Craniosacral Therapy | Lighten Up Therapies

SomatoEmotional Release CST

by SharonHartnett | Aug 25, 2016 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, Massage, mind body & spirit

SomatoEmotional Release (SER) is just what it means…

Somato means relating to the human body.

Emotional is characterized by intense feelings.

Release is freedom!

What is different about SomatoEmotional Release Work with Craniosacral Therapy that other therapies?

With Craniosacral Therapy, the therapist focuses on the myofascial tissues, but primarily on the Craniosacral Rhythm as a guide to help release restrictions in the body that maintain stress patterns. As we listen intently to the quality, symmetry, rate and amplitude of the rhythm, we ask the Inner Physician within to lead the way to self healing and self discovery. This often leads us into disorganized energy and tissues, and possibly into a layer of emotions. An experienced Craniosacral Therapist will then gently encourage its expression to release the body into more freedom and mobility. Many other types of possible therapy might be either massage or psychotherapy. SER in particular, while it is not psychotherapy, allows for the mind, body and spirit to reconnect and bring more balance and awareness on many levels.

Craniosacral Therapy Columbus

Craniosacral Therapy is a very gentle type of therapy that focuses on connection with the central nervous system. Often people who are feeling overactive internally will feel quiet and calm. Others who feel lethargic pick up energy as they come closer to equilibrium. SER, with it full spectrum experiencing, gives space for the unfolding of blocked patterns into expression and presence.

If you feel like your emotions are stopping you from relaxing and enjoying your life, or that the tension in your body is causing pain, SomatoEmotional Release work may be just the right thing for you.

If you have any questions, please call Sharon Hartnett LMT at 740 966-5153

www.upledger.com

www.massageincolumbusohio.com

Healing Sexual Abuse with Craniosacral Therapy

by SharonHartnett | Apr 13, 2016 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, healing, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, mind body & spirit, upledger institute

Statistics say that 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys have suffered sexual abuse.

Many victims of abuse stay quiet about their experience. Isolation often leads them to feeling low self-esteem, and frightened about contact. It’s time to change that.

Craniosacral Therapy

Recovering from sexual abuse is an individualized process that is done with hope and help.

If one can only imagine after suffering in silence, what it would take to step out and commit to the healing process, know that resources are available.

Craniosacral Therapy can be very helpful if only for its therapeutic presence. Yet it is also a very gentle hands on therapy that is done with respect and in a neutral state of Being. This allows clients to have an experience of touch that is without judgment, where they can feel into their emotions and let go of residual trauma. This often takes many session to build trust, and to work with the Inner Physician within the client through mindfulness and self-discovery. This is not an advice type of psychotherapy, but rather a bodywork exploration into the senses, and feelings that come up organically within the bodywork context. By working with the Craniosacral Therapy rhythm, the therapist can monitor and support the Central Nervous system to balance and integrate.

Sharon Hartnett LMT has worked with clients with this modality in conjunction with psychotherapists to support self-discovery. Clients have learned to identify boundaries, to self-regulate and move through their trauma at their own pace and time. Everything is done with respect and organic movement. There is no need to accomplish or go for a goal, but rather to allow the process to unfold in its own way.

If you are feeling stressed and and feel like you would like to try this CST, call Sharon Hartnett CST-D for a free 15 minute consultation.

Sharon Hartnett 703 509-1792

Two Locations: Johnstown and Worthington Ohio

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

ADHD Help

by SharonHartnett | Mar 14, 2016 | Craniosacral Therapy, Massage, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, mind body & spirit

The percentage of drugs that children take for ADHD has gone up dramatically.

I have no judgement about this. Physicians are doing what they can to help children who feel inattentive, high energy and are having a difficult time integrating into mainstream daily life.

On top of the child’s own inherent challenges, they often can face rejection by other children, teachers and their community as well.

So what else can be done to help our children?

ADHD

How about trying a more natural approach that will support the best qualities of your child to shine ?

Craniosacral Therapy has been able to help lots of kids with ADHD to calm down and feel more centered. Personally, there is nothing better than having a child get up off the table and give me a big hug because they finally have a sense of peace and balance. If we can encourage the child to lay down and receive the work, the Central Nervous System often will feel some huge shifts. By working with the brain, spine, and surrounding tissues, we can assist the cerebrospinal fluid to function optionally, allowing the CNS to do its work more efficiently.

When one’s mind is busy, one of the best experiences can be to relax and feel quiet.

If you would like to try a Craniosacral Session, look at the Upledger site for a practitioner in your area. I’d recommend looking for someone who is certified to make sure they have a thorough understanding of the work.

If you have questions about how Craniosacral can help alleviate some of your child’s ADHD symptoms, I would love to chat.

Sharon Hartnett CST, SI, LMT

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

For more information on ADHD:

Can Craniosacral Help Resolve Post-Concussion Symptoms?

by SharonHartnett | Mar 4, 2016 | concussion, craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, Massage, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K

Post-Concussion Symptoms

If you have persistent symptoms after a head injury lasting over three months, your physician may diagnose you as having Post-Concussion Syndrome. Some the indications that might lead you to your doctor’s office are: dizziness, insomnia, fatigue, irritability- or just not feeling normal. If you have hit your head, make sure that you get checked out because the effects can last a very long time if left untreated.

