What do I do- ConTact CARE?

I listen to you and observe your body and words with my heart, as well as my body(ears, eyes, hands).

I hold deep and sacred space for you to tune into your body, to feel connections within, to perhaps hear the messages your body is trying to convey. I support you to witness and hold compassion for yourself, as you sit with and wade through the sometimes messy and murky feelings and sensations till there is some clarity and stillness and peace.

Physically I support you and your body to locate and release Flinchlocks-using the ConTact CARE Flinchlock release formula, and then we support whatever unravelling arises from that release, as your body finds it’s own new balance. We support all areas of your being as the unravel occurs. Many times there will be an emotional or mental release as well. Sometimes the release will also initiate the unravelling of core beliefs and behaviours that have been with you for a long time.

At the time of hurt, or impact, injury or trauma, our body does an amazing job of protecting us. It wraps around the shock, the sensory feelings, thoughts, and physical impact. Our innate self defence systems protect us from what we cannot process at the time it occurs, ‘locking’ it away(numbing it, hiding it etc) so that we can pick up, carry on, and do what we need to do next, in order to survive in the situation we live in.  When this impact is caused by a surprise sensory or skeletal shock it can trap the pressure at a skeletal level(a Flinchlock) causing rigidity and immobility.

Our physical and mental/emotional systems compensate. This gets us through. It also becomes our new normal, our new way of operating. We avoid certain things or behaviours that trigger us. We use our other leg or arm to compensate. And we become….used to the pain, or used to the different way of operating or thinking, or used to the ‘impaired’ function until something occurs that adds pressure and what was coping and compensating is no longer effective… resulting in more pain, or loss of function, or being stuck in fight/flight, or imbalance.

The most important underlying principle of ConTact CARE is that of safety and comfort. The body creates Flinchlocks inherently to keep itself safe and protect from further harm. To release them the body must feel safe. This is why in ConTact CARE we always move away from pain.

In my practice I have found that whether or not their symptoms improve in the first session clients generally experience a deep level of calm and peace. Sustained pressure on the bone stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system, disengaging it from fight/flight/freeze/fawn mode.

If you have been in pain, or stuck in a pattern for a long time it may take 2-5 sessions for noticeable change to occur. As your body learns to trust the process, and the practitioner, it will allow you to uncover the deeper hurts.

If you would like to know more, or want to book a session please contact me. My details are on the contact page:)

Or visit the nz ConTact Care page https://contactcare.co.nz