Techniques

Polarity Therapy is a system of energy medicine developed by Dr. Randolph Stone, a skilled chiropractor, naturopath and osteopathic physician. He blended concepts from Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine and various types of folk medicine to create a modality that would effect lasting change in his patients.

The work harmonizes energy in the body by accessing key landmarks. For example, positive, negative and neutral poles of the body are balanced, as well as geometric relationships. The five elements of the body: Ether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth are viewed as important resources. Each part of the body’s energetic map corresponds to an emotional or physical aspect of our wellbeing.

Scanning, rocking, shaking and light pressure between body areas may be used to help alleviate energetic restrictions. The practitioner brings elements and polarities into alignment, and your body into a greater sense of wholeness. Parts of this work can be conducted at a distance with self-touch and energetic touch from the practitioner.

Somatic Experiencing

Somatic Experiencing® is a dynamic method used to help clients come back to wholeness after or during traumatic experiences. This work helps individuals regain parts of their lives that have been frozen or otherwise inaccessible due to stored trauma. Researched, founded and shared by Peter Levine through the Somatic Experiencing Institute, SE™ is a method that is taught and practiced worldwide for survivors of myriad kinds of trauma.

This method is based in the concept that trauma deeply affects the functioning of the nervous system. Our nervous systems adapt and try to protect us by entering particular nervous system states. We typically enter an ongoing state of fight, flight or freeze, or some variation of these.

These states can become the forefront of our lives, concealing our true selves. Some examples of fight behaviors include rage, control, frustration and perfectionism. Examples of flight responses include overthinking, overworking, distraction, panic, anxiety and escapism. Freeze responses may include feeling stuck, being indecisive, feeling numbness, and dissociation.

Experiences that can create nervous system dysregulation are many. Some examples include prolonged stress, adverse childhoods, abandonment, prolonged poverty, racism, immigration, emotional or physical abuse, witnessing violence, medical trauma, and accidents.

Somatic Experiencing® is said to help clients move from “fixity to flow.” A typical SE™ session will move from orienting a client to their environment to exploring safety and resourcing through the body. Trauma is touched upon gently and in increments. This process supports resiliency in the nervous system by guiding clients through cycles of activation and deactivation. The goal is to increase the capacity for flow between different emotions and experiences without getting trapped by old patterns.

The results can be profound. Clients report a feeling of finding their true selves, which was hidden behind previous defenses. They report being able to rest more deeply and approach life with more ease and confidence. They feel more able to be in the present moment, rather than being plagued by past or future timelines. They experience a sense of well-being and optimism for the first time in their lives.

As an energy worker with advanced skills in SE, I offer a strongly intuitive approach to nervous system healing. My energetic modalities support your process at any step where they are needed.