Today’s post is from Shawna Lendzion Harbin, a massage and craniosacral therapist who specializes in working with parents!  Shawna has been bringing Seattle area individuals and families a sense of relaxation, physical ease, and mental clarity since 2004.

Have you noticed just how different life is when you’re really relaxed?  Not only do we enjoy ourselves more, but our problems are easier to deal with.  We don’t worry so much about the bills we have to pay or our conflicts at home.  Circumstances generally don’t aggravate us as easily and we’re much more stable when confronting life’s struggles.

So how can massage and craniosacral therapy help us get there?  

These two modalities specifically aid in calming our nerves and can even shift our moods to a more positive state.  Massage employs the power of touch and a soothing environment to achieve this while craniosacral therapy goes a step further.  Using a gentle contact, the practitioner accesses deeper and more delicate structures in the central nervous system and releases tensions found in the muscles, tissues, and bones within.  This also allows the cerebrospinal fluid – which protects, nourishes, and removes wastes from the brain and spinal cord – to flow more freely throughout these areas.  What we experience as a result of freeing up these restrictions is a profound feeling of peace and relaxation. 

By providing this greater sense of calm and mental clarity, massage and craniosacral therapy improve our ability to be more present to our kids, what they are saying, and how we choose to respond.  Parents find it easier to communicate with their teen and to make difficult judgements in a sometimes emotionally intense environment.  As we enjoy the benefits of a healthier nervous system, we can be more centered within ourselves and our kids will notice.

I have to say that the year I felt the best was the year I got a weekly massage (I traded it for weekly coaching). Bliss!

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