Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC

TW: Trauma/Bodywork..................................................................................................................

Hello dear clients. At this holiday season I know it seems a little weird to discuss trauma in regards to bodywork, but I have heard stories over the past 21 years and worked with clients who have it, want to understand it, want to not be controlled by it. This is a tall order which requires professional psychological support, a tribe with which you can relate, communicate with, and be vulnerable around, the medical establishment and their medicines, alternative healthcare and it's different medicine, and a lot of courage.

As someone with CPTSD (Complex PTSD), generalized anxiety disorder, and panic disorder, 17 surgeries, a broken neck, among other things, I am familiar with trauma on many levels.
Bodywork can be a very effective addition to all the measures I stated above. Reminding your nervous system where home is, where the "soft" lives, where rest and repair are the order of the day. As a species, we have traveled far away from ourselves. In this holiday season, consider giving yourself the gift of experiencing, rest, and integration. Your muscles will be positively affected, your pain can decrease, your awareness can become more finely tuned, and you can become empowered in body, mind, and spirit.

If you are experiencing acute trauma, please feel free to always know you can reach out to me. I have many, many referrals of MDs, DCs, LMTs, PhDs, PTs, MSWs, and every letter you can think of. You do not have to live in fear alone. Come let me reintroduce you to yourself.

https://www.psychguides.com/guides/ptsd-hotline/
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

I hope you are safe, warm, and enjoying the presence of those you love most.

Love,

Stine

3 Pillars Scheduling:
https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBV3MQ

Lake City Scheduling:
https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBNXD6
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Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC has been helping clients with their nervous systems since 2001. Through employing craniosacral/myofascial techniques, client education, and self-care, clients will experience increased wellness and embodiment.

Hello clients,

Sending a message today for multiple reasons. I am currently adding an 11:15am appointment at my home office on Mondays, and also adding a 4:15 appointment at Three Pillars on Thursdays. Hopefully this will allow some of you a little more freedom in scheduling.

Also, for those of you who are clients at Three Pillars, I got an adjustment from Dr. Lindley (who is taking care of Dr. Flood's clients while she is away), and folks, this young upstart ROCKED my world, and I'm really old and opinionated. Anyway, for those of you who would benefit from adjustments the next month and a half, Dr. Jack is your guy!

And lastly, I wanted to say thank you to all of you. Referrals are such a good form of feedback, and I wanted to get on and thank each of you who show up and are present for your appointments, and who send other loved ones and friends for some bodywork. Thank you,I wouldn't be able to do it without you.

* If you would like to be removed from this list, please respond to the email simply with the word, "remove"*

Lake City Office: https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBNXD6

3 Pillars Clinic: https://wwwschedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBV3MQ

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If you are interested in reading about some of the real time effects of trauma: how it can manifest in the treatment room, how it can affect your current responses and resiliency, and how it is very easy to become dissociated and bury this physiology deep, that it can be very scary, uncomfortable, and work to process and integrate those walled off experiences and emotions:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207191/ #:~:text=Initial%20reactions%20to%20trauma%20can,effective%2C%20and%20self%2Dlimited.

https://www.ptsd.va.gov/

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If you are interested in reading about some of the real time effects of trauma: how it can manifest in the treatment room, how it can affect your current responses and resiliency, and how it is very easy to become dissociated and bury this physiology deep, that it can be very scary, uncomfortable, and work to process and integrate those walled off experiences and emotions:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207191/ #:~:text=Initial%20reactions%20to%20trauma%20can,effective%2C%20and%20self%2Dlimited.

https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/awareness/ptsd_treatment_works.asp?utm_source=GoogleSearch&utm_medium=GS1F&utm_campaign=PTSDOA&utm_id=2023&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgribBhDkARIsAASA5bu_zEI5hCrZgKY6gr5D6jEURSvLJj-jX1nf63I0xtgzH7TKyh8p8g8aAqg6EALw_wcB

If you are interested in reading about some of the real time effects of trauma: how it can manifest in the treatment room, how it can affect your current responses and resiliency, and how it is very easy to become dissociated and bury this physiology deep, that it can be very scary, uncomfortable, and work to process and integrate those walled off experiences and emotions:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207191/ #:~:text=Initial%20reactions%20to%20trauma%20can,effective%2C%20and%20self%2Dlimited.

https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/awareness/ptsd_treatment_works.asp?utm_source=GoogleSearch&utm_medium=GS1F&utm_campaign=PTSDOA&utm_id=2023&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgribBhDkARIsAASA5bu_zEI5hCrZgKY6gr5D6jEURSvLJj-jX1nf63I0xtgzH7TKyh8p8g8aAqg6EALw_wcB

