About the Author

Emily A. Francis is the host of the weekly internet radio show All About Healing on Healthy Life Radio (www.healthylife.net). She is the author of The Body Heals Itself: How Deeper Awareness of Your Muscles and Their Emotional Connection Can Help You Heal (Llewellyn, 2017) and coauthor of Witchy Mama: Magickal Traditions, Motherly Insights & Sacred Knowledge with Melanie Marquis (Llewellyn, 2016). She is also the author of the book Stretch Therapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Individual and Assisted Stretching (Blue River Press, 2012) and is currently under contract for the book Healing Ourselves Whole (HCI Publishing, June 2021).

Emily holds a Masters of Science in Physical Education with a concentration in Human Performance and a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and Wellness with a minor in nutrition both from Jacksonville State University where she was a collegiate cheerleader. She is a graduate of the Atlanta School of Massage in Clinical and Neuromuscular therapy. She then went on to graduate through all levels of training at the Dr. Vodder School North America in Manual Lymphatic Drainage and Combined Decongestive Therapy (MLD/CDT). She completed level 1 and 2 of Craniosacral Therapy through the Upledger Institute and is a certified Pediatric Therapist through Tina Allen and the Little Kidz Foundation.

Emily completed 300 hours of yoga teacher training in the Sivananda style of yoga (Universal Yoga) under her teacher, Dattattreya, the senior disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda. She began practicing both yoga and tai chi in the late 1990s and she holds a gold medal in tai chi form from the 2001 US Open, a bronze medal in Push Hands from the same competition, and a silver medal in push hands from the National Taiji Legacy tournament that same year. She is both a Usui and Karuna Ki Reiki Master Level practitioner and teacher. You can find Emily at www.emilyafrancisbooks.com.