The BodyTalk Clinic Blog

Pregnancy and Childbirth

2010-01-26T10:02:00.001-08:00

Pregnancy and Childbirth

BodyTalk can be used during pregnancy and childbirth, and can also assist healing newborns and very young children. Having prenatal BodyTalk sessions can help the mother and baby to be in full and proper energetic communication with each other. This can allow the baby to properly develop and may address any issues that may arise during the term of the pregnancy. BodyTalk during labor can help the woman remain calm, and can assist the birthing process to be more efficient. Postnatal BodyTalk can help mom and baby recover from the stress of the birth quickly and easily.

Case Study:

A woman in her early thirties came in for a BodyTalk session. She was having difficultly getting pregnant and had been trying for 2 years. After 4 sessions with BodyTalk she was able to conceive. In the sessions, we addressed hormone imbalances, fear of getting pregnant and losing her independence and released a family pattern of miscarriage. I continued to see her during the pregnancy for sessions. When it came time to deliver, she decided on a home birth. She was in labor for 5 hours and gave birth to a healthy baby boy weighing 8 pounds. The birth went smoothly and she remained in good health during and after the birth.

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Cancer and Chemotherapy Support

2010-01-26T09:28:00.000-08:00

Cancer and Chemotherapy Support

As an adjunct to allopathic cancer treatments, The BodyTalk System helps the body to effectively deal with the nausea and other side effects from chemo drugs or radiation, helping the body come back into balance and heal more completely. BodyTalk is also effective in pain management therapies.

I have seen a number of cancer patients come in for BodyTalk sessions while undergoing chemotherapy, radiation treatments and pre/post surgical procedures. Overall, the results I have seen include reduced pain, healing faster after surgeries, less fatigue after cancer treatments, up keeping a more positive attitude and less overall stress. Many clients I have seen have worked towards a cancer free diagnosis. BodyTalk also helps to support clients spiritually and enhancing the will to live. This is an important factor when undergoing any major illness to help increase chances for survival. The aim is to go beyond survival and to help assist clients with the ability to thrive in their lives.

Healing The Financial Burden

2009-09-09T09:11:00.000-07:00

Over the past couple of months, I have noticed many people complain that there is a lack of funds in their bank account. Complaining of not having enough money for sustaining their lifestyle or paying for basic needs such as food, gas, health care, childcare...etc. The list goes on. We have all overheard conversations on the bus, in coffee shops, on the street corner of how we need to cut back on spending. I realized that many of us equate financial success with self esteem. When we are working and earning an abundance of money, we feel good. Our mood is elevated and we have a more positive attitude towards ourselves, life and others. Our relationships are more harmonious. We feel more productive in our professional and personal lives. I have noticed an increase in people's stress levels around finances in my private health practice. As the financial burden increases, self esteem decreases leading to anger, depression and anxiety. Then pessimism sets in. It has a negative effect on all other areas of life. Relationships sour, tensions flare and motivation declines. So here are some useful tips that you can do to heal the financial burden and turn the ship around:

1. Be gentle with yourself.
Kindness is the key to keeping up a positive attitude and vibration.

2. Focus on what you do want.
By focusing on what is important to you and what you want to achieve financially, you will open the door for attracting it into your life.

3. Have clear financial goals.
Know where you want to be, know what your spending habits are and where there are opportunities to re-balance your financial flow.

4.Work with a financial planner.
Most banks are offering this service, take advantage of it. A financial planner can help you get back on track.

5. Practice the art of gratitude.
Being thankful for what you have now in your life, keeps you in a high vibration allows abundance to flow into your life. This allows you to regain trust in the endless possibilities that life has to offer. Write out a daily list for yourself and spend time reflecting on what you are grateful for.

