Your Voice
Don’t remain silent. You are meant to discover your True Self, and to sing the expression of your soul!
Sharon Hartnett CST-D
703 509-1792
5 Ways to Smile
Lift Yourself Up and Smile
Sometimes, life can get you down. Things don’t go your way. Your dreams fall apart.
When this happen, it’s easy to falls down the spiral. Almost familiar. Yet, our true power comes from lifting ourselves up out the dark and comfortable.
Feeling Good Power can take root again. It is found by choosing Joy and excitement again. Here are 5 ways to help you smile and change your life for the better:
1. Get Outside. Nature if very healing. Allow the sun to warm your brow. Let it energize you. Feel the breeze on your skin, or a cold snap wake you up on a gray chilling day. Pleasure is found everywhere when you open your mind to the outside world.
2. Gratitude- Acknowledge your challenges or your “failures” but don’t put much more energy on that once it is done. Refocus on what you have learned from your mistakes and make better choices moving forward. Find thanks for all the little things in the past opportunities that have reminded you of your own unique brilliance and genius. There is always something good in everything.
3. Be kind to others and yourself. It feels good to be in service and to uplift others. But just as important- meet your own needs in a kind way. Remind yourself to listen to your Higher Self Guidance, and let go of your doubt. Acknowledge your fears-and move right through them with compassion. Treat yourself to things that bring you authentic joy and a smile on your face. Practicing smiling wakes up the Inner Kindness.
4. Reach out to others. Often people who are depressed feel alone. There are billions of people on this planet. Make contact and put yourself out there again.
5. Follow your passion. It’s easy to believe less about ourselves than to see the wonderful qualities that make up our core. Ask others to reflect back your strengths and learn to accept praise. Take critical feedback as someone else’s view-but not necessarily truth, and something you can work on or not to move forward.
We all deserve to smile. Joy is always here. May you find your smile today and share it with life!
Sharon Hartnett CST-D
703 509-1792
www.massageincolumbusohio.com
www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com
Building Self-Confidence
Self-Confidence is not always easy to come by. Especially if the reflection of you from others has been bullying, putting down,dismissal, doubt, belittling, excluding and such. How does one get to know their authentic essential Self when this is the world in which they live? These negative mirrors are a sense of abuse to the True Self. Especially for children who are so open and ready to absorb everything. Babies and children are filled with such innocence and curiousity. They take what they are given as truth because they are simply born this way. So dependent and needing to be protected. Their tiny brains take in what is offered, and they organize based upon the reality that is presented. Yet, children grow, and they will become independent. And the gift of life is that we can change to find our own Sense of Self, with our own Inner Authority Clarity.
We each have our life challenges. Nobody is alone in this. As we grow, we look toward our parents, our friends, and community to teach us about love and kindness. But this is not always the case. Not in this day and age. We all know this. We turn on the news and violence is everywhere. So I ask you. Where do you want to put your life energy? How do you want to live this life that has been given to you when life is at odds? Is it in the darkness out there, or in the Light that lives Within You?So what can a person do to overcome all the breaks in trust formed in the world in which we live? My friend, the answer lies within you, and you already know it. You just need to start being more aware of what is already present in your life. There are many people in the world now who are growing in their trust for the One Wisdom, the Divine Light of God. They know how to do this by receiving “the key.”
The key is to begin to trust your own Inner Wisdom. You know, it is that voice in your head that says, “this is the best way”. It may say to you, “take a bath”. Something as simple as this to relax your muscles and give you some time to empty your head. As you begin to listen to this “Higer Voice” more often, it will get more involved in more difficult scenerios more often too. Our Inner Wisdom is always wanting to help us to grow and change, even when we resist the generosity of this Self-Love. It is an easy thing to do, following your Kind Inner Wisdom, but it takes commitment to break negative patterns of thinking based on earlier relationships.
Often enough, when we have been betrayed or hurt, we decide, “oh- I will do this alone, on my own”. It’s a strategy. We do this to try and stay safe. It can make sense for a short time, but in the long-run, we begin to close ourselves in. We miss out on the reality of inter-connected relatioships both within ourselves and with the outer world. But- my friends, we are not meant to do this alone. We are meant to build ourselves up and be involved in creating a great life for ourselves and for others.
