About The Work

Biodynamic Bodywork (massage & craniosacral)

Traditional western bodywork is oriented toward treating pain or discomfort by looking for isolated "problems" and applying prescribed techniques. In the Biodynamic approach, the therapist is trained to use deep listening and inner stillness to follow the underlying intelligence and health operating in the patient's body. Nourishing the health and resilience of the patient's being with witness, care and devotion allows it to come forth with more certitude. Held (or pained) areas of the body begin to free and reintegrate into an underlying system of health, profoundly reducing stress and tension in the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual layers of the body. Clients report a fuller expression of ease and of well being in their lives. Biodynamic Craniosacral touch will be slower and the patient remains clothed. Biodynamic Massage will include deeper pressure, more movement and skin on skin touch.

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Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a body-oriented therapeutic approach developed by Dr. Peter Levine to help release trapped stress and trauma from the nervous system.

Instead of relying on traditional talk therapy, SE treats the body as the starting point for healing. It operates on the idea that trauma gets stuck in the body when a survival response—like fight, flight, or freeze—cannot complete itself during a dangerous event, or, as is the case with developmental Trauma, could never complete itself over the child's development. When the body is able to complete what it wanted to do during the isolated or continuous trauma, the patient experiences a change in their system and a new way of inhabiting their bodies and their life. The process is slow and resourcing and can create lasting and beneficial change in the recipient's nervous system, relationships, and in their life.

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