Calming, Relaxing, Restorative, Repairing

To create a profound and lasting change within your body’s system, to find relief from chronic pain and dysfunction - to change the issues in your tissues - you have to make a deep and lasting change in the conditioned patterns of your body. You have to change your body’s language. Proper body alignment can help prevent excess strain on joints, muscles, and spine—alleviating pain and reducing the risk of injury. A fluid and aligned structure also boosts focus, productivity, and mood, and helps a body to use its muscles, brain, and nervous system more efficiently, enhancing immune and hormonal function.

Quality Massage and Bodywork can facilitate the kind of repatterning that leads to the lasting release of chronic holdings and a profound change of mind and body. Informed touch has also been shown to be the number one relief for a brain suffering from PTSD, depression, and anxiety.  At Core Therapies, our therapist tailors sessions to provide a unique blend of bodywork modalities designed for the alignment of each client’s individual self.

Our massage sessions are integrative, designed to give your body the expert care it needs to perform optimally.

1 hour – provides time for a full body massage OR focused relief for specified areas of pain or stress.

1.5 hours – provides time for a full body massage PLUS focused relief of key areas causing pain, dysfunction, tension and stress.

Collard Method Bodywork (1 hour)

Balancing, Restorative, Regenerative, Increases Body Awareness and ‘Present Time’ Function

Based on the observation of Non Verbal Communication and the awareness of the physiological reactions of thought and emotion driving your nervous system, your practitioner uses structural alignment techniques, visceral manipulation and soft tissue releases to listen deeply to the body, helping the client become aware of pain, postural distortions, endocrine issues, etc. that may be caused by the habitual patterns of thinking conditioned deep within our subconscious mind and primal reflexes. This is a ‘clothes on’ procedure, combining dialogue, somatic therapy and soft tissue work.

Suggestions are given post-session in order to help retrain neurological pathways out of old conditioning and into a more optimal state of being. This technique balances the nervous system and hemispheres of the brain providing clarity and focus to the body and mind, enhances endocrine function, brings relief from anxiety, depression and various mood disorders, helps align musculoskeletal function and provides a deep sense of Body Awareness, often missing from the high-stress and hyper vigilant bodies and minds of today’s society.

The intention of this work is to align the body’s structure {bone, muscle and connective tissue}, balance the nervous system and brain function, clear the energetic pathways (meridians, nadis, chakras, etc) in order for the client to operate, and function freely, in Present Time without the constraints of old worn-out conditioning, whether it be a thought, an emotion or a pattern of movement.

Intuitive Bodywork (1.5 hours)

Calming, Balancing, Restorative, Increases Body Awareness and Enhances Nervous System Function

This modality is a unique blend of the Collard Method, Therapeutic Massage, Connective Tissue Therapy and Cranial Therapy. Again, based on the observation of Non Verbal Communication and the awareness of the physiological reactions of thought and emotion driving your nervous system, the intention of this work is to help one become aware of pain, postural distortions, hormonal issues, etc. that may be caused by the habitual patterns of thinking conditioned deep within our subconscious mind and primal reflexes.

By aligning the body’s structure, helping to balance the nervous system and brain function, and clearing the body’s “energetic pathways,” clients are left with the freedom to operate, and function freely, in Present Time without the constraints of old, worn-out conditioning, whether it be a thought, an emotion or a repetitive pattern of movement.

Much of how we view our world, and ourselves, is a conditioned story based on the “evidence” we have received from the environment around us. Our bodies, our body’s language, projects this story to the world around us, which in turn reflects back to us further evidence of this story’s existence keeping us in a continuous cycle of old patterns, frustrating results and often leaves one feeling tired and helpless to change. By using simple techniques to retrain the nervous system and subtle shifts in Body Awareness, the old stories we had about ourselves, our relationships, or our families, etc. begin to catch up with the magnificence of the present moment and no longer have a heavy hold on how we view our world.

Transcendental Breathwork (2 hours)

Calming, Healing, Detoxifying, Energizing

Many Breathwork modalities work on the principle that there is a direct connection between mental and physical well-being and the openness of the lungs, chest cavity, ribs and the entire cardio-respiratory system. Learning to consistently relax and release the breath dissolves tension, reduces stress, soothes inflammation and helps heal a myriad of issues caused by ‘stress’ and inflammation alone.

Through the conscious-connected breathing cycle, your body takes in more oxygen than usual which changes the CO2 levels within our brain. This form of breathing can allow for non-ordinary states of consciousness {simply put: heightened right brain function}, where cellular memories, pictures, emotions or body sensations can surface to be reviewed, released and integrated. The power of this conscious breath cycle is that in this state you are the experiencer as well as the observer of past incidents that may emerge, enabling you to release and re-interpret what “happened” in the past from a newly conscious and fresh perspective. Through conscious-connected breathing you accumulate life-force (prana, chi) which starts to move freely through (experienced as tingling, energy rushes or waves, changes in temperature). This loosens up stored blockages held within the body’s cellular memory freeing the body of much needed energy and vitality.

This technique is designed for those who wish to clear long standing patterns or simply wish to learn how to breathe more fully, with more life and vitality.

Energy Work (45min)

Calming, Balancing, Restorative

Energy medicine is probably the oldest profession. Abilities for sensing and correcting energy imbalances by stimulating certain points or areas on or around the body have been passed down for over 5,000 years. Quantum Physics teaches that the human body is light energy (photons) and information. The enormous implications for these are the basis for energy medicine.

Our bodies are a latticework of energies; these energies are the infrastructure of the human body and are the first protection against disease and illness. These invisible, but proven, energies shape the way we live. The energy system of the human body is just as dynamic and complex as the universe.

This system of energy healing is based on your practitioner’s 17 years of study within the subtle energy modalities. It is an intuitive blend of Reiki, Integrative Energy Therapy, Medical Qi Gong, NonVerbal Communication and Kafuta (a Cherokee energy healing modality).

Are you feeling “spacey” or ungrounded? Have your emotions been in disarray lately? Are your physical issues taking much longer to heal and stabilize or perhaps plagued with one injury after another? Do you feel “stuck” or dispassionate in life, relationships or work? If you answered “yes” to any of the previous questions or simply have questions of your own, then an Energy Healing session is right for you!