Kinship Physical Therapy
Our bodies do so much for us. Our hearts are constantly moving blood through us, our lungs are continuously breathing, our brain is helping us to understand and make predictions about the world. And yet so many of us have a difficult time slowing down to take care of our physical selves. Our bodies sometimes can feel like a burden, rather than a delight. Especially for those of us who have persistent pain, or other discomforts, the body can feel like a prison with no escape.
My aim is to help you develop kinship with your bodies so that you can learn to understand their messages and help to soothe their discomfort. Through this relational approach, emotional, physical, and psychological pain eases. Connection to your intuition improves and you no longer have to rely on outside advice to know what you need.
I use a variety of modalities blended together, but below I explain them separately.
Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral Therapy is a light touch technique used to bring your nervous system into a more easeful state. From this state, your body's ability to heal itself is amplified.
Compassionate Inquiry
Inspired by the work of Dr. Gabor Mate, compassionate inquiry, is a style of asking questions that can help you find what your core beliefs about yourself are and help you to sit with repressed emotions to release their energy.
Yoga and Mindful Movements
Sometimes movement is the best way to move through an issue. My goal is to get you back to your own inner knowing about how to move, but in the meantime, I offer exercise recommendations based on your strength and range of motion as well as somatic exercises to help release trauma from your body.
Visceral Mobalization
Visceral Mobilization is a light touch technique used to help the organs (AKA viscera) move with more ease. Emotions and other stressors can cause tension in the organs and just as lifting your arm up with a tightly tucked shirt is difficult, the same can be true if your liver is tight for example.
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
The pelvic floor is your foundation. It's the muscles at the very base of the torso that surround the genitals and are a part of your deep core along with the transverse abdominis. When healthy, these muscles allow you to pee and poop when you want, and not when you don't want. When they are not so healthy, besides leakage, they can lead to pelvic pain (including pain with sex) and constipation and even a loss of fertility!
