Bodywork - What do I do?

What do I do? In a nutshell, I listen to the body, and then I help the body to heal or balance itself, which makes the person feel better. The person feels less pain, a decrease in symptoms of depression, less anxiety, a greater sense of well-being and happiness, improvement in endocrine/hormonal imbalance, increased range of movement, and decreased stress. I use a system called the BodyTalk system which utilizes energy pathways such as the meridian system and my experience with Zen Shiatsu over the last 10 years, observing the movement of energy in the body. Science is now acknowledging that, "Energy moves first - matter follows".

Using this system allows other techniques to be incorporated, too - shiatsu, massage, reiki and other techniques. The priority is creating the conditions under which the body can best heal itself, and so the way we do this is by listening to the clients body, and responding to what the body sees as a priority. It is simple, non-invasive and pain-free. What counts is that you feel better.

For more information on services, fees, location, etc. visit:
www.alingabodywork.com

Integration and Bodywork

I was interviewed on Eileen Dey and Richard Scott's blog radio show today. We chatted about integration, bodywork, and Eileen's specialty, the anti-career. She doess some really interesting work around supporting people to follow their passion in creating the career they want. Founder of the The Reiki Training Program, she is also the Reiki Master who trained me in Seattle to teach Reiki (my original Reiki training was in Abu Dhabi about 12 years ago), so she has been a great source of support and inspiration. Their radio show is really interesting, so check it out.

www.blogtalkradio.com/ArmoryRadio

Eileen's website is: www.reikitrainingprogram.com

Self conscious, and it hurts!

It's a painful, excruciating thing being self conscious. Seems like everyone is watching you, assessing you, judging you, in your business, in your head. How does it make you feel? Makes my jaw tense, my stomach tight, my neck stiff, and it gives me a headache, particularly when I can't stop thinking about what I should do to please everyone. I try to pretend that it isn't there, but that internal voice is still there, with a look of disdain and open-mouthed horror. Why did you do that, it says, you can't ignore what people think. It is very tiring, the whole game of trying to do what everyone wants from you. I don't find that it works very well for me, telling myself, it doesn't matter what they think!

What does work:
Writing - journalling, free-association writing, poems, stories. Get it out on the page, it can help break the loop of thinking about what people think. It can help you connect to your center, to find what it is that is important to you, which can be obscured when you are only thinking about what other people think.

Receiving bodywork (massage, Reiki, shiatsu, BodyTalk)- When you are more connected to yourself, making decisions based on what you think is easier. It can feel uncomfortable to connect to yourself, but it is far better than that free-floating anxious feeling you get when you aren't in your body.

Meditation - Find a quiet place, and connect to your heart, your center. Hang out there for a bit. Don't worry if your mind races, just be gentle with yourself. Try to spend a little bit of time each day practicing connecting to your center, by yourself to begin with. From here, the goal is to be able to connect to your center when you are around others, particularly the people that make you self conscious.