In our hopes to thrive, we need to change our thinking. We have been limiting ourselves and our potential severely. You and I were born to greatness. We are walking miracles happening every moment, starting with these bodies that we wake up in every day. The Spirit of God, of the Universe, of all of Existence is living inside of us, trying to give us guidance each day to live our best lives.
If you want the best for yourself. If you want to be strong, creative and a true leader, you must begin to listen to your Own Inner Wisdom instead of leaking it away to Others. You will know that the voice is truth when it is Kind, Compassionate, Honest, and feels pleasurable. It will resonate in both your heart and your mind.
Listen to this voice and notice how your life begins to change. Notice the new steps that you feel brave enough to take. You have the resource inside of you to be a Powerful Presence for yourself and for others. I want this for me, and I want this for all of you who read this.
If you have been drawn to read this, these words are writen from that Voice that comes to me. I hope is uplifts your day to know that everything is possible when you begin to Listen and build your Self-Confidence.
Warmly,
Sharon Hartnett Cst-D
703 509-1792
www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com
Have you hit your Head?
A concussion is a traumatic brain injury. It’s something to take seriously.
If you have hurt your head playing football, have fallen or been in an accident, you may not show any external symptoms. Perhaps you did not lose consciouness either. But that doesn’t mean that you are fine. Always check with your physician and do follow up if you hit your head.
Some of the symptoms are:
- Headache
- Pressure in the head
- Slurred speech
- Tired
- Dizziness
- Temporary loss of consciousness
- Vomiting
- Problems sleeping
- Confusion
- Amnesia
- Ringing in the ears
- Nausea
- Slurred speech
- Delayed response to questions
If after time, you find yourself noticing sensitivity to light, loss of focus, change in sense of taste/smell, emotionally out of sync (depression), you may be experiencing the after effects.
Once you have checked in with your doctor, you may want to try Craniosacral Therapy. The Upledger Intitute has been offering football players the opportunity to receive Craniosacral work and there has been a lot of success. As a Diplomate Certified Craniosacral Therapist myself, I have worked with people who experienced Concussions, and have improved quite a bit.
You don’t have to just learn to cope. There is help.
If you have any questions, please contact Sharon Hartnett CST-D at 703 509-1792 for a free 10 minute phone consultation with your questions.
It’s time to get better, don’t you think?
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Let Love Lead
Do you ever feel lost?
Have you stopped listening?
If you pay attention, you will always find that strand of love that is dancing in the breeze, waiting to be held.
To feel truly happy, I think it is necessary to quiet down and notice how love is supporting you. It’s everywhere. And it shows up in every moment.
Listen to your heart, and make your best decisions there with clarity and grounding.
Real love is true. You’ll know that by the way you feel
Sharon Hartnett CST-D
703 509-1792
www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com
Be Yourself
Normal is Overrated.
We live in a world where “normal” is overrated. So much of what we learn is how to fit in with the thinking of others. Especially when we are younger, our parents, teachers and friends ask us to memorize, to repeat, to make habits that are part of the current paradigm. Somewhere in all of this though, is you- wanting to find your own way of Being. It’s a tricky tightrope act learning to walk in both worlds between the authentic you and what is expected. Ultimately though, as we mature and grow up, for those of us who weren’t given much opportunity to be heard, acknowledged or hear praise, we must learn how to discard the package we have been sold. How to do this? 1. Be curious always 2. Step outside your box and see things from a view that comes from within you. 3. bring your awareness to your own sense of self before relating to others 4. allow yourself to receive and regulate “what’s out there” at your own pace and in whatever quantity is easiest for you. 5. practice connecting with your whole self and don’t let anything get in the way! Good luck unlearning all the bullshit, and finding the real you.
Sharon Hartnett CST-D
703 509-1792
www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com
Untie Family Entanglements .
Craniosacral Therapy
Have you noticed the suffering that passes through the generations?
By taking a stand for your own health and wellbeing, you can give back that which came before you, and set good boundaries for those who try and pull you into the family drama.
