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It enhances the body’s natural healing ability and can prevent the progression of disease. Photo Credit: Kasha Sequoia Slavner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f58deb0edc9b47bf8ac735d/1606691998307-ZUSA7JNKUNZM4RQV590Q/hands-4.jpg Shiatsu Shiatsu proposes that our vital energy, known as "Chi" (or "Ki") moves through the body along well defined passageways called meridians. Balance of the meridians is considered to be essential for health and vitality. By applying rhythmic pressure (using fingers, hands, elbows and even knees) on specific points of the meridians for three to ten seconds at a time, Shiatsu massage is meant to alleviate blockages within the body and promote the natural flow of energy. When a person’s vital energy stops flowing freely, many symptoms of ill health may develop. Shiatsu has been found exceptionally effective for stress-reduction, reducing fatigue and alleviating a wide spectrum of symptoms such as: back pain, shoulder & neck problems, headaches, constipation or other digestive conditions, insomnia etc. Shiatsu is used to treat chronic pain and ailments, enhancing the body’s natural healing ability. Photo Credit: Kasha Sequoia Slavner https://www.mindyourbody.ca/classes daily 0.75 2025-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f58deb0edc9b47bf8ac735d/1606157174836-BV7HR8U8OM0XDH40E7XP/image-asset.jpeg Classes & Workshops - Classes and Workshops I teach 45 minute gentle “Loving Self Care / Gentle Movement” group classes in person or via Zoom, teaching you to use movement AND your own hands to bring relief to areas of tension or restriction. Individual Loving Self Care / Gentle Movement sessions to address your specific physical complaints. 30, 45 or 60 minutes by Zoom, phone or in person. These classes and sessions are designed to help build a repertoire of self-care and presence to self, so that greater freedom of movement, and enhanced awareness of sensations can be developed in your daily life. I can also teach you how to recognize what needs your attention, as well as how to use positive language as a tool for change. Please contact me to discuss what’s right for you. https://www.mindyourbody.ca/benefits daily 0.75 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f58deb0edc9b47bf8ac735d/1605570377644-4W4DBFJT1HX7Y53LDK7F/swan+neck.jpg Benefits - Benefits Imagine your neck or your back (or whatever has been painful or uncomfortable) feeling free of those nagging pains and restrictions that have been with you for so long! Imagine feeling more fluidity, flexibility, length, greater joy and more space within. 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Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to modify, change, and adapt both structure and function in response to experience. Learn to inhabit your body in a gentler way by experiencing this exquisite quality of touch. Trager reminds you how it feels when you can pause and tune in to your self, when you feel supported, when you are relaxed and can let go… of tension, of pain, of patterns of unconscious holding. Trager is deeply transformative... moving an overloaded mind and body into a place of quiet and peace. Trager empowers you to begin to affect the present moment by noticing your own tensions and then actively changing the way your body feels. Trager is a registered service mark of Trager International PHOTO CREDITS: KASHA SEQUOIA SLAVNER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f58deb0edc9b47bf8ac735d/1603763328627-MXIU3EPMRE8FE1MGT1K6/image-asset.jpeg Trager Trager is an approach to movement education and mind/body integration. Trager uses gentle, supportive touch and rhythmic movements to free the body from restrictive movement patterns, to restore greater functionality and to allow you to learn to let go of pain and tension. Reconnect with your inherent fluidity. The gentle waves of movement that you experience during your session (through the rocking, lengthening, swinging, shimmering, rolling and cradling of the body), lull the nervous system into releasing long-held tensions and restrictions. You are encouraged to explore and incorporate comfortable, playful movements, to help you to retain these pleasant sensations, and create new patterns. Developing a self-care practice in your daily life (even for only one minute at a time), can have a profound effect, unwinding those (k)nots that build up without our noticing. https://www.mindyourbody.ca/contact daily 0.75 2025-12-02 https://www.mindyourbody.ca/fees-1 daily 0.75 2025-10-27 https://www.mindyourbody.ca/buzz daily 0.75 2022-08-11