Unlocking Healing Through Integrative Therapies
Welcome to Heart Wisdom Bodywork, where I specialize in integrating CranioSacral Therapy, SomatoEmotional Release, Visceral Manipulation, BodyTalk, Lymphatic Drainage, and Reflexology with Archetypal Dreamwork and Astrology. Discover a holistic approach to healing that nurtures your mind, body, and spirit.
Unlocking Healing Through Integrative Therapies
Welcome to Heart Wisdom Bodywork, where I specialize in integrating CranioSacral Therapy, SomatoEmotional Release, Visceral Manipulation, BodyTalk, Lymphatic Drainage, and Reflexology with Archetypal Dreamwork and Astrology. Discover a holistic approach to healing that nurtures your mind, body, and spirit.
CranioSacral Therapy uses the individual’s inherent self-corrective mechanisms to enhance general health, reduce accumulated stress, and improve resistance to disease. Specifically, CST treats stress and tension; high blood pressure, migraines and headaches; depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD; TMJ dysfunction and pain; back pain; neck and shoulder pain; scoliosis; chronic fatigue; fibromyalgia; pulmonary or cerebral congestion; and sinus pain.
Can we give the same attention to ourselves, a nurturing attention, as we need to do to our garden, forest, oceans and earth? How do we find sustainable resources for our bodies in the same way we are looking for sustainable ways to continue life on earth.
CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle, non-invasive approach to rebalancing and relaxing the whole body. It uses the individual’s inherent self-corrective mechanisms to enhance general health, reduce accumulated stress, and improve resistance to disease. Specifically, CST treats stress and tension; high blood pressure, migraines and headaches; depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD; TMJ dysfunction and pain; back pain; neck and shoulder pain; scoliosis; chronic fatigue; fibromyalgia; pulmonary or cerebral congestion; and sinus pain.
The purpose of Visceral Manipulation is to recreate, harmonize, and increase proprioceptive communication in the body, in order to enhance its internal mechanism for optimum health. Visceral manipulation is organ-specific fascial mobilization, and is based on the premise that free movement within the body is vital, and thus any restriction will adversely affect health. Visceral manipulation treats functional and structural imbalances throughout the body, with an aim to affect musculoskeletal, vascular, nervous, urogenital, respiratory, digestive, and lymphatic dysfunction. It evaluates and treats the dynamics of motion and suspension in relation to organs, membranes, fascia, and ligaments and increases proprioceptive communication within the body, thereby revitalizing it, and relieving symptoms of pain, dysfunction, and poor posture. Visceral manipulation relies on the palpation of normal and abnormal forces within the body, with the specific goal of encouraging normal tone and movements, both within and between the internal organs, their connective tissue, and other structures of the body where normal motion has been impaired. By using precise manual techniques, such as palpation of the superficial and deep fascia and the mobility and motility of individual organs, therapists can evaluate how abnormal forces interplay, overlap, and affect the normal body forces at work. The goal of visceral manipulation is to help the body return to normal function and thereby remove compensatory symptoms, whatever their source, leading to improved health and optimal body functioning.
Your organs are soft and need to move inside your body to do their jobs. Visceral mobility is how well your organs can contract and release and squish as needed. Overburdened or damaged organs can develop adhesions and scar tissue that makes them less pliable. When the fascia — the connective tissue and fluid around organs — becomes stiff, it limits their movement and pliability and hinders your organs’ function.
This carries through to the rest of your body, and there are two main ideas behind why. First there’s the logic that the entire body is innervated, so problems on the organ side of the nerve carry through the length of the nerve to muscles and limbs. The second idea is that stiff fascia around an organ formed because there was a problem, and that’s your body’s way of protecting vulnerable spots. Once the problem resolves, the fascia remains. Your whole body’s movement stems from your core, and pain and tightness from your organs sends the signal to limit movement from the parts of your body that will expose the vulnerable area.
Visceral manipulation involves abdominal massage that combines pressing, deep strokes, and friction to strip away the adhesions. The goal is to restore the pliable, mobile state that helps your organs get the circulation, nutrients, and suppleness they need to function properly.
