Dr. April
405-844-4492 draprilmorford@gmail.com The Purple Carrot FoodShare
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Welcome to Vibrant Living, I'm Dr. April.
I am honored to have you discover this page and look forward to being of service in your health and wellness journey. I am a bioenergetic integrative practitioner. In other words, I work with your whole-being for total health and wellness goals. Through my life experiences, both personal and working with patients and clients over 12 years, I am a firm believer on the ability to truly heal yourself from the inside out. My journey has led me to combine a variety of holistic approaches, breath-work, yoga, BioEnergetic Technique, Chiropractic, nutrition, fermentation, exercise, self-care, mental and emotional work to the practice of helping others discover their wholeness. The key to all of this is start where you can, keep it simple and add-on as you are ready. It does not have to be an all or nothing, or all at once type of process. Dr. Kevin and I published our book "Unexpected Wellness: A radically simple approach to health" in June 2016 to help people on exactly this, adding simple pieces to your life, rather than taking away. We talk about everything from exercise and nutrition to forgiveness and breathing. I began my experience in this world on a rocky slope. My mother did the best she could with what she knew, and I love her for that. I was rushed to the emergency room, barely breathing at one year of age. I was treated and diagnosed as asthmatic. I spent the next 20 years of my life taking daily allergy and asthma medications. I had ear infections, spent numerous days in the hospital, missed out on playing sports and my childhood dream of being a veterinarian. I was told not to be around animals, not to be outside, not to exercise. All for fear of another big asthma attack. The steroids, and other medications, caused me to gain excess weight. After high school graduation, I moved to College Station, Texas and began my education at Texas A&M. I began as a biology major with the desire to become a cardiovascular surgeon. I soon discovered, this was not for me. Through my electives, I fell in love with health and wellness classes. The idea that I could be healthy without having a lifetime of medications felt right to me. I switched to a Community Health major and began to exercise, eat better and feel like there was more than medicine to help people live well. I graduated from Texas A&M in 2002 and began to train for my first marathon. The marathon training experience was transformational, as was the marathon itself. As a matter of fact, no other marathon or half-marathon has had the same impact on my life. I discovered, during that first marathon, that I can do anything. Remember, doctors and experts told me not to run, not to be outside, but I completed my first marathon in January of 2003 in Houston, Texas. I trained in rain, in heat and in cold. I pushed myself like I never knew I could and there was a lot of emotional baggage that was released during this time. I became a NASM certified personal trainer and began to help others discover their health as well. After a while, I wanted to do more. I applied for Chiropractic college at Parker University in Dallas, Texas and entered the program a few months later. After my first year at Parker, I was fully off all medications and my childhood acne finally cleared up. I felt better than I had known was possible. Even chiropractors have various techniques and beliefs in how to treat patients. While I was at Parker, I learned about Dr. Ted Morter, founder of B.E.S.T. (BioEnergetic Synchronization Technique). When he was a chiropractic student, he mused that there had to be more than a "bone out of place" because his patients kept coming in with the exact same complaints week after week. He began to treat patients with nutrition, breath and energy work with great success. Patients noticed other things clearing up in their lives that they were not getting "treated" for. His daughter, Dr. Sue Morter, continued to develop the technique and has developed the Energy Codes. I have the pleasure of working and training under Dr. Sue Morter. In 2014, I became an Energy Code Facilitator. I love how gentle, yet powerful the B.E.S.T. sessions are, especially when combined with chiropractic and nutrition. Parker University, is also where I met Dr. Kevin. We were married a few months after I graduated and moved to Lee's Summit, Missouri to open our first practice. We loved our practice and patients in Lee's Summit. After a couple of years, we moved to Edmond, OK where my parents live and I had graduated from high school. As we have grown our practice here, we have also been busy teaching a various career colleges around the metro. I spent six years at two different colleges teaching nursing, medical assisting and personal training students. Everything from anatomy and physiology, microbiology, nutrition and medical ethics to exercise programming and office procedures. I have moved out of teaching in this environment to teaching workshops on fermentation, DIY non-toxic products, health, nutrition and more. In 2012, I delivered my daughter in our apartment with a midwife, doula and my husband. I am so grateful to them for supporting me through those 29 hours, and the months before and the months after for check-ups. Our doula did craniosacral therapy on our daughter when she was an hour old and we adjusted her (after our nap) at four hours old. Yes, I'm a crunchy momma. We did cloth diapers, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, essential oils and adjustments. Even to this day, we find things like the salt cave to help with any congestion or colds. I love to support women during their pregnancies and their children. We truly believe more in education and options than judgement and ultimatums. We have grown a lot over the past few years, learning how to parent while allowing imagination and curiosity to run free. I look forward to being able to help you discover your own vibrant living, even if that means pointing you in the right direction elsewhere. May you have peace, joy and health. Namaste. Dr. April is interested in working with people that feel there has to be more to life than this and those that want to know true health. Through her own experiences, her education and expertise, she brings to attention the depths of vibrant living in simple and empowering ways. |
" My passion is in helping others find the amazement in their own bodies and realize their true potential."
