BENEFITS
There is a multi-leveled set of experiences that Open Sky Bodywork facilitates:
Really experiencing your body as alive, intelligent, beautiful, and worthy of love.
Discovering how emotions are a bodily experience, and are held in the ways we tense up out of fear or shame.
Awakening to the extraordinary potential for ecstatic aliveness as that tension unwinds.
Owning what I can only describe as a spiritual sense of mind/body integration and liberation.
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"Julian Walker’s mastery of bodywork is unparalleled in my experience. The arrows in his quiver of technique always hit the mark. I am immensely grateful for his depth of knowledge and wisdom and insight. I first saw him after my emergency C-section with my son, and we cleared an enormous deposit of terror and pain that otherwise might have been trapped in my tissue indefinitely. Far, far beyond massage, tapping or other things I’ve tried, the openings that Julian knows how to create- in a safe and supportive environment- go deeper than any other bodywork I’ve had. Inclusive of your whole self, emotion, energy and anatomy, this is a profound doorway to empathic integration. I simply cannot recommend Julian highly enough! "
Kaia
MY CLIENTS
In my over 25 years of practice I have had the honor of introducing many people to the benefits of a deeper awareness of their mind-body relationship.
I have supported them through healing low back pain, sciatica, neck and shoulder problems, digestive issues, difficulties conceiving, TMJD and other physical syndromes.
I also have had clients work through the painful emotions of break-up or divorce, death in the family, car accidents, trauma, and fear of expressing themselves, setting boundaries or asking for what they need.
Very often there turn out to be profound relationships between our minds and emotions and what is happening in the body —this is just part of being human… But the unexpected piece is often how doing this deep inner work allows access to states of balance, relief and even an ecstatic experience of embodied liberation and profound self-acceptance.
Over the years I have worked with many psychotherapists, or those in training, as well as clients who have done many years of therapy themselves. This has been a good fit, as deeply I value this discipline; in terms of my own process and study.
They always comment on how the “body-piece” —really getting into an experience of feeling their bodies and the deep release that comes from an integrated mind-body approach, is a revelation.
WHAT TO EXPECT
In a typical session, expect to engage in a compassionate, meditative conversation about what is going on, and then to be guided into an experience of bodywork, breath, and music. There’s nothing quite like it.
I’ll look forward to being part of your journey!
When appropriate, I may also assess tension patterns and biomechanics and suggest take-home exercises, postures or practices.