How to Change Your Posture with Somato Emotional Release

by SharonHartnett | Jan 2, 2025 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, Healthy Body, mind body & spirit, move effortlessly, Structural Integration, upledger institute

Organizing Optimal Posture

Structural Integration, with an emphasis on posture, is based on the principle that the body is organized and held together in a coordinated, balanced manner. Any distortions in that order and/or balance can lead to physical and emotional discomfort. Fascia, the connective tissue that surrounds muscles, bones, and organs, plays a crucial role in this organization. When fascia becomes tight, scarred, or restricted due to poor posture, emotional stress, or injury, it can cause the body to lose its ability to move freely and efficiently.

Creating a healthier and more fluid Posture can be better facilitated by recognising the emotional aspect of Structure. At the core of Somato Emotional Release hands-on manual work, we consider holding the intention of using of physical touch to help a person to heal emotionally as well as physically. For many of us who have worked with clients for years, we recognize that the body stores emotional memories. The body often reflects our history and our choices. However, this can change with gentle and nourishing skillful touch.

Fortunately, some people are proactive and come in for help with their posture ahead of the game. These cases are often easier in terms of release and integration. Often though, discomfort or pain may be the leading reason someone seeks out help. Obviously, it’s always best to stay in front of the curve when possible. It’s the whole idea of treating simplity over complexity.

The Best situation for a client is when the therapist is Certified through their schooling. It ensures that they reach the top level of understanding of the anatomy, skills particular to a certain manual therapy, but also that they have learned how to support the emotional process. Because quite often people do have emotional releases when their posture is changing on a fascial level.

Emotions for some people can be a very vulnerable thing to express. Perhaps in their childhood or current relationships, there is judgment or lack of understanding. So it’s very helpful to find someone with specific training in dialoguing. Bodyworkers are not counselors, but they can and certainly do help their clients process, and find their own healing responses when trained.

Some things to look for in a Somato Emotional Release Therapist are:

A trusting and Safe Space
Neutrality
Certification ie. Upledger
Body Centered Emotional Training
An Understanding of Posture
An Ability to Listen and Work with Fascia
The Ability to Meld with the Tissues
Experience

If you are seeking out a Somato Emotional Release therapist to help free up and balance your posture, first call for an interview. It’s important to feel a bond of trust first and foremost. Then,as this type of manual therapy can help treat misalignment of the posture as well as letting go of stress and emotional baggage, ask questions upfront so that you can feel comfortable with your choice.

Processing unresolved emotional trauma can truly change how you feel in your body!

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

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How to Open to the Possibilities

by SharonHartnett | Dec 29, 2024 | Craniosacral Therapy, healing, meditation, mind body & spirit, mindfulness, upledger institute

Possibilities Are Always Present.

Call in the Possibilities!

Remember a time that you felt stuck? Perhaps right now it feels like some doors are shut No options available? No matter how much you try, you’re still in the same place.

When we look outside of ourselves for answers, the ultimate resolution never starts there. Rather, change is an inside job to self-realize possibilities in any given situation. The sooner we realize that we have no control over other people or events, the freerer we become internally. We learn that the power of possibilities can be born from within us. It’s a mindset. Something that calls for us to practice so that we see new opportunities outside as well. We can be the intentional change we want to be.

True freedom to discover comes from understanding that possibilities live in the Unknown. It can take courage to explore possibilities over the “norm” It does take a quiet mind and a mindful intention to stay in curiositiy with the “Self”, and with our other relationships. When we question with an open mind, it gives us space for the mystery to unfold. It allows time for the chess pieces to move, and new magical experiences to arise. It’s in these gaps of silence and curiosity, that insights come from a place which hold eternal wisdom.

These days, so much of the time we invest in “knowing”. I’d suggesty an alternative. Try instead to rest in the play of “not knowing” if you want to shift or transform into your most “Whole” feeling Self. Allow the mystery to fulfill you.

Life is about receiving meaning and understanding. In order to allow the possibilties to move through us, it’s a choice to invite and partipate in all that we DON’T Know.

Being a Craniosacral Therapist, all my sessions move in this way. Magic happens. I live in the mystery of the Deeper Essential Wisdom that is always here, waiting to express its voice. It helps my clients to free themselves when they remember and awaken to this Deeper Truth. Because I get to observe this experience, it reminds me every day of the possibilities that are always swimming around for me, for you, and for anyone if we are willing to leave the familiar and explore.

The Possibilities of Change. You may feel stuck at times, but you are not. New possibilties are always less than a breath away.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

Certified Craniosacral Therapist through the Upledger Institute

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

How to Choose the Best Craniosacral Therapist for You

by SharonHartnett | Dec 27, 2024 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, upledger institute

Looking for the Best Fitting Craniosacral Therapist for You?

