Remedial Massage Therapy

All remedial massage services are an intuitive combination of deep tissue sports massage, trigger point therapy, myofascial release technique plus years of accumulated learnings, teachings and experiences all rolled into a customized massage just for YOU. You will leave your session with Tannis feeling the satisfaction of having your 'trouble' areas addressed thoroughly as well as having a greater sense of inner peace and relaxation. She has developed a 'flow' to her practice over the years which seamlessly weaves relaxation techniques in with the deeper modalities for a complete and balanced body/mind/Spirit experience. Tannis also has a vast and wonderful network of complimentary therapists and practitioners in other healing modalities whom she personally endorses and refers clients to should there be cases or situations requiring attention beyond her scope of practice or abilities.

Polarity Therapy

First and foremost, Polarity Therapy is an energy balancing modality developed by Randolph Stone, D.C., D.O., that is indicated for those who are ready and willing to take on a greater level of responsibility for their own well-being. It involves a process of becoming highly present in the body in order to release body armouring and free up, once and for all, blocked energy currents which keep us in a state of limited potential. Polarity Therapy offers a holistic, educational approach to healing which empowers the individual with resources for taking responsibility for health and happiness and accelerating spiritual evolution. Polarity Therapists work with individuals who are seeking to take a higher level of responsibility for their health. They are individuals who are seeking educational resources for self-understanding and personal growth, and who are willing to make changes in their way of life. The focus of Polarity Therapy is the relationship between Spirit and matter. Our work as Polarity Therapists is to facilitate the release of tension and resistance in the body to bring the physical into a deeper harmony with the spiritual.

There are currently four types of Polarity sessions available depending on your needs. All Polarity sessions are fully clothed except for the core and pelvic sessions where you will remove your upper clothing for a portion of the treatment. Wear something comfortable, preferably not jeans. The session descriptions are as follows:

Sattvic session

In Polarity Therapy, light contacts predominating in stillness and presence, are called sattvic contacts. The thoracic cavity and diaphragm, home of the life breath, predominate in sattva guna. In Polarity Therapy we translate sattva guna as the Air principle. The Air principle relates to the parasympathetic nervous system, which unites the periphery of the body with the healing equilibrium at the core, fostering deep relaxation, meditative, and ecstatic states. Sattvic touch is a tender touch of stillness, presence, and caring. Sattvic touch balances the Air-predominant nervous system. Ayurveda teaches that seventy percent of disease has its basis in imbalances of the nervous system. Sattvic contacts are neutral in polarity and resonate with the nucleus of every atom of the body. Sattvic contacts facilitate a superconscious state of lucidity on the cellular level, which invites healing. The Sattvic session may be conducted on it's own or with the Somatic Emotional Release work.

Rajasic session

Rajas is the instrument of the conscious or active mind resonating with the Fire principle in the body. Energy entrained with Rajas guna moves from the center outward and is a positive centrifugal energy of heat and expansion. Rajas, the positive pole of energy is an active, energetic manifestation of life. It must flow, act and express its potential energy or there is pain through repression, disappointment, frustration, and inhibition. This type of energy flows mostly over muscle tissue to act and express itself. Rajasic contacts facilitate the release of tension and trauma from the musculature to allow emotional clearing and structural integration. They enhance vitality, the functioning of the organs of assimilation, and the sympathetic nervous system.

Core session

A major focus in the approach to energy balancing is supporting the integrity of the Ultrasonic Core. The center line through the body is the location of the ultrasonic energy substance as the primary life current and core of being. The primary energy which builds and sustains all others. This core harmonic of ultrasonic attunement is embodied in the sacrum, spine and cranium. When we release tension and resistance around this core, powerful healing dynamics are set in motion. The etheric core session offers an introduction to some of the most effective contacts in Polarity Therapy. This session balances the sympathetic nervous system, which is a step-down of the Fire principle and governs vitality and drive. It rules the autonomic functions of body building and maintenance and provides energy for action in the world. Balancing the core energy field of the spine using the Polarity relationship above and below, between vertebrae, and with contacts between the feet and spine reflexes will often facilitate a spontaneous self-correction of the spine. The core session may be conducted on it's own or with the Somatic Emotional Release work.

