I have unmanageable stress in my life and would like to find a way of dealing with it so it doesn't affect my ability to deal with daily activities. Every little issue is beginning to seem huge and I find myself getting very frustrated and short-tempered with others as I am constantly stressed out. Having a place I could go to unwind, relax, and get clear on the how I can relieve and manage stress is important to me.

I have beliefs about myself that seem to be holding me back from being my true self. At times I realize my potential, but find myself falling back to old patterns that keep me from reaching my full potential. I would like to establish a practice that will enable me to break the old patterns that are keeping me back and find out what I can really do in this life!

I have difficulty focusing on daily responsibilities and typically find myself living in the past or future. I feel like I am constantly spinning my wheels. I am not sure if I am bored, but I find my mind full of chatter and this is something I want to understand more about. I don't really know where to start, but I would like to find solutions that will help me live life fully in the present moment.

I have difficulty dealing with my emotions and at times I become them. During these times I find myself out of control and don't like it. I say and do things I don't mean to say and do and I end up regretting it later. I would like to have a practice to start observing my emotions and learning how to let them go.

I have chronic pain and limitations of my physical body. I have had an injury that has gone unnoticed until now and it is consuming my life and keeping me from doing the things that I love. I want to find a way to relieve the pain so I can do the things I love!

I am athlete/recreational warrior looking to get more out of my sports and compete/recreate at a higher level. I am beginning to realize I have beliefs and thoughts that keep me from doing my best and staying focused. I want to find a way to reduce these limitations so I can perform to my fullest capacity and in the "zone".

I have pain from repetitive motion and notice my posture is anything but perfect. I am unable to do simple movements and the things I enjoy without nagging pain. I want to find a way to relieve the pain so I can be comfortable living my life and doing the things I love.

Below is a comprehensive list of the areas Shawn can help with. Click on the link below to learn the specifics of each area...or click here to read Case Studies of how Shawn has helped other clients and how he can help you too.

Mental and Spiritual Wholeness and Healing
Body/Mind/Spirit Separation
Endless Thoughts, Lack of Concentration and Focus
Lack of Centeredness and Grounding, Disconnected from Oneself and Others
Lack of Somatic Awareness, Discharge of Emotional and Physical Energy
Lack of Joy, Ability to Cope and Following Through

Physical Health Wholeness and Healing
Addictions
Athletic Focus and Increased Awareness
Athletic Recovery and Increased Performance
Back, Hip, Neck, Shoulder, Forearm, Wrist and Hand Pain
Decrease Hypertonicity/Increased Range of Motion (ROM)
Injury Prevention
Insomnia
High Blood Pressure/Hypertension
Migraine Headaches
Poor Circulation/Tissue Health
Poor/Difficulty Breathing
Poor Immune System
Poor Posture
Repetitive Use Injury
Stress

Body/Mind/Spirit Separation
During our session I approach my work with you from a holistic perspective and address the body, mind and spirit as one, which brings a sense of wholeness and awareness of non-separation. You may experience and achieve altered states of consciousness, which enable a sense of oneness to deeply penetrate your being.

Endless Thoughts, Lack of Concentration and Focus
I can help you to begin to simply observe thoughts through the practice of meditation while receiving bodywork, integration of bodywork with yoga, guiding you in meditation off the table and giving you meditations and yoga postures (asanas) to practice between sessions, thus increasing concentration and focus, and decreasing the attachment to endless thoughts.

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Lack of Centeredness and Grounding, Disconnected from Oneself and Others
Bodywork Yoga Integration (BYI) sessions enable clients to find a space within their bodies to somatically connect to themselves and the world around them, thus finding a place of centeredness and grounding. We practice using the space off the table and mat to bring into your daily life and those you are in relationship with. Oxycotin levels are also increased while receiving bodywork, a hormone that is associated to bonding and feelings of attachment.

Lack of Somatic Awareness, Discharge of Emotional and Physical Energy
During our session you will begin to somatically become aware of tension, blockages and pain that will begin to shift and move and enable you to increase your awareness and find ways to release the energy in your being before it piles up.

Lack of Joy, Ability to Cope and Following Through
During the session you will experience neuroendocrine chemical processes or physiological responses that give rise to higher levels of integrated thought, such as beliefs and values, interpreting context and meaning, making plans and predicting, choosing, and carrying through with your dreams.

