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As a Erotic Embodiment Educator, people generally come to me at the point when they are experiencing a strained expression in their personal and relational sexuality. However, exploration of expanded states of pleasure and arousal are typically NOT where we begin our work together.
We begin with You…Feeling…YOU! We begin with exploring what imprints, loops, patterns, perhaps painful restrictions or limitations are preventing you from full, free expression of YOU! We start with the nervous system. With being able to continually come back to a baseline of ease and safety within your inherently wise body security system. Our bodies and lives are constantly bombarded with so much overwhelming stimuli and distraction, it is no wonder most of us have exited our bodies and are stuck in looping thoughts and tension patterns. And from this already overstimulated and stressed-out state we are expecting to have deep, connected and meaningful sexual experiences? That is absolutely possible….AFTER we create a safe(r) space for you to inhabit all of YOU! |
What we have believed, experienced and practiced over time, we have come to embody…literally. What generative new beliefs, experiences and practices can we install to create a whole new level of possibilities? THIS is where I may support you! And this also happens over a period of time.
Ideally we will be able to work together in person, via a combination of direct-experience learning and bodywork. There will also be virtual support that is available both prior to and following any in-person work. And even better….would be the opportunity to experience a series of bodywork sessions and/or Immersions over a period of time. However….we start with small, doable pieces. And any amount of time that we work together will surely support and inform any ongoing healing, growth and transformation.
Ideally we will be able to work together in person, via a combination of direct-experience learning and bodywork. There will also be virtual support that is available both prior to and following any in-person work. And even better….would be the opportunity to experience a series of bodywork sessions and/or Immersions over a period of time. However….we start with small, doable pieces. And any amount of time that we work together will surely support and inform any ongoing healing, growth and transformation.
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I am happy and honored to work in partnership with your current therapist, practitioner or team of practitioners. Because of the scope and nature of my work (including pleasure, arousal, sexuality and the WHOLE body!), this work can be very complimentary to the work that you have already been doing with other practitioners. And this could be the missing link allowing you to move through, integrate and alchemize past traumatic experiences!
AFTER an Initial Nervous System Mapping Session....What a Potential Body Mapping Session May Look Like:
Of course, there will be variances depending on whether you come to me as an individual or a couple. (As a couple, there will be work that each of you do as an individual, as well). What are your unique needs, goals and desires? What are the blocks that are keeping you from your fullest expression? Again, it starts with your nervous system, and establishing a baseline of safety within your body. We will lay the foundation of co-regulation, attunement and embodied consent.
We are in NO RUSH to 'get' ANYWHERE! We will always go at the pace of YOUR nervous system, and listen to what is most appropriate...moment to moment....oscillating between Safety and "small, doable pieces" of activation so that Safety will always be a visceral place that can be returned to, and you might also have the opportunity to build new neural pathways/opportunities for greater capacity and resilience.
We begin with practices and exercises that map and track your nervous system. And we will always, only go at a pace that is in accordance with what can easily be digested and integrated. We work with consent and boundaries, sovereignty and agency. I want to be sure you are comfortable with both your “yes’s” and your “no’s”.
This particular assessment/treatment protocol was created by Ellen Heed, pioneer in scar tissue remediation, and creator of STREAM. And....our session may end up only including particular elements of this, as the path of each session will always be emergent and responsive to what is arising, moment to moment.
We are in NO RUSH to 'get' ANYWHERE! We will always go at the pace of YOUR nervous system, and listen to what is most appropriate...moment to moment....oscillating between Safety and "small, doable pieces" of activation so that Safety will always be a visceral place that can be returned to, and you might also have the opportunity to build new neural pathways/opportunities for greater capacity and resilience.
We begin with practices and exercises that map and track your nervous system. And we will always, only go at a pace that is in accordance with what can easily be digested and integrated. We work with consent and boundaries, sovereignty and agency. I want to be sure you are comfortable with both your “yes’s” and your “no’s”.
This particular assessment/treatment protocol was created by Ellen Heed, pioneer in scar tissue remediation, and creator of STREAM. And....our session may end up only including particular elements of this, as the path of each session will always be emergent and responsive to what is arising, moment to moment.
- When you arrive to your session, we start with safely “arriving” and landing not only in the space around you, but also safely arriving and landing in your body. Let’s also tune-in to the space between you and I. Attunement is particularly important.
- As we move to the table for bodywork, we will utilize communication, touch practices and bodywork protocols to assess and regulate your nervous system. We ALWAYS notice, track and go at the pace of the slowest part of you!
- I utilize cranial work to assess for tension and facilitate vagal flow. Throughout the session, I will always be addressing tension and unconscious holding patterns.
- I work to open the breath and optimize pelvic placement and mobility.
- Assessment continues to legs, pelvis, and to the back body.
- Allowing time and space at the end of the session is particularly important for integration as you transition back into "normal" life!
Throughout this bodywork protocol, created by Ellen Heed, I will be working with 16 postural muscles, where the muscle meets the bone. ‘Where muscle meets bone’ is where we will discover tension patterns, postural influences, scar tissue and potential pain. This is also where messages carried by the nerves to muscles, glands or organs may be strained or distorted. We are also noticing and tracking protective and emotional reactions and responses, as well.
This modality of bodywork delivers effective hands-on work to assess what’s changing in one’s tissue and to notice blockage and scars caused by biochemistry, biomechanics or emotions. As I move through your body, the muscle we’re working with and the emotion that may arise are simply building a bridge from a felt-sense of something...to a possible conversation. Conversations and insights that we might not get to in any other way.
But to reemphasize...your session may look completely different...as your needs, body and nervous system might call for a very different unfolding! Perhaps "arriving and landing in" your body is the whole session! Perhaps "feeling safe in your body" is a new neuro-opportunity for you! And that would be HUGE!
This modality of bodywork delivers effective hands-on work to assess what’s changing in one’s tissue and to notice blockage and scars caused by biochemistry, biomechanics or emotions. As I move through your body, the muscle we’re working with and the emotion that may arise are simply building a bridge from a felt-sense of something...to a possible conversation. Conversations and insights that we might not get to in any other way.
But to reemphasize...your session may look completely different...as your needs, body and nervous system might call for a very different unfolding! Perhaps "arriving and landing in" your body is the whole session! Perhaps "feeling safe in your body" is a new neuro-opportunity for you! And that would be HUGE!
What is the Nature of This Scar/Adhesion/Pattern?
Biochemical • Biomechanical • Emotional • Existential
What is the Nature of This Trauma?
Chronic • Developmental • Relational • Cultural • Historical • Collective • Intergenerational
Biochemical • Biomechanical • Emotional • Existential
What is the Nature of This Trauma?
Chronic • Developmental • Relational • Cultural • Historical • Collective • Intergenerational
General Flow of Healing & Transformation:
Transformation does not happen in a straight line. Think of spirals, outside of time and space even. We flow through these states within a single session, within a week, over a period of months, years....and even lifetimes.
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Other Sessions May Include:
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Let's connect to discuss the potential and possibilities of our work together. The following are still only a sample:
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