by SharonHartnett | Oct 12, 2014 | Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, mind body & spirit
The Journey
When Clients come to Lighten Up Therapies, it’s the beginning of a Journey. A Journey to Wellness.
Our hope is to support people to find the answers they seek, whether in relief of physical pain, emotional processing, opening belief systems, matter of the heart to spirituality. Yet, our claim is not that we have what any answers, rather that we have a seasoned set of experiential tools that are offered for facilitation of your own healing.

The Journey Inward
The Basics:
1.. By learning mindfulness, one can find his/her own answers…
Active, Open Presence by the Therapist and Client can change everything!
While our practice is based on Massage Therapy, the act of touch can awaken many aspects of life. New information shows up giving clients more awareness and a better ability to make better choices for health and wellbeing. At Lighten Up Therapies in Columbus Ohio, we emphasize mindfulness as a way to self-educate.
2. The intention of the Massage Therapist and Client are key.
Intentions set a specific purpose into action with commitment and expression.
Entering into Another’s Human Energy Field with a positive healing intention can open the door to new possibilities.Our hope is that through Craniosacral Therapy, Structural Integration, Massage, and Brennan Healing Science® that our skills will help support Self-Discovery, a more balanced alignment and a Deeper Sense of Embodiment. When you feel healthy in your body with grounding and fullness, life brightens up and its easier to navigate through challenges.
3. Dialogue with non-judgmental focus in the moment without analysis is healing.
Open Listening means open relationship.
Sessions are not about giving answers but instead held with the possibility of client’s finding their own truth. For real change and empowerment, the client must find what he/she seeks within. At Lighten Up Therapies, the work is about listening, mirroring, and offering new perspectives in the question. Sharon Hartnett LMT, CST, has completed the Hakomi program, studied Trauma Therapy with Pat Ogden at SPI, and worked with the Upledger SER model to facilitate this process for her clients.
4. All things are made up of Energy.
Brennan Healing Science® promotes Personal Growth through working with the Human Energy Field
The powerful combination of leading-edge techniques, High Sense Perception, and gentle self-awareness brings benefits to clients. Each healing session teaches and transforms the the client by balancing, aligning and harmonizing the chakra system. Clients often find themselves with a greater understanding of the intelligence and mystery of the body, of the higher dimensions of consciousness, and of life itself.
______________________________________________________________________________
The Deepest Healing comes from letting go of fixed beliefs and dysfunctional patterns so that the authentic Truth can shine its light front the inside out.
Wherever you are in your life, on your path, if you are looking for someone to help you in your journey, take a chance to find someone who will help you discover your own power and wisdom!
For more information, please call Sharon Hartnett LMT and CST at 740 966-5153 for a free 15 minute consultation.
www.massageincolumbusohio.com
by SharonHartnett | Jul 25, 2014 | Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, mind body & spirit, thought for the day
I know… sometimes life feels difficult.
But you are not alone!

Uplifting
If you are unhappy with the way things look, take time to change your thinking. That can change your life!
When you feel lost or afraid… when you feel disconnected, do the opposite of your thinking. Instead of being alone, get involved with others. Talk to your friends and family. Work with a therapist or a healer.
Look at life with fresh eyes and find the gold nugget in the sand.
We are not meant to be alone, and when you find the best people to keep in your life, they will lift you up and help you awaken.
Waking Up to life makes everything more clear.
Sharon Hartnett LMT
(614) 372-6598
www.massageincolumbusohio.com
by SharonHartnett | Jul 21, 2014 | Massage, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, mind body & spirit, Structural Integration
One of the greatest things about Craniosacral Therapy (CST) is that this modality is all about trusting your own body’s wisdom to heal.
Yes it is important to find a Craniosacral Therapist who is knowledgeable and has good experience with your issues. However- the best session will be all about having faith in the process.
During a Craniosacral Session, the first thing your practitioner will do is listen to your body to find out where there might be dysfunctional patterns that lead to pain and other ailments. This is done by starting at the feet and moving up to the head in order to check for amplitude, symmetry and other qualities of the craniosacral rhythm throughout the body. Once the primary lesion is discovered, it is easy to go to that area and start the session for healing. The rest is about following the body’s response to the work.
During evaluation and thereafter, Craniosacral Therapy touch is gentle and non-invasive. There are very few contra-indications with CST, yet the effects are far reaching and profound in your healing process. The primary benefits that you will first feel are relief of pain, more flexibility and often more vitality. By working primarily with the Central Nervous System as the focus, a Craniosacral Therapist can dialogue with every other body system to support the integration of full body functioning. Often clients are unexpectingly surprised that there can be so much change in attitude, feeling and sensation after just a few session.

