Welcome to my site! Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I have been practicing bodywork for 20 years now with my focus on craniosacral and trauma resolution therapies. My training in craniosacral work encompasses biomechanical, visionary, and biodynamic approaches from such esteemed instructors as John Upledger, Hugh Milne, Franklyn Sills and Michael Shea. I held a teaching position at a local massage school for 16 years where I helped develop and teach classes which included craniosacral therapy, for eight years. From the combined experiences over these years has emerged an eclectic blend which I am naming Conscious Touch.
My journey to trauma resolution therapy began in massage school where we were taught that a client could experience an emotional release during massage, and the only explanation for that at the time was that "the issues were in the tissues", that somehow,the body retained emotion. This fascinated me and caused me to gather as much information as I could about it, and over the years much reasearch has been done in the realm of trauma with great leaps of understanding and emerging somatic (body) therapies. For me, the most effective therapy I have learned to date is Somatic Trauma Resolution (STR), taught by Sharon Porter. I hold certification as a practitioner and instructor of that work.
As I have been practicing that work something else has emerged. Probably 50% of all my clients were experiencing some degree of 'trauma' in their daily lives. I found that the principles of STR were extremely helpful with these issues - hence, the Resourcing class. This class is available to everyone that is interested in learning easy-to-use tools to manage the overwhelming stress of everyday life. After I began teaching that class I was asked to give a presentation on those principles so I developed - Stressbusting! An abbreviated version useful for groups.
Most recently I have learned the brain integration method Psych-K which increases the 'cross-talk' between brain hemispheres thereby achieving a more 'whole-brained' state. From here we can change the subconscious self-defeating, self-limiting beliefs into self-enhancing beliefs that accelerate personal growth.
I hope this site provides useful information. Please e-mail with any questions left unanswered - I love to share information! Char
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