How To Find Relief from Clenching

by SharonHartnett | Jul 3, 2024 | concussion, craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K

Clenching: You Deserve to Feel Better!

Is it possible to stop Clenching?

Bruxism is the name of the condition when you grind or are clenching your teeth. Up to about 30 % of people do this. Some people are aware that they clench. And others not.

Clenching often happens when a person is stressed and awake. At other times, the clenching happens while sleeping at night. Eventually it is discovered, because it leads to pain or other issues like sleep disorders, pain in the face, issues with breathing, tinittus, and swallowing issues.

On a personal level, I began to experience it after some concussions. My jaw became misaligned. Hitting ones head can also cause lots of stress when the cranium is knocked around.

I went to the dentist, and she gave me a mouth guard. It was so uncomfortable I couldn’t wear it. Also, being a Craniosacral Therapist, I knew that it also inhibited the natural movement of the maxilla. Didn’t work. I will be honest and say that clenching has caused me a lot of issues. On the positive note, I can also say that with persistence, one can help to alleviate and sometimes release all the tension contributing to bruxism. It is possible to stop, but it may take patience to unwind all the causes which contribute to the condition.

Being a Craniosacral Therapist, I have worked in my own mouth, and that has helped me considerably. Releasing all the tension around the hyoid muscles is key. Also working around the TMJ joint. Above are some pictures to show you the inter-relationship between the the neck and jaw muscles. The Upledger Institute teaches a whole protocol on mouthwork which is very beneficial. I enjoy working with people just to see the relief they find with mouth work.

Also facing your stress and anxiety with gentleness, while receiving some help can change your life and heal the body as well. There are many somatic approaches to addressing the body that are profound and create postive change. Some examples are Hakomi, SE Work, Upledger SER therapy and such.

Also myofunctional therapists can help with exercises.

Dendending on the stress and structure, it may take time to release and integrate the stressed from clenching. But there is help available.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

703 509-1792

www.upledger.com

See how a craniosacral therapist in Columbus can help you.

6797 N. High St. #333

Worthington, Ohio 43085

Simply Explain the Purpose of Craniosacral Therapy

by | Jun 30, 2024 | Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K

Craniosacral Therapy

The cranium is the skull encasing the brain. Sacral refers to the triangular bone that is at the bottom of the back. Encapsulated within the vertebral column is the dura, deeper within- the arachnoid, and then the pia which surrounds the spine.

As Craniosacal Therapists trained at the Upledger Institute, we are listening and melding with the rhythm of the fluid which is circulating around the cranium down along the spine (sub arachnoide space)and back up. When we listen to this flow, we support the rhythm to free up any restrictions and to allow the fluid to nourish and clear away any issues in the Craniosacral System.

This is very soothing to the nervous system. It’s an experience, and many people find themselves becoming very calm and relaxed. And as we are also in connection with the fascia and other tissues, releases happen all the time on many different levels, with the benefits of the deeper intelligence moving the body toward equalibrium and integration.

Some things in the body are experiential and can’t be measured strictly. Can Craniosacral Therapy help you? I’d say yes. It’s is very nurturing and I have felt such incredible change under my hands, and have seen beautiful afterglows on the faces of my clients.

People give great accounts to their internal senses and feelings shifting. But truly, when one person, any therapist, works with you intently, with skill and with compassion, something good always occurs. With Craniosacral Therapy it is scientific and studies show it can be helpful. However, it’s unqiues up to the individual on the table, how much they can receive and shift. The body is rather miraculous, especially with a little nudge to heal.

If you’d like to find out more, contact Sharon Hartnett CST-D in the Columbus Ohio Area. Her office is at 6797 N. High St. in Worthington. Her phone number is 703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

www.barralinstitute.com

www.upledger.com

Neck and Back Pain Specialist Found!

by SharonHartnett | Jun 30, 2024 | Craniosacral Therapy, Healthy Body, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, mind body & spirit

Releasing Neck and Back Pain

Pain along the spine can arise from many different reasons. Some of these triggers can be serious and some can be helped tremendously with manual therapy. If you are experiencing, for example, problems with your bladder, infection, inflammation, or severe acute pain, go see your physician of course.

Quite often pain can come from misalignment, muscle tension, torsion in the fascial patterning, or overdoing a certain activity which creates tension. If the problem is structural, Craniosacral Therapy can be super helpful.

Craniosacral Therapy is much more of a listening therapy than a deeply aggressive type of bodywork. Have you ever gone for a massage and the pressure hurt and the tissues did not soften? Did you find yourself sore afterwards?

What’s great about Craniosacral Therapy is that, we as therapists. listen to the body tissues and allow them to show us the way into the dysfunctional patterns. There is no forcing, so the body doesn’t have to fight back. It’s much easier to access the tissues in the neck and spine this way for relief.

