The Importance of Feeling Understood.

by SharonHartnett | Jan 27, 2022 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, meditation, mind body & spirit

Understood

What’s it like to be understood? Our names are a lable that identify us. I am not usually one who likes to be labeled. But there is something so vital about being witnessed, understood and heard that feels so important to our human nature. With Craniosacral Therapy, touch is also about melding and blending while listening to a person’s Central Nervous System. When the person is met, something alive and deeper awakens. It’s that place where we long to be recognized and finally are in a very sensory way understood.

Human beings are meant to be touched and understood. Craniosacral Therapy is such a great system to reflect this back. It’s so gentle and compassionate. One reason I switched my main focus into Craniosacral Therapy was because it brought so much more peace to my system.

I see this all the time with my clients as well. It may take one session to feel understood by others and ourselves. Or it may be many depending on the life circumstances. But it is oh so helpful in helping the body to deeply relax.

To find out more about Craniosacral Therapy, and SomatoEmotional Work, check out the Upledger Institute.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Serving Columbus Ohio area

Experiencing The Power of the Witness in Craniosacral

by SharonHartnett | Mar 16, 2021 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, Spiritual Healing, upledger institute

Witness

One of my teachers from the Upledger Institute Posted something about Witnessing, written by Dr. John Upledger. It made me take some time to reflect on the how powerful this Craniosacral Therapy is simply by offering each person on the table a witness. When we stay by the side of our clients, we bring our presence, our listening, and a person who can witness what may have been hidden in the dark for so long.

The body holds cellular memory, and when the Craniosacral System is touched, it realizes when it is being held in a sacred space with care. It understands that it is being understood in a fresh perspective. The body responds, and so do emotions and beliefs that arise as a result.

How many secrets need to come to light? And what would it feel like to trust someone who can touch us in a way that we can express all that has been hidden?

Craniosacral Therapists do this by staying neutral.

If you have more question, please call Sharon Hartnett at 703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Healing With Heart Energy

by SharonHartnett | Feb 23, 2021 | barbara brennan, Craniosacral Therapy, Energy Healing, Spiritual Healing

Most of my practice is based in Craniosacral Therapy Work. I also went to the Barbara Brennan School of Healing for 8 years, and taught there, I have a strong foundation in Energy Healing, and it flows in every session.

While Craniosacral Therapy is primarily about allowing the client’s system to navigate back to health, often in energy work, facilitators will see the aura or pick up things with their clients that could be helpful and shared. Quite often when my clients ask me what I see with my eyes open, it is a beautiful green light that is enveloping us both. The longer the connection, the more the color green becomes more and more clear. Also, in my heart, there is often a deep peace. My clients feel this as well.

Anyone can learn how to work with energy. You too if you are open. We are all Energy Beings. We are all Created in Love.

Sharon Hartnett
703 509-1792

www.craniosacralatherapistcolumbus.com

Having Trouble Sleeping since Menopause?

by SharonHartnett | Nov 26, 2019 | Craniosacral Therapy, Energy Healing, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K

Sleepless Menopause Nights

I don’t know about you, but once I hit menopause, I couldn’t sleep deeply anymore. In fact, sometimes I would just lie there for hours and hours, lucky to get 2 hours of sleep. I’d be so tired during the day. I’d look up menopause on fb pages, and most people were taking a lot of drugs. That did not seem like the best option for me. Although, I did try melatonin and a few other over the counter remedies. Most worked a little, but not really that great.

As a Craniosacral Therapist, I had of course worked with many people people who were going through difficult menopause symptoms: anxiety, lack of sleep, mood changes, hot flashes, night sweats and the rest. I knew I was helping my clients. They would share how much the work helped. But I did not expect that “I” would not get another decent night’s sleep again. I never thought this would happen to me. I had always been the one happily anticipated no more periods. But it did.

So I decided to go the Self-Care Route. And you know what? It really helped. Maybe after so many years of helping others, I realized that it was time for me and other women who are going through the “Change” to focus inward, and really get things integrated. So I decided to take my own advice and find a local Craniosacral Therapist whom I could trust, whom had great techniques and who knew how to dialogue with my body. I did find the perfect match.

It’s made me realize, that with all of my experience as a Craniosacral Therapist, trained through the Upledger Institute, I truly relate to all that a woman goes through during menopause. And I can hold a very sacred and sweet spot for women who are facing the many challenges that this change of life brings. I have moved through this, and I resonate with the way through now.