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Addictions
During our session I can assist in overcoming addictions by increasing the level of noradrenaline, dopamine, serotonin and endorphins, neuroendocrine substances that help regulate the bodily cravings.

Athletic Focus and Increased Awareness
Utilizing and integrating visualization and breathing meditation as well as yoga into the bodywork therapy session can enable you to develop restful alertness and expanded conscious that will greatly enhance athletic focus and awareness.

Athletic Recovery and Increased Performance
Utilizing neuromuscular and sports techniques; enables you to recover faster from training and competition, reduces muscle camping and spasm, as well as, voluntary and involuntary splinting. This promotes improved overall muscle balancing and allow your to perform more consistently at a higher level.

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Back, Hip, Neck, Shoulder, Forearm, Wrist and Hand Pain
During our session pain relief is possible through the use of neuromuscular, deep tissue, active release and sports techniques. These modalities directly affect the connective tissue and structural alignment of the problem area. The relief can be maintained between sessions by implementing yoga postures and/or stretching exercises that have been practiced during the bodywork therapy session and implemented into your daily life.

Decrease Hypertonicity/Increased Range of Motion (ROM)
Utilizing neuromuscular and sports techniques, hypertonicity of the muscles can be reduced, which improves tone and flexibility, as well as, promotes overall structural balance. Furthermore, the use of cross fiber techniques can greatly reduce fascial adhesions and scar tissue, enabling full-length contraction, elongation and ROM. These benefits can be maintained between sessions by implementing yoga postures and/or stretching exercises that have been practiced during the bodywork therapy session and implemented into your daily life.

Injury Prevention
Utilizing neuromuscular and sports techniques, enables you to recover to a greater extent, thus reducing the possibility of chronic and/or further injury. In addition, bodywork therapy increases the balanced somatic awareness, which reduces the chance of future injuries.

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Insomnia
During our session I engage your parasympathetic functions reducing epinephrine and norepinephrine levels, which activate arousal mechanisms in the body and the brain and thus reducing these levels will encourage a good night sleep.

High Blood Pressure/Hypertension
During our session high blood pressure and hypertension can be reduced by lowering anxiety and hostility levels in your life through the use of bodywork integrated with yoga and meditation.

Migraine Headaches
Many of my clients who suffer from migraine headaches have tight, stiff, tender muscles in the back of the head, neck and shoulder areas. During our session migraine relief is possible by treating these areas utilizing neuromuscular techniques, specifically trigger point therapy. My clients have reported fewer distress symptoms, less pain, more headache free days and fewer sleep disturbances.

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Poor Circulation/Tissue Health
During our session by compressing and releasing various tissues and organs and using gliding strokes in conjunction with movement, I can greatly improve blood and lymph circulation, which helps to maintain the tissue and organ in an optimum state of health and well-being.

Poor/Difficulty Breathing
During our session I can help improve your breathing capacity by restoring mobility to the thorax and the muscles that aid in respiration. This is done by utilizing therapeutic massage techniques, various methods of energy balancing and working the meridians/charkas that influence breathing. In addition, deep breathing excercises and pranayama can be practice during and after the session, which also greatly aids in efficient respiration.

Poor Immune System
During our session my bodywork techniques boosts the function of the immune system by increasing the levels of serotonin, dopamine an endorphins, which relax and subtly strengthen the body, and decrease the levels of coritsol, which stress and overly weaken the body.

Poor Posture
During our session we can greatly improve your posture while living, working and playing by addressing the connective tissue that influences postural alignment through the use of neuromuscular techniques and incorporating yoga postures and somatic awareness exercises.

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Repetitive Use Injury
Utilizing neuromuscular and Active Release Techniques, sports massage and applied kinesiology we can specifically treat your problematic area with emphasis on breaking down the scar tissue and addressing the connective tissue, lengthening the muscle and restoring the nerve supply and energy meridian, thus relieving the acute symptoms. These benefits can be maintained between sessions by implementing yoga postures and or stretching exercises that have been practiced during the bodywork therapy session and implemented into your daily life.

Stress
During our session, I will reduce the stress causing neuroendocrine substances in the blood, such as cortisol and substance P and increase the availability of dopamine and serotonin, which aid in mood regulation and increase sensations of relaxation and joy.

