Approach

My approach is collaborative. Together, we will use kindness and curiosity to gently welcome all of the different parts of you back into wholeness.

Hakomi is a method of assisted self-discovery that encourages the exploration of sensation, emotion and felt experiences in the body as well as habitual tension and movement patterns. This style of therapy brings more conscious awareness to beliefs and patterns that inhibit access to well-being. With this increased awareness comes new possibilities for healing. At the heart of Hakomi is the foundation of loving presence. This nourishing state of being opens the relational field between the client and practitioner making space for profound transformation to occur. Working with me will include periods of tuning in to body sensations and emotions, mindful reflection, active inquiry, and working with the present to understand and heal the influences of the past.

Uniquely I can incorporate Craniosacral therapy and supportive touch —with your consent— to help the healing process. Craniosacral is a very gentle manual therapy based on listening, sensing and presence to help restore normal movement to the fascial tissues of the body at each client’s own pace. The techniques bring fluid movement and optimal function to the bones, joints, tissues, organs, and central nervous system. This work can help clients feel more aligned and more at home in themselves. Clients often report a sense of deep relaxation, ease and improved alignment. Combining Craniosacral with Hakomi is deeply integrative and these modalities are very supportive to each other. The sessions are adapted individually to each person’s unique needs and preferences.

The Healing Way

Finally on my way to yes
I bump into
all the places
where I said no
to my life
all the untended wounds
the red and purple scars
those hieroglyphs of pain
carved into my skin and bones,
those coded messages
that send me down
the wrong street
again and again
where I find them,
the old wounds
the old misdirections
and I lift them
one by one
close to my heart
and I say holy
holy.

- Pesha Gertler