Whether you are on a healing journey, or seeking bodywork as preventative medicine, I am humbled to work with you to better understand your own health.

 

O F F E R I N G

  • Holistic Pelvic Care

    Holistic Pelvic Care™ is ‘a holistic practice consisting of physical and energetic tools designed to evaluate, restore balance, and enhance vibrant flow in the pelvic bowl of the female body by working with an individual’s core patterns.’ Holistic Pelvic Care™ is a bodywork practice created by Tami Lynn Kent.
    This therapy works with body’s energetics through the fascia (the layer of connective tissue that surrounds and holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber and muscle). Here, we use guided visualization, external fascial unwinding, and breathwork.With a referral note from a medical professional, internal fascial work may be done. A series of 3-5 treatments are recommended.

  • Craniosacral Therapy

    ‘CranioSacral Therapy (CST) is a gentle, hands-on approach that releases tensions deep in the body to relieve pain and dysfunction and improve whole-body health and performance. It was pioneered and developed by Osteopathic Physician John E. Upledger after years of clinical testing and research at Michigan State University where he served as professor of biomechanics.

    Using a soft touch which is generally no greater than 5 grams - about the weight of a nickel - practitioners release restrictions in the soft tissues that surround the central nervous system. CST is increasingly used as a preventive health measure for its ability to bolster resistance to disease, and it's effective for a wide range of medical problems associated with pain and dysfunction.’ -Upledger Institute

    Sessions are conducted fully clothed , 60 minute session.

  • Therapeutic Bodywork

    Sessions address the energetic and physical body alignment through nervous system courting and gentle breathwork. Treatments are unique to the client’s needs, and are often an artful synthesis of Tui Na, Trigger Point Therapy, Craniosacral Therapy, and Abdominal Massage. Sessions may also include, Gua Sha, cupping, hot towels, aromatherapy, and breathwork.

    Offering 90, & 120 minute sessions. Up to 30 minutes may be devoted to consultation.

Modalities and a deeper look into our bodies and the natural world

Ayurvedic Abdominal Massage

Abdominal Massage is a window into our nervous system. Working within this area of the body can promote proper digestion, relieve tension, expand the flexibility of the diaphragm, address tension patterns, and nourish our core energetic posture.

Interested in full Abhyanga or Panchakarma Treatments? I practice with Blue Lotus Ayureveda in Asheville NC. Book through https://bluelotusayurveda.com/

Nervous System Level Work

This approach works with the body’s ability to self correct. Instead of working with the muscles through manual manipulation, we are allowing the system to re-align with the help of the therapist’s gentle fascial manipulation, rocking and guided breathwork. We are courting and encouraging alignment and full flow of Qi throughout the body.

What is the Nervous System?

The Nervous System is an intricate and complex system of nerves and cells which carry information between the brain and spinal chord, and different parts of the body.

It is broken down into : The Central nervous system (The Brain and Spinal Chord) and the Peripheral Nervous System (Somatic and Autonomic Nervous System).

Lets look closer at the Autonomic Nervous system…

The Autonomic N.S regulates involuntary movement, and organ function within the body. It’s two parts consist of:

1. Parasympathetic N.S
(Rest/digest - controls relaxation response)

2. Sympathetic N.S
(Fight/flight - diverts blood away from the organs towards major muscle groups, preparing the body to either fight or flee from danger)

Together they work together to help maintain the body’s homeostasis.

Trauma and How it Can Live Within the Body

Have you ever seen an animal ‘shake it off’? Animals have a natural response to stress, their bodies know how to release the tension that builds up during a stressful experience through the act of tremoring.

When we experience an event that triggers the survival mode within our bodies/ns, fight/flight/freeze, and we do not fully express the full arc of this response, the tension is stored within our bodies. The tension can be re-awakened in our day to day life, we may see this as PTSD, as chronic pain, depression, or as idiopathic illnesses.

By working with stored trauma on a somatic level, we can begin to look at and gently release stories and experiences of past events.

Holistic Pelvic Care

Holistic Pelvic Care™ is ‘a holistic practice consisting of physical and energetic tools designed to evaluate, restore balance, and enhance vibrant flow in the pelvic bowl of the female body by working with an individual’s core patterns.’ HPC is a bodywork practice created by Tami Lynn Kent.

This therapy works with body’s energetics through the fascia (the layer of connective tissue that surrounds and holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber and muscle).

The pelvis holds so many of our organs and connective tissues and can become a place of congestion. Just like how we can feel tight muscles form in our shoulders, we can have tight knots form in the muscles of our pelvis. Through gently working directly with these tissues, we can work to create free flow and relieve symptoms. In addition to helping with basic connection to our felt sense of our pelvis, HPC can help support:

-urinary leakage

-uterine prolapse

-pelvic heaviness or instability

-pelvic muscle weakness

-pelvic pain

-pain with intercourse.

In the state of NC LMBTs require a doctor’s note to practice this internal work. Please reach out with any questions regarding HPC™.

  • Where the energy is blocked in a [person's] root, so is [their] access to spirit

    -Tami Lynn Kent

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