Today, we welcome guest Cindy Ball, a massage therapist with over three decades of trauma-informed, body-mind wellness experience, to explore the complexities of grief and its impact on our nervous system. We delve into the science and compassion behind grief massage, a gentle and innovative approach designed to support those navigating loss, stress, and change.

Through heartfelt discussion, Cindy Ball shares her journey into the world of grief massage, explains how unexpressed emotions can affect our physical health, and offers insights into how compassionate touch creates space for healing. From the overlap of acute stress and grief to strategies for nervous system regulation and self-care, this episode shines a light on why tending to our emotional and physical well-being is more important than ever.

Tune in as einav avni and Cindy Ball unpack the realities of grief in everyday life, not just bereavement, but the smaller losses we carry, and the power of safe, restorative spaces to facilitate healing. Whether you’re supporting a loved one, caring for yourself, or simply seeking a deeper understanding of the connection between mind, body, and emotion, this conversation is sure to inform and inspire.

This conversation is a collaboration with Tribe Healing Arts: Tribe is a community for holistic practitioners and wellness professionals seeking connection, support, and sustainability in private practice. They bring practitioners together for peer support, business guidance, and provide shared visibility through a practitioner directory and a Chicago-based studio space. At the heart of Tribe is the belief that community makes running a practice and providing healing services more sustainable and more enjoyable. https://tribehealingarts.com/

More about Cindy:
As a massage therapist with over 3 decades of experience and education in trauma-informed bodymind wellness, I specialise in Grief Massage—a gentle approach scientifically designed to support your health as you integrate loss and change in your life. With warmth and understanding, I hold space for your emotions, offering a safe haven where you can find comfort and release through compassionate touch.

Unexpressed grief can lodge in our nervous system, sapping our health and energy, creating chronic pain, lowered immunity, digestive issues, cardiac challenges and mental and emotional drain. Grief Massage brings safety to your nervous system, supporting your healing process and gradually restoring your capacity to show up for yourself and those you love. It’s my honour to walk alongside you, providing soothing care that acknowledges your pain while encouraging healing at your

More about einav:
Einav Avni is passionate about sharing the message of natural healing with the world. She is an Energy Healer and Alignment Coach, working with people suffering from chronic pain, illness or unexplained medical conditions to heal or reduce their symptoms. Einav combines the Emotion Code, Body Code and Belief Code modalities, together with ‘Old Pain 2Go’ and Coaching to achieve incredible results for her clients, most of whom have been suffering for too long and can’t believe the shifts and transformations they experience after working with her.

Einav has an undeniable passion for helping people explore the emotional root cause behind their symptoms and is highlighting this by demonstrating what happens when people live out of fears, limitations and compromises, vs their transformation when living through harmony, alignment and trust.

Einav is a writer x5, having co-authored a book titled ‘The Power Of Reinvention’ and 4 Ebook series titled ‘Invest in Your Team’s Confidence and Empowerment’.

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