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At Lumin Bodywork, Luca Cowles uses movement and touch to help people find ease inside their bodies.

At Lumin Bodywork, certified massage therapist and TRE provider Luca Cowles offers online self-care sessions, online TRE (tension releasing exercises) sessions, and outdoor bodywork sessions using a variety of modalities but especially Barnes Myofascial Release.

25/09/2021

Sessions are available next Saturday, October 2 for bodywork or TRE instruction! I will be unavailable for the two weeks following so next Saturday is a great time to schedule. Happy fall!

08/07/2021

I have openings available this month for bodywork sessions or lessons in TRE-tension/trauma releasing exercises and am glad to (re) connect with known and new clients.

While I look for a new office space I’m offering house calls and am happy to work indoors or outdoors, weather permitting and with precautions against covid.

Click the link in my bio to schedule a session, and DM with any questions. I love chatting about different body-based practices that encourage healing and am happy to receive questions, curiosities, etc.

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24/06/2021

I have a couple of slots available this Saturday for massage and/or myofascial release work. At the moment I’m traveling to my clients’ homes to work with them, and happily working indoors or outdoors. DM or check out my website to book!

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03/05/2021

Available each Saturday 10am-7pm, other times available if needed.

I work from a trauma-informed perspective and use safe, relational touch to help people feel more connected, alive, and relaxed within their bodies. Modalities I practice include Barnes myofascial release, massage, and shiatsu. I also teach a technique called TRE, which allows the body to experience neurogenic tremors to release tension and stress in a safe supportive environment. Sessions with me can look and feel differently depending on what you need on any given day. I work with all people and welcome members of the LGBTQIA2S community / those with q***r, trans, and/or gender expansive experience.

To learn more visit www.luminbodywork.com.

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09/11/2020

Some guiding advice for providing yourself supportive touch, receiving touch from someone else, or offering it.

And, an exercise to practice listening with your hands: try laying your hands on the bare skin of your thighs. Let them stay there for several minutes without pressing down into the flesh, just resting. What do you feel? Movement? If so how would you describe it? A pulse, a swirl, a shudder? Let yourself be curious. Then try pushing down gently- how does that change what you feel? Generally speaking the more pressure we apply, the less subtlety we can feel through our hands.

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26/10/2020

The concept of “being grounded” or “grounding yourself” gets thrown around a lot in health and wellness settings without clear instruction on what that means.

The disconnect, I think, is that grounding is not actually a concept but a skill that leads to a body sensation (or sensations).

Grounding allows your body to feel nourished by the constant, unconditional love available to us through connection to a healthy resource (usually with the earth). You’ll know it when you feel it.

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23/10/2020

Change has been afoot in my bodywork practice! In my fall newsletter I discuss my business's name change, a new website, a new modality (TRE!), and my fall/winter bodywork offerings (spoiler: they're online) - https://mailchi.mp/a5bc29ad2bb8/connect-with-lumin-bodywork-online

22/10/2020

Safety is rooted in the body’s response to the environment. When the body feels safe we breathe easily, maintain an easy heart rate, digest food with ease, and fall asleep at night. In fact, we probably don’t notice any of these things- our breathing, heart rate, digestion etc.- because none of them are causing us discomfort.

According to Polyvagal Theory, the human nervous system has at least 3 strategical “tiers” that it uses in response to potential threat. First, we (unconsciously) attempt to find safety via social engagement. We observe the facial expressions and vocal tone of people around us to assess if they feel safe and if we can feel safe with them. If social engagement doesn’t provide safety, then we mobilize energy in our bodies to either fight or flee the scenario. And if we find ourselves unable to do either of those things, we immobilize, much like lizards or snakes.

Because schools, and the prevailing culture in the US favor developing thinking and reasoning abilities over developing conscious awareness of the body, many of us may not know if our bodies feel safe or not, or what safety feels like.

