Chronic Stress & Cultivating Health
Unresolved injuries, pain and chronic stress have a strong influence on how our bodies work, affecting not just our physical health but how we show up for ourselves, each other and what matters.
Often our bodies are still holding experiences from our our most stressful times, our early lives, our birth, and even survival patterning passed down from our ancestors.
You might notice a baseline of tension or numbness, or feel overwhelmed or frozen long after a big life challenge has passed. Or you may have ongoing circumstances that leave you unable to ever feel at ease. You might even find you're not responding to the various treatments and types of care that have been recommended.
Sometimes a missing piece is to work directly with the nervous system, the body's security system. (And sometimes it's a signal that you may be doing too much and rest and less is called for!)
My expertise is in stabilizing, resetting and offering ways to balance your nervous system. Whether we're working together online or in person, it's an an interactive process where I'm checking in with what you're noticing as you explore your sensations, your awareness of your body in space and micromovements in session. In person, we might also explore touch work or hands on listening as well. Nervous system education is a part of the process.
Sessions support the gradual process of feeling at home in your body and more resilient in the face of life's ups and downs. They are also an additional layer of support for chronic conditions and post-traumatic stress. They compliment your medical care and psychotherapy processes.
My approach integrates principles of Traditional East Asian Medicine, acupressure and the latest neuroscience gently access self-healing capacities to repair and restore the body after chronic stresses. It can also support repair of how early life experiences (pre and perinatal, early childhood) imprint our nervous systems, our bodies, our being.