Bodywork

Without realising it, we store all kinds of physical and emotional experiences in our body throughout our lives. These can be (forgotten) memories, seemingly small moments or bigger traumas. They all get under our skin. Our body is an enormously valuable source when we no longer know how to move forward.

In our society we have mainly learned to solve problems rationally, with our heads. Our brain is incredibly wonderful and valuable, but because of that we ignore another important part of ourselves. And then we can lose our balance. In a safe and loving space, I help you learn to feel what is happening in the rest of your body. Because by listening better to our body, we can learn to make better choices.

Together we will discover how you try to ‘hold yourself together’. I help you by looking at your posture, your breathing, and with gentle touch. We use a great many muscles to hold on to what we do not yet want or are not yet able to feel. Sometimes you just need a little support to learn to see old grief, pain, secrets, guilt, shame and other (unaccepted) parts of yourself.

With touch, and sometimes words as a third hand, old experiences, emotions and beliefs can come to the surface. Layer by layer, at a suitable pace, what still needs to be processed can be expressed. This happens, for example, through (small) movements in the body, changes in breathing or emotional release. That is life energy being set free, for you.