Basic Elements Therapeutic Massage

12/31/2025

✨ Happy New Year ✨

Last year asked us to shed. Old habits, old weight, old versions of ourselves that were never meant to stay. That snake energy did its work. 🐍

Now we ride into horse energy. Strength, momentum, and freedom.

And if I’m being honest… this is where I feel it most.

Ba****ck, muddy, no saddle, no expectations just movement, trust, and letting go.

Horses don’t fake it. They feel everything.
When your energy is right, they fly.
When it’s not… well… you might end up muddy and humbled 😅

Here’s to a year of freedom in your body, clarity in your mind, and the courage to move forward. Wild, strong, and unapologetically you.

Wishing you love, abundance, and good health in the year ahead 💫

12/25/2025

️Merry Christmas!

12/17/2025

Sooo proud of this woman. 💪✨

Her shoulder has been a journey and not just a physical one. A lot of people don’t realize that as women move through hormonal changes later in life, the shoulders can take a hit… especially when there’s old injuries or unresolved trauma hanging around. Wild, right?

Instead of ignoring it or settling for “this is just how it is,” she buckled down. She chose the right providers, ran the right blood work, cleaned up her nutrition, showed up for her workouts, and gave her body the care it NEEDED.

And guess what? It’s working!!

Hard work pays off. Every. Single Time.

She’s well on her way to getting her strength and muscle back, and I couldn’t be more proud of her commitment to herself. 🔥

12/13/2025

Big smiles over here 😊
Santa for Fosters gifted 355 presents!

Thank you to my wonderful clients, Styles Salon’s awesome customers, and so many kind humans who jumped in to help.

I'm so grateful for this community and the holiday magic you helped create! 🎄✨

THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!

To everyone who donated and helped make the season great we were able to gift 355 gifts!!!!!! Thats 355 happy smiles christmas morning with !
Elle Dodd Dani Midkiff

12/12/2025

I got the sweetest text from a client this week, a full layout of fresh veggies and healthy meals prepped for her entire family. 😍🥕🥬

She said,
“This is what my Sundays have looked like for a whole year. Meal Prep Sunday.
All of these lovely veggies will be eaten by my whole family this week… and it all started because of your guidance.”

Cue me melting into the floor. 🥹💚

THIS is what freedom in motion really looks like.

It's not just less pain… it's the energy, clarity, and motivation to show up for yourself, and your family, in a whole new way.

These are the wins that matter.
These are the moments that remind me why I love what I do.

Proud of you, girl. Keep going. 💚✨

12/11/2025

Stop Blaming Age for What Injuries Started

Can we have a quick Thursday truth bomb?

Stop blaming age for what INJURIES started.
Your body isn’t “falling apart” because you had another birthday, it’s protesting the five old injuries you never got to fully heal.

Here’s the real deal (and you know I’m right):
That “old person back pain”?
Actually that time you tweaked it picking up a box in 2009.

That hip that screams when you stand?
It started with that slip on the ice you pretended didn’t count.

That shoulder that hates jackets?
Say thank you to every overuse injury you pushed through at work.

Age didn’t do this. Life did.
And your body has been keeping score.

Injuries love to pile up like laundry. One compensation here, one guarded muscle there, a nerve that’s been irritated for years… and suddenly you’re moving like a rusty robot wondering, “Why am I falling apart?”

Because nobody taught you that:
Pain stacks. Patterns stack. And compensation becomes its own beast.
But here’s the fun part!
When you start untangling those old injuries layer by layer… your body starts giving you wins you forgot were possible.

Suddenly:
You can turn your neck without that crick knocking you over

Your hip stops yelling every time you stand up.

Your back stops acting like it has to negotiate every movement.

You start to feel… you again.

Untangling injuries = untangling pain.
It’s not magic (okay, maybe a little).
It’s understanding the pattern, treating the root, and helping your nervous system chill the heck out.

So no, age isn’t the villain.
It’s the injuries you powered through instead of fixing.
And lucky for you…

That’s literally my specialty.

Comment "over it" and let's get you back to feeling like YOU again!

12/11/2025

Reminder!

Tomorrow is the last day to drop off donations for Santa for Fosters!!

12/10/2025

When you try to work on the computer and Delta has other ideas

12/10/2025

It’s wild to think it’s been almost a year since my horse, Mystic, was diagnosed with anaplasmosis, a real fancy name for a stupid tick disease that turned both our worlds upside down.

At first she just looked… off. Her shoulder was so locked down she could barely lift it. I massaged her, stretched her, did all my usual magic, and nothing budged. Next day, same thing. The girl was hurting and you could see it all over her face.

Then Day 3 hit.
She started crossing her front legs when she walked, a heart-stopping sign called ataxia. We got the vet out ASAP, rushed the bloodwork, and got the diagnosis.

So began the healing protocol: IV antibiotics, tick meds, probiotics, chamomile tea, ulcer guard, vitamins… you name it, Mystic got it.

We kept up massages and stretching several days a week, adjusting based on her energy and what her body told me. Some weeks she made progress. Some weeks we slid backward. Some days I’d walk into the barn thinking, “Okay… what fresh chaos do we have today?”

It took ten months of patience, rehab, tiny wins, and listening to every subtle cue to get her strong enough to ride again.

And then, because she IS Mystic, almost a year later she injures herself again. 🙃 Dragging her left front leg this time. Thankfully she was just feeling her oats in the field and stoved herself up. Massage and stretching got her right back to her spicy self.

Here’s what Mystic reminded me about healing:

Healing isn’t linear.
It’s not a straight climb.
It’s not “three massages and boom, you’re fixed.”

Healing is loops, zigzags, pauses, flare-ups, surprises, and re-routes. It’s slowing down enough to hear what the body is saying — even when it whispers.

Bodies heal on their own timeline, not ours.
Pain is communication, not betrayal.
Progress counts even when it’s small.
Regression isn’t failure, it’s data.
And healing doesn’t happen when you force it… it happens when you listen.

And honestly?
I bring this exact mindset into every session. Your body deserves the same patience, curiosity, and compassion that Mystic did. 💚

12/05/2025

Thank you so much Tonya!! You always keep my windows up to date 💜 I love it!

12/04/2025