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Physical Pain
Angie has suffered from chronic hip pain for a good part of her adult life. Often her hip pain would be so uncomfortable she would have difficulty sitting for more than a couple of hours and would often have severe pain while walking. She visited her doctor for relief, but was only given pain medications and instructions to stay off of using her hip, which didn't bring the relief she was seeking and if anything seemed to make matters worse.

The first step in relieving Angie from pain was to get her to relax and get the hip muscles to begin to unwind and release naturally. We began bodywork therapy sessions twice a month, focusing on the hip rotator, lower back and thigh regions, incorporating breathing and visualization techniques to bring vitality to the constrained muscle, connective tissue and joints. We then incorporated simple stretching exercises to the program that Angie could do between sessions and at times when the hip pain became an issue. Lastly we incorporated yoga and movement therapy to the program to continue the release of tension and increase vitality.

Angie is still dealing with her hip pain, but it is now manageable and not a limiting factor in her life. Her bodywork therapy sessions are down to once a month and she has incorporated a weekly yoga practice into her life, both of which continue to bring her tremendous relief.

Are you struggling with a limiting part of your body? Do you frequently find yourself in pain and suffering from simple movement? Have you tried seeking relief in the medical community with no help other than prescription drugs and rest. If Angie's story sounds familiar I may be able to help you. I have helped many others with similar painful and limiting issues. We can evaluate solutions to help and empower you to live a life full of pain free movement and enable you to gain the freedom you desire to do the things you love. Give me a call today to schedule your appointment and let's get started.

Stress and Anxiety
Carol, the president and owner of a small real estate business, has suffered from work related stress and anxiety and finds it difficult to stay focused and positive while at work. She truly loves her work, but was finding herself very short with employees and getting frustrated with daily responsibilities. Her interest in growing her business had even diminished and simply maintaining was becoming an issue. She wasn't even sure if she even wanted to continue with her career and felt like she had no place to turn for help.

The first step was simply listening to what Carol was struggling with and offer some simple ways to help her stay calm and centered and not get overwhelmed by the "big picture" at work, incorporating breathing and visualization techniques. We began to set intentions before each session that focused on bringing balance and harmony to her life and body and incorporated meditation techniques to begin to develop "the observer perspective". Then while receiving bodywork we focused on opening the areas of limited energy flow to release the tension she was building up during her stressful career and create an awareness of these areas in her body so she could begin to release them as they developed. Finally we incorporated yoga and movement therapy to the program to continue the release of stress and anxiety of every day life.

Carol has since been building momentum and is amazed by how much better she feels emotionally and physically. In fact she is now looking forward to adding more work to her plate and "taking over an additional 120 units in a very difficult market". She is continuing to integrate her bodywork therapy sessions and weekly yoga practice into her life, both of which bring her tremendous relief.

Are you struggling with a stressful and anxiety filled career? Do you frequently find yourself having difficulty staying focused and positive at work? If Carol's story sounds familiar I may be able to help you. I have helped many others with similar stressful and frustrating issues. We can evaluate solutions to help and empower you to live a life full of contentment, harmony and balance and enable you to find passion to do the things you love. Give me a call today to schedule your appointment.

Stuck Energy and Digestive Disorders
Rachel suffered from digestive disorders and limited energy flow within the associated meridians/energy channels. Her condition was extremely uncomfortable at times and caused a great deal of frustration and anger in her life. She has worked with a number of other practitioners to treat her condition with little or short-lived results.

The first step in addressing Rachel's condition was to evaluate her lifestyle and determine what was out of balance from an energetic and physiological perspective. We also consulted with her practitioners, both current and previous, to see what we could do differently and/or complement what is being done currently. We then adapted her bodywork therapy sessions to specifically focus on bringing balance to the digestive system and increase the flow of energy throughout her body through the use of deep tissue massage and energy balancing techniques. Finally we integrated simple breathing and visualization techniques to maintain the benefits between sessions.

Rachel is still contending with her digestive disorders, but is finding more relief each day and her bodywork treatments are holding. She is learning to simply accept where she is at and her anger and frustration has diminished almost entirely. We are continuing to work in relationship with her other practitioners and optimistic at finding means to eliminate her conditions entirely.

Are you struggling with a physiological and or energetic disorder? Do you find yourself struggling or getting frustrated and angered by them? If Rachel's story sounds familiar I may be able to help you. I have helped many others with similarly painful and frustrating issues. We can evaluate solutions to help and empower you to live a life full of balance and acceptance and enable you to live life freely. Give me a call today to schedule your appointment.