And because of the oppressive systems very much alive within us and around us, many of us literally are not physically, spiritually, or emotionally safe in our communities, especially IBPOC, especially femmes, especially black trans femmes.

The conundrum is, when our bodies feel safe, our nervous systems can re-direct the energy spent on responding to threats toward creativity, growth, and healing.

One way to notice your body’s relative feeling of safety is to pay attention to which positions help you fall asleep at night. Do you feel most relaxed on your belly, on your side, or on your back? Allow yourself to spend time in whatever position supports your body to relax the most.

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Ideas paraphrased from “The Pocket Guide to The Polyvagal Theory,” by Stephen W. Porges.

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21/10/2020

I have a really fun time teaching people bodywork skills to use at home. Some of the people I work with include couples and/or pod-mates who want to give better back rubs, and individuals who want to keep their bodies comfy while working at home.

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20/10/2020

This is relevant advice when engaging with your body in any number of ways, whether you’re doing exercises to build muscle tone, exercises to re-pattern movement, meditating, stretching, moving energy through your body, or just trying to get that tight spot in your shoulder to relax.

Learning to feel the difference between working with your body vs. making your body do something, will help you maintain the connection you need to change + grow + trust yourself. Our bodies have so much information to give us, but we need to listen to receive it.

When working WITH your body, you are pushing the edges of your body’s perception of safety and comfort. You relate to your body, both its capacity and perceived limitations, with curiosity, playfulness and patience. You rest when you are tired or become agitated, even if you hadn’t planned to take a break.

When you are FORCING your body + self to move, you have stepped outside of the body’s perceived comfort + safety. You are not asking your body to do something, you are demanding it. You may feel impatient, embarrassed, desperate or “stuck.” You might need this pain to go away RIGHT NOW. You might need to push your body into the correct-looking yoga pose because that is what looks right, even if you’ve had to push past what felt right for you.

When you work with your body, you are building a trusting and intimate relationship between yourself and your physical form, learning to communicate and respond to each other. That relationship has power in it— the more formed it is, the more you will know where you’re at, your boundaries, and what you need to thrive—and the less power other people or social pressures will have to shake you from what you know of your body + self.

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16/10/2020

Presence is a skill that we can develop over time. It’s not always safe to be present in our bodies, so the goal isn’t to stay in our bodies all the time, it’s to develop awareness of where we are, in body and mind, so we can return to our bodies and to the present moment if we want to.

The goal of this exercise is to develop an awareness of the outer edges of your body so you can claim the interior of your body as your own. The key is to allow yourself comfort and ease while investigating the interior and edges of your body. If you encounter overwhelming sensations, don’t force yourself to feel them- retreat to a safe distance and acknowledge their desire for attention and care. If parts of your body feel out of reach, don’t try to force your way inside of them. Accept your body’s protective wisdom and acknowledge that though you feel a lack of connection, that area is still a part of you.

Gentle awareness on its own, practiced over time, can create change. You may also want to seek out support, From a bodyworker, movement coach, physical therapist, energy worker, or therapist. Notice what your body is asking for and move from there.

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06/10/2020

I have a last- minute opening for a 30-minute outdoor bodywork session today at 6:50pm! DM if interested.

Address

348 Prior Avenue N, Ste 101
MN
55104

Opening Hours

Monday	11:00 - 13:30
	16:00 - 19:00
Tuesday	11:00 - 13:30
	15:00 - 20:00
Thursday	11:00 - 13:30
	16:00 - 20:00
Friday	11:00 - 13:30
	17:00 - 20:00

Telephone

+16128191584

Website

http://www.luminbodywork.com/

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Illumine Massage Therapy uses bodywork to help people live with less pain and more ease.

Luca uses a range of techniques in their work, including Barnes myofascial release, shiatsu and trigger point therapy. They offer a safe, compassionate, and non-judgmental space for every kind of body in their practice. Se habla Español. LGBTIQ experience celebrated here.