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Nicole Keane, MS, LMT

Nicole Keane is an artist, teacher and manual therapist who has practiced advanced myofascial, visceral and neural manual therapy since 2002. She recently released a curriculum (http://www.elementaladvancedmt.com/courses) that blends science-based knowledge and clinical observation she has gathered within her career, together with an evolved look at the transformational processes of nature, observed throughout the five elements. Information regarding five-element nutrition, trauma-informed manual therapy, as well as her 2021 book, The Tao of the Polyvagal Theory: A Five Element Perspective for a Future of Healing the Spirit and Balancing the Autonomic Nervous System, can be found at: https://elementaladvanced.com/the-tao-of-the-polyvagal-theory/.

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Minding the Gap: On Addiction and Codependency (Pt. 2)
August 1, 2024 (Vol. 25, Issue 8)
Minding the Gap: On Addiction and Codependency (Pt. 1)
July 1, 2024 (Vol. 25, Issue 7)
Minding the Gap: The Tan Cycle 24-Hour Clock (Pt. 2)
March 2024 (Vol. 25, Issue 3)
Minding the Gap: The Tan Cycle 24-Hour Clock
January 2024 (Vol. 25, Issue 1)
Minding the Gap: The Case for an Evolved View of the Fire Element (Pt. 2)
September 2023 (Vol. 24, Issue 09)
Minding the Gap: The Case for an Evolved View of the Fire Element (Pt. 1)
August 2023 (Vol. 24, Issue 08)
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