Thing you should know about Healers…
Friday, November 9th, 2007 | Business Insights, Featured, Massage, blogging, healthly living, stress
I know that it’s sort of dangerous to make generalizations but I would really like to be heard out on this one. And the other thing… I love to be challenged to “think bigger” to bust beyond the limiting beliefs I have. Hear me out on this one…
So I headed this with “thing you should know about healers” because I want to address a common character trait that seems present in many practitioners of healing professions.
To make a very long and complicated story short… “Healers” have a tendency… to “heal” I know that sounds sort of weird but the thing is… people that have a profession like mine are helping others do their deep and personal healing work.
This sort of thing makes the practitioner of said healing go into their own spaces of private processing.
The advice I often give to my clients is “give yourself some time and space to process what your body has just physically experienced… there will be a mental integration as well as a physical because our thoughts and emotions and lives will shape (literally) our bodies… so things will get “released and it’s good to allow yourself the space to be emotionally upset for no reason at all… it was just in the tissues”
Almost anyone who’s ever had any bodywork knows what I am talking about.
To get to my subject title point… my lot of massage therapists and others notwithstanding have this certain common trait of calling and emailing days, weeks, and even months or never back to those who leave us messages.
We are often called flaky…. And imagine this… most of us are not actively on the web and I have to admit …this typing is really hurting my left brachialis, bicep and anterior deltoid muscles… but that’s beside the point.
Forgive us! Dammit! And practice some bloody patience (and no… this is not directed towards any one specific, nor am I referring to a recent specific event in my life)
We got lots of healing to do! Not only the administration of your healing in session but also our own deep processes. Can you imagine why the average career span of a massage therapist is about 2 years? The troops drop like flies because the massage work just goes deeper and deeper.
It takes some time to go thru our own stuff. To be honest, sometimes it takes some time to process the “stuff” from our clients as well.
Like I said when I began this: I know this seems a generalization. I know this may seem limited in my belief patterns or thinking but I think it’s just compassionate and human to “need some time” to deal with processing and healing deep all the time.
Anyone who’s ever been in any kind of “recovery” from cold to cancer can agree that there is a time… where things go slow and it’s all about the healing.
Just think of that time
And consider
that your massage therapist is feeling something like this
all the time
because it’s part of her job.
Then consider how good she is at call you back in a timely fashion.
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Sierra Kennedy, LMP
I believe you are the authority of your own body. So when you come to my office, I meet you as you are. It’s a busy world, and staying on top means we must first take care of our bodies.
Type of massage provided: In-office or Home Visits available. Deep Tissue, Injury treatment, Neuromuscular Technique, Structural Integration, Swedish, Heated Stone Massage, Bindegewebs or “Connective Tissue Massage”, Myofascial Release, Cranio-sacral biodynamic technique, Reiki, Deep Muscle Therapy, Trager
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From Eric Koszyk. Wow! What can I say? Sierra is a truly gifted person and therapist. She is very knowledgeable and passionate about massage. It helps that she is extremely intuitive and a very caring human being. Her space on Broadway is very warm, comforting and inviting.
As a fellow massage therapist, I highly recommend her, especially if you are looking for extensive deep tissue work which she is amazing at. You will leave her place wiser; her treatments will change your life.
From Joe Shirley I still remember the first massage I got from Sierra over six months ago. My neck was chronically bugging me, and my carpal tunnel thing was acting up. She asked my permission to go for it. I said yes. It hurt. She told me to trust her, and I did. And both my neck and wrist felt great afterwards. She went right through that crap and out the other side. Amazing.
From Matt Hanson Sierra is fantastic! I felt she was really attentive to the needs I expressed about my upper-back and shoulders. I was really impressed that she could identify other problems spots quickly and how they positively affected those areas that were bothering me most. I have had several massages and she has the strength and understanding to do a incredible job.
From Dennis Dilday I’ve had close to a hundred massages from more than a dozen different therapists and I can say Sierra’s are unique and wonderful. She relates and interacts with the layers of facia in a way others can’t. While determined to get a response from the tissues, Sierra is also tuned into her patient and keeps the experience pleasant and interesting. Clinically, she’s both confident and competent.
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