Ease Into Grace with Mindful Connection: Being in the Heart

by | Jun 30, 2024 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, healing, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, upledger institute

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Grace

Working today, I thought about how there are so many people who are suffering who could use some Grace. Some people find help and relief. However, some don’t know how to find and connect with the healthy resources they need in order to get well. Perhaps they don’t have the financial means. Mostly what I run into though are the many women who don’t feel acknowledged in the healthcare system for chronic pain. Many tell me that they feel dismissed and unheard.

As a Craniosacral Therapist, I enjoy having the 75 minutes my sessions offer to help people. It’s a therapy which addresses the whole person with grace. When we connect, meld and bring spaciousness into awareness, the body can miraculously heal itself. The Craniosacral Therapy relaxes the body, and enhances the nervous systems body to regulate. Often, it’s a very deep and profound experience.

Today, in life, remember that there are people who are truly having a hard day. Maybe a hard life. I bring that a little deeper into my heart. How can you bring some grace into the relationship and the Moment?

Sharon Hartnett CST-D
703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Healing: The Most Powerful Force Is Found in Nature

by SharonHartnett | Jun 28, 2024 | Craniosacral Therapy, Energy Healing, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, upledger institute

Healing Arises From a Place Deeper Than the Physical Body.

Healing. When we walk outside on a beautiful day, it’s easy to feel the harmony of life in nature. There is a flow, an order, and also innate structure which allows life to happen.

There exists a summation of all the individual parts that enhance the whole. The changes of the seasons, the new beginnings and endings all give us an idea of the depth of life beyond what we can even imagine. Life makes sense, yet there is still the Unknown.

The mystery. When life goes off course, miracles do happen. Quite often something which is needed gets brought into the equation to make it all work. Yet it not usually the case that we can MAKE healing happen. Rather it’s like an ingredient that is gathered in and offered. It’s the right combination. It’s the melding into unity that gives rise to strength and recovery.

With Craniosacral Therapy, and Visceral Manipulation, it is usually the listening, blending, and the gentle touch that suggests a new possibility. The invisible intelligence within connects down to the cellular level, the tissues, the organs and a whole system. I feel this with all of the people who rest on my table. Often it feels like bringing in change and a new way that opens the door for turning on shifts, growth and integration.

For clients, in between sessions, I often recommend taking off the shoes and walking through a park and feeling the earth’s grounding as life unfolds. Observe the sky which goes beyond the clouds and through space. Imagine all the things to which we are all connected. Some known, but most not.

Healing, is more than the body. It’s the life force and intelligence that is experienced throughout all of nature.

Listen to your body. Notice how you belong, and how all things fit into the pulse of life.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D at Lighten Up Therapies
703 509-1792
Worthington and Johnstown Locations

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Make Your Life Easier by Slowing Down

by SharonHartnett | Jun 24, 2024 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K

Make Your Life Easier by Slowing Down

So much of what we do seems important. It all stacks up. But slowing down and taking one thing at time is a great tool to get things done even more efficiently. We think more clearly when we give space and quiet to our minds.

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Enjoy Your Life

There is no treasure more valuable than to truly “Be Yourself”. How you discover this is to be mindful, and allow the wind to bring it to your attention.

Not only listening to your thoughts, but also sensing into your body.

Make the time to listen and meld with your own “Being”. The dance between therapist and client with Craniosacral Therapy and Visceral Manipulation, can take you deep into the evolution of your soul.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

6797 N. High St. #333 Worthington, Ohio 43085

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Here’s How to Build Intimacy Safely

by SharonHartnett | May 28, 2024 | Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K

Intimacy Within

Actually most people who find their way to see me are searching to find a deeper intimacy within themselves. The symptoms they usually express include stress, and quite often pain. These though are truly only layers.

With somatic bodywork, the body tells the history. Stress and pain walk hand in hand with physical tension. As we age, with life’s twists and turns, it’s easy to move away from our physical body cues. The body tightens. The tissues contract and fluidity dries up. We don’t necessarily complete healing processes in real time, and we feel it. Ultimately, we end up carrying around old unresolved patterns and habits that distract us from our very real and deep Inner Resources and Core. For someone who is trained in Somatic Bodywork, this is easy to see and to feel in the relationship, and by noticing posture and through touch. For those of us who are ultra-sensitive, we can experience this even being in the energy of the person.

What I have found over the years to be true, is that in order to feel whole and complete, we must become intimate with ourselves through mindful awareness. With Craniosacral Therapy, we as therapists listen to the body intently. We pay attention to the rhythms and vitality. We hold space for our clients to meet themselves through the different layers of consciousness by connecting to the Craniosacral and Nervous Systems primarily. Sometimes this is easy for clients. At other times, it is very difficult to sense and feel who and what we truly are. Quite often as the trust builds, clients will connect with their fears, their tears, and pain, later to watch them dissolve and find new freedom.

