to your physical or your mental state of mind. As a means of therapy, breathwork can make a difference in your life! According to Google Search, “breathwork” is defined as “intentional control of breathing patterns and offers benefits by influencing the body’s autonomic nervous system”.

Breathing exercises can be extremely helpful to someone who needs to reduce their level of anxiety, which creates stress. This in turn creates those feelings of “fight or flight”. It is that feeling where we just feel like we are going to implode or we just have to run, run, run, to remove ourselves from everything.
When we think about breathing, we think about inhaling and exhaling air so we can live… But breathing is so much more than just putting air into our lungs!

In human spirituality, with its diversity of myths, practices and beliefs, breath has always been a source of meditation and reflection. Breath is linked with Life, when we are born we take our first breath – and with our last breath, life leaves the body… it affirms our relationship with the world: There is some belief that the manner by which one breathes determined the length and quality of life, a view based on the observation of the rhythms of nature. It was thought that all living things possessed a certain number of breaths and the idea developed that slow, rhythmic breathing, by keeping the body well supplied with oxygen, contributed to a longer and more harmonious life and is considered by some as a way of speaking God’s name…to me breathing really is the purest form of Mindfulness that one can do…

There are many types of breathing exercises out there that you can try… just to name a few:
-Abdominal – using the diaphragm to breathe - Right hand on center of chest, left hand center of belly…deep breath in, left hand moves, right hand does not move
-Bellows – breathe in through the nose, expelling/huffing on exhale
-Calm 478 Technique (4-inhale, 7-hold, 8-exhale) – Dr. Andrew Weil – wellness guru
-Box breathing) – 4 count in, 4 count hold, 4 count out, 4 count hold – focus on regulating breathing to the 4 count
-Zen Breathing (ZAZEN) (Buddhist form of meditation) focus is only on the physical act of breathing. Focus on each breath as it rises and passes to stay in the present… feel the breath instead of watching it. Breathe as you normally would in a natural way, your belly soft and relaxed.

There is a correct and incorrect way to breathe. At birth our natural way of breathing is inhaling through the nose using the diaphragm. But over time, many of us change our breathing to inhaling through our mouths.

Regardless of how you use breathing, it has a direct effect on the brain as well as on the body. It is one of the few body processes that can be regulated both consciously and unconsciously. Breathing connects us directly to the vagus nerve, the main nerve in our parasympathetic nervous system… located at base of skull…sort of the bridge between the brain and the body. How we breathe (faster, deeper, shallow or slower) can send a different signal to our brains and create a physical change to the body.

Breathing can be used to help one relax, calm the mind, & settle the physical body to release stress and anxiety. Additionally, breathing lowers blood pressure, reduces the heart rate, & enhances physical relaxation of the body. It can improve your mood and provide you with emotional regulation. Deep breathing increases oxygen flow to your brain which can improve your cognitive function. Calm breathing helps to lower cortisol levels and promotes relaxation. When breathing, exercising or meditation breathing, you always inhale through the nose, using the diaphragm and exhale through the mouth. Some breathing tools include what is called a “Breathing Straw” (great for anxiety) and Labyrinth Exercises (great for children). It is important to consider your breathing in every form of exercise or activity as a primary part of the exercise… to improve physical benefits to the body as well as to your mind.

As we are coming into the beginning of the Holiday Season, starting with Thanksgiving, we need to be thankful that we can use breathwork at our tool, we can use it to let go of our stress or embrace the calm more, and considering it as our therapy as a way to help us deal with all the stressors that this time seems to bring to us.

Do not be afraid…take a moment and try one of the listed breathing exercises, focus on how you feel afterwards, and be thankful to give into and fully embrace the calm.
Blessings, Light and Love!

