Chi for Two®
Chi for Two® – The Energetic Dance of Healthy Relationship offers practices that explore better ways to manage traumatic events. These body-based practices are polyvagal-informed, trauma-sensitive and attachment-based inspired by dance-movement therapy and other somatic techniques. These practices are for: Individuals on a healing path, parents and their children, romantic partners, healing professionals and 12-Step enthusiasts.
MASSAGE AND BODY THERAPY
ESALEN® MASSAGE
Esalen® is an eclectic blend of techniques and principles from various disciplines, including Swedish massage, CranioSacral therapy and Gestalt awareness, amongst others. It is gentle, soothing and utilizes slow, graceful strokes capable of inducing a parasympathetic response to counter the “trauma response”.
Neuroscience now proves that physical and psychological trauma is recorded in the nervous system and can often be the underlying cause of chronic physical and psychological pain. Our nervous system responds to trauma by entering into an activated state of “Fight or Flight” or, under extreme circumstances, an immobilized state of “Shut Down”.
My goal is to help you achieve a heightened sense of body awareness and use it to “explore”, rather than “go after” patterns of tension in the body and breath. This somatic journey will assist with training and regulating Ventral Vagal (Vagus) Nerve Function and reset parasympathetic function to allow a lasting period of rest and repair.
My wish is that you’ll get a glimpse of the freedom of feeling at home in your body.
Time & Cost: 90 minutes – $130.00
This bodywork is beneficial for individuals suffering from depression, anxiety, grief and Post Traumatic Stress.
MYOFACIAL RELEASE/STRAIN COUNTER-STRAIN
An effective technique that involves applying sustained pressure on the sheath or “fascia” that surrounds our muscles. This rehabilitative modality involves re-educating the soft tissue at the site, and surrounding areas of, a direct injury or long term repetitive movement strain.
90 minutes – $130.00
SHIATSU MASSAGE
The term Shiatsu literally means “finger pressure”. Shiatsu is a Japanese healing art rooted in Chinese Medicine. This therapy is designed to soften the muscles and open the joint spaces through passive rocking and stretching while increasing body awareness through proprioception. To enhance the flow of Chi, varying levels of pressure are applied along the meridian pathways (which exist over the entire body) using the palms, thumbs, forearms, elbows and knees.
90 minutes – $130.00