BodyMinded

1. Please drink extra water the night before, the morning of, and after the session, which helps the tissue move more fluidly. Electrolytes or lemon juice is helpful too. Please don’t have a heavy meal before hand.

2. Ideal Clothing -

Fascial Release Session - Good choices of clothing to wear are summer clothes/active wear such as a loose t-shirt or tank top, and exercise shorts.

Functional Patterns Session - exercise shorts, sports bra (women), shirtless (men). This work is most effective when I can see as much of your spine as possible. If you prefer to wear a shirt, we can work with that but we may not achieve as precise of results.

(Please ignore if you booked for a different location)

The office is at 190 East 9th Ave, Denver CO 80203, 3rd Floor, Suite 395.

Entering the building - When you enter the building, you can take the stairs on the right one floor up and you’re right there. Please arrive 5-10min early to ensure we can start on time. You can sit outside of the office and take the time to read through and sign my waiver. Please be aware that while I try to end the previous client’s session on time, we may run over. Please be patient 🙏

I accept Cash, Venmo, Zelle, or credit card (3% fee)

$40 deposit required at booking. Cancel at least 3 days before session date for refund

Sessions include 10-20min at the beginning to check in with where you are that day, and 10-15min at the end to reflect and discuss any take-home work you can do on your own. I do a thorough intake to cover your history of both physical and emotional challenges and major life events that may be important contributors. All sessions are personalized based on all of these items. And I always try to educate my clients on ways they can care for themselves (mind and body), across all health, wellness, or spiritual philosophies I’ve learned over the years.

The most common issues my clients face are

• Chronic pain/tension
• Mobility/posture issues (/from injuries)
• Post-menopausal pain/tension
• Some neurological disorders
• Sleep problems
• Digestive issues
• Stress management
• Trauma/emotional release

With this technique the goal is to create lasting change within a few sessions and not temporary relief.

It’s important to the process to feel safe and comfortable. We’ll be communicating back and forth regularly on the level of pressure. We use a GOOD PAIN/BAD PAIN system.

• BAD PAIN (What we avoid) - any level of pressure/sensation where your instincts to protect yourself come online, where you can't stop yourself from clenching up, you may start to think to yourself “this feels dangerous”, or may try holding your breath to “tolerate”/“survive” the experience. If you feel a BAD PAIN, call that out right away and we’ll back off just a bit to get to a GOOD PAIN.
• GOOD PAIN (what we want) - it might even be slightly intimidating, but you don’t feel the instinct to run away. We want you to be able to relax your mind into the feeling itself, and if it’s too much your mind will try to run from it.

It doesn’t always actually hurt. Sometimes GOOD PAIN just feels good. Sometimes BAD PAIN is some other unpleasant sensation. The concepts still apply.

You may feel REFERRED SENSATIONS - any sensation that really stands out but is somewhere other than where we're applying pressure. Eg. we may be working on your shoulder and you may feel heat run down your leg, or twitching in your forehead, or buzzing in your legs, or aching in your opposite arm, etc.

These are all part of the release process. It’s different for everyone and it’s a clue of how different areas of your body are interconnected.

This is a game of patience. Most of the time we’ll be holding pressure in one area for as much as a couple minutes, which is why it’s important to avoid BAD PAIN. Sitting with BAD PAIN for minutes can wear you out and make you feel more tense.

Breathe the entire time. Generally, you want to allow and encourage your breath to do whatever it naturally wants to do from moment-to-moment, allowing it to change pace/depth in response to the work we're doing. The more we allow the body to respond to sensation on it's own, the more releases will happen naturally.

Alternatively, some people (especially with restless minds) find it helpful to intentionally breath as if you're pretending to be in a deep sleep. Slow, strong, full-body inhales, allowing the the exhale to flow out on it's own, without pause between inhale and exhale.

If you’re finding yourself holding your breath, it's probably BAD PAIN and we should pull back slightly

** Some people know breathwork techniques. If you know any, let's incorporate those in. Breathwork pairs great with Fascial Release!

The most important thing is to be as passive as possible. Imagine your body is a vehicle, then get out of the driver's seat, sit in the back, but still look out the windshield. We want to give the body the opportunity to respond as it sees fit and allow it to self-correct.

Gently keep your awareness on what you feel, staying present in the room, not day dreaming or getting too lost in thought. Bringing your awareness into bodily sensations facilitates the release process. Exception - If you feel like you’re falling asleep, allow it. Often times you being completely out of the way makes releases go faster! Some people go into a lucid state, and that’s ideal.

Emotional/Trauma Releases take very different forms depending on the person...

• Emotions/Tears/laughter without context
• A general "emotional" feeling even if you can't identify what it is
• The body expressing an emotion even if you don't feel it
• A sudden shift in your train of thought that catches your attention
• Symbolic/dream-like imagery, a memory, a sudden ah-ha moment

If you notice any of these, gently lean in to the experience with curiosity and without judgement or trying to force it. If it passes, take note of it but let it pass, making space for anything that comes next.

Not everyone seeking Emotional Release experiences something during the session. Some people find after a session...

• they have vivid, emotional dreams
• find emotions in day-to-day life more easily accessible
• find themselves less triggered by situations that usually bother them, or reacting/percieving situations more positively
• find themselves ruminating less or just feeling more energetic, positive, and optimistic

These are all still signs of emotional release.