by SharonHartnett | Nov 2, 2013 | Massage, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, mind body & spirit, thought for the day
Hakomi is a holistic approach to massage and bodywork:
Typically, a person comes into a Massage Establishment looking for a nice soothing and relaxing massage.The muscles are tight… they feel tense and are looking for some type of relief.
A Swedish massage may feel great and may be exactly what you need to relief your daily stresses, but when you find yourself feeling tight again in a day or two, why not decide to try a different method of bodywork: A Deeper and longer lasting Hakomi massage healing may be more helpful with its gentle intention of mindful touch and self-awareness.Hakomi methods may be helpful in helping you to find self-understanding and in letting go of past traumas.
Hakomi Massage
People who receive massage regularly realize that they feel much better after being touched and contacted on a physical level by a professional with caring and experienced hands.More than 34 million people have discussed massage therapy with their doctors according to the AMTA as a means to relief pain and feel healthier.Often Massage and bodywork helps people feel more balanced, relaxed and closer to their health and wellness goals.A good professional partnership between therapist and client can do wonders.
However, consider that massage can also benefit you on much deeper level if you are willing to try some self-reflective techniques to the arisings of your consciousness. It’s interesting to realize that the mind body & spirit connection acts as a whole.Have you ever noticed when you lie on the table that all your thoughts of the day keep your mind active and and how your feelings are attached to the beliefs? Have you wondered about why your thoughts go outward rather than nourishing the “Self”? These different flows of energy are creatively looking for expressing and integration. When a connection through bodywork touch happens, cells begin to respond in a whole new way. Cellular memory sends this new information to the brain and not only is the body processing, but the whole way in which we relate internally and externally begins to shift into a more open way of living. Hidden memories and beliefs may begin to surface. With Hakomi, this is done in a safe and confidential environment. Our intention is to help the client to build a strong foundation and then to observe and feel as all these things move through “the self” in a soft and meaningful session. Hakomi brings the client into a more unitive state of being with its mirroring and compassionate support.
As a Massage Therapist for 15 years, Sharon has mindfully worked with clients to help restore alignment, balance and structural integrity back to her clients. With respect, she meets her clients where they are and with whatever goals they agree upon. If you are looking for a basic massage, that is welcomed. However, if trauma has existed in your life and has not been released. It may be in your interest during your healing journey to receive mindful sensory input to help you move along on your path to wholeness.
*Hakomi in this setting is not replacing psychotherapy, but it is helpful in conjunction with talk therapy and will support you in your healing in any case.
If you have any questions please contact Sharon Hartnett LMT:
Call: 740 966-5153
Serving the Columbus, Ohio Area
Hakomi Therapy is a a system of body centered therapy developed by Ron Kurtz in the 1970s an which has evolved through the years through the work of the Hakomi Institute. It uses mindfulness, unity, and organicity to explore awareness and the core material that organizes our belief systems. Hakomi can be very helpful for massage and bodywork clients who have experienced past traumas and have not been able to process through the sensations and feelings with typical therapy alone.
by SharonHartnett | Oct 12, 2013 | Massage, mind body & spirit
Massage Therapy can nourish the soul down to the Core.
When you take the time for self-care, think about calling Lighten Up Therapies to set up your ongoing sessions.
Read the following AMTA article for more information.
Whether you come in for a session to relax, to explore, or to find deeper peace, Massage can make all the difference!
Sharon Hartnett LMT
www.massageincolumbusohio.com
by SharonHartnett | Sep 8, 2013 | Massage, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, thought for the day
Often we believe that circumstances outside ourselves is what causes Stress. But nothing can really stress you out beside what you are thinking and feeling. If you want to let go of stress, begin with you:)
Massage can help relieve stress~
Turning Things Around:
1. One of the best ways to let go of stress is to learn how to be mindful about your experiences. Take the time to listen to your body and to feel deeply into the moment. Be curious about how you are relating to your environment and what triggers your stresses. Observation, Experiencing and being in Inquiry can be a powerful tool to change what is happening just in itself.
2. Set up time for Self-Care. Find and Do things that feel nourishing to you. This is not about looking outward for the answer, but rather noticing your relationship to pleasure and joy and indulging in it without becoming attached. Stay in the flow of harmony and kindness as all things pass. As you begin to touch into your own light, you create pathways to the Source Within. Once the door is open, it is easier to step into your essence.
3. Exercise. You will never know how much better you can feel until you dedicate yourself to an exercise routine. It doesn’t matter what you choose to do as long as you enjoy yourself and try different things. It’s important to move in various ways rather than in repetitions. Your sense of Self is intelligent, and if you listen carefully, you’ll find a way to move that feels healthy for you.
4. Choose Love first. When we move our attention to our heart rather than our brains, it’s easier to move more into compassion for ourselves and others. The sense of being right trails far behind regarding what benefits our health once you experience the shift of love. Love makes everything easier when we drop our negative thinking.
5. Massage, Craniosacral Therapy and Healing Work offers a great opportunity to reduce stress. When your body feels relaxed and you experience healthy relationship during your treatment time, stress seems to dissolve. Often people get off the table with a totally new outlook on life.
Stress may be inherent in your system, but you are empowered to change that all around. Your choices will make all the difference. Lead your life in a way that feels supportive and healthy to you. You deserve that!
