What is Something New You Learned about Yourself Lately?

by SharonHartnett | Dec 27, 2024 | change, craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, grounding, healing, healthy, mind body & spirit, trauma, upledger institute

Awakening Yourself

To Awaken to yourself is the most powerful thing you can do. Feeling confident about your life, and the choices you make shape everything. Unburdening yourself from limitations is freeing.

Often people who come in for Craniosacral Therapy can feel stressed, a bit lost, anxious, or in pain. Something feels off, and the person may not understand why they feel the way they do. Maybe there are pieces under the level of consciousness- stored in the cellular memory. Working through the mind body connection can be quite powerful.

Craniosacral can help ground you more firmly into your life.

Working with a Craniosacral Therapist can shift everything. Some of the ways this can happen in a session are:

1. Presence: The holding of neutral space creates trust and safety.

2. Respecting boundaries helps define you and your comfort level.

3. Craniosacral Therapy taps into the Craniosacral System which nourishes and keeps the Nervous System Healthier and in balance.

4. Certified Techniques and Skill level can release and help integrate old wounding and trauma. This makes space for potential awakening to knowing oneself more deeply. it can bring more meaning to life.

5. An Experienced Craniosacral Therapist supports the Awakening Process by training with open dialogue which is centered on Self-Discovery. Ask about SomatoEmotional Release Work.

Craniosacral Therapy takes an Osteopathic approach to manual therapy. It focuses on trusting your body to find the internal discovery and healing processes within.

If you feel you have tried so many things but nothing helps, giving Craniosacral Therapy a change may help shift you into a Light Awakening. It’s so gentle, yet profound.

One of the best things that you can learn about yourself is Self-Empowerment through curiosity, and sensing into your own body and sense of Self.

What have you learned about yourself and what can help you move forward as you continue to open up?

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

SomatoEmotional Release Therapy Certified through Upledger

703 509-1792

www.cranosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Columbus, Ohio Area.

How Does Energy Healing Work?

by SharonHartnett | Dec 24, 2024 | Craniosacral Therapy, Energy Healing, healing, mind body & spirit, mindfulness, Spiritual Healing

Take a Step into Energy Healing

Learn and Experience Barbara Brennans Energy Healing Hands of Light…

Barbara Brennan’s Energy Healing is a holistic approach to healing that works on the premise that the human body has an energy field, often referred to as the “aura,” which interacts with the physical, emotional, mental, relationship and spiritual aspects of a person. Brennan, a former NASA physicist, developed a healing modality that integrates energy work with a deep understanding of the human energy system. Her approach is a combination of intuitive, hands-on healing techniques and a spiritual understanding of energy dynamics.

Here’s a breakdown of how Barbara Brennan’s 4 Dimensional Energy Healing works:

1. Energy Field and Chakras

The Aura: According to Barbara Brennan, the human energy field is composed of several layers or “auric fields” surrounding the physical body. These layers correspond to different aspects of a person’s being (mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical).
Chakras: These are energy centers located along the spine, each associated with different aspects of health and well-being (for example, the heart chakra relates to emotional health, while the throat chakra is related to communication). Working with energy healing helps metabolize and balance the chakeras.

2. Perception of Energy

Healers trained in Brennan’s method use clairvoyant or intuitive perception to detect disturbances in the energy field. This might include areas of blockage, depletion, or congestion in the aura or chakras that can manifest as physical or emotional issues.
They also use touch to sense the energy in the body and auric field, working to re-balance and re-align the energy flow.

3. Healing Process

Clear and Restore Energy Flow: Brennan Healing involves identifying areas of imbalance or stuck energy and then helping to clear or release these blockages. The practitioner may use various hand movements, gestures, or non-invasive techniques to help the client’s energy field re-balance itself.
Cleansing and Strengthening: In addition to clearing blockages, Brennan Healing also focuses on strengthening the aura and energy centers, ensuring that the person’s energy field is vibrant, resilient, and healthy. This can be done through visualization, hands-on healing, or the use of different frequencies of energy.
Healing Emotional and Mental Patterns: Barbara Brennan emphasized that energy blockages often relate to deep emotional or psychological patterns. Healing the energy system, therefore, can lead to emotional or mental transformation, helping clients release old emotional wounds or thought patterns that contribute to dis-ease.

4. Reconnection with the Higher Self

Part of Brennan’s approach involves helping the client reconnect to their higher self or spiritual essence. She believed that our energy field is deeply connected to our soul and that true healing involves both physical recovery and spiritual growth.
Clients may also be guided to align more fully with their own personal truths and life purpose, contributing to emotional and spiritual healing.

5. Transformation through Self-Awareness

Brennan’s method is not just about external healing but also encourages self-awareness and personal transformation. The healing process can lead to greater self-empowerment and self-love. It is a way to create harmony within oneself and the world around you.