Benefits of visceral manipulationLike I said before, you have to experience it to believe it. There’s nothing like feeling your muscles and joints release and realign, all because someone worked on your abdominal cavity for a while.
Anecdotally, people report improvements in many areas, like:
- Reduced chronic muscle pain
- Less bloating and constipation
- Improvements with uterine fibroids and cysts
- Reduced joint pain
- Improved sciatica
- Relief from carpal tunnel
- Less trouble from “old” injuries
- Diminished symptoms of fibromyalgia
- Improved digestion
These are only a small selection of the long list of things people report as benefits from visceral manipulation.
BodyTalk is a simple and effective holistic therapy that allows the body's energy systems to be re-synchronized so they can operate as nature intended. Each system, cell, and atom is in constant communication with each other at all times. Through exposure to the stresses of day-to-day life, however, these lines of communication can become compromised or disconnected, which then leads to a decline in physical, emotional and/or mental well-being. Reconnecting these lines of communication enables the body's internal mechanisms to function at optimal levels, repairing and preventing disease while rapidly accelerating the healing process. In this way, BodyTalk stimulates the body's innate ability to balance and heal itself.
BodyTalk is becoming a mainstream healing technique. This consciousness-based process, working empirically on the energy levels in the body, is a powerful support to people looking to improve their quality of life. It is a simple tapping technique based on principles as ancient as 5,000-year-old Advaita Yoga, and as new as the latest in quantum biomechanics.
Kinesiology allows us to delve under the ordinary reality of the conscious mind and connect with our true Self, which experiences a deep knowing of a higher self-awareness. This is our innate wisdom. The conscious mind and the subconscious conditioning in the body present obstacles that are barriers to realizing our true Self. It is often difficult to see these obstacles, much less accept them. By circumventing the conscious mind and tapping into the below-conscious levels, BodyTalk allows us to uncover our unconscious patterns and shift and heal them. The results are often surprising, they are sometimes puzzling, and they can be life-changing.
Manual Lymphatic Drainage was pioneered by Danish Drs. Emil Vodder and Estrid Vodder in the 1930s[2] for the treatment of chronic sinusitis and other immune disorders. While working on the French Riviera treating patients with chronic colds, the Vodders noticed these patients had swollen lymph nodes. In the 1930s, it was considered taboo to tamper with the lymphatic system due to the medical profession's poor understanding of this system. The Vodders were not deterred by this and, in 1932, began to study the lymph system, developing light, rhythmic hand movements to promote lymph movement. In 1936, they introduced this technique in Paris, France, and after World War II, they returned to Copenhagen to teach other practitioners to use this therapy. Elaine is Certified by the Vodder School of Massage and spent three weeks working at the home clinic for the school in Walchsee, Austria.
About Heart Wisdom Bodywork
Empowering Healing and Transformation
At Heart Wisdom Bodywork, I blend the art of CranioSacral Therapy with SomatoEmotional Release, Visceral Manipulation, BodyTalk, Reflexology, Archetypal Dreamwork, and Astrology to provide a unique healing experience. My therapies are designed to unlock your body's innate wisdom and promote deep healing on multiple levels. Experience the profound connection between mind, body, and soul at Heart Wisdom Bodywork.
I have done seven levels of training in Upledger CranioSacral Therapy, seven levels of Visceral Manipulation, seven levels of BodyTalk, Vodder Manual Lymph Drainage, Reflexology, Emotional Freedom Technique, Compassionate Communication, and ten years of Archetypal Dreamwork.
Holistic Healing Approach
My integrative therapies focus on nurturing your holistic well-being, addressing physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects for comprehensive healing.
Personalized Treatment Plans
I tailor each treatment plan to meet your unique needs, ensuring a customized healing journey that resonates with your individuality.
Discover the profound connection between your mind, body, and soul through our harmonious blend of therapeutic modalities and spiritual practices.
Elaine is an experienced practitioner dedicated to guiding you towards optimal health and well-being, supporting your healing process with compassion and expertise.
She is a Master CranioSacral Therapist, a Certified BodyTalk Practitioner and a credentialed Reflexologist.
CALL 608 636 5022 or
heartwisdombodywork@gmail.com
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