Not in love with your life over 50?

Drowning in worry, pain, and exhaustion?

let’s change that.

I’m here to help you break free from “self-care” and step into a more powerful path to self-healing—so you live in joy, feel abundant energy, and love your self and your life. 

Here’s What I Know About You

You’ve spent decades showing up, pushing through, and getting things done. 

But now, you feel it: something has to change. 

Pushing through your day isn’t working anymore, but you don’t know what else to do. You’ve tried physical therapy, yoga, massages, supplements… but nothing feels like it truly heals. You worry that your shoulder/back/knee could “go out” at any moment. 

Even in yoga class, instead of finding peace, you’re left in back pain and you spend Savasana racing through your mental to-do list.

If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone—and you’re in the right place: This was my story, too. I’ve helped hundreds of women just like you rewrite their next chapter. 

Now, let’s make it happen for you.

Hi, I’m AnnMerle Feldman

Guide for Brilliant, Hardworking, Exhausted Women Like You.

Through woman-centered connection, soul-centered strength, myo-fascial self-massage, body-centric breathwork, and a new appreciation for rest, I help you:

  • Reconnect with your body’s intuitive wisdom instead of constantly fighting against it

  • Reclaim your energy and vitality, without quick-fix “self care” solutions

  • Embrace deep rest and healing, so you stop running on empty and start thriving

  • Blossom into the next 50 years of your life with clarity, power, and self-trust

This is your invitation to a new way of being—one where you finally feel at home in your body.

My story:

 I Ditched the Fight Against Aging,
I Embraced a Self-Healing Journey, 
and I am Becoming Who I Was Meant to Be

(And I want the same for you!)

I Was Fifty and Fed Up!

At 50, I was solution-oriented. And that’s supposed to be good, right?  I knew how to get things done. I knew how to fix what was broken. 

This can-do capacity served me well in my career as an English professor, researcher,  administrator, and in my life as a single mother of two. And when my body started breaking down — shoulder pain, tension headaches, and constant exhaustion — I did what I knew best: I relentlessly searched for solutions.

I dove headfirst into massages, chiropractors, physical therapy, supplements, and skincare regiments, hoping each new thing would “fix” me.

I blamed stress for my broken body and non-stop mind. If I could let go of the stress, my body and mind would then be repaired. All of these self-care solutions, I thought, could reduce the stress I was carrying. 

Self-care worked… until it didn’t. 

I loved my blissful weekly massages, but the familiar tension headache always returned the next day with a vengeance. 

I embraced yoga, but  it became yet another addiction for me. 

At 30 or even at 40, I could shake things off. But at 50, my body wasn’t bouncing back. The pain and exhaustion only got worse. 

A sense of panic was beginning to take over.  I wondered what would be left of me by the time I could retire. I was losing my sense of optimism and wondering what my “somewhere over the rainbow” would look like. 

I had reached the end of my rope.

Leaving Self-Care Behind and Embracing Self-Healing

Then, one day in yoga class, something happened. 

My teacher, Steve, asked us to do a standing forward fold and notice where we naturally stopped. I felt the familiar edge-of-pain, grippy, tightness that I also felt each time I stood up from my chair. 

He handed us each two grippy blue balls, about the size of tennis balls,  and asked us to use them to massage the bottoms of our feet 

Then he asked us to repeat the forward fold and notice what was different. I was dumbfounded.

There was no pain, tightness, or stiffness in my back!  Beyond that, my whole body felt more alive, more awake. Of course, my feet felt great. Who doesn't love a foot massage? But more than that, my mind had let go of the chatter. 

That was the moment I realized: self care wasn’t the answer. It was just a temporary band-aid. Self healing was the key. And it started with learning how to truly feel my body again.

That next summer I began studying myo-fascial self massage with Jill Miller.  I learned about breathwork, and discovered the central role of our respiratory system. I discovered my fascia – the whole body network of connective tissue – and how it feeds blood and oxygen to my entire body. Our fascia is a sensory organ that teaches us to feel. 

I was now listening to my body first and the advice of others secondarily. 

If you’re like me back then, in your “self-care,solution-oriented, do it yourself,  fix-it” mode, you might be saying, “Okay, done. Where do I get those balls and off-load this stress I’ve been carrying around for decades?”

It’s not that easy. But it is also not that hard.

Stretching alone won’t fix it. Massages won’t rewire it. Meditation can’t undo it.

You don’t need another quick fix. You need a different approach—one that works with your body, not against it.

That’s where the Body Vitality Method comes in.

Through myofascial self-massage, breathwork, deep rest, and woman-centered connection, my method helps you:

✔ Release pain and tension at the source—not just mask the symptoms
✔ Rewire your nervous system for safety, ease, and energy
✔ Heal stored trauma and stress in a way that lasts
✔ Stop over-relying on outside experts and learn to trust your own body

This isn’t about “fixing” yourself

It’s about reclaiming your body, your energy, and your joy

Intentional Self Healing Invites Us to Become Who We Were Meant to Be

Now, at 73 years old (at this writing), I offer an intentionally-driven, self-healing practice for brilliant, hardworking, but exhausted women over 50—women like you. 

We learn how to respond to our bodily challenges and our mind-driven worries. 

