Conversations From The Couch With Eric Strom

This session of the podcast I am joined by Anthony McMorran. Anthony along with his wife Katie is the owner of Tuning Tree Health Services in Eau Claire, WI. Anthony has been in the health and wellness field for 30 years and brings such a wealth of knowledge to the interview. It was wonderful to be able to sit down and talk to such a kind, insightful soul. In addition to his kind presence, Anthony is skilled in mindfulness, yoga, massage, teaching self regulation.   Anthony shares his story of personal trauma and how massage helped to him to heal and discover the dissociative states he had been in for large parts of his life. These experiences have allowed Anthony become trauma informed in the massage world, and allows him to honor those that he works with.   Anthony shares with us how massage therapy as we know it is more than we think, how it impacts us in a “down regulation” state in regard to our nervous system.  Along with this we talk about the importance of our own ability to regulate nervous system in