Craniosacral Therapy as taught by the Upledger Institute
If you would like to find out more about Craniosacral, please contact Sharon Hartnett for a free 15 minute telephone consultation: (614) 372-6598.
Craniosacral Therapy is a self-discovery process of remembering your own light! It’s always present.
by SharonHartnett | Jul 19, 2014 | Aromatherapy, Craniosacral Therapy, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, mind body & spirit, Structural Integration
Massage Therapy Columbus (614) 372-6598
Massage Therapy is a healing art that integrates the talents of a massage therapist, including excellent listening, a compassionate heart and an ability to transmit what is needed to support the client for the highest good. An experienced massage therapist will have many years under her/his belt with a unique set of hands-on techniques learned to treat what your body needs. Included in our training, we adhere to a strict code of ethics that respects and honors our clients and their requests. If you have questions about this, please refer to: http://www.amtamassage.org/index.html .
In Columbus, Ohio, there is a Licensed Massage Therapist who fits the above criteria. Sharon Hartnett LMT has a background in Structural Integration, is an Advanced Certified Craniosacral Therapist, taught at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, graduated from the Hakomi Institute and has a professional and integrated practice after 15 years in this field of health.
Sharon’s work is focused on relieving pain and helping clients to move into a more healthy and well lifestyle. Because of her training with https://www.sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org she has also chosen to work with clients who have experienced trauma and has found no help elsewhere. By approaching life through the mind body spirit connection, old fears and pain can dissolve, freeing up the client to create a healthier and more joyful life. Life can be approached from a gentler light touch or from stronger and deeper touch that meets the client in the current state. Through listening and dialogue, the job is to connect and release the body from pain and tension, to open the connection to essence and wisdom.

Massage Therapy
Sharon Hartnett LMT offers a free 15 minute phone consultation at for those who want to interview or find out more about this work.
www.massageincolumbusohio.com
For a massage with Young Living Oils, please feel free to explore the YLO website to find out more:
http://www.youngliving.com/en_US/products
by SharonHartnett | Jul 8, 2014 | Massage, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, mind body & spirit, thought for the day
Are you in stress overload?
The by-product of Stress may be affecting you in ways that you don’t even know.
Long-term chronic stress can contribute to experiences such as: digestive problems, sleeplessness, anxiety, anger, headaches and decreased immune function.
If you are finding yourself in ongoing stress, it’s time to take charge of your life with some new choices. Believe it or not- you have the ability to shift your thinking and to re-orient how your respond to life’s challenges.
Some relaxation techniques that are easy to do:
-
Yoga-This mixture of exercise, mindfulness and poses can quiet the mind and enhance the body’s vitality.
-
Visualization- When you find yourself reaching your limit, think about positive serene places that feel emotionally supportive and nurturing to you. Some examples may be your pet, a beach, or a meditative retreat. Changing your thinking can help you break the patterns of stress.
-
Massage and Bodywork- Nothing feels better than having someone knead, and treat tight muscles and to unwind the fascial restrictive patterns of stress. When the body lengthens and feels more fluidity, so does the mind. Craniosacral Therapy and Structural Integration are especially helping in alleviating stress from the body and emotionally.
-
Tensing and Relaxing Muscles Alternately
-
Meditation-Allowing the thoughts to arise and flow can be very quieting for the mind body connection.
-
Music can be very therapeutic and help shift a person into relaxation easily.
-
Slowing down with Intention and becoming mindful of the moment can help us to feel calmer and more peaceful.
-
Exercise- The body’s communication system during a workout is more sharp and active. Question Your Thinking with Byron Katie’s 4 questions: www.thework.com
-
Spiritual Work and transformation

Change Your Stress Habits
Reducing stress can:
-
Reduce activity of stress hormones
-
Lower blood pressure
-
Increase blood flow
-
Decrease tension and pain levels
-
Regulate the nervous system more efficiently
-
Promote better health
-
Relieve Depression Symptoms
Take time to re-focus your life. You deserve the best!
Sharon Hartnett LMT, CST
740 966-5153
Columbus, Ohio
by SharonHartnett | Jun 25, 2014 | Craniosacral Therapy, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, mind body & spirit
SomatoEmotional Release is based on the concept that the whole body and everything within down to the cellular level has both independent and integrated consciousness. Dr. John Upledger developed this therapeutic system of Craniosacral Therapy to support clients to release obstructive emotional energies from the unconscious mind to the conscious through listening and body dialoguing. The true benefit of this work is that is is designed to release your body of the residual effects of previous injuries and difficult experiences, leaving you feeling more healthy, vital and alive.
As a licensed Massage Therapist and Bodyworker for over 17 years, I have observed more than a few clients who have benefited from SomatoEmotional Release. These people often come in with pain, or challenges in everyday life, unable to identify the Source for healing. As the Craniosacral Sessions begins, what often happens with SER is that an old emotional energy begins to arise to be felt and processed. Feelings of sadness, fear or such will move and images or sensations may be awakened. Things that were stuck or internalized reach for the light so to speak to be felt, witnessed and observed for release. SomatoEmotional Release is facilitated by therapists trained in touch to tune into what your Inner Physician would like to do to help you move through into a clearer mind body spirit connection. On a physical level, the therapist will feel the tissues begin to relax and expand. The stress of the memory dissolves and a new outlook perhaps without words can be experienced.

Are you feeling Stuck?
It’s important to know: While we are not licensed psychotherapists, Upledger therapists are trained to support the client’s own process to unfold without interference. In a session, we often witness traumas ranging from pent up angry feelings from a divorce to cases of rape and PTSD in soldiers. As the body begins to release this old energy, clients find more insight into their life dynamics, metabolize their feelings easier and can make healthier choices on how to move forward in their lives. SER work can feel very freeing, integrating and joyful.
For more information, contact Sharon Hartnett LMT, CST for a free 15 minute phone consultation: (614) 372-6598
www.massageincolumbusohio.com
www.upledger.com