The Allergy Relief Secret Most People Get Backwards

Sarah came to me in week three of what she called “allergy hell.”

Her toolkit was impressive: antihistamines, nasal sprays, eye drops, air purifiers running 24/7. She was managing her allergies perfectly.

And she felt terrible.

“I’m doing everything right,” she told me. “But my body feels like it’s fighting a war it can’t win.”

That’s when I realized she’d fallen into the trap most people do this time of year.

She was managing her allergies. But she wasn’t listening to them.

The Backwards Approach That Keeps You Stuck

Here’s what we’ve been taught: allergies are the enemy. Symptoms are problems to solve. Your body is overreacting, and your job is to shut that reaction down.

But what if that’s exactly backwards?

What if your body isn’t overreacting — it’s under-supported?

What if symptoms aren’t problems to manage — they’re signals asking for partnership?

Your body is wise. It remembers balance. When it’s producing histamine and inflammation, it’s doing its best to protect you with the resources it has available.

But when those resources are depleted — when you’re dehydrated, inflamed from poor nutrition or pushing yourself too hard, or carrying stress in your tissues — your body works harder to get the same results.

The “managing” approach tries to quiet those signals. The partnership approach gives your body what it actually needs to find balance.

Sarah’s breakthrough came when she stopped fighting her allergies and started supporting her body through them.

The Partnership Approach: Three Ways Your Body Wants Support

1. Hydration That Actually Reaches Your Tissues

“Drink more water” sounds too simple to matter. But here’s what most people miss: allergies dry out your entire system, not just your sinuses.

When you’re dehydrated at the cellular level, your body produces more histamine to protect what water it has. More histamine means more symptoms.

The difference: Don’t just drink water — drink water that your body can actually use.

• Add a pinch of good salt (like Celtic sea salt) to help your cells actually absorb the water
• Include electrolytes — not the sports drink kind, but real ones from coconut water or a quality supplement
• Drink consistently throughout the day, not just when you’re thirsty

Within three days of changing how she hydrated, Sarah noticed her morning congestion was gone.

2. Foods That Cool the Fire Instead of Feeding It

Your immune system has two settings: calm or alert. Certain foods keep it stuck on high alert, making every allergen feel like a bigger threat.

Anti-inflammatory foods your body recognizes as allies:

• Pineapple — contains bromelain, which helps break down inflammatory proteins
• Fresh ginger — works like a natural antihistamine but supports your body instead of suppressing it
• Wild-caught fish — omega-3s that help your immune system remember how to be calm
• Onions — quercetin that stabilizes mast cells (the ones that release histamine)
• Brussels sprouts — sulfur compounds that help your liver clear inflammatory toxins
• Turmeric — but only if you take it with black pepper or fat, so your body can actually use it

The goal isn’t perfection. It’s giving your body more of what helps and less of what creates extra work.

3. Acupressure That Helps Energy Flow (Instead of Fighting It)

This is where most people look at me skeptically. Until they try it.

Your body is made of energy. When that energy gets stuck — from stress, inflammation, or just the effort of breathing through congested sinuses — everything feels harder.

Acupressure helps energy flow again. It’s like clearing a traffic jam so your body can do what it already knows how to do.

Here are the points that make the biggest difference:

For immediate sinus relief:

• Right hand: Cup your right shoulder where it meets your neck
• Left hand: Place fingers on your left chest, just below the collarbone
• Hold for 1-2 minutes, breathing naturally (holding several very good breaths)
• Switch sides and repeat

For deeper rebalancing:

• Both hands: Hold the base of your skull where it meets your neck (both sides at once)
• Hold for 1-2 minutes
• Then place one hand on your forehead, the other on the back of your head
• Hold for another 1-2 minutes

For full-body support:

• Left hand: Cup your right shoulder near the neck
  Right hand: Place fingers at your right lower abdominal area (hold for several breaths)
• Right hand: Place fingers at your right hip/sitz bone area (hold for several more breaths)
• After holding for 1-2 minutes, switch sides

Jane, an elementary school teacher, tried this during her lunch break when she felt a “cold” coming on.

Later, she told me, “Your energy tips keep on doing the trick, and I’ve had more energy than I’ve had in days.”

The key: There’s no such thing as too much self-help acupressure. Do it as often as you think of it throughout the day.

Why This Works (When Managing Doesn’t)

When you manage allergies, you’re working against your body’s natural intelligence.

When you partner with your body, you’re working with its natural desire to return to balance.

Your body wants harmony. It’s always moving toward that, even when it doesn’t feel like it. When you give it the right support — proper hydration, foods that don’t create extra inflammation, and help with energy flow — it can get there faster and with less drama.

