How Life Moves...
Coming home to our body, we discover how our organism chooses to participate in the mystery and movement of life
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CO-CREATIVE ENQUIRY
I often work with people who bring a recurring or chronic health symptom, a desire for deeper creative expression, for self-care and nuturing or for support with accessing or unblocking the creative or healing processes at times of transition and challenge.
What to expect...
These one to one movement sessions are based on the approach and ways of working outlined on this site, depending on your needs and intentions in engaging with this work. A session can include bodywork, being witnessed in movement and supported by me as you are facilitated into a deeper engagement with your embodied process, and reflecting together on what arises, integrating new discoveries into a sense of meaning. This combination of 'bottom-up' (experiential/ embodied) and 'top-down' (psychological/ cognitive) processing supports healing and integration.
Duration: Each session will be 1 hour in length, unless agreed otherwise
Location: I have a private therapy space and movement studio in Glastonbury, Somerset. There is accommodation available if you'd like to extend your stay.
This work can also be effectively shared online, if meeting in person is not an option for us.
Contact me if you would like to book a session
BODYWORK
I offer a synthesis of Shiatsu and somatic bodywork to support your body in receiving touch and movement for health and wellbeing. During the bodywork session you will be invited to lie down on a futon and relax whilst I offer presence, touch and sometimes movement.
Shiatsu can release physical, emotional and mental tension or blockages through the stimulation of specific points on the Asian acupressure meridian system. This stimulation of both the (lack) yin and (excess) yang energy presented in the body and organs helps to balance and restore the body’s innate healing ability. As in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shiatsu both facilitates the body to resolve and prevent pain and illness.
Alongside the Shiatsu I apply Somatic Experiencing and Somatic Movement Therapy processes to guide your body through subtle, natural movements to restore and resolve blockages or even trauma that has been consciously or unconsciously stored in the body.
This somatic approach to bodywork gently and safely guides you to increase your ability to tolerate difficult bodily sensations and suppressed emotions, enabling a deeper sense of relaxation and ease in your self.
Client Testimonial
Blanche’s work has had a profound impact on my life. Her presence brings a deep sense of safety, creating space for an authentic and undirected unfolding. Through this, I was able to reconnect with my own inner ground and begin a journey of exploration that continues to unfold.
The experience of connection: through breathing and sensitive contact with the bodies of others and with earth, it is possible to relinquish our fearful investment in separateness to connect deeply with other people and with nature. This connection brings nourishment; it lightens heart
- Jill Hayes