Therapeutic Bodywork with Sharon
For more information, questions or scheduling: [email protected]
What clients have said:
"...more than a massage, it's an experience!"
"I benefitted greatly from the work you do and have been thinking so differently about my shoulder and arm."
"There is great possibility for me..."
"I’m feeling revitalized, able to stand longer and complete my tasks without so many breaks sitting down due to pain. Aside from feeling safe and comfortable in her presence, her art is also healing and inspirational."
"You're like a massage whisperer!"
Sharon is dedicated to providing clients with skillful and intuitive touch, energetic healing and therapeutic movement facilitation in a supportive environment. Sharon’s sessions wholistically promote deep awareness, relaxation, therapeutic healing, growth and personal transformation. She is a Certified Massage Therapist (CMT), Reiki Master Practitioner, Somatic Educator, CranioSacral Therapy (CST) practitioner and a Certified Movement Analyst (CMA) through the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies. Sharon also brings thirty years of embodied training and experience as a professional dance artist and educator to her bodywork practice and is a member of the national Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals organization, www.abmp.com.
Note: Western based Somatics and therapeutic bodywork fields draw from many Indigenous practices that need to be recognized and honored more fully. For a start with this acknowledgment, see Susan Raffo's blog post:
www.susanraffo.com/blog/aligning-the-relational-field-a-love-story-about-retelling-the-creation-of-craniosacral-therapy-and-a-lot-of-other-touch-based-bodywork-as-well
For more information, questions or scheduling: [email protected]
What clients have said:
"...more than a massage, it's an experience!"
"I benefitted greatly from the work you do and have been thinking so differently about my shoulder and arm."
"There is great possibility for me..."
"I’m feeling revitalized, able to stand longer and complete my tasks without so many breaks sitting down due to pain. Aside from feeling safe and comfortable in her presence, her art is also healing and inspirational."
"You're like a massage whisperer!"
Sharon is dedicated to providing clients with skillful and intuitive touch, energetic healing and therapeutic movement facilitation in a supportive environment. Sharon’s sessions wholistically promote deep awareness, relaxation, therapeutic healing, growth and personal transformation. She is a Certified Massage Therapist (CMT), Reiki Master Practitioner, Somatic Educator, CranioSacral Therapy (CST) practitioner and a Certified Movement Analyst (CMA) through the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies. Sharon also brings thirty years of embodied training and experience as a professional dance artist and educator to her bodywork practice and is a member of the national Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals organization, www.abmp.com.
Note: Western based Somatics and therapeutic bodywork fields draw from many Indigenous practices that need to be recognized and honored more fully. For a start with this acknowledgment, see Susan Raffo's blog post:
www.susanraffo.com/blog/aligning-the-relational-field-a-love-story-about-retelling-the-creation-of-craniosacral-therapy-and-a-lot-of-other-touch-based-bodywork-as-well
MASSAGE THERAPY
The classic restorative Swedish massage approach integrated with deep tissue as well as proprioceptive release and stretching techniques. To support therapeutic goals of softening adhesions, knots, and structural tension, while supporting neuromuscular system health, skeletal alignment and overall mental, emotional and physical function. Sharon received her Certificate in Massage Therapy from the Minnesota State Southeast in 2016.
REIKI ENERGY HEALING
A Japanese originated gentle and non-invasive yet powerful hands-on mind/body/spirit energy technique. Reiki aids in restoring and balancing vital life energy, while promoting parasympathetic response, deep relaxation and self-healing.
Sharon is trained in Usui Reiki levels 1, 2 & 3 and has been practicing since 1998.
www.reiki.org/faq/whatisreiki.html
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY
A gentle, hands on approach that releases tensions deep in the body to relieve pain and dysfunction and improv whole-body health and performance. Practitioners tune in, witness and support the release of restrictions in the soft tissues and fluids that surround the central nervous system. By normalizing the environment around the brain and spinal cord and enhancing the body's ability to self-correct, CST can alleviate a wide variety of concerns, from chronic pain and sports injuries to neurological impairment, headaches, and TMJ. Sharon received her Certificate in Craniosacral Therapy from the Heartwood Institute of Integrated Medicine in 2020 and engages in this subtle dance with her clients, trusting the body to heal itself in its own time.
www.heartwoodintegrativemedicine.com
www.upledger.com
*Indigenous origins: http://drpourgol.blogspot.com/2019/06/american-indian-bodywork-origin-of.html
SOMATICS
Soma=“the body as perceived from within.” Based on the mind/body awareness approach of Somatic pioneers Rudolph Laban and Irmgard Bartenieff, who drew from many Eastern and Western philosophies and body practices as well as physical therapy and dance therapy, these are therapeutic sessions with hands-on movement techniques and simple sequences for neuromuscular re-education that:
· Complements many healing modalities
· Supports injury recovery and movement re-patterning
· Relieves pain, tension, stress and facilitates a re-connection to self
· Improves flexibility, coordination, core strength, energy and mobility
Sharon has been embodying, learning and practicing Somatics studies for over 30 years.
Somatics: https://somatics.org/library/htl-wis1
ISMETA: https://ismeta.org
Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies: https://labaninstitute.org
The classic restorative Swedish massage approach integrated with deep tissue as well as proprioceptive release and stretching techniques. To support therapeutic goals of softening adhesions, knots, and structural tension, while supporting neuromuscular system health, skeletal alignment and overall mental, emotional and physical function. Sharon received her Certificate in Massage Therapy from the Minnesota State Southeast in 2016.
REIKI ENERGY HEALING
A Japanese originated gentle and non-invasive yet powerful hands-on mind/body/spirit energy technique. Reiki aids in restoring and balancing vital life energy, while promoting parasympathetic response, deep relaxation and self-healing.
Sharon is trained in Usui Reiki levels 1, 2 & 3 and has been practicing since 1998.
www.reiki.org/faq/whatisreiki.html
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY
A gentle, hands on approach that releases tensions deep in the body to relieve pain and dysfunction and improv whole-body health and performance. Practitioners tune in, witness and support the release of restrictions in the soft tissues and fluids that surround the central nervous system. By normalizing the environment around the brain and spinal cord and enhancing the body's ability to self-correct, CST can alleviate a wide variety of concerns, from chronic pain and sports injuries to neurological impairment, headaches, and TMJ. Sharon received her Certificate in Craniosacral Therapy from the Heartwood Institute of Integrated Medicine in 2020 and engages in this subtle dance with her clients, trusting the body to heal itself in its own time.
www.heartwoodintegrativemedicine.com
www.upledger.com
*Indigenous origins: http://drpourgol.blogspot.com/2019/06/american-indian-bodywork-origin-of.html
SOMATICS
Soma=“the body as perceived from within.” Based on the mind/body awareness approach of Somatic pioneers Rudolph Laban and Irmgard Bartenieff, who drew from many Eastern and Western philosophies and body practices as well as physical therapy and dance therapy, these are therapeutic sessions with hands-on movement techniques and simple sequences for neuromuscular re-education that:
· Complements many healing modalities
· Supports injury recovery and movement re-patterning
· Relieves pain, tension, stress and facilitates a re-connection to self
· Improves flexibility, coordination, core strength, energy and mobility
Sharon has been embodying, learning and practicing Somatics studies for over 30 years.
Somatics: https://somatics.org/library/htl-wis1
ISMETA: https://ismeta.org
Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies: https://labaninstitute.org