The result: Fewer symptoms, but more importantly, a body that feels strong and vital instead of like it’s under siege.

Getting to the Other Side

Once your body notices that it’s “on the other side of the progression of allergy patterns,” the self-help acupressure will help you keep the re-patterning going.

Your body is actually reprogramming itself when you spend time helping it experience energetic balance and harmony.

Consistency is the key. Do your energy balancing daily. Hydrate in ways your body can use. Choose foods that work with your immune system instead of against it.

When you limit your exposure to allergy triggers AND support your body’s natural ability to cope, you help your body let go of symptoms, heal, and remove the old pattern that’s been saying, “I’m supposed to react to this pollen.”

Your Body Is Ready

The truth Sarah discovered — and what changed everything for her — is simple: Your body already knows how to find balance. It just needs the right partnership to get there.

You have the ability to create this ease for yourself. It only takes a few minutes and the willingness to listen to what your body is actually asking for.

Ready to dive deeper into these techniques? Join me for the Breathe Easier Workshop on Wednesday, May 27th at 6:00 PM Pacific. We’ll explore the breath and sinus techniques from my Reset Method that support your body’s natural ability to move through allergy season with ease. Register here — early bird pricing available with code BE_EarlyBird.

How to Ditch Your Anxiousness

Oh my! There is so much going on around us, and it’s so easy to be in a state of reaction.

Are you experiencing any anxiousness, especially since there’s a significant place of not knowing what will happen next?

That kind of anxiousness and uncertainty can affect your overall body’s health and wellness during your waking hours and sleep time.

It’s essential to keep up your body’s ability to care for you. Your body, physically, mentally, and emotionally, needs to know that it’s prepared for what you’re going to ask it to do and prepared for whatever might come towards it.

You need to know that your body is there for you – and that you are capable of handling everything in your day-to-day personal and business life, family, community, and the world.

You and your body are phenomenal partners, and YOU can make a difference by having simple daily practices that cultivate well-being.

From that place comes the confidence that “I’ve got this!”

No matter what is going on in your body and your days, you and your best partner (your body) can be in rhythm, strength, and peace.

Are you ready to have access to information that gives you the confidence that you KNOW what YOU can do for yourself?

I have an answer for you!

IMPROVE SLEEP HABITS

Let’s address your sleep first because if anxiousness and uncertainty affect your waking hours, they also affect your sleep.

Are you sometimes waking up feeling low on energy and vitality and not having had enough rest? Some self-help acupressure can help.

Here is an energy tip that can assist you in moving through your life more invigorated by improving your sleep patterns. It will help you fall asleep and help you go back to sleep.

It may take time to repattern your body if it’s been “stuck in not giving you good rest” because of the old pattern your body has been in.

My suggestion is to be patient and keep on

• Do the Daily Clean Your House Flow® before or at bedtime

• When your head is on the pillow, hold your fingertips at the base of your skull (right fingers on the right side, left fingers on the left side). Hold for several deep breaths.
• Then start doing the “Jumper Cables”. Hold each thumb and finger (gently cupping) for at least several deep, calming breaths. If you’re not asleep by the time you finish holding the fingers of the second hand, repeat the sequence until you fall asleep.

This is just the tip of the iceberg for what you can learn to help your body when it’s awake and moving through the day or when it wants to give you a good night’s sleep.

Are you ready to learn a LOT more about supporting your body?

I invite you to my upcoming 10-week comprehensive course!

GPS for Body, Mind & Spirit 2025 will give you tons of information and energy management approaches to become a true partner with your body.

Discover simple and easy self-help acupressure techniques that you can use anywhere, anytime, simply by using your fingertips.

Feel how you can:

• Balance emotions
• Increase self-esteem
• Reduce stress and tension
• Relieve pain
• Recover from trauma
• Improve vitality
• Elevate mental and physical performance

During each class, we’ll take a deep dive into the elements that open and move energy pathways, so you can have a comprehensive understanding of how and why Jin Shin Jyutsu and acupressure work:

1. How energy pathways function in the body
2. Improve your ability to “listen” to the energy
3. Unlock your ability to balance the energy flow
4. Make positive changes in your whole being

Head on over to this web page to get all the event details and to register:

GPS for Body, Mind & Spirit Details

For a limited time, you can save $500 with an Early Bird ticket. When you check out, use Promo Code GPS_EARLYBIRD to get your discount.

Give your body, mind and spirit this gift for a less stressful and more vibrant life.

