Spinal Flow
Spinal flow uses the body’s own innate healing abilities to help relieve pain, disease and illness by connecting into the nervous system and helping to restore optimal flow.
We are in the best healing state possible when spinal fluid flows up and down our spine giving us everything we need to thrive. This can also be called Qi/prana/life force energy depending on your beliefs. Unfortunately in our life we experience stress, whether on a daily basis or from the bigger events in life and these can cause blockages in our spine. This does not mean you have a ‘bad back’ but rather that these areas become less fluid and can attribute to many problems, depending on the area where it has occured.
We store stress in our bodies everyday through our modern day lifestyles. However if this stress accumulates and is not released, or bigger emotional/physical stresses happen it can cause us pain, disease and/or illness causing detrimental issues for our wellbeing. For example, someone who has a repetitive physical job can present with a blockage in the body. Just like an accident, chemical factors or a traumatic emotional event can impede the flow and give rise to serious problems.
Imagine the body split into 7 ‘gateways’ from the tailbone right up to the skull. Each of them being attributed with parts of the body, organs and emotional state. Then when you experience problems within those areas you can usually find a blockage in the spine to indicate the area to be worked with. For example, perhaps you have lower back pain, sciatica, hip/groin/knee problems or you feel stuck in the past, unsupported or unable to make a decision. You would commonly find a blockage in the sacrum area and see that the life force energy does not flow as well here and looks almost stagnant. Blockages can feel hard, spongy or ropey depending on the cause and this is what we aim to release to ease symptoms.
During treatment you will be fully clothed and face down on the bed (treatment can be modified in some cases). During the first session we will complete a full medical and life history, look through your body using movement tests, looking at alignment and feeling through the spine. I will then be able to tell you where your blockages are, if they are physical/chemical or emotional and how they relate to symptoms you are experiencing. Then we will move on to creating more ease in your body by connecting into the nervous system at your sacrum and increasing life force energy in the areas that need it.
I have seen tennis elbow, sciatica, neck spasm, frozen shoulder, emotional trauma and many other things eased and in many cases completely gone using this method.