6. Seek out healing from a BodyTalk Practitioner.
There is an area of the BodyTalk System that helps to shift limiting belief systems around money. Many of us inherit these beliefs from family and the culture we live in and from the influence of media. These beliefs can keep us stuck in a certain salary level in our jobs, limit us in the amount of work we attract if we are self employed and keep us blind to opportunities that can grow our money tree. Here is a case study from my personal files:

CASE STUDY: Janet Massage Therapist

Janet was a part time massage therapist who had to take on another part time job in order to pay the bills. The massage clinic she worked in only offered her 1 day a week, not enough hours for her. She had a hard time building up clientele since she was the newest practitioner to join the team. She was frustrated that she was not able to do massage full time. That is when she came into my BodyTalk Clinic. She wanted to work on attracting more money into her life through her massage practice as well as building a solid community of practitioners in the workplace. In the session we worked on shifting a belief she had that inherited from her father that life is about suffering and that people with money are unhappy. So, this meant the more money she made, the more miserable she would become! So, we released these beliefs. Also we used techniques to elevate self esteem and release fears about taking on a leadership role in her profession. We worked on building a business/work matrix that would help to attract and establish her as a successful therapist. Three weeks after the session, she told me that she quit her part time job and found a new massage clinic where she was working 4 days a week. She had left the old clinic as well. Her client base was expanding, she was working full days and making more money. Her stress levels decreased and her depression lifted. She was feeling alot more joy flow into her life and even made new friends with the other therapists she worked with! Just remember that money is another form of energy and we can work with that in healing sessions to attract your financial goals.

Combining BodyTalk and Reiki Healing

2008-05-18T10:39:00.000-07:00

I have been running a successful holistic healing practice for the last four years. I started in 2004 as a Certified BodyTalk Practitioner which is another form of energetic healing. It assists with healing on the physical, emotional, and mental levels of the physical and energetic bodies. It is based on neuromuscular biofeedback, thus making this modality more clinical in nature. After a year of being in practice using the BodyTalk System, I was drawn to study Usui Reiki. At this point in my career, I felt that I needed to blend my clinical practice with a healing modality that was spiritually based. I thought that this would bring a more balanced state to myself as a practitioner and to my work, making it a truly “holistic” experience for the client.

I have studied Usui Reiki to the the Master Level and it has enhanced my healing practice and benefited the work I do with BodyTalk in many gratifying ways. Most of all, incorporating the Five Reiki Principles to my everyday life and my healing work has really brought me to a place of stillness and presence when I am working with a client. It has helped me to be aware of my own ego and to help me to dissolve the ego when it decides to creep in. The result is that I am more open in my work, I am able to expand my heart center and work from a place of honesty, integrity, non-judgment, compassion and love. This is who I am being when I am working with clients. It allows for a clearer channel of healing and the results that clients are experiencing in their healing process are absolutely magnificent. Reiki is a wonderful healing modality that awakens us to a higher level of consciousness so that we can work consciously and live consciously and bring healing to all beings. I am truly grateful to be able to share this with others.

Just for today...

I will be grateful

I will not worry

I will not anger

I will do my work honestly

I will show love and respect to all

Amethyst BioMat Sessions Now Available at the Clinic

2008-05-10T10:36:00.000-07:00

What is the Amethyst BioMat?

The Amethyst BioMat contains more than 28 pounds of amethyst crystals which naturally produce and are superconductors of far infrared rays. This energy radiates through the layers containing the Japanese Kurare Carbon Ceramic Super Fiber Material generating long wave far infrared rays that the human body can easily absorb. The amethyst crystals amplify these bio natural rays so that they can penetrate the body up to six inches. By comparision, other far infrared technologies only penetrate 1 to 1.5 inches.

The benefits to using the Amethyst BioMat may include:

* Reduce stress and fatigue.
* Ease joint pain and stiffness.
* Speed recovery.
* Strengthen the immune system.
* Increase blood circulation, strengthen the cardiovascular system & normalize
blood pressure.
* Burn calories and control weight.
* Improve skin and muscle tone.
* Assist in detoxification.
* Assist in reducing swelling & inflammation.
* Cell regeneration & metabolism.
* Reduce cholesterol.
* Assist in attaining a deep delta state of relaxation.

30 min. session: $30.00
60 min. session: $60.00
**Can also be combined with a BodyTalk session: $110.00**

Neck Stiffness

2008-05-07T09:37:00.000-07:00

A client in came in 2 weeks ago complaining of a stiff neck. She had been to the chiropractor and had some relief but the stiffness had returned. We did a BodyTalk session to focus on her neck. In the session we energetically re-aligned the cranial bones, released the occipital joint and released the emotion worry being held in the connective tissue surrounding the neck and shoulders. A week after the session, she told me that the stiffness and pain was gone and had better range of motion when turning her head. She also said the quality of her sleep had improved as well.

