Specialties
Deep Tissue Massage
Deep Tissue Massage is a form of bodywork that aims to relieve tension in the deeper layers of tissue in the body. Deep Tissue Massage is a highly effective method for releasing chronic stress areas due to misalignment, repetitive motions, and past lingering injuries. Due to the nature of the deep tissue work, open communication during the session is crucial to make sure you don't get too uncomfortable. Keep in mind that soreness is pretty common after the treatment, and that plenty of water should be ingested to aid with the flushing and removal of toxins that will have been released from the deep tissue during the session.
Trauma Touch Therapy TM
Trauma Touch TherapyTM reconnects you.
What is Trauma? Trauma can be any event that overwhelms a person's normal capacity to cope. Traumatic events can take your breath away and knock you off your energetic ground. In addition to injury, the impact of trauma may leave a person in a state of heightened alert, and disconnected from the sequence of what happened. Trauma may dull or disconnect people from sensory awareness and emotions. Long after the event is past, these disconnections subconsciously interfere with activity, health, sleep and/or relationships.
Trauma Needs a Way Out! Imagine that trauma is an unwanted force that lodges in the body and triggers knee-jerk, inexplicable reactions. For instance, many people report that a friendly shoulder squeeze, doctor's exam, dental work, intimate contact or massage elicits anxiety and/or a defensive reaction. They may rigidly bear up, "numb out" or avoid the above situations.
Despite a person's best efforts to over-ride these post traumatic reactions, few new responses are possible until the affected person shifts the entrenched traumatic force.
Clients learn to pace the work - and their lives - to avoid reliving traumatizing events. Clients learn to create experiences in which they get help to care for themselves in ways that were not possible at the time of trauma.
Trauma Touch Therapy clients initially contract for 10 weekly sessions. Their commitment creates a safe container to explore re-connection with their sensory self.
If you don't live in or near McMinnville Oregon, contact the Colorado School of Healing Arts at 303 986 9925 to locate a Trauma Touch practitioner in your area.
*** Trauma Touch TherapyTM helps people with a variety of trauma histories. It interfaces with - but is not a substitute for - counseling.
Pregnancy Massage
During pregnancy a woman's body goes through many changes.
... some stressful and uncomfortable.
How does massage help?
* Reduces stress and promotes relaxation.
* Reduces and alleviates neck, back and joint pain caused by posture, muscle weakness, tension, extra weight, or imbalance.
* Relieves muscle spasms, cramps and fibrosis.
* Alleviates stress on weight-bearing joints and musculo-fascial structures (sacro-iliac joint, mid-back and lumbar spine, hips).
* Combats tension, fatigue, and headaches, soothe nerves to help with sleep problems, and reduce blood pressure through relaxation and stress reduction.
* Increases blood and lymph circulation and supports the physiological process of gestation by supporting the work of the heart, increasing cellular reparation, reducing edema, and contributing to sympathetic nervous system sedation. Reduces the possibility of problems with swelling, varicose veins, and leg cramps.
* Helps maintain skin elasticity to ease stretch marks and uncomfortable tightness.
* Assists with the management of digestive complaints such as constipation, gas, nausea and indigestion.
* Encourages deeper, easier breathing.
* Enhances self-esteem and self image, helping the pregnant woman feel more at home in her changing body.
Swedish Massage
Swedish Massage is a very relaxing and therapeutic style of bodywork. It combines oils or lotion with an array of strokes such as rolling, kneading, and percussion to help the body improve its circulation. The benefits of this type of bodywork are wide-ranging and include relief from aches and pains, decreased stress levels in the body, enhanced mental clarity, improved appearance, and greater flexibility.
Lymphatic Drainage
Lymphatic Drainage Therapy aims to gently and rhythmically move the lymph through the body, especially swollen areas of the body, relieving pressure and enhancing the functioning of the immune system. As both a preventative and remedial technique, LDT can be used for a wide range of purposes including faster recovery from injury, reduction of swelling and discomfort from pregnancy, and strengthened resistance to illness.
Cancer/Oncology Massage
Oncology Massage is a special type of massage developed specifically for cancer patients. Cancer patients have unique needs which must be addressed to make sure that a massage is beneficial to their health. I focus my attention on creating a gentle, nurturing environment for you to relax into.