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Happy Friday dear clients and friends,

I want to speak a little today about what my biggest objective as a bodyworker when someone is having a session with me. Getting you out of pain is ALWAYS a wonderful thing when it occurs. That said, pain is a very elusive phenomenon, much of which is an interpretation of suffering taking part in our brain. Nociception happens, suffering is malleable and is subject to your conscious brain. I teach people how to think. And in addition to changing some of the messages we constantly tell ourselves in our heads, changing these messages can and DOES change physiology. My job is to shine a light on your shoulders up by your ears, or your tmj grinding beyond the telling of it. It does not matter if *I* know your shoulders are up by your ears, but it surely matters if you do.

Come feel, assimilate, integrate, and learn. I welcome your nervous system to school.

Stine

Lake City: https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBNXD6

3 Pillars: https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBV3MQ

Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC @ Three Pillars Body Restoration Clinic Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC has been helping clients with their nervous systems since 2001. Through employing craniosacral/myofascial techniques, client education, and self-care, clients will experience increased wellness and embodiment.

Dear friends and clients, I had an 11:15 appointment open up tomorrow. If you'd like it, feel free to schedule at:

Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC has been helping clients with their nervous systems since 2001. Through employing craniosacral/myofascial techniques, client education, and self-care, clients will experience increased wellness and embodiment.

Happy 21st Birthday Integral Balance Bodywork!

Dear clients, you have made the last 21 years the best if my life. I am SO grateful to get to work with each of you.

🙏

About to start a Tom Meyers (Anatomy Trains) webinar on Fascia Science and Fascia as a pain driver. Can't wait to tell you what I learn.

3 appointments available at 3 Pillars Clinic tomorrow Wednesday.

Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC @ Three Pillars Body Restoration Clinic Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC has been helping clients with their nervous systems since 2001. Through employing craniosacral/myofascial techniques, client education, and self-care, clients will experience increased wellness and embodiment.

If you are over the age of 40, what does "Wellness" mean in your life? What are indicators you are 'unwell'? What aren't you able to do because of being 'unwell? What are the things you are able to/or want to do when you feel well?

Lake City - https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBNXD6

3 Pillars - https://schedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBV3MQ.

Hello dear clients and friends,

I hope this email finds you all well. As someone who has lived with chronic pain for many years, and acute debilitating pain for significant periods of time during those years, I can tell you that massage is most definitely an effective tool in pain management.

"Based on the evidence, massage therapy, compared to no treatment, should be strongly recommended as a pain management option. Massage therapy is weakly recommended for reducing pain, compared to other sham or active comparators, and improving mood and health-related quality of life, compared to other active comparators. Massage therapy safety, research challenges, how to address identified research gaps, and necessary next steps for implementing massage therapy as a viable pain management option are discussed."

Check out this study
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4925170/

I look forward to seeing you on my table.

Lake City Home Office Scheduling: https://www.sachedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBNXD6

Three Pillars Body Restoration Clinic: https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBV3MQ

Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC @ Three Pillars Body Restoration Clinic Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC has been helping clients with their nervous systems since 2001. Through employing craniosacral/myofascial techniques, client education, and self-care, clients will experience increased wellness and embodiment.

Hello dear friends and clients,

I am back to work in 1 WEEK!!!! I'm SO excited to be back and see all of you.

The schedule is filling up FAST! If you would like to get yourself on the schedule, you can do so at:

Lake City Home Office (Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays: https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBNXD6

Three Pillars Body Restoration Clinic (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays): https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBV3MQ

I look forward to seeing you on my table. Feel free to shoot me any questions you may have about my return to work.

Happy Monday,

Stine

Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC @ Three Pillars Body Restoration Clinic Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC has been helping clients with their nervous systems since 2001. Through employing craniosacral/myofascial techniques, client education, and self-care, clients will experience increased wellness and embodiment.

Hello Facebook. It's now 7:10 and my computer is still not connecting to the video source. Give us 5 more minutes.

Hello my dear clients and friends. I wanted to let you know about a self-care and nervous system presentation I will be giving for 18th and Union's "Wellness Week". Those who would like to attend in person can do so by making a reservation here:

https://18thandunion.org/

For those who cannot attend in person, I will be going live with the presentation this Thursday at 7pm Pacific time.

I look forward to seeing you or having you join us online.

Love,

Stine

18th and Union, an arts space in Seattle 18th & Union; Performance Space; arts space; solo performances

Dear clients, I am very thrilled to be taking part in 18th & Union's "Wellness Week". I will be leading a workshop on "Self-care of the nervous system, body, and mind"

https://www.facebook.com/18thandunion

Website:
https://18thandunion.org/

18th & Union: an arts space 18th and Union is an arts incubator located in Seattle, WA.

