Gabler Sustainable Body

10/28/2026

According to brain science there are two forms of attention:
Directed Attention-you decide what to pay attention to such as school or work-this kind of attention is fatigable. After a long day's work at the computer or saturation at a museum and you are done. The brain is tired and cannot take in anymore.
Involuntary Attention-attention that automatically captures your attention, such as a waterfall or waves or trees, which is less susceptible to fatigue and more likely to replenish and restore. This soft fascination is easier for the brain to process so it relaxes the brain.

Bodywork helps you move into this part of your brain so that you replenish and restore.

Using her intuitive wisdom and decades-long experience in hands-on bodywork, Karen will assess your body’s unique needs and perform hands-on bodywork to treat your strain, stress, and pain. Using multiple modalities, including Myofascial Release and Zero Balancing, Karen tailors the bodywork exper...

10/21/2026

Humans are wired to connect to natural environments like trees, water, and mountains which when we look at them, are absorbed by our brains and restore them.

10/14/2026

Sometimes my clients cannot move due to severe back spasms, so I go to their homes. I can relieve the back spasms by massaging the inner arches. Your inner arches support your back!

10/07/2026

Your morning coffee can be a meditation. Feel your body sitting, feel your hands around the cup, notice the aroma, the taste as you sip, savor, and breathe.

09/30/2026

"There is deep wisdom within our very flesh, if we can only come to our senses and feel it."
Elizabeth A. Behnke

Intelligence is present everywhere in our bodies . . . our own inner intelligence is far superior to any we can try to substitute from the outside.
Deepak Chopra

Using her intuitive wisdom and decades-long experience in hands-on bodywork, Karen will assess your body’s unique needs and perform hands-on bodywork to treat your strain, stress, and pain. Using multiple modalities, including Myofascial Release and Zero Balancing, Karen tailors the bodywork exper...

09/23/2026

I decided to memorize one poem a month to help my mind stay sharp. Here’s the first poem I memorized.

Wild Geese
by Mary Oliver

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean, blue air
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting-
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

09/16/2026

With the numerous wildfires raging across the world, we here in New England got a taste of being downwind from the Canadian wildfires. When my daughter and I were at the beach in July, we saw our sun with an eerie pink-orange ring around it. It was supposed to be a sunny day, but the haze covered the sky giving it a yellow tinge. It felt apocolyptic. I feel for our Earth as the world burns.

09/09/2026

“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”
-Thich Nhat Hahn

Every exhale is a release. Every inhale is a beginning.

A Breath Practice
The roots of a breath practice go back thousands of years and draw directly from the ancient yogic practice of breath control. The mechanics are simple: inhale quietly through the nose for a count of two, hold, exhale completely to the count of four. The extended exhale is the key. When we exhale longer than we inhale, we activate the parasympathetic nervous system–the body’s rest and digest state, the counterweight to the fight-or-flight response most of us are living in far more than we realize. When we activate the parasympathetic nervous system, our heart rate slows and our muscles relax. Our minds, which have been running their usual urgent commentary, quiet enough to let something else be heard.

Try this and let me know how it goes!

09/02/2026

This blue heron often visits my backyard. Every time she comes, I have to stop and watch her. She is so still and so tranquil. Does she have a message?

“The blue heron symbolizes wisdom, patience, and self-reliance across various cultures. It is often seen as a representation of tranquility and encourages individuals to trust their instincts and embrace solitude for personal growth.”

08/17/2026

Back sore after a beach day? There’s not something wrong with you. It’s your chair! Watch for an easy solution you can use today to get your spine back in alignment and your beach day back on track.