FreeBody: Guided Healing Journeys and Trigger Pt Massage

04/08/2025

This past weekend I taught the first round of my Trauma Informed Somatic Massage training. It was such a profound weekend with great students!
One student, who just finished her Master’s in counseling said…
“I just learned more about trauma in the first two hours of this class than I did in an entire semester of a Trauma class in grad school.”
Awesome!
I’m doing this again in September. Come learn and uplift your practice with deeper awareness and simple but actionable steps for clients in, and out of, sessions.

02/14/2025

Make sure to release your belly after core work!

11/13/2024

If you're feeling despair, fear, worry, anger, or dread right now, for any and all the reasons, I encourage you to check out this offering I have, "Soothing Practices for Hard Times."
Starts Monday live online and runs for 3 weeks, Mon-Thur, 8:30am. Each day I will share a practice that helps the body and brain deal with stress.
Practices will come from a variety of my skills: Somatics, Trauma Informed Yoga Therapy, Vagus Nerve practices, etc.
Pay as little as $1 or pay more if you can.
You can register at ANY time during the 3 weeks and gain access to everything we've done during the series.
Together we move forward...
Here's the info:

Does life feel hard right now? Could you use some skills to regulate your nervous system and get back to yourself? If yes, this is it.

10/17/2024

Ready to get rid of sciatica for good? Yes you are!
Join me this Sunday to learn how.
Register in Linktree

09/23/2024

Quick notice: Tuesday (tomorrow) 9/24 I begin with the first of a 6 class series at West Asheville Yoga.

I'm leading my signature FreeBody Therapeutics series on Tuesday nights from 7-8:30pm. You can come to any or all in the series. Come to one, three, or all 6!

Tomorrow we start with the feet (plantar fasciitis anyone??) and lower legs, then move up the body from there.

Each week we will focus on releasing trigger points and fascia in a particular area of the body, feet on up. We will move, release, strengthen, and stretch.

Here's my plan:

Week 1 9/24. Feet, ankles, calves, hamstrings, and a touch of glutes

Week 2 10/1. Knees, quads, hamstrings, glute max

Week 3 10/8. Hip flexors and hip extensors

Week 4 10/15. More hips! Inner thighs and outer hips, sciatica pain, a little lower back

Week 5 10/22. Back and pelvis

Week 6 10/29. Neck and shoulders

Link to register in comments...
Happy rolling!

09/10/2024

Hello and Hi!
How're your hips doing?
If you're dealing with:
hip flexor pain
hip weakness
aching around your pelvis and hips
aching up into the lower back
butt pain and aches
loss of hip mobility
and, and and....
Check out this 4 week livestream series starting
THIS THURSDAY!
Recorded, online, and you can start any time.
Check it out here...

Join Cat Matlock for a self care class series on how to get rid of hip pain for good

08/09/2024

Cyclist? Equestrian? And maybe having some hip stuff?
NEW VIDEO DROP!
Quick rolling practice to do before (and after) you ride. Save your hips!

08/01/2024

NEW VIDEO on the Pain Referral playlist!
This one helps you understand one cause of SI joint pain, hip weakness, deep ache in the sacrum or butt, and more!
Check it out...

Continuing our Pain Referral Playlist with Gluteus Medius. This big muscle on the outside of the hip can be a big player in SI Joint dysfunction, hip weaknes...

07/21/2024

As y'all know, one of my passions in life is helping people to understand their bodies, their pain, and offer a path to freedom. Totally my jam!
I've just begun a new "Pain Referral" playlist on my self care YouTube channel. I'm creating videos that go through the major muscles and where you will feel pain when they have trigger points. Because where you FEEL pain is often not where the pain is COMING FROM.
Check out this intro video on pain referral and learn about sciatica pain that's caused by the little muscle with a big attitude, Gluteus Minimus.

Trigger points can be confusing because the place where the point is and the place where it hurts are often two different places. If you're struggling with p...

05/04/2024

Hey it's been a minute!
I'm baaaaacccckkkkkk...
And teaching a LIVE massage CE class tomorrow 5/5 at the clinic. Come join us for Releasing the Traps and Levator Scap 11am-3pm. If you mention this post tomorrow in class, I'll gift you your 3 CE Ethics course FOR FREE!

Exploring how to release the trapezius and levator scapulae muscles, a common place for clients to hold tension and trigger points

04/08/2024

Hello massage therapists!
I've got a wonderful CE schedule this year, including 4 new classes!!!!
Check it out and register today!
You know my classes close at 10-12 students.
You get individual attention, a lovely practice space, and videos to support what you've learned.
Cheers!

Massage continuing education schedule for Cat Matlock and FreeBody, 2024

03/10/2024

Gil Hedley!!! I just got to hand him a signed copy of my book. He’s in a big part of it!
Yay!!!
Looking forward to his Nerve Tour talk today at AB TECH