RELEASING TRAUMA THROUGH BODYWORK & De-armouring
De-armouring is a way of releasing blockages, stuck energy, emotions and tension from the body – also known as armour.
When we slow down and create the space to feel what's there to be felt, our body begins the process of allowing incomplete or unresolved experiences to move through us. By creating the opportunity to feel things we were unable to fully experience in our past, the body can complete with traumatic events and release deeply held tension. This liberates us from old beliefs and patterns that are holding us back from connecting more deeply with ourselves and other human beings.
Bodywork can help unlock long-held (and often unconscious) tension and fear. As you free up your system, you’ll gain back energy and vitality that has been trapped and you’ll naturally feel more alive and energised.
Wilhelm Reich, an Austrian psychoanalyst, believed that life events (everything from birth, emotional pain and frightening or shocking experiences) cause muscular constrictions in the body. These constrictions, over time, harden and create an ‘armour’ of the body’s tissues. Life experiences usually re-trigger the same muscular tension patterns, further contracting the body. Reich’s experience was that by removing the armour, accomplished by softening the body through specific bodywork techniques, life force energy is significantly liberated and thus our ability to feel, connect and experience pleasure in our lives.
In these private sessions I help you reconnect with your body's natural wisdom, creating a safe environment for your nervous system to unwind deep tension and allow your body to communicate with you through movement, sound and breath to transform old physical and emotional patterns of contraction that have been keeping you stuck.
As you regain feeling and sensitivity in your body, along with the ability to connect with deeper layers of emotion, you will begin to experience states of being that allow greater access to new possibilities of freedom and choice in your life.
“If you bring forth that which is within you, Then that which is within you will be your salvation. If you do not bring forth that which is within you, Then that which is within you will destroy you. - THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS”
- Peter A. Levine, Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body
“Therese is a healer. She’s gifted with a wild, instinctual, intuitive drive to help the body find its way back to the power and health it deserves.”
