05/11/2018
Testimony: Deep Healing trauma through Myofascial Release and Bodywork. Written by current client at Revive Therapy.
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom” -Anais Nin
I recently embarked on a journey of seeking holistic healing through myofascial release and bodywork. While this is not an uncommon pathway to seek physical relief; pursuing truly holistic healing on a physical, emotional, and spiritual trajectory with this work may seem unconventional. I hope to share part of my journey in an effort to assist others in considering this sacred work as a treatment option.
I am a survivor of r**e. I have suffered internally with its effects for sixteen years, and the number of people that I have been able to share this with can be counted on less than two hands. Externally, others could see my true self: a woman with deep faith, a love for youth; and someone who is passionate, genuine, loving, and caring. They see a woman capable of leaving an indelible mark on the world. Internally, until recently, I had been riddled with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, worthlessness, guilt, shame, and occasional suicidality. I experienced physical reminders of my trauma through frequent nausea and vomiting. I subconsciously created a morbidly obese body as a means of protection and self-preservation. I was existing, not living, with uncontrolled diabetes requiring four shots, and four other prescription medications daily that were minimally effective.
I began to understand how choices, reactions, and experiences relating to one part of my being impacted the whole. It is all linked! I also now understand that my symptoms are all related to my PTSD from the r**e and other traumas. I am a mental health clinician. I see PTSD, depression, anxiety, etc. manifest daily in my office. I understand their depth, the destruction they can create personally and interpersonally. Despite years of schooling, there was something I had not been taught about how to treat PTSD during my education. I encountered an article that discussed the use of myofascial release as a means of healing trauma, in combination with the other strategies I was using. I reached out to Steve to see if he could help me with this aspect of my healing.
Each treatment session with Steve has offered me powerful release of stored and trapped emotions and trauma. After just a couple of sessions with Steve, I had experienced a powerful release of guilt, the ability to express a deep forgiveness for things that I had experienced, greater clarity on where in my body I was wounded, and a cessation of cravings for the junk food that for so long served to keep me “safe” in my obesity. It became clear to me that this raw, gaping “wound” that I was aware of – that I thought was in my soul, was actually in my womb space. Steve has professionally journeyed with me to bring healing even to this area of my body!
Steve is very respectful in his work, and approaches our journey together, and the sacred spaces of my body with profound respect, dignity, gentleness, and his heart. Steve enters into this work with me; and a beautiful healing is able to occur. As we continue to work, I experience myself free, safe, and emerging into wholeness, as a woman, embracing my femininity. Daily, I consciously choose to stay present and connected to myself, and this is quite literally changing how I experience life. I feel like I am living, no longer just existing. I see myself, my femininity as a rose in bloom; a bud opening, in just the right time, to emerge into her full glory.
My heart is open, pouring love into myself – as well as giving to others. I have been able to receive love and healing energy from others – and declare myself worthy of this love! I am more present to others and am able to approach the care of my own patients in more innovative ways. My body is healing – I am reducing medications, and no longer experience physical symptoms– I also have joy in my spirit, a lightness in my soul, and a spring in my step. The myofascial release and bodywork has been the missing component to create deep healing and powerful breakthroughs in my life. My soul is beginning to feel untethered, my spirit free, and the possibilities for my life – limitless! Myofascial release and bodywork are effective avenues for healing and restoration after trauma. I encourage you to consider it; and challenge you to enter into it with complete vulnerability and surrender to the process and possibility of healing! This is truly divine work. Namaste – the divine in me, honors the divine in you!
“It could be described as a different frequency or a different dimension – the dimension of love. But it is here, on Earth. When we reset our womb, clearing away all the shocks, traumas, and betrayals, a wave of innocence floods through us. This is our natural state of being. It is our true birthright. It is a gentle, radiating, all-encompassing softness that enraptures the soul.” – Azra Bertrand, Seren Bertrand