Dear clients,

I have finally separated my home office and downtown office in terms of scheduling.

If you would like to schedule at my Lake City Home feel free to use this URL: www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBNXD6

And if you would like to schedule at Three Pillars Body Restoration Clinic, use this URL: https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBV3MQ

I look forward to seeing you on my table.

Love,

Stine

Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC @ Three Pillars Body Restoration Clinic Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC has been helping clients with their nervous systems since 2001. Through employing craniosacral/myofascial techniques, client education, and self-care, clients will experience increased wellness and embodiment.

Dear Clients, this past week a devastating loss occurred in our Seattle Theater community. We lost a bright light. In a woefully inadequate gesture, I am offering ALL theater people who schedule a massage with me this month (June) 1/2 off your session. That is $45 per one hour massage. Mention Seattle Theater Community in the notes of your appointment.

Let's come together, take care of each other, and lean into the love. It's what she would have wanted.

Love,

Stine

www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBNXD6

Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC has been helping clients with their nervous systems since 2001. Through employing craniosacral/myofascial techniques, client education, and self-care, clients will experience increased wellness and embodiment.

Do you wake up with a sore neck, jaw, or headache? Do you hear clicking when you chew or turn your head? Working with the myofascia in and around the jaw and neck can assist in decreasing these symptoms, increasing jaw range of motion, and freeing up pain and tension that keeps you from full relaxation.

Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD) Detailed information on temporomandibular disorder, including causes, symptoms, and treatment.

The downtown office is taking shape.

Just had 2 cancelations tomorrow. Grab them if you're interested.

Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC has been helping clients with their nervous systems since 2001. Through employing craniosacral/myofascial techniques, client education, and self-care, clients will experience increased wellness and embodiment.

Many of you have heard me mention visualizing the roof of your mouth moving like a large jellyfish in the ocean. I found this picture that illustrates that shape.

Would you like to show Dad how much he's loved and appreciated? A massage is a great way to thank Dad for all he does during the year.

Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC has been helping clients with their nervous systems since 2001. Through employing craniosacral/myofascial techniques, client education, and self-care, clients will experience increased wellness and embodiment.

Low back pain is one of the most common physical ailments people experience today. Working the low back is essential in addressing the causes of pain in that area. That said, in my opinion, it is ESSENTIAL to work the belly and hip flexors if you want to truly address low back pain and the reasons it occurs.

The hip flexors attach along the lumbar (low back) vertebrae. When the hip flexors are shortened and tight, as they are in most people who sit at a desk or use a phone or computer regularly, it can create forces that draw the pelvis forward and down excessively, and create more work for the muscles in the lower back. Working the front side of this equation (the hip flexors and abdomen) is an integral part of addressing the common ailment of low back pain.

If you have not experienced work in this area before, consider giving yourself the gift of this kinesthetic awareness of your belly.

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In other news, a reminder, starting Tuesday June 7th, all massages you schedule with me on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays will take place at Three Pillars Body Restoration Clinic at 2107 Elliott Avenue, Ste. 203, Seattle, WA 98121. All massages scheduled on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays will still take place at my Lake City home office. Please let me know if you have any questions.

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I am scheduling all massages online these days. To schedule, go to: www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/IBBNXD6

Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC has been helping clients with their nervous systems since 2001. Through employing craniosacral/myofascial techniques, client education, and self-care, clients will experience increased wellness and embodiment.

Dear Clients,

I'm in the process of writing some introductory letters for Chiropractors in my area, as well as sending them a free gift certificate. Wondering if there are any chiropractors you know who would appreciate a free gift certificate and an introduction to my work. If you have any names, I would greatly appreciate a message or response below.

I look forward to seeing you on my table.

Stine

2 half-priced sessions just became available tomorrow afternoon at 1:45 and 3pm. Message me if you're interested in snagging one.

For those of you that have had therapeutic massage, how many have had a therapist work in your abdomen? Did you know there are more serotonin receptors in your belly than are in your brain?

From visceral manipulation to direct muscle hip flexor deep tissue, working in the abdomen can affect positive changes in terms of digestion, low back pain, breathing restrictions, hip pain, neck pain, and even mood.

If you haven't had this work, consider giving your body a reset by experiencing it.

Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC Integral Balance Bodywork, LLC has been helping clients with their nervous systems since 2001. Through employing craniosacral/myofascial techniques, client education, and self-care, clients will experience increased wellness and embodiment.