The Sweet Sage

The Sweet Sage The Sweet Sage is a holistic wellness space offering therapeutic massage and bodywork, energetic practices, and intuitive practices.

Award winning therapeutic bodywork that honors the body, nurtures the spirit, and creates space for everyday ritual.

06/25/2026

The magic of therapeutic bodywork is brought to you by an absolutely relentless amount of laundry. ✨🧺


06/22/2026

When I try to sit still, my mind would rather perform every song from my childhood at once and chase rabbits in six different directions.
Meditation does not have to mean forcing the body into stillness or making the mind go quiet. For some people, intentional movement offers an anchor for attention and a more accessible way to return to the present.
Walking, rocking, stretching, yoga, or even dancing with awareness and intention can all become forms of mindful movement.
That is part of why embodiment matters so much in my bodywork. Sometimes presence is easier to find through sensation, rhythm, breath, and movement than through stillness alone.
Stillness works beautifully for some people. My nervous system prefers a little rhythm and somewhere to go.

06/22/2026

Slowing down and checking my perspective. I’m focusing on what I can contribute to the world. Loving energy, a joyful heart, and being locked into the present. Everything else is just noise in a loud world.

06/20/2026

Water day at the studio is a whole production. 50+ plants and nothing but big plant energy. 🌿

06/19/2026

Morning glories, little mushrooms, and a morning walk that felt enchanted. 🍄

06/17/2026

And why I lean so heavily into Swedish myofascial work in my practice.
Fascia work is real, but the facts do not back the idea that aggressive force is required to create meaningful change.
Fascia is living, sensory-rich connective tissue. It responds to pressure, movement, warmth, hydration, breath, rhythm, and the nervous system.
Slow, specific Swedish myofascial work gives the body steady input it can actually use.
It helps improve glide between layers, supports fluid movement, gives meaningful input to mechanoreceptors, and allows the nervous system to ease guarding without making the body feel like it has to protect itself from the work.
Aggressive myofascial work and fascia blasting approaches can actually be counterproductive. When the body feels attacked, it does not open. It can guard harder.
That is why I love this approach.
It is not about beating the body into submission.
It is about working with the body’s intelligence, not against it.

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750 E Spring Street B2
Cookeville, TN
38501

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