• Sensory Re-Patterning
• CranioSacral Therapy/SomatoEmotional Release
• Movement Education
• Visceral Manipulation

Sensory Re-Patterning

This bodywork modality is very playful and gentle.  The session consists of a series of gentle, rocking, shimmering, or wave-like motions. Care is taken to move you only within your available and pain-free range of motion. Clients report how utterly peaceful they feel afterwards. 

The session is designed to impart a sense of a lighter, freer body on the body’s nervous system.  Stiff, tight bodies melt into softness. It integrates the body and the mind and is a wonderful stress reduction modality. It is a no-oil alternative to traditional massage modalities but with effects that are cumulative and lasting. The work can be received in light clothing if preferred.

CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release

CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle, non-invasive technique which addresses the functioning of the central nervous system by working with the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid which surround and protect the spinal cord and cranium. It assists the body’s natural healing mechanisms in dissipating the negative effects of stress upon the central nervous system.

CranioSacral Therapy is helpful with :

• Migraine headaches
• Chronic neck and back pain
• Motor-coordination impairments
• Central nervous system disorders
• Colic
• Autism
• Learning disabilities
• Emotional difficulties
• Stress and tension related problems
• Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJ)
• Post-traumatic stress disorder

SomatoEmotional Release is a therapeutic process that expands on the principles of CranioSacral Therapy to help rid the mind and body of the residual effects of trauma. Joint research efforts by Dr. John Upledger and biophysicist Dr. Zvi Karni led to the discovery that the body often retains (rather than dissipates) physical forces. This is often the result of an accident, injury, or emotional trauma. The dysfunctional area is isolated, creating what is called an “energy cyst”. Although a reasonably healthy body can adapt to “energy cysts,” extra energy is required to perform normal bodily functions. As time passes, the adaptive pattern of the body loses its effectiveness. Symptoms begin to appear and, over time, become more difficult to suppress. The SomatoEmotional Release process requires extreme sensitivity on the part of the therapist and a positive attitude and trust from the client/patient.

Movement Education

Movement education is part of every session of Structural Integration given by our practitioners. Improper ways of moving are what caused you to develop body imbalances and seek out help through bodywork like Structural Integration. Most of us stand, walk, sit and generally move in ways that compress our bodies. Much of our daily activities put strain in the body. Through movement education, you will gain new and easier ways of sitting, standing, walking and just being which will help you from becoming imbalanced again.

For those who desire or need further movement education, both Carol and Anne-Marie offer sessions devoted just to exploring movement. We offer movement lessons either individually or in small groups. The results of movement education can be as profound and as dramatic as those achieved through direct physical manipulation. Movement education informs you how to better keep and deepen the changes made by physical manipulation by helping you to discover more efficient ways of using your body.

Visceral Manipulation