Craniosacral Therapy is a kind and powerful set of techniques that listens to the wisdom of your body. The tissue tensions release and often clients find themselves discovering more clarity as emotions release and integrate, and images and beliefs surface into the present. The body holds our history, and when the compensations release- our past habits do as well. Our organization in how we interact with the world changes.
Unlearning painful family dynamics, and discovering your power of voice and creative is freeing and sets you on your own course. Your fate belongs to you.
If you would like to find out more about Craniosacral Therapy, please feel free to give me a call for a free 10 minute phone consultation.
Sharon Hartnett CST-D
Craniosacral Therapist Columbus
703 509-1792
www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com
Does Craniosacral Therapy Work?
Does Craniosacral Therapy help you to heal longstanding chronic pain, anxiety, stress?
It’s a great question.
The best that I can tell you is that in my 25+ years of bodywork practice, I have switched over my practice primarily to Craniosacral Therapy (CST) because I do see how much it benefits my clients.
Day after day, I see people relax and feel better than when they walked in. The most notable change is when a client comes in each week for a period of time. Why? because with CST, we are addressing the Central Nervous System to find a way to heal itself. We facilitate the change, but we only do this by listening to your body’s own Inner Wisdom to heal. And as it was your mind and its relationship to your body that made all the choices to get to the point of pain, the mind must awaken and find another way to live. One that is kinder, gentler and more open. When stress leaves your body on a deep level, you’d be amazed and how much easier life becomes. It takes time to undo and unlearn all the bad habits from the past, and to create a more free authentic way of living for yourself.
Does it work is a subjective perspective for the client most often. From a therapist perspective, I feel the changes happening underneath my hands and fingertips. Fascia is unwinding, and organs and muscles find better motion. It feels like everything is becoming more revitalized and balanced. However, some clients feel a lot happening if they are sensitive to their bodies, and for others who don’t usually pay attention physically, they may not feel much at all. But that does not stop the work from doing what it needs to do to help produce more peace, alignment and yes- joy in the body. It’s always important for a therapist to meet the client where they are, and help them journey inward to release and integrate dysfunctional issues, and to bring a person back to center. This can take time and patience. It usually does. In the longrun, I have seen lives changed dramatically in a positive way.
Sometimes I get clients in who want to be fixed in a day. This doesn’t work. Clients may feel a big shift in one session. I know that I have gotten off the table when I was a client myself, and felt like I had moved through lifetimes of stuckness which released. But to get the full effects, life is a process. We are multi-dimensional beings that have to shed behaviors and habits that no longer serve our bodies and our sense of self. This is not usually a one day fix. Rather- it is a commitment to work through whatever is holding you back so that you can lovingly break through and make a better “Present”.
I would recommend that people try at least 10 sessions. Yet usually one experiences an integrative positive change in 3. Sometimes the work is so subtle. Yet, usually after this amount of work, clients get off my table and remark how much different they feel, for the better. It has often been gradual, but it is more permanent than other types of bodywork/massage that I have practiced or received. So yes, Craniosacral Therapy Works. But you’ll have to try it yourself to have yor own experience! It’s important to invest in making yourself see yourself as valuable enough to show up and receive.
The belief that I carry with intention, is that we are all worthy of feeling great and aligned in our lives, so that we can create abundantly and with peace and joy.
Sharon Hartnett CST-D
703 509-1792
www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com
Creating a Space for Nothing…
Meditation is Bliss! Life is so busy these days. It’s rare to naturally find the time to relax and enjoy doing nothing. Yet it is important for each of us to have a safe and quiet space to let our guard down and just “Be”. It does take intention to give this gift to ourselves.Have you ever sat in the silence of a moment? The preciousness is sacred and often quite peaceful~Meditation is a practice that teaches focus on awareness. It brings more clarity, along with an expanding open mind~Mindfulness allows one to explore both what is happening inside and outside with a fullness that feels ripe and complete. It helps to bridge the two through healthy integration~
Sharon Hartnett CST-D
703 509-1792
www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com
Most people believe meditation is all about stopping thoughts that seem to be looping through our minds. In fact, it is more about training the mind to bring conscious attention to exactly what does spring forth in the moment from the well of our thoughts and deeper. It is about finding an appreciation for all of creation, making it easier and easier to be in acceptance to what IS.
