Bodywork or Energywork?

You are a complex, multi-layered being. And your body - which very accurately reflects the way you live your life - is receptive to bodywork in ways that are unique only to you.

Like a house with many doors, there are usually a number of entrances - not all immediately accessible - into the deeper regions of each individual where the keys to peace, relaxation and inner healing can be tapped.

While there is really no distinct difference between 'mind, body and soul', not every body is open at the same level.

For this reason, it makes sense to seek bodywork that takes into account all of these areas, and from a bodyworker that is sensitive and perceptive to 'the way in' when it appears - whether looking to relieve the long-term effects of an injury or misalignment, or to regain a sense of balance and deal with overall tension and overwhelm.

Meeting you where you are.

Hi, I'm Gina Loree Marks. I've worked with hundreds of people over the last seven years, who've come in with a variety of intentions and goals. You can see a sampling below, and read some of their words here, or here.

My work is mostly shiatsu-based (what's shiatsu?), which in itself addresses the physical, emotional and energetic levels of the body. But I also bring in other techniques to supplement and complement the shiatsu, depending on if your needs are more structural-related, as in the case of chronic pain, or more energetic and fascial-connected, as with digestive or hormonal issues, or emotional in nature, as in stress or trauma held in the body.

I have also found, that it's not the just bodywork that unlocks the gates, but one's understanding of how it all works. I try to do this both during your sessions, as well as with my blog, my newsletter, and articles I have available in my office.

What it's really all about.
 
The beauty of the eastern philosophy which informs shiatsu, is that it sees health in terms of the harmony between relationships: between the various systems of your body, between your own mind and your body, between you and others, and between you and gravity, and between you and the natural world of which we are all a part. When a relationship is out of balance - whether in the form of a hip misalignment, or difficulty with a significant other, we experience stress, discomfort, pain and illness… all of which show up in the physical body.

I want you to come away, not only with a sense of relaxation and relief, and your own healing abilities engaged, but with a deeper understanding of your place in the context of your world, so that you can be more in touch with what your body is calling for before molehills turn into mountains.

A sampling of actual clients:

• mothers and other caretakers caught in a cycle of overwhelm and lack of time for self-care
• a weight-lifter who visits monthly to prevent injury from neck and shoulder tension
• a middle-aged man (previously) facing surgery for acute neck pain
• several therapists involved in energy work, who seek re-grounding in their bodies
• a young woman seeking stress relief and hormonal balance in order to get pregnant
• a number of people with ongoing foot, knee, hip and back pain that have not been satisfactorily served by conventional methods
• another (large) number of people trying to heal from the residual effects of surgery, trauma, injury or accidents

So, now what?

If you'd like to schedule an appointment, call 610-304-5120, email: gina@embodygrace.com, or click here to see my schedule, and book your own appointment online. (Hours, rates and locations are here.) Also, read What to Expect, for an idea of, well, what to expect.

Not ready yet? I understand. I invite you to browse the website ... check out the FAQ's page and the blog posts in particular, or get to know me a little better through Facebook, or my monthly newsletter.

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Gina Loree Marks is a shiatsu practitioner and co-director of the Lionville Holistic Health Center. She's been in practice since 2005, and has been drawing on her experience as a bodyworker, teacher of Qigong, Quaker and unschooling and homebirthing mom, to help her clients release the restrictions in their bodies and minds in order to live their lives more fully and in alignment.