For more about Craniosacral Therapy, Massage and Healing work, check out my website:
Warmly,
Sharon Hartnett LMT
by SharonHartnett | Aug 6, 2013 | Massage
How a Massage in Columbus, Ohio Protects the Things that Matter
When you have a job to do, your mind and body must work together to get it done. Jobs in all fields rely on this natural union— finding integration in oneself so that performance is optimal. Becoming aware that when either the mind or body gives out, a worker’s capability to do their job is severely halved, might spur one into making better decisions about self care through Massage and Bodywork. Not operating at full capacity can translate to the loss of income for a period or, even worse, the job itself.
For renowned physical therapy author and lecturer Debbie Roberts, the feeling of losing a job can’t be more familiar. In her article on Massage Today, she shared her experience in treating an oral surgeon who was on the verge of losing 20 years of education and practice. The following story shows just how powerful Columbus, Ohio massage therapy can be.
Case Study
Oral surgeons spend a lot of time holding and working with tools to perform various operations. With aching hands, however, there’s not much an oral surgeon can do but to resist the pain and keep his hands stable. Roberts noted that the surgeon was losing his grip strength, which can be disastrous in operating high-speed precision tools.
Analysis of the problem shows the pain extending as far as the neck, along the arms. Roberts targeted specific muscles with her massage therapy, which also includes hot and cold treatments, to deal with the unbearable pain. After a few more visits, the surgeon manages to keep his 20 years of experience, performing dental operations more effectively.
Assessment and Treatment
Client assessment is an important part of massage therapy, just as diagnosis is to medicine. After all, what’s the use of blindly treating a wide area when the pain still persists after that? There are many ways to perform an assessment of the client: stretching, relaxing, pressure, hydro-therapy, and so on. By knowing what hurts and what doesn’t, therapists can zero in on a more specific area.
Body pain is, more often than not, like a leak in the roof; it may be there, but it may not be coming from there. Assessment helped Roberts’ treatment take significant effect on the surgeon and prevent his career from crumbling in the process. Columbus, Ohio massage services, such as Lighten Up Therapies, promise to listen to the body’s cues and follow through with the best care to protect the things that matter to patients the most.
by SharonHartnett | Jun 23, 2013 | Craniosacral Therapy, Massage, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, mind body & spirit
At Lighten Up Therapies, we are here to support your Health and Wellbeing!
We are here to support you!
Massage is able to help you delve into the MInd Body & Spirit Connection.
We listen and follow your inner intelligence to help you to heal, and connect to your sense of Wholeness.
Sharon Hartnett LMT
(614) 372-6598
by SharonHartnett | Jun 20, 2013 | Energy Healing, Massage, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K
Massage can help release anxiety and tension.
Release the fear…release the tension.
Fear Free
Often our fears are based on our thinking. It is usually when a thought enters our mind that the flow of fear can either blossom into full body felt fruition and pass or escalate into a full blown anxiety. My understanding of anxiety from my own experience has been that before I knew how to work with it, it felt like a frozen aspect of Self that was suddenly activated. My physiology, on a cellular level, would be triggered and a movement so quick took over the moment. Control mechanisms then began to roll, and the patterns of anxiety never played out in a safe way until I finally took charge of my thinking and feeling into my senses.
Is fear ever helpful? Actually, fear can be a very healthy thing. It helps us to stay alive . I know that if I think of jumping off a high cliff that my fear of hurt or death stops me. In this way, our fear actually is our ally. It helps us to survive and stay alert with the “fight or flight” response when encountering a threat. However, when we are faced with either internal stress or an outside occurrence that stops us from doing the things that make us happy, help can be found in releasing anxiety and tension. One of the ways to do this to work with the mind body & spirit connection.
Often when a Massage Therapist works with a client for a long period of time, a trusting bond is established. At Lighten Up Therapies, I know that I provide whatever comfort I can offer to make sure that my client feels safe and trusts me and the environment in which we are working. If I know that a client has encountered certain traumas in their past, I take care to understand their boundaries and what signals to look for if they start to experience symptoms outside their box of safety. A client may go into shallow breathing, increased heartbeat, pupils can dilate if an old cellular memory is reactivated. Knowing how to look for these cues is helpful.
Depending on the level of fear, it is important for the massage therapist to be prepared to support our clients. While we are not psychotherapists, professionals do have the option to understand trauma release and to create a sacred and safe place for organic movement to occur and play out. Some of the ways that can be helpful is to help our clients:
1. Feel deeply into the sensory body. Often fear comes from the primal part of the brain. During a massage, the massage therapist can help encourage the client to sense what is happening in the body within a safe range. Once a client start to move outside of that level of soft feeling, it is important to bring them out of the situation.
2. Allow the feeling to emerge and feel into the fear. Gentle coaching can help the client to allow the physiological process to come through into completion.
2. Challenge perception of reality. Often trauma will not be resolved through talk therapy only. However, integrated with the above, challenging belief systems and opening to other possibilities can be helpful.
When we live in fear, our world get so much more limited. We can feel tense and restrict our lives by choosing fear over love and pleasure. By exploring the mind body & spirit connection, our lives can open up into a new reality. We can find freedom in our thinking, feelings and in our spirit.
Healing is a process where we open up to joy. Massage therapy with a therapist trained in Hakomi, Sensorimotor psychology or/and spiritual healing can help you to expand your horizons.
Live Free. Live Joyfully!
Warmly,
Sharon Hartnett LMT
(614) 372-6598
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