My work is about being present, about noticing and about relationship. I invite you to engage in a process of becoming aware of your present patterns of movement and ways of shaping yourself. We are touched in many ways through body, mind and spirit. As we express parts of ourselves other parts remain in shadow. Our choices for expression in each moment are in part influenced by our level of awareness and integration. Together we explore relationships: breath, bone, organ, muscle, fluid, nervous systems. We investigate our senses and perceptions and possible choices for living consciously in our bodies. We touch, sound, move and play. Shirley Kelley, M.S. Ed. Registered Somatic Movement EducatorSM Registered Somatic Movement TherapistSM NCBTMB, LMT Office
in Palo Alto, CA
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 Shirley weavesthese approaches into her work with clients: Body-Mind Centering®, developed by Bonnnie Bainbridge Cohen, is based on principles of anatomy, physiology, psychology and human development. In this work we find our support before we move. We become aware of current patterns through movement, touch, sounding and verbal dialogue. We explore new possibilities for embodiment. Somatic Movement Education is about going back and re-building basic sensory/motor relationships that were the foundation for cortical brain activity. We explore senses (vision, hearing, balance, proprioception), perceptions, movement, attention and intention. John F. Barnes´ Myofascial Release Approach is a hands-on approach of applying gentle, sustained pressure into fascial restrictions producing the slow elongation of connective tissue and unwinding patterns of tension. Center for Intentional Living offers the creation of a psychospiritual therapeutic relationship to provide a safe container for deep body/mind/spirit work. Together we focus on assisting you in bringing balance to the experience of showing up and of living in your body. |