mind body & spirit

At Lighten Up Therapies,  my hope is to find a way to engage the entire “Beingness” of my clients. I truly believe that my role is to be an educator and a questioner in the process of awakening into wholeness and comprehensive health. Your session is about having your needs met and in allowing healing and movement to take place to support your Wellbeing. This is often best served through exploration into the mind body & spirit connection

Mind Body & Spirt

Mind Body & Spirt

Massage can be an experience where you just come into relax.  Some clients have a difficult time quieting down with their work and busy schedules.  The best thing for them to do is close their eyes and enjoy. Massage can increase circulation, lymph flow, relax muscles, lengthen the connective tissues and balance the body’s systems.

are other benefits to Massage Work too.  Massage is a field that has grown wide and deep.  There is Medical Massage, Swedish Massage, Thai Stretching, Lymphatic Massage, along with many other specialty areas.  Massage Therapists often get pulled into a certain direction depending on their love for the work and their own proclivity towards the various modalities of healing.  To be a Massage Therapist in most states, one has to take Continuing Education before renewing their licenses.  This is good news to our clients because it keeps us on top of all the new developments and expertise out in the field.  Education helps us to keep doors open so that we can introduce new techniques, understand medical issues, and be aware of the ethics involved in being a bodyworker.  With this said,  I have taken the path of exploring the Mind Body & Spirit Connection with myself as a practitioner and with my clients in order to enhance quality of life.  This does not mean that I see myself as a psychotherapist because I do not.  Education is more my focus. However, I do have a lot of experience working with clients who bring up physical, emotional and spiritual issues.  I don’t give advise, but I do follow my client’s own body intelligence and support them in finding their own truth for the most part.  I trust that we each have a connection to our own Source, and my job is to support self-discovery and deeper contact at the client’s request.  My training at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing and the Hakomi Institute have taught me to allow the organic process of bringing awareness into the present moment so that the mind can still enough to bring forth more spaciousness and opportunity to step outside of tension and conflict on many levels.  Touch is one of the best ways to do this, especially once trust is established and the sensations of the body are changing the brain’s perception of history to the present moment.  When we feel safe and at ease in our bodies, it is easier to address other issues that arise.  A professional Massage Therapist will ask you what you need to feel comfortable and to build a confidential and trusting environment for you to relax and touch into the calm waters of your “Being”.

I find that it is helpful to listen to my client’s wishes when they visit.  I usually take an additional 15 minutes for intake on the first session so that I can hear their history and understand their concerns.  I like to know what has been helpful in the past and what they didn’t like.  It’s important to respect a client’s feelings and to engage where he/she feels comfortable.  Once this happens,  the mind, body & spiritual issues naturally begin to unfold and open into a place of more light and clarity. So when the intake is complete,  I invite the session to be about what is happening in the moment.  What this does is to allow the mind to take in a new awareness, even when the brain is thinking about all the different things that it does.  By Witnessing, Experiencing and being Curious during a session, the light inside becomes more transparent and it’s easier to feel healthier and to make better decisions about life and how one wants to use their energy.  The massage is helpful in bringing more attention to the cellular awareness and discovering the tensions and the role they play in your life.   I like to think that our issues have a positive role in helpful us to see things that we may avoid in order to help us resolve past issues whether physical or otherwise. This type of bodywork is meant to Awaken the mind body & spirit Experience.  It aligns clients with a more holistic approach to life.

Either way…  a massage to relax and fall asleep or a bodywork session to awaken and enliven the senses, Massage can be very beneficial to you and your evolving Spirit.  Our Spirits are living in these human bodies… transformational tools for our hearts, psyches and physical health.  Be proactive in your Self-Care and your quality of life can be much better.  Whatever is happening in life can be eased by feeling good with yourself.

Warmly,

Sharon Hartnett LMT  www.massageincolumbusohio.com/energy-therapy/

mind body & spirit connection

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