11/25/2025

October 2025 Blog Letting Go and Embracing Yourself
What does it mean to let go and embrace yourself? What does the “letting go” conjure up for you? Is it making you think that you must give up your control, even if you feel like you have no control. What does it mean to embrace yourself? Does it make you feel like you can’t do that because you might not be able or even worthy of that?sing it as a means of therapy make a difference in your life? According to Wikipedia, “coaching” is defined as “a developmental process where an experienced person or coach supports a client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal”. Collins Dictionary defines “coach” as a private tutor, an instructor or trainer, to give advice in the capacity of a coach or mentor. I personally define a coach ‘s role is to be your partner and to assist you the client through external and internal assessment measures, to provide you the client with the resources, the guidance, the tools, and ultimately provide accountability, in order for the you to successfully make the behavior and/or lifestyle changes that you desire.
Coaching can be extremely helpful to someone who wants to change some aspects of themselves which they deem as negative but in which they are or feel challenged to commit to. It is often used to help someone quit smoking, lose weight, or give up some other negative behavior that they feel does not serve them or that they want to change. Coaching as a therapy is about helping one to first, truly identify the what of the behavior, second, to understand the how of the behavior and then third, to provide support to help them with their goal assessment, help them develop an action plan, even provide them with homework, or any other tools that can assist them in their quest for change, and finally to help them hold themselves accountable to the coaching process and the plan in order to make the choices on how to live their best life.
To some “therapy” can appear to be a dirty word, something unwanted, because it can cause one to open themselves up, share one’s vulnerabilities, speak their unspoken thoughts and share their internal dialogs with someone. They can feel violated, even judged, and that makes one not want to pursue any type of therapy. It is like going from the light into the darkness!
But to others “therapy” can also provide a cleansing of sorts, causing one to feel a lifting and the lightness of letting go of their vulnerabilities, a sharing of their load of hurts, angers, or anything else that is weighing and holding them down. They feel accepted. It is like coming from the darkness into the light!
Start at the beginning, if you are yearning to understand, let go or embrace more, consider therapy as a way to heal that yearning. It doesn’t matter what type of therapy you choose; it could be one type or multiple types. It is important that whatever therapy you do, it should resonate with you to your core. What does that mean? To me, your core is who you are, what makes you tick, excites you and makes your heart sing. An example, I am an artist. When I sought out therapy for a specific issue, I used a traditional therapist, but it really did not seem to help me to grow in or understand my real issues. My then Therapist retired and turns out my new Therapist was an Art Therapist. Because Art communicates to my core and makes my heart sing, my therapy became life changing for me.
Do not be afraid…know that your perceptions are your reality, but they can be changed through therapy. Let go of your fear and embrace the healing potentials that therapy can bring to you.
Blessings, Light and Love!

11/25/2025

September 2025 Blog Harnessing the Power of Coaching
What is the power of Coaching as a therapy? What does the word coaching really mean and how can using it as a means of therapy make a difference in your life? According to Wikipedia, “coaching” is defined as “a developmental process where an experienced person or coach supports a client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal”. Collins Dictionary defines “coach” as a private tutor, an instructor or trainer, to give advice in the capacity of a coach or mentor. I personally define a coach ‘s role is to be your partner and to assist you the client through external and internal assessment measures, to provide you the client with the resources, the guidance, the tools, and ultimately provide accountability, in order for the you to successfully make the behavior and/or lifestyle changes that you desire.
Coaching can be extremely helpful to someone who wants to change some aspects of themselves which they deem as negative but in which they are or feel challenged to commit to. It is often used to help someone quit smoking, lose weight, or give up some other negative behavior that they feel does not serve them or that they want to change. Coaching as a therapy is about helping one to first, truly identify the what of the behavior, second, to understand the how of the behavior and then third, to provide support to help them with their goal assessment, help them develop an action plan, even provide them with homework, or any other tools that can assist them in their quest for change, and finally to help them hold themselves accountable to the coaching process and the plan in order to make the choices on how to live their best life.
To some “therapy” can appear to be a dirty word, something unwanted, because it can cause one to open themselves up, share one’s vulnerabilities, speak their unspoken thoughts and share their internal dialogs with someone. They can feel violated, even judged, and that makes one not want to pursue any type of therapy. It is like going from the light into the darkness!
But to others “therapy” can also provide a cleansing of sorts, causing one to feel a lifting and the lightness of letting go of their vulnerabilities, a sharing of their load of hurts, angers, or anything else that is weighing and holding them down. They feel accepted. It is like coming from the darkness into the light!
Start at the beginning, if you are yearning to understand, let go or embrace more, consider therapy as a way to heal that yearning. It doesn’t matter what type of therapy you choose; it could be one type or multiple types. It is important that whatever therapy you do, it should resonate with you to your core. What does that mean? To me, your core is who you are, what makes you tick, excites you and makes your heart sing. An example, I am an artist. When I sought out therapy for a specific issue, I used a traditional therapist, but it really did not seem to help me to grow in or understand my real issues. My then Therapist retired and turns out my new Therapist was an Art Therapist. Because Art communicates to my core and makes my heart sing, my therapy became life changing for me.
Do not be afraid…know that your perceptions are your reality, but they can be changed through therapy. Let go of your fear and embrace the healing potentials that therapy can bring to you.
Blessings, Light and Love!

