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     Let's look at some of these therapies : 
    
                                                                                                     Bowen Therapy from Australia

                                  Bowen Therapy is named after Tom Bowen who originated the work.   He was a gifted healer
                                  who spent his early years as a sports therapist.     What he discovered was truly unique.
                                  Tom Bowen found a way to communicate with deep centers of the brain through the myofascial
                                   system of the body,  thereby helping reboot the body's systems where it is needed. 
                                  Sometimes the processing takes place very quickly, even before the person gets off the table.
                                  Other times it may take as long as 5-15 days for the body to reboot.   By processing, I mean the
                                   response to the therapy by the body.   I have seen clients hips restore to correct alignment in
                                   just a few moves.  The moves themselves are gently done over precise placements on the body.
                                  These placements are usually major myofascial junctions that effect widely and deeply the body's                                     systems, especially the emotional, energetic, neural and lymphatic systems. As a support system
                                  or stand alone therapy,  the Bowen therapy is an excellent choice for clients who have chronic pain,
                                  sustained head trauma, allergies,  sprains,  strains and joint pain,  auto accident victims,  ADD,                        Bipolar, MS and more.
                                          note:  In the case of situations like MS, people are paying a significant rent in energy to deal with the effects of such conditions.
                                                       Add daily stress and you have an immune system under great duress.  Bowen helps greatly with this.

                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                          Shiatsu

                                      Shiastu is a centuries old technique of balancing the body by way of the energy meridians.   The                           meridians are energy conduits that circulate throughout the whole body to maintain optimum
                                      health and performance. Its only been within the past  20 yrs. or so that Western medicine has been
                                      able accept the existence of such verified by testing.   Shiastu is performed by finger pressure on
                                      specific accupressure points to stimulate the body to heal itself.   My particular approach is to move                           around the "hara", the area between your ribs and pelvis where your organs are located and feel
                                      the energy there.  Let's say someone had a gallbladder operation and has trouble taking a deep
                                      breath.   The body still recognizes the energy of the space vacated by the dysfunctional organ and is                            restricting the diaphram's movement.   Finding a resonance point along the gallbladder meridian  
                                     somewhere on the leg or foot may be enough to release the restrictive energy and restore normal
                                      breathing.  A very valuable technique for dealing with emotional distress.   

                                                                                                                                               PRRT    
                                    Primal Reflex Release Therapy was developed by John Iams PT .   This therapy addresses the
                                      state of primitive reflexes that are non-learned responses.  These reflexes can become abnormal as
                                    a  result of traumatic events and directly affect the autonomic nervous system.   More specifically,
                                     we are talking about the startle and withdrawal reflexes.   Heightened levels of reflex states can remain 
                                     that way in the body for years.   In the animal kingdom these reflexes are dealt with on an all or                           nothing basis.   We are talking about the flight/fight/freeze mechanism here.  In humans,  many of the
                                     responses are graded and maintained on a 24/7 basis with stress hormones constantly released
                                     to maintain these levels .   It becomes very important to address this "StressState"  as it renders
                                      all treatment techniques less effective.  The Startle reflex is usually associated with the withdrawal reflex.
                                      It is frequently involved in PTSD as a hyper-arousal response to stimuli.  This can occur through all
                                     the senses.   An initial assessment will show the level of reflex states throughout the body.  This
                                     takes about a minute or two.   A session will reveal improvement immediately.   All subsequent
                                     treatment techniques will be enhanced.
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                                                                                                                                       Conjugate Gaze

                                     Conjugate Gaze is a therapy that uses eye movements and patient assisted movements to reduce
                            tension, fascia restrictions
and restore structural balance.  Eye movement to the right is under                             the control of the left hemisphere of the brain and vice versa.  Hence, it was discovered that
                            metabolic activity increased on the side of conjugate gaze and decreased on the opposite side.
                            A real possibility for therapeutic results became a reality.   The work is done under the threshold of
                            sympathetic involvement
requiring a light touch to encourage changes.  Conjugate gaze can be
                            applied almost anywhere and is very effective as a stand alone therapy or in conjunction with other
                            therapies.  Dr. Vincent Perri who developed this therapy continues to take the concept
                            into more advanced levels and expanding the treatment possibilities.



                                                                                                                                      Hanna Somatics 

                              Hanna Somatics was the brainchild of Dr. Thomas Hanna who had worked with Moshe 
                              Feldenkrais.  Feldenkrais's broad foundation of movement therapy enlightened Hanna 
                              to discover that somas  ( you and I ), are biofeedback systems. Hanna's approach was to
                              bring movement therapy into a realm whereby the client becomes an active participant
                              in his/her restoration of muscle function.  This is accomplished by retraining the brain to
                              regain voluntary control over contracted muscle patterns.  Hence, patterns that became
                              the result of trauma events or habituation.  These patterns can be found on all sides of the
                              body and relate directly to the somatic core.  That is the area between the ribs and hips that
                              influences bodywide proprioception.  It is also an important area for maintaining the fluid
                             dynamics of the body i.e. blood and lymph circulation.  In addition to the sophisticated
                             approaches to correcting such patterns in the body, clients are given somatic exercises to
                             maintain the treatments they receive.  This greatly distinquishes Hanna Somatics from so
                             many other therapies where the client is a passive receiver of treatment and leaves with no 
                             empowerment to continue on his/her own.

                                                                                             Masgutova Method

                            Dr. Svetlana Masgutova developed an approach to trauma based on reflex integration for
                            primary unconditioned reflexes that assist the baby thru the birth canal, develop protection
                            and survival movements and integrate with the nervous system it creates by 3 yrs. time. The
                            problems with trauma when these reflexes don't integrate causes a breakdown in the nervous
                            system communication to and from the brain / body complex.  This lends itself to reactive
                            reflexes that didn't integrate early on to go into survival and protection mode . This in turn
                            promotes an over production of stress hormones and an inhibition of the parasympathetic side
                            of the nervous system to restore normal function with regular frequency.  This can begin to
                            diminish behavioral and emotional stability.  And the body sustaining internal physiological
                            damage, when adequate survival resources run low.  If this happened during infancy, when
                            primary motor reflexes are developing, the underlying neurosensorymotor function can be
                            challenged, making it hard to these reflexes to mature and integrate.  Even after reflexes
                            integrate, if sustained sympathetic dominance prevails ( flight or fight ) then low level trauma
                            that is normally managed effectively can trigger reactivity in these reflexes,  compromising
                            integration and maturity.  Because tactile sensitivity is the first link in the three part relflex
                            circuit it will lead directly to dysfunction in the reflex circuit.  Even in adults it is possible that
                            integrated reflexes can resurface from sustained fight or flight dominance. So, the Masgutova
                            Method becomes important when reflexes are reactive.  Reflex repatterning and Integration
                            strategies sets the goals of work directly with optimizing and maximizing the innate and
                            epigenetic ( from generation to generation ) resources of the nervous and immune systems.

                                       




                             
                                 
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