This is an exploration of the current widespread mask mandates through the lens of trauma and personal psychology. In my personal quest to heal from pretty intense childhood trauma involving sexual assault and psychological manipulation, I had to learn how to say "no." I had to learn how to set and HOLD boundaries. If I'm being honest, I'm still learning how to do this in some areas of my life. I haven't seen a single psychologist, social worker, psychiatrist or doctor come out during this time and address the coronavirus social environment from the context of trauma, and how trauma shapes our psychology, which in turn dictates our behaviors. Given how pervasive trauma is, this feels like a really important conversation. I've been waiting for someone like Brené Brown, who I've looked to as a role model and someone I greatly admire in the world of healing emotionally and socially, to come out and invite conversation about this. Instead, I've seen her call people who aren't following the rules selfish and cruel, and I've listened to her on a podcast share that she's had to contain her rage towards people presumably like me. I still love and respect her and would welcome a debate or dialog about this. But here's why I'm bringing this up: Brené Brown, along with EVERY - and I mean every single - psychologist and "expert" on how to have a great relationship with yourself and other people and how to heal from trauma...they all talk about the importance of setting boundaries; of owning yourself; of asking for what you need; of speaking your truth. I could read you quote after quote after quote of Brené Brown drilling home the importance of vulnerability, owning your story, cultivating courage, developing self trust and creating boundaries. Are we supposed to abandon all of these teachings, abandon our own needs, betray our own boundaries and adhere to the status quo just because the government made some declaration? What about our own individual thoughts on the matter? What about doing our own research, coming up with our own conclusions? Is that previously applauded behavior now frowned upon? WHY? These patters I'm seeing in the current world landscape, of calling people out for not abiding by the rules, of shaming and name calling the people who aren't going along with the status quo...this so closely resembles the codependency within my family of origin, as it resembles the psychological manipulation of the 30 year old man who violated me for years as a teenager. Personally, I would have to throw out everything I've learned about what healthy psychology means to me, in order to wear a mask right now. I made a promise to myself at age 33 that I would always listen to my inner compass and NEVER betray my own boundaries again. I am keeping ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt3h01MY9I0

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Self-help adductor technique demonstration: https://youtu.be/cgCD7wO8LiM Join my email community and get exclusive offers, recommendations and stories: https://mobilitymastery.com/subscribe/ Join my free Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/149019862373956/ Low back pain can be debilitating. If you’re a man and you also have testicle pain or a feeling of restriction/pulling in the groin region…then the adductors could be the major player in your pain pattern. If you’re a woman, you could have pelvic pain stemming from restricted fascia in your high adductors. Male and female clients of mine alike often hold tension here related to emotional trauma or stress regarding sexual trauma, sexual identity and/or a lack of self-respect, self-confidence or self-love. I want to stress that it’s critical, if you’re determined to find the ROOT cause of your low back pain or testicle/pelvic pain and not simply manage your it, that you must find out where your imbalances are. For example, you can’t just release one or both adductors and expect your back pain to disappear in mere seconds. It might, depending on your unique body and what’s going on with your fascial system. For most people, it’s a combination of imbalances left to right in the quads, hip flexors, adductors and hamstrings causing a pelvic imbalance. For the pain to go away permanently, you have to find and correct those imbalances. And sometimes, this means finding the root cause in your daily habits, sports, activities and maybe even looking at your stress levels and emotional life. What was your takeaway from this video? Share in the comments below! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=953kPY2bbDc

Get my Beginner’s Guide to Fascia Release PDF Download. Get your copy here ? https://mobilitymastery.mykajabi.com/beginners-guide-to-fascia-release Learn a free KINETIX PARTNER technique: www.mobilitymastery.com/free-resources This is our 8th and FINAL #FastFasciaFacts episode! Thank you so much for nerding out with me the last 8 weeks. If you’re looking for previous episodes, search YouTube for #FastFasciaFacts and you’ll see the previous episodes. Our final episode packs a punch :) Fun fascia facts: - Tendons and ligaments are fascia (connective tissue) - denser more fibrous, but still fascia. - Fascia contains a multitude of - and prioritizes responses to - interoceptors. You have more interoceptors within your fascia than proprioceptors (and you have 10 times as many proprioceptors in your fascia than muscle fiber, so this is a LOT of interoceptors!) - Optimal fascia is made of up to 70% water. Why the above matters: 1. Tendon and ligament injuries (like tendonitis or tendonosis, or ligament tears like the ACL in the knee, etc) are a huge part of common injuries experienced by human beings. Often, these injuries are treated in western medicine as exclusively relevant to the injured tissue without taking into consideration its relationship to the whole. Here's the thing: Tendons and ligaments are fascia...much more fibrous and dense than the kind of fascia found in the muscle belly. However, it's critical to remember that tendons form FROM within a muscle belly - all the fascia that wraps a given muscle's fibrils and fibers, bundles and the whole muscle group come out of that musculature and attach to a given bony attachment site. Ligaments are more "free formed," forming from and attaching to your bones. In my opinion, ligaments will take longer to heal than tendons for this reason. Your tendons need to have access to that ECM to self repair. Your ECM needs access fresh blood to replenish itself. You learned in a previous episode about the difference between fasciacytes and fibroblasts. It's the fibroblasts that synthesize collagen, and fibroblasts respond to pinning and stretching (while I theorize that fasciacytes respond to loaded compression and "shearing" of the fascial fibers). In both cases (ligament and tendon injuries), what they need is blood, and a healthy ECM surrounding the injured area. And if you want to heal an injury, release as much fascia around that joint or tendon/ligament as possible. 2. Interoception is your felt sense (sensory perception) of everything that happens inside your body, and consists of feeling sensations like hunger, warmth, cold, feeling at home or ill at ease etc. Interoceptors are free nerves endings (non myelinated, like proprioceptors). Because these are free nerve endings, ther ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nvCGtJLcPM