If you are struggling with neck and/or back pain, check out www.upledger.com. Usually, there is a way to free up the neck and back for more mobility and health. Give yourself an opportunity to move into health with gentle support.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Ease Into Grace with Mindful Connection: Being in the Heart

by | Jun 30, 2024 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, healing, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, upledger institute

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Grace

Working today, I thought about how there are so many people who are suffering who could use some Grace. Some people find help and relief. However, some don’t know how to find and connect with the healthy resources they need in order to get well. Perhaps they don’t have the financial means. Mostly what I run into though are the many women who don’t feel acknowledged in the healthcare system for chronic pain. Many tell me that they feel dismissed and unheard.

As a Craniosacral Therapist, I enjoy having the 75 minutes my sessions offer to help people. It’s a therapy which addresses the whole person with grace. When we connect, meld and bring spaciousness into awareness, the body can miraculously heal itself. The Craniosacral Therapy relaxes the body, and enhances the nervous systems body to regulate. Often, it’s a very deep and profound experience.

Today, in life, remember that there are people who are truly having a hard day. Maybe a hard life. I bring that a little deeper into my heart. How can you bring some grace into the relationship and the Moment?

Sharon Hartnett CST-D
703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Back Pain Relief: Feel Better in Your Body

by SharonHartnett | Jun 29, 2024 | Craniosacral Therapy, upledger institute

Back Pain

Have you ever had a massage, then gotten up off the table and still had back pain? That’s because it’s often the case that the front absominal area needs to be addressed too. The soft belly in the front!

Massage is focused on muscles. Yet- let’s not forget that there are also organs inside which are extremely important as well. Learning anatomy and how the organs move is essential to releasing all the tension in this cavity. Sometimes the intestines or the kidneys (or other organs) can be stuck, causing less than optimal functioning and contributing to back pain. Relieving tension in the belly almost always helps the back and promote better functioning all around.

Visceral Manipulation, as taught by the Barral Institute has remedied belly and back issues for many of my clients. Listening and supporting proprioceptive communication amonst the viscera turns the body back into support mode. Motion and healthy relationship between the organs nurtures better health.

Visceral Manipulation is not massage, but rather a form of bodywork. There are massage therapists, PT’s, nurses, doctors and other manual therapists who use these techniques. Osteopath Jean-Pierre created this work to move these tools out into the world to help deepen and share the benefits. Check out the Barral Institute for more information.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D has been incorporating Visceral Work into her Craniosacral Work for many years. She has taken the first four levels and the listening classes through the Institute.

For more questions, please feel free to call Sharon at (703 509-1792)

6797 N. High St. #333 Worthington, Ohio

5564 Mink St. Johnston, Ohio

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Healing: The Most Powerful Force Is Found in Nature

by SharonHartnett | Jun 28, 2024 | Craniosacral Therapy, Energy Healing, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K, upledger institute

Healing Arises From a Place Deeper Than the Physical Body.

Healing. When we walk outside on a beautiful day, it’s easy to feel the harmony of life in nature. There is a flow, an order, and also innate structure which allows life to happen.

There exists a summation of all the individual parts that enhance the whole. The changes of the seasons, the new beginnings and endings all give us an idea of the depth of life beyond what we can even imagine. Life makes sense, yet there is still the Unknown.

The mystery. When life goes off course, miracles do happen. Quite often something which is needed gets brought into the equation to make it all work. Yet it not usually the case that we can MAKE healing happen. Rather it’s like an ingredient that is gathered in and offered. It’s the right combination. It’s the melding into unity that gives rise to strength and recovery.

With Craniosacral Therapy, and Visceral Manipulation, it is usually the listening, blending, and the gentle touch that suggests a new possibility. The invisible intelligence within connects down to the cellular level, the tissues, the organs and a whole system. I feel this with all of the people who rest on my table. Often it feels like bringing in change and a new way that opens the door for turning on shifts, growth and integration.

For clients, in between sessions, I often recommend taking off the shoes and walking through a park and feeling the earth’s grounding as life unfolds. Observe the sky which goes beyond the clouds and through space. Imagine all the things to which we are all connected. Some known, but most not.

Healing, is more than the body. It’s the life force and intelligence that is experienced throughout all of nature.

Listen to your body. Notice how you belong, and how all things fit into the pulse of life.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D at Lighten Up Therapies
703 509-1792
Worthington and Johnstown Locations

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Easy Problem Solving In the Moment

by | Jun 26, 2024 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, healing, mindfulness, upledger institute

Problem Solving is an Intention.

Every day problems arise. They can all add up and feel totally overwhelming. Low grade stress can actually help. Especially when we have a lot on our plates. It helps us to become motivated to “Do”. Our body takes us into first gear.

On the other hand, when we are intentionally organized, we slow down and focus on what is right here, right now. The simplicity of this can bring effortlessness into any stressful situation. Quiet internal rest helps our mind and bodies to relax and make space to be better responsive to life and problems.

When we don’t use this structural equation of the dance between these two components of action and restful moments, it can become too much. We need balance between the doing and the “Being” to find peaceful resolution. It’s a combination of “Being” and taking “Action”. Mixing the both to be one is optimal.

Here is a great map to help us move through life more easily. There is flow, but there is clear direction. Clarity makes life so much easier.

