My Approach to Bodywork
I am trained and experienced with many different modalities of bodywork. When I worked at Harbin Hot Springs -- where they used the many individual modalities as a marketing tool -- you could schedule an appointment with me for whatever modality you chose. But I’ll be honest: I don’t usually enjoy or get my best results being limited to a single modality. I prefer to take a more flexible, intuitive approach (which I call “Fluidics”), grounded in your intentions, the condition of your body, and how you respond to my presence and touch throughout the session. Always, my goal is to help restore your muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments, and joints to their natural health and functionality -- and to help restore all your body’s systems (respiratory, circulatory, musculoskeletal, digestive, lymph, craniosacral, meridian, energetic, and mental/emotional) to balanced equilibrium.
To do all this is part technique, and part alchemy.
Some of the therapeutic bodywork techniques in which I have been trained include: Swedish Massage, Lomi-Lomi, Deep Tissue, Shiatsu, Thai, Trager®, Craniosacral, Myofascial, Neuromuscular, Reflexology, Healing and Therapeutic Touch, Matrix Energetics, and the aquatic modalities of Watsu®, Waterdance, Healing Dance, Jahara Technique, and Aquatic Energy Work. (I am also significantly influenced by Structural Integration, though I haven't been formally trained in the work.) All of these modalities have their characteristic approaches, techniques and individual moves that are specific to them. Taken all together, they comprise my bodyworker’s toolbox. And the functional result of my training, skill, gifts, and experience, is the now-reflexive knowing of where, when, and how to apply each individual tool.
To do all this is part technique, and part alchemy.
Some of the therapeutic bodywork techniques in which I have been trained include: Swedish Massage, Lomi-Lomi, Deep Tissue, Shiatsu, Thai, Trager®, Craniosacral, Myofascial, Neuromuscular, Reflexology, Healing and Therapeutic Touch, Matrix Energetics, and the aquatic modalities of Watsu®, Waterdance, Healing Dance, Jahara Technique, and Aquatic Energy Work. (I am also significantly influenced by Structural Integration, though I haven't been formally trained in the work.) All of these modalities have their characteristic approaches, techniques and individual moves that are specific to them. Taken all together, they comprise my bodyworker’s toolbox. And the functional result of my training, skill, gifts, and experience, is the now-reflexive knowing of where, when, and how to apply each individual tool.
A practice of presence (the California influence).
The alchemical part of my work is more esoteric. The bulk of my training and practice (though not all) has been in California, the epicenter of leading-edge healing work. The overriding teaching -- and experience -- of all my California-based training is that embodied presence and unconditional love form the ground for all true healing. What I mean by that is, the quality of the attention that I give to you and your body throughout the session is as important -- if not more -- than the mechanical techniques I use. You may not be conscious of it as we work together, but what’s going on in my heart, mind, and energy field contribute profoundly to the outcome you experience.
For me, giving bodywork is, at its best, both a physical discipline and a spiritual practice.
(If you’d like to experience right now some of what I’m calling the “spiritual” stuff for yourself, try the “Gratitude Healing” practice you can find by clicking here.)
For me, giving bodywork is, at its best, both a physical discipline and a spiritual practice.
(If you’d like to experience right now some of what I’m calling the “spiritual” stuff for yourself, try the “Gratitude Healing” practice you can find by clicking here.)