Key Elements of Barbara Brennan’s Energy Healing:

Aura and Chakras: The energy field is at the heart of the healing process, with emphasis on the layers and the energy centers that govern the body and mind.
Hands-On Techniques: The healer uses their hands and intuition to clear, balance, and strengthen the energy field.
Emotional Healing: Many of the issues addressed through Brennan’s energy work are rooted in unresolved emotions or mental patterns.
Spiritual Connection: The work is deeply spiritual, aiming not just to heal the body but also to bring about spiritual alignment and growth.
Self-Empowerment: The healing process encourages clients to actively engage in their own healing journey and align with their higher purpose.
Hara-Alignment: Healing from the Tan Tien, to the Soul Seat, and through the ID point.
Core Star Healing: Connection to the Divine Spark which is You.

Barbara Brennan’s healing work is often practiced through Brennan Healing Science, a specific system that she developed and taught in her books, including Hands of Light and Light Emerging. Healing is a dynamic process that can involve both physical touch and energy manipulation, but it is also an intuitive and spiritual process designed to bring about holistic well-being.

It’s worth noting that healing outcomes depend on the individual’s openness to the process and the depth of their emotional, mental, and spiritual work.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D and Energy Healer graduated from the Barbara Brennan School of Healing in 2003. Afterwards, she continued her studies into Advanced Work and then to Supervise Barbara Brennan students as a BIP. Later, she ended up teaching at the school.

If you are located in the Columbus, Ohio area, and are interested in an energy healing session, Sharon is offering a free 15 minute phone consultation at 703 509-1792.

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

How to Learn from Your Mistakes

by SharonHartnett | Dec 1, 2024 | Craniosacral Therapy, healing, healthy, mindfulness

Learn through Self-Awareness

Learn from Your Mistakes. We all do our best. We all try. All the tools we have been given until any present moment is what we know, and what we have accepted. No more. No less.

The way to move and grow through change and to find joy is by:

1. Being mindful of your choices. This means actively observing yourself and your relationships. When the consequences limit you more than benfit, question.

2. Look for the best in any given moment. The choices we make are based on our past resources quite often. Still, inside every moment is a gem somewhere. Look for the light. It will reveal itself. This does take an open mind perspective. Nothing leads you into more peace and clarity than connection to your True Self internally. That diamond is you.

3. Many people are programmed to feel bad about their choices when they step out of a box. Yet, this choice is a growth opportunity. To move beyond what once felt safe and comfortable takes tremendous courage. Trusting the more open point of view and moving from there is powerful and life changing in the most beneficial way. There will probably be some rough bumps. Most probably. However, rising after you fall down develops resilience and a sense of real power.

4. Go to your heart, and forgive others. Not for who they are or what they did. Truly for you. So you don’t have to carry that burden of anxiety or hate. Free yourself from the weight of other’s problems.

5. Pay attention to patterns. If your relationships continue to withold love, punish or try to control you, step away. Become more objective and find the new path. Love is important is the way which we try and fill our needs. But a more authentic love also includes kindness, fulfillment, and acceptance.

We all deserve to find love, peace and joy. However, we need to realize we deserve it all. We need to learn from the past, to make a better future.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Remembering Your Life Purpose: Craniosacral Therapy

by SharonHartnett | Nov 23, 2024 | change, Craniosacral Therapy, grounding, healing, healthy, meditation, mind body & spirit, mindfulness, move effortlessly

Find Your Life Purpose

Looking for a way to find a meaningful purpose in your life? Before you can set your intention and organize, you have to figure out your passion! Here are three things to consider which can help you deepen into clarity:

1. Ask yourself what brought you joy when your were little? Not necessarily your best talents, but instead-the things that brought a smile to your face. On a soul level, right from the start we know what lights us up. Until maybe someone perhaps tried to steer you off course based on their point of view. Take some time to meditate and remember who You are. You were born with an internal roadmap for self-discovery and purpose. Now you need to discard anything that stops you from knowing your true Self.

2. Craniosacral Therapy can help. Often in life, we get distracted with all the other paths put before us. We are told many stories, and pulled in so many directions. Sometimes, we forget what matters most to us. Reconnect to Yourself.

If you want to get grounded and feel more embodied, one helpful option is receiving Craniosacral Therapy. Many clients who come into my practice are stressed. Often I see people who are neurodivergent thinkers. Some are feeling lost, living with constant anxiety, and feeling stuck in learned limited belief systems which can rev up the nervous system. In vulnerable times, another “listening” support system can facilitate change and healing.

Craniosacral Therapy is very helpful in bringing health and balance to the mind, body and spirit connection. For people feeling anxious and overwhelmed, they usually end up feeling much calmer after a session. For those who are stuck or noticing “ftozen blocks, this work can help mobilize and bring more flow into life.