Slipping and Falling

2008-04-17T18:56:00.000-07:00

A client of mine tripped and fell a couple of days ago. Luckily I was there and was able to do the BodyTalk fast aid technique for her. When she fell, she said that her hip was starting to hurt. I worked on her for about 10-15 min doing the fast aid treatment. I called her that evening to check up on her to see how she was doing. When I asked her how she was feeling after the fall, she replied: "What fall?". She had forgotten about it! She said that her hip was doing great and she had no pain or bruising whatsoever. Gotta love BodyTalk!

Earth Hour 2008: Mar. 29 @ 8:00pm

2008-03-24T18:39:00.000-07:00

On March 29, 2008 at 8:00pm local time we will participate by turning off our lights for 1 hour.

Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming.

This simple act has captured the hearts and minds of people all over the world. As a result, at 8pm March 29, 2008 millions of people in some of the world’s major capital cities, including Copenhagen, Toronto, Chicago, Melbourne, Brisbane and Tel Aviv will unite and switch off for Earth Hour.

See the difference you can make! Help to heal the Earth!
~Namaste~
Christa

Miracle of the Week: Bloating

2008-02-25T08:43:00.000-08:00

A woman in her 30's came in with an upset digestive system. She felt as if she was not digesting food properly and became very bloated. She had not experienced this before. During the BodyTalk session, we discovered she was holding alot of emotions in the abdomen: worry in the small intestine, anger in the large intestine and was holding a consciousness of feeling rejected in the workplace which was affecting stomach energies. When I saw her a couple of weeks later, she said that the bloating disappeared the next day and has not returned.

Miracle of the Week: Old Belief Systems

2008-02-17T09:28:00.000-08:00

There has been a theme to the healing session this week involving the dissolution of old patterns and belief systems. This week a woman in her late 40's came in wanting to work on creating a shift in her personal relationships. She wanted to be open to create a new romantic relationship for herself. During the BodyTalk session we discovered that there was an imbalance in her root chakra and sacral chakra that was linked to an old active memory and belief system relating to her body image. After clearing out the blockage we worked on the pancreas energies and her ability to adapt to change and flow with the change. A few days after the session she called me to say that she opened up her social circle and for the first time in six years has started to initiate dating again.

Miracle of the Week: Hot Flashes

2007-02-22T20:09:00.000-08:00

One of my clients was very pleased to report that her 'hot flashes' had disappeard after her last BodyTalk session! She was quite thrilled since the onset of this menopausal symptom was often uncomfortable.

Finding Your Life's Path

2006-05-25T11:52:00.000-07:00

Am I on My Life's Path?

This is one question that I frequently hear over and over again. According to universal "laws", we are on the right path 100% of the time, even if it's not where we want to be! Even if negative situations are occuring, there are often lessons we must learn in order to grow and become spiritually stronger. At any given moment, we are in our perfect place, we are where we are supposed to be. In BodyTalk sessions, the client is often confused about their path, that perhaps they have diverged and are lost. In session, we are able to balance and let go of fears surrounding direction in life, career choices, relationship issues and emotional pain. The client then has a new perspective on reality and can see things clearly without feeling overwhelmed, confused and lost. Time and time again, I have seen remarkable changes in people as they go through their healing journey and once again embrace joy, love and the life they are "meant" to live!

Miracle of the Week: Panic Attacks

2006-05-10T12:03:00.000-07:00

A woman in her 40's started to suffer from extreme panic attacks. It became so severe that she felt that she could not even go out of the house to shop, run errands or attend social functions. She came for a BodyTalk session and in the session we balanced the body for adrenal fatigue, hormones, the limbic brain and past trauma. After that initial session, she felt better and the panic attacks reduced by half. She needed 4 more sessions after that and now the panic attacks are gone.

Miracle of the Week: Circulation

2006-02-11T11:45:00.000-08:00

A lady in her 20's came in complaining of cold hands and feet. She said her hands always felt like ice. We did a bodytalk session and as we were working on circulation, her hands started becoming really warm. All of a sudden she said: "Wow! I can feel my hands for the first time in 3 years. What a relief!" She has not had poor circulation since.

Miracle of the Week: Lower Back Pain

2006-01-04T20:30:00.000-08:00

A woman in her early 50's came into the clinic with severe lower back pain. It was difficult for her to sit or walk for any length of time. She said that she was constantly in pain. Her back pain started 5 years ago from a car accident. She has tried acupuncture, chiropractics & physiotherapy with no avail. She had her first BodyTalk session 6 days ago and called to tell me that her back pain is 85% better and she is thinking about returning to work! This is only after her first session. She comes in for another session in 2 weeks. I'll keep you posted on her progress!