11/25/2025

August 2025 Blog Doing The Ear Seed Dance
We are not in control of our health and have never been. But what if I told you that you could have some real control in your healing journey, just by doing what I like to call “doing the ear seed dance”. I am talking about a healing modality that you are in control of and have your actual hands on. Also, did you also know that your ears can provide a visual of what may be happening within the different areas in your body? How is that even possible you ask? The ear can provide visual signs (redness, bumps, and lines) which a certified Auriculotherapist can help you to understand. “Auriculotherapy”, a.k.a. also referred to as “Ear Seeding” is according to Web MD, a traditional Chinese medicine that focuses on manipulations of seeds that are affixed to the ear’s points.
Did you know that the ear has over 200 plus points, and these are within the microsystem that is representative of the human body? These are the same body network points used in Acupuncture. We all know that Acupuncture uses needles. Auriculotherapy does not use even one needle. Instead of the needle, it uses a real seed, the seed from the “Gypsophila Vaccaria Plant, a herb used for its blood moving properties and more. It produces a very small, round, hard seed that does not break down. The seeds are affixed to the ear point with medical adhesive tapes, latex and latex free. Other smaller round seeds used include 24 K Gold, Sterling, and Stainless Steel.
When you look at the ear, imagine an upside-down baby curled around the ear. For your brain to visualize, the head is at the bottom and the body curls around the outside curve of the ear. The ear is a microsystem of the human body and is broken into 10 separate and distinct sections representing different sections of the body. Within each of these 10 sections, it is then broken down even further. For example, your earlobe is broken out into a grid of 9 different and even sections. These sections correspond to the head and face’s specific areas.
So now, what is your role? I will start with an example of a somewhat similar concept but what it doesn’t really do, as what ear seeds do: lots of you may have heard of or even have the piercing through the Tragus Point of the ear for help with headaches. It uses the point but what isn’t allowed is manipulation of that point. Your role is to manipulate the ear seed that is affixed to the point that corresponds to the issue. You wear the seeds for 5-7 days, pressing a minimum of 3 times per day, then you remove the seeds, but continue to press the point for another 5-7 days. In that two week period, you are key player in evaluating if there is a marked change in the issue.
Note: If you do not press and manipulate the seeds, then nothing will happen. Manipulation stimulates the neural pathways, which can in turn send a different message to the brain, it can boost emotional wellness, reduce pain, lessening stress and much more. You could conceivably ear seed yourself, but being evaluated by a certified Auriculotherapist assures you a proper assessment of any potential risk of which there are very few, a proper seeding and assessment, and evaluation. It is but another tool in your holistic health toolbox available for you to embrace.
Blessings, Light, and Love!

07/04/2025

July 2025 Blog Do the Love Your Feet and Body Dance

We are so mean to our feet, which in turn is mean to our bodies…most of us do not take care of them, honor them for the job they do for us. We wear the wrong shoes, with too high of a heel, shoes too small for our toes, too low of an arch, too tight for our instep and the list can go on…Our feet carry our bodies, regardless if we are overweight, have crooked hips, are flat footed, or have issues like plantar fasciitis, one leg is shorter than the other, and we have bunions, toe fungus, plus, we don’t let our feet breathe. We treat our bodies even worse. Everything within the feet is connected through to your body’s organs and systems. If your feet are impacted, then your body is impacted. What treatments can help us to show love and do our feet and bodies better?
So how do we give our feet and body some love? We get some “Reflexology” or “Zone therapy as it has also been referred to for our feet or bodies! What is this reflexology and what is it like? According to Wikipedia and nova.edu, it was used by early Egyptians, (2323 B.C.E.) and developed and brought to the US by M.D. William Fitzgerald and Edwin F. Bowers in 1913. It was known and first explained as Zone therapy, a holistic treatment of gentle manipulation techniques within the 10 zones of the body (one for each finger/toe) which runs the length of the whole body and also from front to back. It is these zones or reflex points located within the feet that are connected to all of the different parts or systems of the body. For the body, it is a concise series of gentle but very specific, sequenced manipulation techniques done to the different parts of your full body. It can also be done on the hands, ears, and even the face.
In Foot Reflexology; our feet are identified out into 4 main parts: the Upper Body (neck, shoulders, elbow wrist and fingers too), the Upper and Lower Internals, we like to call the Packed Suitcase (back/spine too), and the Lower Body (knees and hips too). It is likened to be like an in-depth targeted foot massage with no massage oils.
In Body Reflexology; it starts with what we like to call “the dance”, which is to evaluate your hip’s alignment. The dance is done to correct the hips when they are out of alignment, but you could do the dance every day to help ensure your alignment. From there body manipulations are done to specific parts of the body (mastoid bone, sacral plates, spine, shoulder and blades, back, tailbone, sciatic, gemilli’s, spine/legs, knees, pelvic, face, head, and ending with feet). It is likened to be like a very calming massage-like and gentle chiropractic treatment.
If you hesitate to see a Chiropractor, because it’s non-gentle or harsh on your body, then Reflexology may be the answer for you. Both Foot/Body Reflexology is believed to unblock the energy pathways to the specific body parts, organs, and systems. Known to provide pain relief, stress reduction, and calming, it can provide you benefits for digestion, fatigue, sleep issues and so much more.
Blessings, Light, and Love!

