According to the Upledger Institute, “SomatoEmotional Release (SER) is a therapeutic process that uses and expands on the principles of CranioSacral Therapy to help rid the mind and body of the residual effects of trauma.”

Understanding that the body is connected to the mind and Spirit, as CST relaxes the body, our emotional bodies also soften in the process. SomatoEmotional Release is a naturally occurring phenomenon that happens when a person receiving CST is ready to release emotions that have “hardened” over time. These hardened emotions have become stuck within the person’s energetic field, often impeding growth or even causing dysfunction. They can cause anxiety, guilt, physical pain, and even illness.

Because our emotional and physical bodies are so entwined, it is often necessary to release trapped emotional energy in order to fully heal the physical body back to full health. SER can be used to heal from both physical and emotional trauma.

Just like a spontaneous emotional experience that often happens during massage therapy, CranioSacral Therapy can often produce the same experience.

I am trained to handle these events with learned and practiced SER techniques, leaving you with the understanding of what and why the emotion came through the way it did.