If you are looking for some help, I will say, getting back to a peaceful restful place is something that can take time and commitment. One has to have trust and be willing to move down deep into what is interruping the process of getting into a sleep state and staying there. If your physician has checked you out and everything else is showing up fine, we can delve into whatever your body, and mind are revealing during the sessions, allowing your Inner Wisdom to take you into balance. Craniosacral Therapy is deeply relaxing and when stress leaves, integration and peace ensue.

I have had many clients say that they are sleeping better, and in a general sense feeling much better refreshed in the mornings.If you would like to find out more, please call me for a 15 free phone consulations.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Explain How Is Craniosacral Therapy Different than Energy Work?

by SharonHartnett | Nov 9, 2019 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, Energy Healing, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, upledger institute

Craniosacral compared to Energy Work

Craniosacral Therapy has been around for a long-time, and while people across the globe have been receiving it, CST is not as widespread as I would hope. So, I love that when potential clients call, they are so excited to learn. This work is terrific and I do my best to let people know that! I have also studied Energy Work for a long time. That has probably been undestood for even longer. I’ll address that too.

Mostly, people have heard about Craniosacral Therapy from a friend, colleage or family member who has experienced great results with this soft touch therapy. Often they are referred to the Upledger Institute. With urging they give me a call full of questions. I give a basic informative talk and offer a free 10 minute phone consulation to help them to understand how Craniosacral Therapy work and can help them!

One of the main questions is “Is this energy work”? It’s important for me to make this easy to understand because there is a big Difference. Yet there are also some similarities. First of all, Craniosacral Therapy is focused on the Craniosacral System. This is a system where craniosacral fluid is created in the vetricles of the brain, circulated there and around the spine and is then reabsorbed back into the venous system. So it is an actual physiological process. This fluid nourishes, helps protect and clears the Central Nervous System (CNS). When there are restrictions in the CNS, this fluid can release tension and help it to optimally support healthy functioning. This is important because the CNS connects to basically everything in the body. It is the Superhighway of communication for all the things that our body does. Craniosacral Therapy also works with the fascia which is a three dimension web of connective tissue. Working with fascia is quite transformative for posture and the whole body as well.

Energy Work is based on working with the vibrations of differet levels of consciousness. Energy runs through all things. It’s universal. When we kiss our children, we are running energy through our systems and then touching the other. Sometimes that energy causes a response in the other person. When an athlete football player runs across a football field, he/she is using his/her body’s energy to do so. Lasers use energy and are now in our medical system in so many ways. Each energy has it’s own unique way that it manifests. It can be used for healing and awakening too.

In the last 15 years, I have focused much of my pracice on Craniosacral Therapy as taught at the Upledger Institute. Before that I studied at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing of 8 years. I taught there as well, and Supervise students still. So I know a lot about both of these modalities. What is in common is that everything is made out energy. Whether someone believes in hands on energy healing or not, science shows us that relational interaction does create change between two organic beings. Faith healing and even intention does affect others. Same thing with prayers and medidation. So when a Craniosacral Therapist is working, of course energy is going to be running through both the systems of the therapist and the client- just as with any two people connecting and melding. If a Craniosacral Therapist has an interest with working with energy too, this can be incorporated into the session. But the intention between these two fields of healing are different: one of the Craniosacral System, and the other on working with energy.

Craniosacral Therapy is based in science, and was brought to many people through the work and education of Dr. John Upledger. The best energy work system that I know was taught at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, created by Dr. Barbara Brennan. While Reiki is more well know- it is a much more basic energy model. These two modalities of CST and energy work go hand in hand, but the focus is very different.

I hope that I have answered any questions you may have had on this topic. If you are interested in finding out more, I do offer a free 10 minute phone consult at 703 509-1792

Warmly,

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

www.massageincolumbusohio.com

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Be Yourself

by SharonHartnett | Aug 29, 2019 | Craniosacral Therapy, hakomi, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K

Normal is Overrated.

We live in a world where “normal” is overrated. So much of what we learn is how to fit in with the thinking of others. Especially when we are younger, our parents, teachers and friends ask us to memorize, to repeat, to make habits that are part of the current paradigm. Somewhere in all of this though, is you- wanting to find your own way of Being. It’s a tricky tightrope act learning to walk in both worlds between the authentic you and what is expected. Ultimately though, as we mature and grow up, for those of us who weren’t given much opportunity to be heard, acknowledged or hear praise, we must learn how to discard the package we have been sold. How to do this? 1. Be curious always 2. Step outside your box and see things from a view that comes from within you. 3. bring your awareness to your own sense of self before relating to others 4. allow yourself to receive and regulate “what’s out there” at your own pace and in whatever quantity is easiest for you. 5. practice connecting with your whole self and don’t let anything get in the way! Good luck unlearning all the bullshit, and finding the real you.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D
703 509-1792
www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com