If a concussion is your diagnosis, you may want to research and interview Craniosacral Therapists to help you recover. Personally, in my Cranosacral Therapy practice, I have worked with clients who have experienced headaches, memory issues, nausea, cognitive impairments and a sense of disorientation, along with other day to day challenges. In a matter of just a few sessions, clients begin to see improvements. The quality of their lives gradually change for the best.

Craniosacral Therapy

When clients come in with a concussion diagnosis, a Craniosacral Therapist (CST) will interview the client and evaluate the whole body. They will ask that their clients come at least 10 days after the injury before treating with hands on. This gives the client’s body time to rest which is very important. Once in the office and on the table, the CST will listen at different stations to determine how the work should move to support more optimal functioning. Often a client may think that the session should be spent on the head for most of the time, but that has not been my finding. Because the client has usually experienced a fall or been hit with some type of traumatic influence, the rest of the body can be pulling some of the tension throughout the whole craniosacral system. So it is necessary to address the symptoms as a whole body issue. It’s important to help the cerebral spinal fluid to flow and work properly along the spine and within the brain. An example might be if someone is knocked off their feet, it may be important to balance the feet, the pelvis, especially the sacrum first, to ready the body for the work to the cranium. When everything is functioning better below the head, it enhances the work around the brain. Structural restrictions release more easily and fall back into order.

What is so great about Craniosacral Therapy is that the touch is so light, yet because of its ability to work to release fascial adhesions, and to engage the Craniosacral System to support the Central Nervous System, it can boost and restore with minimal discomfort if any at all. Most clients get off the table deeply relaxed and feeling integrated in a whole new way.

There has been a recent growing attention to Concussions lately, especially with children in sports. If you or someone you know has received a blow to the head, make sure that he/she gets into see their physician. It’s best to catch and treat concussions early on. An integrative approach, including Craniosacral Therapy, may help you to feel healthier, clearer, energized and more on target.

For further information: Craniosacral Therapy Research for Concussions

Sharon Hartnett CST, SI, LMT

703 509-1792

www.massgeincolumbusohio.com

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

7 Reasons Why You Should Get Craniosacral Therapy

by SharonHartnett | Feb 20, 2016 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, Massage, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K

How Can Craniosacral Therapy Help You…

Simple and Easy: this is an easy way to release stress. When the mind and body can calm down and balance, the internal healing potential can do wonders.

Craniosacral Therapy

Just to name a few benefits:

Relieves Neck and Back Pain
Improves Range of Motion
Reduces Anxiety and May Help with Depression
Helps Resolve post-surgery adhesions
Boosts the immune system
Alleviates Fibromyalgia discomfort
Balances the spinal alignment with Scoliosis

Bonus: It can help with post-concussion symptoms!

Experiences vary from session to session. This light touch can bring about profound changes as it works directly with the Central Nervous System to balance. Clients may fall asleep, become very talkative, feel deep emotions that come to surface as the stress leaves the body.

CST can unleash your healing potential.

If you want to find a therapy that is gentle and effective to help you let go of tension, check out the Upledger Institute for a local practitioner near you.

Sharon Hartnett LMT

Serving the East Columbus, Ohio Area

740 966-5153

www.massageincolumbusohio.com

A Great Way to Help with Plantar Fasciitis

by SharonHartnett | Jan 27, 2016 | Craniosacral Therapy, Massage

What is Plantar Fasciitis?

Do you wake up in the morning feeling stiffness or pain in your feet as you stand up? If so, you may be experiencing plantar fasciitis.

The thick ligament that connects your heel to toes (along the arch) is called the plantar fascia. When this tissue is weak, it can cause pain either when you get up or are walking uphill. The pain may come on gradually or it may feel sharp and immediate. There are a few reasons that can contribute to this condition: overweight, high arches or flat feet, running, tight achilles tendons, or walking in shoes that don’t support your feet well.

plantar fasciitis

One of the modalities of hands on work that can be very helpful with this condition is myofascial therapy. In conjunction with rest when necessary, wearing good shoes with arch support, stretching and exercising joints, it is possible to get some relief. One of the things that needs to happen from a massage perspective is that the fascia all the way from surrounding foot bones and muscles need to find good tone and relaxation balance. Often from improper posture, the fascia can get rotated, twisted or adhere to the bones causing lack of healthy mobility. I find that by working with the fascia and with the Craniosacral system, that clients have seen wonderful changes as the tissues begin to soften, unwind as the foot gets more properly aligned. This work can be done either with patience and a soft gentle touch, or more strongly as long as the therapist is listening and responding to the information they are receiving from the fascia.

It does take time for plantar fasciitis to clear up with many clients. It’s important to remember though that the stress patterns that created the pain were built over time, and long-term resolution takes time too in some cases.

If your pain continues to get worst, do consult a physician. They can test and diagnose your condition properly.

Sharon Hartnett LMT, CST, SI

703 509-1792

Serving the Columbus Ohio area

« Older Entries

Next Entries »