The idea is to be mindful when action is needed. This includes being restful and allowing internal spaciousness. In this place of expansion, new ideas can come in. When we apply them to our clear structure, things get done. It’s the mix between balance point and motion.

Craniosacral Therapy can be very useful when we are streesed, overwhelmed and/or confused. It helps a person to settle into the body. It promotes healing, balance and motion. It calms the mind and brings most people back into the “Now”. This is the clearest place from which we can be living in.

Intentional problem solving is best done when it is not based in fear nor reactionary. Craniosacral Therapy in my practice has shown me how much a person’s stress system can calm down. My clients start anew with a fresh new attitude after sessions.

We are all in charge of our choices. And that’s what we have to live. “Yes” or “No”, live life in balance and with purpose if you are interested in the easiest way to develop and use problem solving skills. Find the calm inner strength inside of you and live from there!

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Make Your Life Easier by Slowing Down

by SharonHartnett | Jun 24, 2024 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy, Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K

Make Your Life Easier by Slowing Down

So much of what we do seems important. It all stacks up. But slowing down and taking one thing at time is a great tool to get things done even more efficiently. We think more clearly when we give space and quiet to our minds.

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Enjoy Your Life

There is no treasure more valuable than to truly “Be Yourself”. How you discover this is to be mindful, and allow the wind to bring it to your attention.

Not only listening to your thoughts, but also sensing into your body.

Make the time to listen and meld with your own “Being”. The dance between therapist and client with Craniosacral Therapy and Visceral Manipulation, can take you deep into the evolution of your soul.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

6797 N. High St. #333 Worthington, Ohio 43085

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Experience Personalized Craniosacral Sessions:Unlock Your Bodies Potential to Heal

by SharonHartnett | Jun 20, 2024 | craniosacral, Craniosacral Therapy

What Happens in Craniosacral Sessions?

First of All, I’d like to say that Craniosacral Therapy is not Massage. Although, there are many massage therapists who get interested in this type of manual therapy because it is so valuable in helping people to move back into long-term health. The Craniosacral Sessions look much different. It’s light touch, yet very powerful.

When You come in for a Craniosacral Session, you stay fully clothed. Most sessions last about an hour. Personally I keep them at 75 minutes. Instead of using lotions and creams, a Craniosacral Therapist listens intently to the person’s Craniosacral Rhythm which is created in the brain, and flows around the nervous systems. The sessions are very quiet unless the person on the table begins to deepen into a cellular memory or feelings. Advanced Cranosacral Therapists are trained to help when this happens. If you are looking for someone Certified, check out www.upledger.com. They are the leading school teaching Craniosacral Therapy.

It’s an experience unlike any you have probably experienced. A whole body melding and transformation occurs. It’s your own Deeper Wisdom emerging and bringing calm and centeredness most often into the session. People often tell me, that it’s the most calm they have felt in a long time.

For more information, contact Sharon Hartnett. at 703 509-1792.

www.craniosacralatherapistcolumbus.com

6797 N. High St. 333 Worthington. 43085

Here’s How to Build Intimacy Safely

by SharonHartnett | May 28, 2024 | Massage License in Ohio: 33.007505-H-K

Intimacy Within

Actually most people who find their way to see me are searching to find a deeper intimacy within themselves. The symptoms they usually express include stress, and quite often pain. These though are truly only layers.

With somatic bodywork, the body tells the history. Stress and pain walk hand in hand with physical tension. As we age, with life’s twists and turns, it’s easy to move away from our physical body cues. The body tightens. The tissues contract and fluidity dries up. We don’t necessarily complete healing processes in real time, and we feel it. Ultimately, we end up carrying around old unresolved patterns and habits that distract us from our very real and deep Inner Resources and Core. For someone who is trained in Somatic Bodywork, this is easy to see and to feel in the relationship, and by noticing posture and through touch. For those of us who are ultra-sensitive, we can experience this even being in the energy of the person.

What I have found over the years to be true, is that in order to feel whole and complete, we must become intimate with ourselves through mindful awareness. With Craniosacral Therapy, we as therapists listen to the body intently. We pay attention to the rhythms and vitality. We hold space for our clients to meet themselves through the different layers of consciousness by connecting to the Craniosacral and Nervous Systems primarily. Sometimes this is easy for clients. At other times, it is very difficult to sense and feel who and what we truly are. Quite often as the trust builds, clients will connect with their fears, their tears, and pain, later to watch them dissolve and find new freedom.

In order for a session to be supportive, the Craniosacral Therapist needs to stay neutral, and in respect to the Deeper Well of Wisdom inside. We Craniosacral Therapists are the mirrors who help people to find the way back home. And to me, this is back to experiencing their True Selves. That spark that is You, deserves to be found. There is a great and precious gift waiting to be known. This is the potential evolution of each individual.

I don’t expect that most people have this experience all the time. But the more and more we have the moments of Self-Realization, we learn to break negative patterns and to remember our own confidence, love and power. We find deeper and greater meaning in life. This does mean taking an intimate look within. Craniosacral therapy can be a doorway to do this.

Sharon Hartnett CST-D

703 509-1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com