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Teaching your dog an “inspection” command helps them stay calm and cooperative during vet visits, grooming, or first-aid care. This simple skill builds trust, reduces stress, and makes handling easier for both you and your dog.

Craniosacral Therapy offers a gentle, deeply healing way to release the tension your body has been holding, sometimes for years, even decades. At Balanced Bodyworks, we help your body unwind old patterns from injury, surgery, or trauma so you can feel balanced, calm, and at ease again.

Many women quietly live with tension in their jaw, TMJ, or pelvic floor — areas that often go unnoticed but greatly affect daily comfort and wellbeing. Gentle bodywork can help release these hidden patterns, restoring ease, balance, and a deeper connection to the body.

Even in cold weather, horses need plenty of water to stay healthy, comfortable, and avoid digestive or muscle issues. Simple strategies like providing warm water, monitoring intake, and offering moisture-rich feed can make all the difference.

Essential oils can support your dog’s wellness naturally, from calming anxiety to soothing skin irritations. Learn the top five oils every dog owner should have and how to use them safely.

Headaches and migraines often stem from deeper patterns of tension and nervous system stress. Gentle craniosacral therapy helps release this strain, supporting women in finding natural, lasting relief and balance.

When your body keeps hurting but the scans say “nothing’s wrong”… Your pain is real — even if it doesn’t show up on a test. Chronic tension, TMJ, pelvic pain, and muscle discomfort often trace back to nervous system overload and the body’s deep patterns of holding stress. At Balanced Bodyworks, gentle therapies like craniosacral and reiki help your body unwind, find safety, and release what it’s been carrying. Healing begins when we listen to what the body’s been trying to sa

Sometimes, our love for our horses leads us to overprotect, especially when the cold sets in. But over-blanketing can quietly create tension, discomfort, and imbalance in the body. Learn how to keep your horse naturally comfortable, healthy, and free with mindful blanketing and gentle bodywork support.

Discover how gentle bodywork therapies at Balanced Bodyworks support your dog’s physical comfort, emotional balance, and overall well-being. Learn to recognize subtle signs of tension and explore how techniques like EquiBow, Craniosacral Therapy, and Reiki help your dog move, rest, and feel their best.

At Balanced Bodyworks, we believe healing truly starts from the ground up. The hooves are more than just feet — they’re the foundation of every movement, emotion, and energetic flow in the body. In our latest blog, we explore how balanced, barefoot hooves work hand-in-hand with bodywork and gentle modalities like Equi-Bow, Reiki, and Craniosacral Therapy to support full-body healing and lasting change.

Discover how Reiki can gently support children healing from emotional or physical trauma. This blog explores how energy healing helps calm the nervous system, ease anxiety, and create a sense of safety—offering kids a peaceful space to restore balance, confidence, and emotional well-being.