Somatic Experiencing is a body-based way of healing the effects of trauma. Many of us are adversely affected by past traumatic circumstances. Common symptoms of unresolved trauma include:

• chronic muscle tension
• fatigue
• headaches
• insomnia
• hypersensitivity to light and sound
• injury proneness
• immune system disorders
• difficulty establishing intimate relationships
• shame & self consciousness
• shyness
• nervousness
• depression
• repetitive behaviors & experiences
• learning difficulty
• hypervigilence
• addictions
• spaciness
• grief
• emotional numbing
• anger
• etc.
  
  
            Trauma can be defined as something that happens to us that produces a fixed response. Something gets frozen in us. We lose resilience. For one person it may be caused by prolonged abuse in the family, for another it could be living through an earthquake, an auto accident, loss of a loved one, medical or dental work, a fall, etc. There is also a cumulative effect from multiple traumas over time.
  
            It doesn’t matter what happened outwardly, because different peoplerespond differently to the same event. It matters what happened insideus. No matter what happened or who it happened to, if it wastraumatizing the results will be the same: loss of joy and loss offunctioning. The severity of the traumatic response determines howsevere the symptoms are.
  
            Trauma lives in the nervous system and is communicated through the restof the body. Somatic Experiencing works to gently guide the nervoussystem through the normal pathways of trauma resolution. This is aprocess that must happen for healing to be possible. If it doesn’thappen, our nervous system continues to respond to the world as if theoriginal danger is still happening.
  
            Animals in the wild are often in danger, but seldom traumatized. Intheir natural setting they can make the transition from the immediatesurvival threat of being hunted to relaxed grazing down by the waterhole. Humans have the same survival system built into the nervoussystem that animals have, but are often not supported in a way thatwould allow for the normalizing process that is necessary for us to movefrom traumatic circumstances to the normal relaxed balance of everydaylife. We get stuck in the alarm of the survival response.
  
            When this support is provided, it becomes possible to shed the effectsof traumatic events. The trauma could have happened today or 40 yearsago - the normalizing process is the same. Results begin quickly andare permanent.
  
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Environment exerts a powerful influence on us. Every building has its own magnetic field. This field & the chi (vital energy) flow patterns created by the land itself, architectural & interior design either support or hinder us. A Feng Shui assessment first reveals the nature of the influences we are experiencing where we live & work. Various problems we experience, such as in health, relationship & financial areas can be caused by disharmony coming from the building itself. Most important, the assessment will provide very specific corrections, which will transform the nature of the magnetic field & the chi flow, so that positive influences are increased & negative influences are neutralized. Suggestions given are generally simple & inexpensive. Results are very noticeable.

The first assessment is the most involved. Updates are suggested each year, as some of what affects us is transitory annual changes that require different corrections each year. Assessments are available on site or by mail.

• Individual balancing:
  There are different models of Pulsor®s for different uses. For individual balancing sessions Pulsor®s are placed directly on the body for a deep balancing effect.Sessions are 30 min. to 1 hour.Pulsor®s can be worn for ongoing protection everywhere.

• Buildings (homes & workplaces), appliances, cars, etc.:
  Pulsor®s are used for entire buildings & on individual pieces of equipment, depending on individual needs & sensitivities.

Interactive Personal Coaching is a partnership between you and your coach which is designed to help you develop the life skills you need to discover and manifest your goals. Personal coaching is effective for developing thriving relationships with yourselves and others, success in business, creative innovation, increasing intuition and greater well being overall. It is based on 30 years of clinical research and uses a whole-body learning system that transforms stress and stuckness into awareness, balance and effective action.

• Learn to speak and listen effectively
• Access your own body wisdom
• Use your environment to increase self awareness & quality of life
• Express your unique genius
• Learn how to get the support you need
• Identify and manifest the dreams of your heart

Coaching is available in person or by phone.Free introductory sessions are available.An ongoing commitment of 3 - 6 months is recommended.

Vivation® is a body based, kinesthetic system which uses breath, awareness and other supporting principles, to transform negative emotions into positive experience. Tremendous amounts of energy can be invested in negative emotional patterns, depriving the physical body of what it needs to heal & the mind of what it needs to be creative. Vivation® is taught so that you become self-sufficient in using all emotional states, including the "negative" ones, to your advantage at any time, reclaiming all that emotional energy for health & purposefulness. Research shows that people who use Vivation® show substantial reduction of feelings of shame, guilty and inferiority. The techniques are natural, easy to learn,easy to use anywhere, & completely safe. Vivation® is a kinesthetic method for emotional health.

A series of 7 sessions is usually sufficient to learn & become confident in the use of Vivation®. Additional sessions are available as needed. Classes & group Vivation® sessions are also available.

Body Harmony® Bodywork works directly on the physical body to remove limitations to movement & free self-expression from the tissues. The physical body is the intersection point of all the bodies: physical, emotional, mental & spiritual. Limitations, due to injury or ingrained behavior, in any of the other bodies will be communicated in the form of physical restrictions. Body Harmony® employs techniques of gentle physical manipulation, movement analysis & communication, which produce a heightened state of self-awareness. The nervous system responds by spontaneously eliminating limiting patterns, which have dominated movement & expression. The result is that the experience of a healthy body & a feeling of being consistent with ones self & ones highest purposes.

Sessions are as individual as you are. Classes are available.

The Metamorphic theory states that, before birth, while we are in our mother's womb, if our mother experiences distress or trauma, this can later affect the functioning of our nervous system. The result can be a host of ailments or behavioral dysfunction. The exact timing of the pre-birth distress determines the problems that ensue. The gentle Metamorphic Technique directly accesses the central nervous system, clearing out traumatic patterns & allowing our natural harmonious patterns to reinstate themselves. Stuck patterns dissolve. Internal contradictions disappear. Physical health improves. We know we are connected to universal protection & supply.

A series of 3 or more sessions is recommended.

72 Vortex Points _SM are located symmetrically throughout the body. These are gateways to healthy energy flow. (These are not the same as Acupuncture points.) As these points are opened, the lymph system is detoxified & the muscles relax deeply. You feel clean & serene.A series of 3 or more sessions is recommended for a deeper cleanse.