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Many of you have asked, "What exactly is process bodywork?" I will do my best
to answer this question.
The dictionary defines
process as a series of acts or changes, a moving forward, as part of a
development or a progression. Process bodywork is a holistic form of
body-mind, hands-on therapy. It is the art and science of addressing physical,
mental, emotional and/or spiritual issues in an integrated way. For example,
if a person has chronic physical pain and they have pursued all avenues of
medicine to treat the pain to no avail, process bodywork might be the next
step. The pain would be acknowledged as possibly having roots in other than
the physical location and surrounding physical structures. Another example: if
a person has a deep seated destructive pattern in relationships, process
bodywork would acknowledge that the pattern may have roots in other than
emotional/physiological areas. In both of these cases, the process work would
bring awareness and clarity to these possibilities. If roots (connections) are
discovered, they are worked with directly to make changes at the core level.
It is like electricity, in a way. If there is a problem originating at the
main circuit box (core of the system), it might show up somewhere else in the
electrical system of the home, perhaps an outlet in the kitchen. The solution
is to work at the main box (core), as otherwise the solution in the other
areas (symptoms) will be temporary at best.
The purpose of process
bodywork is to assist you in gaining clarity as efficiently as possible and to
use this clarity for healing, transformation and growth. As your practitioner,
my job is to pay close attention to the signals you give me from the beginning
to the end of the session, as well as from session to session. These signals
are bits of information the lead us to the material needing to be processed. I
watch for double signals, also known as mixed messages. These signals that
seemingly oppose each other bring our attention to the conflict between
primary (external) and secondary (internal), process. Together, we are able to
identify patterns that are no longer serving your current needs and make
long-lasting, sustainable changes.
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