Craniosacral Therapy is a safe and nurturing manual therapy. In the higher levels of training, we are trained to support trauma release and integration of detrimental cellular memory. We create sacred space for your body to inform us what is needed in the moment to move onward with more harmony and clarity. Knowing yourself naturally awakens your purpose and calling.

3. Gather resources and take action. How you decide to live in your passion is up to you. It doesn’t have to look like anyone else. Your uniqueness and special creativity is meant for you to fly. It’s all about getting aligned with your energy to build the life that brings meaning and purpose to your soul. Life is too short to live any other way.

Through life, we go through many different transitions. Being mildful and in healthy relationships brings ease as we move from one experience into another..Especially when your relationship to yourself is strong, clear and unfolding in a way that awakens your true longing.

You came here to share your gifts with great purpose!

Sharon Hartnett CST-D
703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Sensing into the Ticklish Body

by SharonHartnett | Nov 2, 2024 | Craniosacral Therapy, healing, mind body & spirit

Ticklish

Have you gone to get a pedicure only to find that your feet are super ticklish. Or maybe a massage where you twist and turn at the hips, the legs or under the armpits as the laughter bubbles up?

This is not unusual. After working close to 30 years with people, mostly on the table, my curiosity asked me again to consider what this ticklish business is all about. I have experienced more than a few people start to smile and laugh at the same time as trying to move away. Especially with light touch. Obviously, these two reactive expressions seem a bit at odds, right? You know how that feels when you want to get away from the tickles with your eyes sparkling while your legs twitch and activate to run away.

Not all things are equal when it comes to tickling. Usually the places where we are most ticklish are the location with a high amounts of nerve endings. Some places on the body may feel quite soothed with the same quality touch as compared to the ticklish zones. What I have read is that areas like the bottom of the feet or the rib cage are more vulnerable. Who knows how true this always is but it does makes sense from what I have experienced. What is known though is that the ticklish response is a mind (hypothalamus part of the brain) body communication between the brain and body when you don’t feel comfortable with what is happening. What I have seen is that tickles mean the body is reacting to not feeling safe. It’s usually a pattern which is reactive to outside and unexpected influences.

As a Craniosacral Therapist and bodyworker for so many years, I have found it intriguing and fun to help people work through the “tickles”. Especially since I have been so curious about the differences between the many other people who actually quietly enjoy the light stroking while on the other hand invokes the ticking response from others. So, if the body draws me into an area and I see the dynamic begin, I like to ask if we can explore the ticklish sensation. This is done with mindful consideration, and also permission. We explore the feelings and the sensations together. Quite often, the brain becomes desensitized by helping the person to release the associated energy fairly quick. Sometimes it is actually fun because the client laughs genuinely as they let go of the protective response. A light seems to go on for the ticklish person that this is a life strategy and it can be funny too.

Personally, my feet have always been ticklish. I was often tickled as a child. I liked it-perhaps because of the smiles and attention, but it stressed my body. What I do know is if a child is tickled, and it doesn’t stop, the body holds that tension. Whatever the reason for your ticklishness, consider it may be a protective mechanism, and it is possible to honor your body and also to free it from the feedback loop. Makes me think that one day I might need to go have my tickles set free from my feet as I write this. Smile.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

How to Calm the ADHD Mind

by SharonHartnett | Oct 31, 2024 | Craniosacral Therapy, healing, healthy

How ADHD can be better treated with Craniosacral Therapy

ADHD is best diagnosed by a physician. Although, for those of us who have it, we probably have a good idea that we are challenged, have a difficult time with organizing, and can sometimes feel anxious or feel very self-judgmental.

ADHD can look different among different groups of people. Men have been studied more thoroughly, for example, than women. One symptom in particular that can present differently between the genders is hyperactivity. Some act out, but often women may feel more of an inner stress, and overwhelm. So it’s good to find an experienced professional to determine what is the best protocol for you to make life easier. Personally, I enjoy listening to Dr. Amen talk about the brain’s function, and how he treats ADHD. Very evidenced based.

Also, I have found that Craniosacral Therapy can be very helpful in treating ADHD as well. At first, sometimes a person on the table feels very stimulated. Closing the eyes and feeling inward may take some time. However hard this can be initially, eventually they do to quiet and learn to enjoy lying down and receiving. As they begin to trust the therapist, and allow the experience to unfold, they begin to learn how to drop down into stillness. This is very soothing to the mind and of course the body.

Craniosacral Therapy is very gentle. It is focused on the interconnectiveness of the nervous system. By relieving stress there, through working with the fluids in the craniosacral system, clients often feel more focused, sleep better, and feel better emotionally.

In my practice, I enjoy working with people who deal with ADHD and the challenges that come along with it. I understand it. I have seen positive results. It’s also a nice way to help the brain and body to relax without medication.

If you are looking for overall wellbeing, Craniosacral Therapy ought to be one of your first stops. It’s natural and powerfully effective in helping to regulate ADHD stress.

Find peace in your life.

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