Finding the best craniosacral therapist for you involves a few key steps. Here’s how you can go about it:

Ask people you trust who have experienced Craniosacral Therapy first hand for Recommendations. Craniosacral Therapy is a very personal experience, and word of mouth is very helpful.
Check Qualifications: Look for a craniosacral therapist who is certified by a reputable organization, like the Upledger Institute. The work of Dr. John has been being taught for close to 40 years because it is powerful and deeply healing. Certification through the school shows that a student has received proper manual and somaticemotional training, and can provide expertise to your session. A practitioner is still a student until they have gone through the rigorous training and testing to become Certified.
Read Reviews: Search online for craniosacral reviews or testimonials. Look for therapists with positive feedback, especially regarding the specific issues you’re hoping to address (e.g., pain, stress, injury recovery). Google is a great resource: Click here
Experience with Your Issues: Some therapists specialize in certain areas, like pain relief, trauma, or stress. Make sure the therapist has experience treating the kind of issue you’re dealing with.
Initial Consultation: Many therapists offer a free first telephone consultation. This gives you the chance to ask questions, gauge how comfortable you feel with them, and see if their approach resonates with you.
Trust Your Instincts: The relationship with your therapist is important. You should feel safe, comfortable, and listened to. If you don’t feel a connection, it’s okay to try someone else.

By following these steps, you’ll increase your chances of finding a therapist who is a good fit for your needs.

Your craniosacral therapist will naturally want the best fit for you too.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

www.upledger.com

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.

Great Deal for a Holiday Gift

by SharonHartnett | Dec 5, 2024 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, Energy Healing, Holiday Gift, upledger institute

Looking for a Caring Holiday Gift?

Columbus Ohio Area

Holiday Gift Craniosacral Session Series:

Offering a 5 package group of 75 minutes sessions for $675.00. Discounted from $750.00.

Self-Care is so delicious. Taking the time to relax and receive is healing. Yet often people don’t invest in themselves to feel good inside. But what can be a better value than to feel more deeply connected? To let go of stress and tension? Finally to have a comfortable body and a smile on your face?

Why not give this holiday gift to yourself or another for Christmas?

Two Locations: One in Worthington, and the other in Johnstown.

Specific Niches of Expertise:

Concussions/Headaches/Migraines, Neck and Back Pain, Women’s Health, and Unlocking Trauma in a Safe Place. Of course Craniosacral Therapy is great as a proactive therapy to balance the nervous system and to free the body from stress and tension patterns. It’s very gentle, yet profound work.

Trained at the Upledger Institute

PS. Neck Work can get deeper to release the cervical area upon request.

www.upledger.com
www.cranosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Plz Call me at 703 509-1792 if you would be interested in gifting this to a loved one!

How To Grow In An Overwhelming World

by SharonHartnett | Oct 17, 2024 | Craniosacral Therapy, healing, mind body & spirit, mindfulness, upledger institute

How to Grow as a Sensitive Person

Blossom and Grow. Recently, I picked up the book, “The Highly Sensitive Person and have been recommending it to quite a few of my clients. One niche that I seem to be able to support well are people who benefit from Craniosacral Therapy and Energy Work because the nervous systems of sensitive people often have been overwhelmed.

In this book, we find meaning, and an opportunity to grow, in what it is like to be” highly sensitive“. A term that not many people recognize. On top of this aboug 80% of people are not sensitive, and they don’t understand the other 20%. Can you imagine what it’s like to not have a description or understanding for how you sense the world, while most people are different? I found reading this book to be a relief since I include myself in this category. I felt noticed and acknowledged by the writer. The book is such an in depth mirror. I also felt more of a comfort level knowing that there are many more people walking around like me. Even if we are a minority.

One thing about highly sensitive people is that we notice the subtle and so many details. I know for me, when I walk into a room, I can feel the mood. I cue into expressions and movement, and so much information enters into my system. Often because of this, we need to rest and take time for ourselves to integrate. Craniosacral Therapy can respond to this need through its gentle listeing, touch and melding.

As Craniosacral Therapist, we listen to the Cerebrospinal fluid motion and we palpate and listen to the nervous system. By connecting with that with which we blend, we can bring in a calm and balance. When this happens the deep creativity from within can emerge and grow. It can be brought out into the world in a very positive way.

One of the challenges which highly sensitve people encounter is that when they feel overwhelmed, they tend to react. Some people may view this as over-reacting. This especially occurs if they grew up in a rough environment. They tend to feel misunderstood. However there are some wonderful advantages as well. Lots of good exercises in this book.

The book recommends:

1. Self-Knowledge

2. Reframing

3. Healing

It also offers activities to help process intense feelings. In addition Craniosacral Therapy can help a person through self- discovery work and self-regulation. The book- I think that it is fantastic and opens the eyes to those who want to connect.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com