While I have offered Trauma Informed Care for clients, mostly intuitively, through my years of practice, I have never really defined what that means when clients come for their sessions with me. Taking a recent course on this topic made it clear just how important that communication is. It’s critical that you are feeling safe during your sessions and that sessions provide space for you to heal and feel empowered, as you are ready to. Each person’s journey is unique to them and I honour that process. There are no deadlines or judgments around your healing process. No. You Don't Have to Tell Me I have been asked by clients if they have to tell me about their trauma. The answer is no, you don’t have to, that choice is yours. Whether I know your trauma story or not, it will make absolutely no difference in the benefits of the holistic sessions that you receive. You will benefit regardless. Communication is Key It’s really important that you feel safe and comfortable before, after and during your session, to the extent that you can. At your first appointment I will be a stranger to you and I realize feeling safe will take time. I am happy to adjust and adapt sessions in order to help to make that happen. If you are able to communicate any areas you would rather I didn’t touch, or that you would rather remain dressed for your session, etc. then I can adapt your session to honour your requests. You are in control and I want to collaborate with you to ensure you feel safe and empowered in your journey towards recovery. If at any time during a session you feel uncomfortable or want to stop, then the session can adapt, or be stopped. This is your healing time. Emotions are normal Emotions often come up and are key to the healing journey. Please allow yourself to express them as you need to, during your session. There is no need to tell me why you’re feeling the way that you do (unless you choose to). Again, it will not impact the benefits of your session. Honouring Your Journey Each trauma survivor is individual and unique in their journey towards recovery. I honour that. There are no expectations or judgements, but instead compassion and understanding. Your sessions with me are integrative and supportive to your regular medical care and counseling. They are not in place of them
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 Emotions are a natural and human way of expression. And you are human before you put on any of the other roles you have in this life. Emotions are also an energy that you can suppress or release. Energy naturally needs to move, it is something meant to be in constant motion, especially if it's to be released. When you grip tightly to suppress emotions, or the movement of that emotional energy within your being, the result is a sense/feeling/expression of unease (or dis-ease)
There have been some changes and updates made to the Jane Booking App and this Website, that current and future clients may wish to make themselves aware of.
While these two are updated throughout the year, at least once a year I will review everything and implement some of what is new from the creators of Jane App that I think are of benefit to clients and myself. Same with the website. Finding YOUR path to holistic well-being is going to be as individual and unique as you are. Do you consider all the ways in which you can move towards vitality and balance in mind, body and spirit? Creativity is soul food for me! It comes in many forms and from different avenues but I become more whole as I immerse myself in whatever is presented.
 Healing Can Happen Through Relaxation
The comment I hear most often from clients, at the end of a Craniosacral Therapy session or Reiki session, is that they have never before felt so deeply and completely relaxed. There is something in the quiet of those two Holistic therapies that nurtures you, mind, body and soul. When clients come in for their sessions mid-summer there is a noticeable shift in their posture and walking gait. Much of that has to do with summer sandals and the pressure placed, through the feet, to other parts of the body.
2024 marks 30 years since I began my journey as a Reiki Master/Teacher. I feel really fortunate to have received the traditional Usui Reiki training that I did and continue to embrace a traditional approach to teaching. Through the years I've had the honour of sharing those teachings with many students of Reiki.
 A woman’s life is naturally cyclical, from birth to death. Hormonal changes throughout your lifetime create an arc of growth, maturity and an eventual end, all of which impact your body, mind and spirit.
At different stages of that growth different aspects of the whole woman come to the forefront. Early life is mostly focused on physical growth and as you flow into your later years, the spiritual side can begin to take precedence. Energy shifts constantly flow through all of your years of life. Each stage and each cycle creates the unique and empowered woman that you are today. Mindfulness
This theme for the March enewsletter brought many inspiring thoughts! The days are a little brighter and a little longer and as the first day of Spring is within sight, your mind and spirit may feel just a little lighter.
This year (2024) that day happens on March 19th. |
Teresa Graham,
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