02/20/2025

Hey friends & family... we've been notified that our business "The Center of Balance LLC" was again submitted for the Best of the TriState (two years ago we came in third place, last year we came in second place). Would love to make it to first place this year!! Please vote for us at the following links: bestofthetristate.com Voting will be under the category of Health/ then wellness centers. Now available starting February 17th and please vote everyday! Loves and Hugs!

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Thanks to all who have voted for us in past years and those of you who will vote for us this year... we appreciate you. BLESSINGS!

Website is now: thecenterofbalancellc.net

So much has been happening... we recently renovated, adding a new room to do Red Light therapy treatments... COMING SOON!!!
We are also partnering in a referral program with Functional Healing, a functional medicine private practice geared to finding the root causes of your health issues. (www.functional-healing.com). Come check out our shop, we are bringing in more jewelry, crystals, stones and so much more!

We appreciate you supporting us & please come visit us at The Center of Balance LLC, located at 25 N Jefferson Street in Greencastle PA.
Thank you & Blessings!

Where can you pick up physical copies of the Best of the Tristate publications? We have racks with FREE magazines in various locations around the Tristate.

02/20/2025

Hey friends & family... we've been notified that our business "The Center of Balance LLC" was again submitted for the Best of the TriState (two years ago we came in third place, last year we came in second place). Would love to make it to first place this year!! Please vote for us at the following links: bestofthetristate.com Voting will be under the category of Health/Wellness, available starting February 17th.

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Thanks to all who have voted for us in past years and those of you who will vote for us this year... we appreciate you. BLESSINGS!!

So much has been happening... we recently renovated, adding a new room to do Red Light therapy treatments... COMING SOON!!!
We are also partnering in a referral program with Functional Healing, a functional medicine private practice geared to finding the root causes of your health issues. (www.functional-healing.com). Come check out our shop, we are bringing in more jewelry, crystals, stones and so much more!

We appreciate you supporting us & please come visit us at The Center of Balance LLC, located at 25 N Jefferson Street in Greencastle PA.
Thank you!!! Love you!!!!

06/20/2024

Thursday Balance Moment Blessings from The Center of Balance, LLC. Breathe deep, exhale and go stand in the grass for your best balance! Showcasing some new and old products; animal products, jewelry treasure bags, Young Living essential oils and so much more. Early RETREAT signup is taking place, $60 through to the end of July, then $65 through the end of August. Call 717-643-1404 or stop by 25 N Jefferson St, Greencastle PA to sign up. NOTE: We are closed this Friday for training, sorry for the inconvenience. Will reopen on 27 June. Stay well, be blessed and share your love!!

06/13/2024

Happy Thursday Balance Moment Blessings from . Today is the time to take care of yourself in order to be balanced! Check out our holistic treatments! Sign up early for our 3rd Annual retreat, spaces are limited. Call 717-643-1404 or stop in at 25 N Jefferson St, Greencastle PA to register! Hugs!!

04/06/2024

Just want to say a special Thank You 🙏 ❤️🙏 to all who voted for us in contest, we came in as the First Finalist…congratulations to Hagerstown Health and Chiropractic, voted the best! We were honored to be included in the 2024 contest, maybe we can win next year. Last year we were the Second Finalist, so we are upward bound! Come by and check us out!! Blessings, loves and hugs!!