In order for a session to be supportive, the Craniosacral Therapist needs to stay neutral, and in respect to the Deeper Well of Wisdom inside. We Craniosacral Therapists are the mirrors who help people to find the way back home. And to me, this is back to experiencing their True Selves. That spark that is You, deserves to be found. There is a great and precious gift waiting to be known. This is the potential evolution of each individual.

I don’t expect that most people have this experience all the time. But the more and more we have the moments of Self-Realization, we learn to break negative patterns and to remember our own confidence, love and power. We find deeper and greater meaning in life. This does mean taking an intimate look within. Craniosacral therapy can be a doorway to do this.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

The Quality of Touching Fascia and the Craniosacral System.

by SharonHartnett | May 26, 2024 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, healing, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, upledger institute

Touching the Facia and Craniosacral System from an Artistic Craniosacral Perspective.

I love this floral picture of the various layers in color. It reminds me of how when I am listening to the Craniosacral System inside the human body, that the fascia is so closely related to everything. Visually one can see these bright vibrant colors in this picture individually, but we can also notice the melding and adding into the interconnection of the whole in beauty.

That’s how it feels when a Craniosacral Therapist is listening with our hands. We feel the many layers of conscious cells, tissues, organs and sytems which are alive and communicating. There is a deliciousness to understanding in a deeper context how the body is organized and flowing through our gentle manual touch. Swimmingly, there is so much information moving through the super highways of the fascia. The sensitive in our hands are feeling the fascia acting as the medium of interconnection and dynamic motion. To me, it feels like the Craniosacral System is at the bottom of the well which informs the rest of the body how to move through life. The fascia is the orchestra playing out the song.

As Craniosacral Therapists, we can’t isolate the work we do. We tune in, and listen. Pieces arise and move toward the whole. We meld, and blend, just like this gorgeous artwork. Patterns and Essence Intelligence lead the way to healing and growth. Something profound happens when we connect with the cerebral spinal fluid and its rhythm, so that the nervous system finds peace and it’s own sense of inner agency.

Craniosacral Therapy affects us in a way that awakens the Higher Self and Inner Wisdom. It provides a bridge to sourcing ourselves and finding meaning and understanding in our lives. After years, of receiving and offering this work, I find it to be a road to the “Taste of Bliss”. Yet, we all discover what is meant for us through each interaction we make, when and at the time that it right for us. With enough mindful work, we discover that the wonder of the body is always here. Most often Craniosacral Therapy slows us down, and activates that which moves from dormant to vibrance and resonance. It helps us to be freed to live in the moment.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

6797 N. High St. #333

Worthington, Ohio 43085

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Find The Best Craniosacral Therapist For You.

by SharonHartnett | May 19, 2024 | Craniosacral Therapy, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K

To Perform Craniosacral Therapy (CST) at a High Level, takes many years of training. Personally, I studied at the Upledger Institute. I believe that they teach with skill, and provide a great foundation for Craniosacral Practitioners to help their clients heal and feel better. Developing true skill though takes experience. The more hands on we get with people, the more we learn. Our clients are our best teachers, as we listen and support with our hands and our Presence.

Probably the most well known originator of the Craniosacral work started with Dr. William Sutherland, an Osteopathic Physician who discovered, not only that the power to heal lives within the body, but also many manual approaches that are still practiced today.

Later in the 1970’s and 80’s, Dr. John Upledger took the reins, and further researched and Co-Created the Upledger Institute. Now there are many thousands of students taking classes at the Institute, and learning how to tap into the Power of the Craniosacral System. A once unfamiliar manual approach is now becoming well known through much word of mouth, based on the great success stories, as well as studies done with, for example, brain trauma experienced on the football fields.

In order to practice Craniosacral Therapy professionally, a practitioner needs to have some type of license for manual work in most places. But this does depend on the state or the country. From an Upledger perspective, classes are taught, building one on top of the other to help the practitioners deepen and widen their skill set. We learn about the brain, the cerebral spinal fluid, and quite a bit about the whole Central Nervous System. As a student advances through the curriculum, the work gets more detailed, and when a practitioner is interested, they can begin to dialogue between the body sense and the client mind. It’s genuinely a beautiful experience to be with, and observe the body’s own inner wisdom help a person to re-connect with the body with grounding, integration and embodiment.

There are many people who take one course, and they may add it into massage, physical therapy or in their field of practice. It’s a fine accompaniment to many practices. However, if you truly want to get a real feel for the work, it’s useful to look for a practitioner who is certified. The first level of completion at the Upledger Institute takes a lot of commitment and thorough understanding of the techniques. This is when a practitioner becomes a “therapist”. The highest level is the Diplomate. The work to accomplish this takes dedication and a passion for sure. It’s a lot of work, and it means a lot to get this Certification. Any Therapist who meets this criteria knows the work well and is quite experienced.

If you are looking for the best therapist who is certified in your area, check out reviews, testimonials, and also how many classes they have studied. If you go to www.upledger.com, you’ll get an idea for the area of specialties they offer. Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle, yet powerful manual approach with trust the intelligence of your body. If you want to find out more, contact a therapist in your area with questions. Most of us would be glad to take some time to see if it is a good fit for you!

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com