Your Client's Body Knows the Answer.
I saw a longtime client today who has a left shoulder issue. Today, during our pre-session chat, she spoke from her body's perspective and knew she was onto something good. I could tell by the happy look on her face as she told me about her body awareness while outside doing yardwork—something that she and I have been working on—body awareness, or as I call it, listening to what her body is saying. We do a body awareness exercise during each session, and I was proud to listen to and catch her wave of excitement as she told me about what her body said about her arm. I took it in, basking in the knowledge that nurturing and giving clients time to become aware of their body messages during each bodywork massage/healing session just might make their lives that much easier to live. Less struggle. More ease. Less irritation. Greater flow. Less unknown. Bigger trust. Having a two-way street with your therapeutic client relationship opens the doors f...