Integrative bodywork

for health, embodiment, and joy

The approach

set to your perfect pressure blending hand and foot pressure with deep tissue or light touch techniques for full body myofascial release and nervous system rebalancing

From bio-psycho-social approach, bodywork acknowledges many factors contribute to pain and discomfort in the body. To support the many systems including nerves, fascia, muscle, bone, neurochemicals, and fluids, several techniques are used. Sessions are customized to reset the nervous system, reorient fascia, relieve muscular tensions, help prevent injury, support healing, decrease pain, tone the system, and so much more.

Myofascial Release is central to this practice, featuring barefoot bodywork styles of Sarga Bodywork and Ashiatsu as well as light touch in Biodynamnic CranioSacral, or increase potency with Graston Technique, Cupping Therapy, to list a few. A combination of hand and foot techniques are utilized throughout the session matching the pressure to your ideal intensity.

These sessions are collaborative

Together we will design the kind of session that will work for what is coming up for you.

Integrative Bodywork

Sessions are blended with hand and foot pressure to deliver just the right amount of pressure and intensity to meet your body with the kind of contact you need. We always respect your capacity, and can approach the areas that need it most without force or activating pain or protective responses.

As a Certified Sarga Bodywork Practitioner® l have been trained and certified in the safe and effective application of Sarga Bodywork’s proprietary barefoot myofascial massage methodology and am qualified to provide this method as a professional service. I utilize a length of fabric fastened to a massage table to aid in delivering therapeutic myofascial and deep tissue techniques with my bare feet. This length of fabric is used for stability and to add tensional and gravitational force to manual therapy methods which aim to facilitate deep relaxation and less restriction in recipients’ bodies.

Myofascial bodywork focuses on fascia, which can be visualized as white fibrous tissue encapsulating red muscle tissue. Fascia is a connective tissue that plays a crucial role in the body’s structure and function. It is also highly innervated, meaning it has a direct influence on the nervous system.

By utilizing techniques that specifically target fascia, our goal is to have a significant impact on the nervous system. This approach can be particularly effective in stimulating a parasympathetic response, which is the rest-and-digest state of the body that facilitates a deep sense of relaxation and wellbeing.

Ashiatsu is a term used to describe the application of foot pressure with the assistance of overhead bars rather than a silk as with Sarga. With this technique I am able to apply long strokes and lengthen and stretch muscles and fascia.

Biodynamic CranioSacral

Combine the session with Biodynamic CranioSacral to emphasize relaxation and add more of a meditative effect and emotional or spiritual resonance.

“Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) is a gentle non-invasive, hands-on session for the whole body. Performed on a massage table, the client is fully clothed and the practitioner touch is light and still. The session focus is to support the inherent health of the whole being, especially the nervous system (NS). The NS dictates all of the body’s functioning, constantly sending and receiving information.

BCST practitioners understand how an optimally functioning healthy nervous system performs. We are trained for years on how to use acute perception skills to perceive subtle physiological changes. We also are aware of the energetic map that underlies one‘s basic health and symptomology. We believe that health is never lost no matter what the ailment. We use our ability to identify the parts of the nervous system that are not functioning optimally and our awareness of the “always available health” in the body to assist the system in bringing itself back into balance. This supports greater ease and helps the body decrease symptoms.” (BCST.com)

FAQ

Cupping Therapy

Add cupping to the session to add intensity and increase therapeutic change at the physical level.

A type of treatment that uses vacu-therapy by placing a cup made of silicone glass or plastic on the skin and creating suction to lift and separate the tissue layers.

People use cupping for a wide range of reasons including help with pain, inflammation, blood flow, relaxation, tension patterns, to heal old injuries, to support athletic recovery, and for a deep-tissue massage effect.

How to begin a bodywork practice

Consider a regular frequency. Biweekly, or Monthly are great maintenance level options. Weekly sessions are helpful for dedicated focus to making long-term changes.
Clear the time in your schedule. It’s nice to have some spaciousness to be able to arrive without feeling rushed, and have low-intensity or restful activities for after the session.
Before your session, notice how you are feeling and where you are holding your tension. Also notice what is feeling more open and relaxed.
After your session, I invite you to drink and eat and rest or take an easy walk. Your session might continue to integrate after you leave so be easy on yourself.
See if you notice anything that is different. How do you feel? What sensations is the body sending? How much space do you notice in your tissues?
Over the next few days, see if you can stay open to any new space that now feels more accessible. If stress patterns come up again, see if you can come back to this new center a little easier.