Miracle of the Week

2005-12-21T13:18:00.000-08:00

Week of Dec. 19, 2005.

Today in the clinic a lady walked in and appeared to be a little disoriented. She was having trouble speaking and would forget in mid-sentence what she was going to say. She seemed confused and unable to think clearly. Then she complained that her head was hurting in a particular spot. It turns out, she fell and hit her head on the sidewalk in front on a coffee shop 10 blocks away! So, I proceeded to do a first aid BodyTalk session for her. The session was quite short, lasted for about 10 min. Then she seemd more clear and calm. That was it and then she left. I advised her to go to the doctor just to get checked out because maybe she could have suffered a concussion. Well, I got a call from her later thanking me and said she felt back to normal once she left my office. When she went to the doctor, she explained her symptoms and the doctor said that she would indeed have a concussion but after examining her, there was no need for that diagnosis and said she "...just had a bump on the head"!

Moo's Healing Journey

2005-11-29T16:48:00.000-08:00

This is Moo. She is a tabby/tourtise shell mix. She was diaganosed with mammary cancer in March 2005. I first noticed a small lump about the size of a pearl. It was perfectfully round and quite hard to the touch. I took her into the vet, and they decided to remove the lump. When the lab results came back, sure enough, the tumor was cancerous. The vet told me that "there would be no course of action" an that Moo should just live out her days. Well, that was not sitting very well with me, so I decided to seek other forms of treatment. Moo underwent BodyTalk treatments and the results were excellent! In her first session, there was the emotion anger that was prevalent over her new living environment (we moved the year prevoius). Also there were links to her kidneys, lympahtic drainage of toxins and she was severly dehydrated. Her nervous system was also balanced and her overall stress response. In addition, all the cortices of her brain were realigned and balanced to function in better harmony. After the session, Moo's personality changed. She seemed more relaxed, more lovable and less of a "scaredy cat". She also started to drink more water than she ever did before. I still have sessions done for her and I will keep you posted on her progress.

photo: http://www.guathierweddings.com/

What are Chakras?

2005-11-25T11:35:00.000-08:00

There are 7 main chakras of the body. They are considered "energy vortices" that resemble a spinning wheel. Each chakra vibrates at a different frequency and therefore relates to a different color. The energy from the chakras is channeled to various organs or glands that correspond to each chakra.

Root Chakra: vibrates to the color red, relates to survival, materiality, the earth element.

Sacral Chakra: vibrates to the color orange, relates to sexuality/sensuality, creativity, the water element.

Solar Plexus Chakra: vibrates to the color yellow, relates to digestion, personal power, element of fire.

Heart Chakra: vibrates to the color green, relates to harmony, self love.

Throat Chakra: vibrates to the color blue, relates to communication, self expression, speaking the truth.

Third Eye Chakra: vibrates to the color purple, relates to creativity, inspiration, intuition.

Crown Chakra: vibrates to the color violet, relates to spirituality.

The chakras can become imbalanced and can impact health in the physical body as well as emotionally, psychologically & spiritually. For instance, an imbalanced root chakra can lead to poor finacial issues and poor attitudes surrounding fincances & money, as well as, a person may develop kidney problems since the root chakra governs the kidneys. The role of the BodyTalk practitioner is to rebalance the chakras and restore harmony.

Why Drink Water?

2005-11-24T10:54:00.000-08:00

Water is the essence of life. In energy medicine water is needed for:

conducting energy of the meridians
helps to synthesize processing of emotions
regulates sugar metabolism
detoxifies the body
enhances immunity

Our brain is made up of about 80% water. If we are dehydrated, then it impedes cognition. We get headaches, it is hard to concentrate, we suffer poor nutrition, cellular degeneration, fatigue, and poor coordination of the body. We should have about 6-8 eight oz glasses of water per day. It is better to sip water slowly, rather than consuming large amounts at once. Otherwise, our body will fail to absorb water completley. If you suffer from any of these symptoms, then you may wish to have a BodyTalk session. The BodyTalk System addresses the imbalance of dehyration and may help the body to be hydrated more effectively.