But we don’t stop there:

Our long game is bigger than just healing a frozen shoulder or soothing aching joints. 

Our long game is joy. It’s vitality. It’s reimagining the next 50 years as a time of becoming who we were meant to be.

Introducing The Body Vitality Method

Most people think that day-to-day stress is the problem. But after working with hundreds of women, I know the truth:

The problem is deeper than stress. It’s how your nervous system has been holding onto that stress, tension, and trauma for decades. 

That tightness in your shoulders? That stiffness in your hips? The exhaustion that won’t go away, no matter how much you rest? It’s all connected through your breath and your fascia.

Your body isn’t broken. It’s doing exactly what it was designed to do—protect you. But after years of pushing through, people-pleasing, and holding it all together, your nervous system is stuck in survival mode.

Start Now: A Small Moment of Self-Healing

Take a moment in a comfy chair. 

Take your shoes off and wiggle your toes. Invite your ankles to make circles. 

If you can reach your feet, use your hands to gently massage them. If you have two tennis balls or a foam roller, let your feet caress them. 

Rest your feet on an ottoman or a pillow. 

Take a breath.

Let your mind take a break… and feel. Simply feel. 

This one small moment of feeling safe, supported, and at ease is just the beginning of your intentional, self-healing journey. 

And the possibilities ahead? They are infinite.

I’ve Written a Book To Share my Story

and describe What is possible for each of us.

Fierce Over 50:

Quit the Fight Against Aging, Leave Self-Care Behind, 
Empower Your Self-Healing Journey, and Become Who You Were Meant to Be

Turbodog Yoga

How to incorporate shamanic healing into a yoga practice. 

  • Deep and extensive practice with Steve Emmerman and Talya Ring at Turbodog Yoga, through workshops, classes, semi-private, and private lessons (2001-2012)

  • Power Journey Retreats: Dominican Republic (2013), Puerta Vallarta ( 2011, 2012), Costa Rica (2008, 2010), Firewalk with Heather Ash Amara (2008); Sweat Lodge on Sacred Native Grounds (2009, 2010)

  • Yoga Mentorship Program, Talya Ring & Steve Emmerman, 2012-2013

YogaTuneUp, The Roll Model Method, Breath and Bliss, and TuneUpFitness with Jill Miller

How myofascial self-massage, breathwork, and rest promotes self-healing through nervous system downregulation. 

  • YogaTuneUp® Certification with Jill Miller (2016 and continuing) 

  • The Roll Model Method® Certification (2018, 2024) 

  • Breath And Bliss Immersion (2017, 2024) 

  • Hips Immersion, Core Immersion (2017, 2019) 

The She School with Anahita Joon

How recognizing the sacred leadership of women unleashes our quantum nature.

  • Beauty Unleashed: comprehensive year-long program designed to help women embody their authentic beauty, power, and femininity (2021-2022) 

  • Full Spectrum: Where the Erotic Body Meets the Quantum Field: a year-long transformative experience combining deep inner work with personal growth and empowerment(2022-2023) 

  • Kauai Retreat (2022): Gathering of participants in Beauty Unleashed to ground in the growth and magic of the year-long program by spending profound time together in ceremony.  

My Qualifications 

The proof is in the pudding. I learned self-healing first through my own journey. 

My road to self-healing, expressed through work with amazing teachers, had now led me to you, dear reader. 

Forrest Yoga

How to incorporate movement, breath, strength,and self-healing into an ongoing practice.

  • Forrest Yoga Advanced Teacher Training, 2013

  • Functional Anatomy for Yoga Teachers, Ellen Heed, 2007

  • Forrest Yoga Continuing Education - 2009

  • 22-day Meditation and Intensive Classes with Ana Forrest  2007, 2012

Just to let you know that I also experience deep joy when working, playing, and dancing in the native, pollinator, prairie garden we have been growing here for about the past three years! 

WHAT MAKES ME DIFFERENT

When you choose me as your guide you get…

Women
Over
50

I understand the deep shifts happening in your body and life right now. I write specifically about what changes for women over 50 and why: the decades of sitting, people-pleasing, and holding onto stress is what we are letting go of. I write out of my own experience and draw on both science and spirituality. 

Women-Centered Co-creation

We heal best when we heal together. The exhausted loner path only leads to more of the same. We grow our energy for healing when we take care of each other. My work is always woman-centered. Immersing yourself in a woman-centered program is magical. 

Self-Healing Takes
Time

This isn’t a quick fix. Unlike the self-care industry, a self-healing transformation is an inside job.  I guide you toward a slow, sustainable self-healing practice that nurtures deep, lasting change.

My promise to you

✔ You don’t have to settle for exhaustion, pain, or feeling disconnected from your body.
✔ You have the power to heal—and I’ll guide you every step of the way.
✔ The next half of your life can be your most vibrant, powerful, and joyful yet.

I’ve poured everything I know into my book and my programs, and I’m inviting you to start your self-healing journey with me.

Ready to meet your FierceOver50 Self?

I invite you to buy my book and re-imagine the years ahead.

Fierce Over 50: 

Quit the Fight Against Aging,
Leave Self-Care Behind,
Empower Your Self-Healing Journey,
and Become Who You Were Meant to Be