SESSION POSSIBILITIES
Bodywork has been shown through research to have positive effects on many different conditions. Many effects are thought to be connected to the decrease in excess strain in the soft tissue network (muscles, connective tissue) as well as to the decreased level of stress hormones that occur during and after regular sessions.
Research Findings include:
- Decrease in musculo-skeletal pain
- Decrease in tension-related headaches
- Enhanced alertness and performance
- Enhanced immune function
- Increase in local blood and lymphatic circulation
MEGAN’S APPROACH TO BODYWORK
Many of my sessions focus on working with individuals with chronic pain. Though I also often see people for acute injury treatment as well as wellness, or relaxation-focused, sessions. Each session has the possibility of being very different, depending on what we discuss during the intake process. All sessions include some focus on: letting go of patterns of strain and pain in the body and increasing awareness in your body to help keep the progress of the session last .
People experience bodywork in a wide variety of ways. In sessions I work with all the layers of the body, from superficial to deep, using cues from your body to guide where and how to work. I rely on open communication between you and I to determine the appropriate depth and technique used.
In addition to the more tradition massage techniques, I also use the following techniques – as a full session, series of sessions, or part of a session.
Structural Integration: A technique that focuses on unwinding patterns of strain in your body through a series of usually 12 sessions. The goal is to restore your natural balance, alignment and ease of movement. Traditionally very assertive, and borderline aggressive, strokes were used to realign a person’s structure to work with, rather than against, gravity. Today, while the principles stay true to the founder, Ida P. Rolf, the ‘no-pain-no-gain’ idea has been dropped once it was realized it was counterproductive to the end goal.
Reiki: A technique that began in Japan in the 1920′s, it focuses on facilitating your body’s own healing mechanisms. Disruptions in these can manifest physically in many ways including pain, tension or illness. People choose Reiki as a way to promote general health, as well as relieve disease-related symptoms. Clients report sessions to be very relaxing, and helpful with a wide variety of ailments.
BodyTalk: Is a technique that was developed in the 1970’s and combines the principles of acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine and chiropractic. BodyTalk uses subtle cues in the body to help decide the priorities and order of techniques for the day. It works with the belief that trauma, chronic patterns and other habits may disconnect parts of the body from communicating effectively with each other, which causes pain and disease in the body. BodyTalk works to increase the communication between these parts of the body through the use of biofeedback. It is a very subtle technique that can have profound impacts on a person’s health and well-being.
Craniosacral: A technique that focuses on gently restoring balance to the entire body by working with relationship between the head and the sacrum. With roots in the osteopathic world, the technique began in the early 1900′s by Dr. Sutherland.
“You can’t do what you want, until you know what you are doing.”
- Moshe Feldenkrais