Pelvic session

Elimination in the body is centered in the centripetal field of the pelvis, the negative pole of the torso. Releasing energy blocks in the pelvis releases fixation and trauma to restore healthy elimination. This session is appropriate for any problem with the Water predominant cleansing organs of the pelvis. The session releases the perineum and the psoas and iliacus muscles releasing 'tension and emotional frustration' with profound implications for the functioning of the vital organs. This release realigns an anterior or anterior lateral rotation of the sacrum. This session often marks a turning point in the client's life where the past is released and healthy elimination established. The pelvic session may be conducted on it's own or with the Somatic Emotional Release work.

All of the above are quoted and/or paraphrased descriptions by Bruce Burger, author of "Esoteric Anatomy: The Body as Consciousness"

Somatic Emotional Release

Safe to be vulnerable.

Somatic Emotional Release is described as a form of 'transpersonal' psychology used for the "complete, total, permanent and Absolute annihilation of suffering".

Health is the ability to take responsibility. In Somatic Emotional clearing we work with healthy individuals who are willing to take a higher level of responsibility for their emotional and physical health and well-being. Our facilitation is educational, teaching Sensation Based Awareness (SBA). Healing takes place as we experience that we are safe in our vulnerability.

Trauma overwhelms the ego's capacity for presence and we become stuck in our evolution, fixated on the past. Our fragile ego withdraws awareness from the somatic source of the traumatic experience. The body/mind tenses in resistance to the emotional pain felt in the tissue. This tension inhibits the life giving resonance with the breath, inhibiting presence, feeling and aliveness in the tissue. An energy block is a resistance or unwillingness to being present in our somatic experience and consequently, a resistance to being present to the unfolding of our life. It is a place where the flow of creative evolution is stuck. An emotional complex is a fixation on the threats of the past. We unconsciously recreate past trauma in our attempt to experience and integrate it.

Therapeutic presence, awareness and mindfulness is the key to healing. As we are present in the felt sense, the presence shifts the somatic holding from the trauma of the past into the safety of the present. We experience that it's safe to be vulnerable. Experiencing that it's safe to be vulnerable is the foundation of healing and maturation. The somatic therapist facilitates the experience that it is safe to be present, safe to breathe, safe to be fully alive in our body. The client is revered as a unique expression of Divine consciousness and is 100% in control at all times during the session.

In body-centered therapy we use the cycles of breath to release tension and promote sound health and inner harmony. Conscious breathing is a safe way to focus Divine Healing Presence on the energy block. To breathe fully is to resonate with the presence of the innate intelligence of Nature and the Universe, to vibrate with the finer forces of higher intelligence which give life joy and inspiration.

In our evolutionary model, healing is releasing the resistance to being present, fostering attunement to the Self, aliveness and health. Healing is the release of the fixation of the past and an opening to the gifts of the present.

Rescuing the Inner Child

"Restructuring the Personal Unconscious"

Nobody deals with reality. We all relate to images in our minds that are our representations of people and situations from our lives. These images can be called your personal unconscious. For example, your biological mother (father/brother/lover/etc....) is not the mother you carry around in your head. The mother in your personal unconscious is a very selective representation of your experience of her. She is your personal creation.

We have tremendous power to restructure our personal unconscious. Researchers who have worked with the personal unconscious tell us that it has no concept of time. Thus we can rerun past events and change them from trauma and loss to positive, successful outcomes. The Inner Child Rescue/Somatic Emotional process is profoundly effective in clearing the deepest life issues and facilitating the transformation of our personal unconscious.

All Somatic Emotional Release/Rescuing the Inner Child sessions are paired with Sattvic session variations or the Core or Pelvic Polarity sessions.