Do you sometimes feel like you're going through life holding on, holding in, or holding back?

• Do you feel like there's a block that separates you from your "self," or keeps you from feeling your emotions?
   
• Do you feel like parts of your body are holding on to emotions or past experiences?
   
• Have you worked something out in therapy, but feel like your body or emotions haven't caught up?

Inner Listening is a gentle yet powerful holistic process which allows you to gracefully side-step old verbal and mental habits and reconnect with your innermost Self. Utilizing the primarily non-verbal techniques of movement, vocal sounding, guided imagery, and meditation, you can find, understand, and release emotions and energy held in the body or spirit.

During an Inner Listening session I will listen to your story, read your energy, and guide and witness your emotional journey. I will introduce you to images and practices that will help you become more connected to your emotions, sensations, and deeper Self. It is my hope that the healing experiences you have, and the techniques you learn, will be ones that you can take with you into your life, and return to in the future any time you need them. While you may still want help, guidance, and an experienced witness during times of emotional upheaval, once you have experienced your emotions moving through you, you can never "not know how to do it" again.

What does it mean to "hold our emotions in our body?"
Sometimes we encounter difficult or traumatic situations in life that bring up emotions which are too overwhelming to feel or express at the time. In order to protect ourselves, we may unconsciously hold these emotions at bay, waiting for a time when we feel safe to experience them. This emotional holding can create areas of physical/energetic holding in the body - areas that are resistant, withdrawn, or blank - which become barriers to the flow of movement, sensation, breath and healing energy. Over time, this holding can make us feel disconnected from ourselves, and may lead to symptoms of pain, stress, depression or disease. Fortunately, when we learn to listen to ourselves with compassion and hear what our body or spirit is communicating to us, we can begin to express these emotions, and to heal.

What role does intuitive information play during an Inner Listening session? Do you do a "reading?"
As an emotional intuitive, I see (or read) a client's emotional energy, and I feel sensations in my own body that correspond to areas of physical pain, emotional holding, or other stuck energy in the body of my clients. The quality of the sensations I experience gives me information about the current problem, and clues as to a course of action for the client to take in order to clear or heal themselves. In addition, I often receive "holographic" information during a session that may show me an entire emotional construct or history. I do not do readings, but rather use this information to guide me in making each session as beneficial as possible.

But I'm already feeling bad. Why would I want to feel more of these emotions?
Emotions are energy. Energy wants to move. Often when we feel bad, our first inclination is to figure out a way to make the feelings stop or go away. Sometimes this involves either a distraction whose stimulus is strong enough (addictions or compulsions, including emotional "riffs"), or a shutting down or "turning off" of ourselves so that we no longer feel bad (but we no longer feel much of anything else either). When we turn toward the emotions, really listening to them and letting them "have their say," the energy is allowed to move through us, leaving us with a deeper understanding of ourselves and with more freedom and room inside to feel joy, creativity, and excitement.

I think I'm ready to give this a try. How do I get started?
Please visit the Booking a Session page to learn more about where, when, and how.

I am also available to answer any questions you may have about the work or your particular situation. If you , you should hear back from me within 24 hours. I look forward to hearing from you!