Self-Care Workshops

Build a Sustainable Wellness Practice

2020 Wellness Workshops

Kick off the year with a Twenty-Twenty Vision Workshop

• You’ll increase your productivity and focus
• Gain momentum
• Discard obstacles in your way
• Use the power of attraction to get more of what you want in your life
• Reduce your anxiety and stress levels
• And discover how to enjoy harmony and balance

Wednesday, February 26, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM at coLAB

Tuition is $69 and includes your choice of one of my books:Easy Self-help Acupressure for Grown-ups orEasy Self-help Acupressure for kids and parents

The workshop will be held in Santa Rosa at coLAB, 427 Mendocino Ave., 95401

To register, go to the registration page or call me At 707-546-5692 to register.

Download a 2020 Wellness Workshop 2020 Vision flyer and share it with people you love.

Workshops are great Valentine’s gifts and I have gift certificates available.

Level One Wellness Workshop

Put the power of wellness into your hands

When you want to go deeper into the benefits and practices of easy self-help acupressure, sign up for the next Level One Workshop. A perfect way for you to see and learn hands-on. A Comprehensive Workbook comes with  our registration.

Nine hours over three Thursdays evenings in March will set you up With the tools you need for a sustainable wellness practice.

3 Thursdays: March 12, 19, 26 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at coLAB            

Early Bird: $399.00 Tuition: $469.00 Review: $379.00

CEU’S available

To register online: http://bit.ly/DMWone20 or call me at 707.546.5692

Download the 2020 Wellness Workshop Level One Flyer V7 and share with your friends

Stress-Proof Your Kid

Stress-Proof Your Kid

Before the holidays begin and family gatherings, this is the perfect time to lessen the pressure building up in your kids.

My pre-Thanksgiving treat for kids, parents, and all kinds of families is a free 45-minute webinar. I’ll share 3 prime ways to “Stress-Proof Your Kids.”

All you have to do is sign-up for an invitation (and join my community).

Free Live Webinar

The live webinar is scheduled for November 20 at 7:00 pm PDT. You can take part in the webinar using a computer, smartphone, tablet, or landline. I promise to leave time for Q&A. Those who register will also get a link to the recording.

Download a Flyer

Stress-Proof-QR-Code is a flyer that will provide you with an easy way to get to the registration page where you can get all the details for the event. This flyer includes a scannable QR-Code.

1. To use the QR-Code, hover your smartphone camera over the code
2. Your smart device will ask if you want to open the page in a browser window.
3. You don’t even need to print the flyer, you can hover your phone in front of your computer screen.
4. And, if you want to share the flyer, please feel free. There will be folks joining us from around the country.

If QR-Codes aren’t your cup of tea, click here to get to the registration page.

Have a Happier Holiday Season with your Stress-Proof Kid

Did I mention, this is a free event. You’ll have a happier holiday when you learn how to “Stress-Proof Your Kids.”

Invite someone you love and share the good stuff.

Survive and Thrive

Get your breath back after the fires – FREE workshop

Wednesday, November 15th, 9:00 – 11:00 am

Available to ALL residents and community members

Santa Rosa Metro Chamber offices

50 Old Courthouse Square, Suite 110, Santa Rosa, CA

To sign up for this FREE workshop go to:
http://bit.ly/ThriveHAYFT

You know those phrases we have a tendency to use after a crisis?

“It took my breath away.”  “Waiting with baited breath.”  “Waiting for the next shoe to drop.”

Those phrases are describing our bodies not having enough breath. And, once that has occurred, our bodies have a memory of “not having enough breath.” After the traumatic experiences of the last month, it is pretty easy to recognize that we need to revitalize the respiratory system and make sure to boost our immune systems, especially when the smoke has also been part of the picture.

Santa Rosa Metro Chamber has requested that I offer a workshop to assist the community.

Survive and Thrive Workshop – Discover how to recover from trauma and be prepared for life

Vitality is at your fingertips. You can easily connect with your energy using self-help acupressure and rev up your body’s ability to accomplish all you desire to do and be. Become a partner with your body. And help your body heal from the trauma of the wildfires.

In this workshop with health educator & acupressurist, Deborah Myers, you will discover how to:

• Balance your energy & get more out of each day
• Help your body let go of any stress and anxiety
• Rediscover your breath
• Boost your immune system & stay healthy
• Improve mobility & flexibility
• Improve your focus, clarity, and memory
• Get relief from chronic symptoms & manage pain
• Increase your vitality & productivity & create peak performance
• Let go of overwhelm
• Handle feelings
• Release blocked energy, old patterns, & self-sabotage that can limit your success

To sign up for this FREE workshop go to:
http://bit.ly/ThriveHAYFT
Chamber Survive and Thrive Workshop Flyer 11-15-17