Meditation can be done on a walk through nature. It can be done sitting in a jail cell. It is an awakening tool that can be done anywhere and anytime for free. Putting in the time will bring rewards much greater than anything else you can do. You might find that with a little curiosity and mindful awareness that you will go deeper and feel more alive than ever before.
Meditation can be done in any religion. It can be done with no belief at all. Each person has a capacity to discover oneself. The pathway is available for all who commit to walk the path. Take the time to care for yourself. Find a quiet place in your home, outside, where’ve you feel comfortable the most. That way you can relax when you first begin. Then let the practice of meditation take flight.
Craniosacral Therapy can help you too with this process. It is a type of bodywork that includes meditation with guidance. It supports integration of the mind, body &soul. If you are interested in journey together, call Sharon Hartnett CST-D for a free phone consultation at 740 966-5153 in Columbus, Ohio.
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Beliefs Aren’t Always True
As Children, We grow up believing much of what we are taught.
The first half of life, we as children absorb and live through many experiences which form our world. We as children, usually question everything wanting to understand how life on earth works. In this, we make the best decisions we can that will help us navigate and live in harmony and love. For the most part, we want to feel included, and part of the systems in which we find ourselves. We do almost anything to feel like we belong. There is a certain safety in that. We listen and often do what we are told. We accept the world around us, when it makes sense, and even when it does not.
As we grow a little older, we start to press up against our parents, our teachers, and community leaders to find out more about the question, “Who Am I”. Often we are confused, and our bodies change, and our world too. We lean toward our peers, and friends become important players in our lives. Many of the beliefs that we were raised with will help shape how we choose to interact with those around us. We often move towards or against. Sometimes when we choose the easier path, we ride the wave.
By the time we start our own families, beliefs start to become a powerful force in how we create. Young adults will eventually start to question all the things that come back to them from their outer world. To become empowered individuals, they will have to learn how to make their own decisions free from other people’s thoughts. Wise parents will teacher their kids to be independent thinkers, and to not take any beliefs too seriously, but rather to try on different hats, and to experience life to the fullest. But they will also have to help define boundaries and learn to respond rather than react. Maturity means becoming responsible and owning the choices we make.
Our children eventually leave, and we find ourselves as empty nesters. When we are fortunate to retire our jobs, we are sometimes given the opportunity to find our real life’s work. If we are even luckier, we rekindle our passions as follow that path. This is a wonderful time to re-question what we think and how we want to do things. If we are open enough with curiosity and wonder, we may even become more clear that reality is not what we once believed. We may understand that the moment in which we now live is rich and it is ours to travel.
As we age into our later years, we start to think about death. Our parents have left years ago. Our friends start to pass too. We grieve. We fear. And yet we know that our time in this life is shorter. At this point we can let go of everything that has ever stressed us. We know that we can’t take anything with us when we cross that bridge. There is a certain freedom awaiting us. And that possibility in the Unknown is Wide and Deep. We can either embrace the mystery, or resist. But we know that we are the authors of our own destiny.
At any of this moments in our lives, God gives us the opportunity to believe or not. We are always given the gift of questioning. Sometimes along the way, we take things so seriously. We get entangled into what is right, and what is wrong. We often throw away important relationships for the sake of what we are believing. It’s not a bad thing to let go or walk away. But if you want to be a Truthful Authentic Human Being, be willing to step into another person’s shoes, ask questions, open up to other possibilities you could never imagine. Invite new things in. When you judge others, notice that. See how your criticisms affect the situation you are in. Do they serve you or do they not? Be willing to lay down all the things you once thought were important to invite the Light of God back into your heart, even if it has been broken. Especially if it has been broken. There is something so sweet and powerful about being vulnerable in truth. So transformative and empowering.
What say you? Are you willing to surrender into the truth? Take an inventory and throw out the things that limit you from being in your heart?
Sharon Hartnett CST-D
www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com
Servicing the Columbus, Ohio area: 703 509-1792