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Anatomy of Pain


Being "Heart Centered" Is Not Always All It's Cracked Up to Be
If you don't feel like your decisions are clear when you listen to your heart, you likely aren't heart centered.

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Dec 1, 20243 min read


What do PTSD, chronic shoulder pain, and hating to run have in common?
When your breath is dysfunctional, it can create some surprising symptoms. Find out here how optimizing your breath can relieve pain, trauma

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
May 30, 20243 min read


Auto-response: Funny Glitch to Chronic Pain
Running on autopilot can lead to some ruefully funny facepalm moments. Like realizing, after an hour and three different representatives...

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Dec 4, 20212 min read


Opening to Wholeness: Breaking out of the Healing Cycle
Language is not native to the body. Ah, the irony of words in sharing this knowing! We evolved spoken communication to heighten the...

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Nov 16, 20212 min read


The Role of Intelligence in Healing Trauma
As someone who attaches mega amounts of importance to their intelligence - to the point where latching onto the knowledge I am smart...

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Jun 12, 20212 min read


InValid Emotions: Working excerpt from my upcoming book “Medusa was Always a Monster”
Your Emotions are Not always Valid. We usually hear the idea that your Responses to a situation might not be valid, but your Emotions in...

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
May 3, 20213 min read


Evil and Inept: Why My Compassion Does Not Extend to Your Excuses
Today I was called "evil" and "inept." Some backstory and why this is relevant. In the very early hours of the morning, a person who is...

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Mar 31, 20212 min read


Heart
An ode to those experiencing #trauma. An ode to those in #chronicpain. You are a #Badass. You are Badass not because #yousurvived. Not...

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Feb 14, 20211 min read


Tools
A doctor recommended a knee brace to my client to help with his #kneepain. Which he then wore. Every day. For 3 years. And the only thing...

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Nov 27, 20202 min read


Run on Chaos
2020 Hell-scape Apocalyptic Disastrous Just plain fucked up Crazy (in the bad way) is the most generous adjective I've heard. Yet for me,...

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Nov 8, 20202 min read


Immaterialize
An event is a thing we pass through. It is momentary, fleeting, largely inconsequential. Any physical marks it leaves will eventually...

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Nov 3, 20202 min read


Root
This morning I was doing Shadow Alchemy for myself and I hit a a bitch and a half of a Shadow. It was stubborn and twisty and it just...

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Oct 4, 20202 min read


Connected
Unconscious stresses have a significant impact on how our bodies function. If you're experiencing painful sex, explore these questions.

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Sep 17, 20203 min read


Quantity
Pain is a Qualitative experience, not a Quantitative one.

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Aug 28, 20202 min read


Mechanics
"Choice affects, and can permanently change, both behavioral and genetic expression."

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Aug 23, 20202 min read


Divided
We try to make the intangible tangible and vise versa.

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Aug 2, 20202 min read


Case Study: PCOS
"The pains are gone!!! Literally and figuratively. The physical and the emotional. I truly cannot believe the difference."

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Jul 1, 20202 min read


What is Dynamic Neuromuscular Assessment?
Muscles rely on communication from the brain to function. So how do we correct dysfunction in the neural networks to relieve pain?

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Jun 1, 20193 min read


Massage Today Keeps the Dentist Away!
What if there were a way to address that excruciating pain in the back of your mouth without having to white knuckle it in at the dentist?

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Jan 4, 20193 min read


What is Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique?
Learn how this extremely effective form of deep tissue work without the pain of traditional modalities to relieve chronic conditions.

Rhiannon Flores-Drennen
Dec 14, 20184 min read
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