Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis & Mineral Balancing

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Mineral balance is one of the most important foundations for optimal mind-body health. Minerals are involved in every cell, tissue, organ, and body system — driving nearly every biochemical process in the body, including:

• Appetite
• Blood pressure
• Blood sugar regulation
• Bone formation
• Digestion
• Energy production and regulation
• Enzyme activity
• Fluid balance
• Hormone production and regulation
• Immune function
• Nerve signaling
• Nervous system regulation
• Neurotransmitter production and regulation
• Muscle function
• Mitochondrial function
• pH balance
• Stress response and resilience

Once you see how minerals impact every function in the body, it’s easy to understand how imbalances or deficiencies lead to symptoms, conditions, and disease. Mineral balancing restores your body’s mineral system, helping you reclaim health, energy, and vitality.

This is where Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) comes in. HTMA is a soft tissue biopsy — much like a liver biopsy, but using hair to assess mineral activity at the cellular level. It measures 37 elements, including macro-minerals, trace minerals, and toxic metals, providing direct insight into mineral metabolism and heavy metal status.

Many practitioners offer HTMA, but what sets my approach apart is how I interpret the test. Using research from pioneers like Dr. David Watts, Dr. Paul Eck, George Watson, Dr. Hans Selye, Dr. Weston A. Price, and others, I use HTMA as a full mind-body stress analysis — the foundation of true mineral balancing.

While individual mineral levels offer clues, the real power lies in interpreting mineral ratios and patterns, which reveal how the body is handling stress and regulating key systems. For example:

• Na/K (Stress Ratio): Reflects adrenal function and the body’s current stage of stress — alarm, resistance, or exhaustion.
• Ca/K (Thyroid Ratio): Indicates how well your cells are responding to thyroid hormones.
• Ca/Mg (Blood Sugar Ratio): Reflects how your body regulates insulin and blood sugar.

HTMA uses the 1.5 inches of hair closest to the scalp, giving insight into mineral trends over the past 3 months — unlike blood tests, which show only a moment in time. Blood maintains tight mineral control even when disease is present, often masking deeper imbalances. Minerals, however, shift in the tissues first — making HTMA an ideal early warning system for metabolic issues and the most reliable tool for knowing exactly what your body needs to heal and thrive.

When it comes to restoring health, energy, and vitality, mineral balancing is unmatched.

Collecting your hair sample instructions and FAQs

Hair sample collection video

In the body, the real magic happens in the cells, not in the blood.  Nutrient levels in the blood are tightly regulated under a very different homeostatic mechanism than nutrients in tissue.  A blood test will accurately indicate your levels at the time of the test only, whereas HTMA indicates nutrient metabolsim over an extended period of time.

HTMA vs Blood Chemistry

HTMA Ratios

I run a virtual clinic located in Alaska, United States.  All of my sessions are scheduled in the Alaska Time Zone.  If you live outside of the United States and Canada, we will connect via Zoom.  If you live in the United States or Canada, we will connect via Zoom or phone if Zoom is not an option for you. 

Outside of yes or no answers, stand-alone services, consultations, and lab tests do not include email support (unless detailed on the product page).  Questions that require more than a yes or no answer require a consult.    

Email is only monitiored during business hours.  While I do strive to be prompt, response times are dependent on my schedule and may take upto four business days.

 10am to 4 pm, Alaska Time, USA, Monday through Thursday.  

Balance 1:1 Collaborative:

See Program listing for specifics. 

All Other Services 

Are stand-alone tests and include only the lab test as advertised.

A custom compounded supplement powder is included in Balance 1:1 Collaborative.  

Supplements are not included with any other program, protocol, scan, lab, or service unless expressly notated in writing, or purchased as an add-on option at checkout.  

I only work with nutraceuticals that are of the highest efficacy and purity standards.  I do not recommend buying supplements from Amazon. Click here to read more about the dangers of buying supplements from Amazon.

Recommended labs sourced outside of my site will require an analysis and interpretation fee (per lab). 

Breathwork 101

A study of the composition and distribution of all minerals and trace elements in a living organism and their variations under diverse physiological and pathological conditions, specifically the molecular mechanism underlying the metabolism, homeostasis, and cross-talk of these elements.

Bioenergetics and bioresonance are two different but related fields that focus on the body’s energy systems to promote healing and balance in the body. . 

• Bioenergetics, on the other hand, focuses on the energy processes in the body, such as cellular metabolism, mitochondrial function, and nervous system regulation and resiliency.
• Bioresonance uses frequency to remove toxins, parasites, pathogens, and heavy metals, as well as support cells, tissues, organ, and system function.

Both of these modalities support the immune system, reduce stress, and improve overall health and well-being.

Somatic therapy is body-centric approach to release stress, tension, stagnant emotions, and trauma from the body.

Biofield refers to the complete energetic system within and around the body.  It includes an electric and magnetic component similiar to your home electrical wiring.  It highlights the interconnected nature of these elements, which play a vital role in your overall well-being.

Your body’s electromagnetic field extends past your physical body, and deeply connects your energy system with your conscious and subconscious mind.

Energy medicine is based on the understanding that physical, mental, and behavioral problems have a counterpart in the body’s energies, and can be treated at this level.

Trauma is not what happens to you.  Trauma is what happens inside of you as a result of what happened to you.  -Gabor Mate

Trauma is the lasting response resulting from distressing events. The distressing events don’t have to be huge. They can be small & seem like no big deal. It's all in how the event was interpreted.

Trauma is stored in the body (not the mind) where it alters our physiology & has a big impact on our health.  One of the first things we do after a traumatic experience is disconnect from our body – because the feeling or emotion is too painful.  So we live in our head.  Ignoring the trauma doesn’t make it go away.  The trauma is still there chronically triggering a fight or flight response, dysregulating your nervous system, and down regulating your energy producing glands.