In a recent article published on ABC news, leading researchers shared that psychological factors play a significant role in chronic pain. Further, they suggest psychological treatment aimed at identifying the varying factors at play and retraining the brain as having significant therapeutic effect in reduction of pain and management of symptoms.  

Engaging in Warrawi sessions may be a helpful approach for clients experiencing chronic pain on many levels when taken as a committed series of regular (weekly/fortnightly) sessions and, where indicated, alongside other therapeutic, rehabilitative and/or medical approaches such as psychology, physiotherapy and medication.

It is also safe and helpful for varying stages of health regardless of your diagnosis. 

This body based therapy works with each client as a whole and supports feeling safe and present with challenging sensations. 

Being present with sensations is a different approach to how many of us connect with our embodied experience.

Sensing is about the sensations we are experiencing in our anatomy. For example, right now, how would you describe the sensations of your body as you are reading this blog? How heavy do your feet feel? Are you aware of the outline and shape of your whole body? Do you notice that there are places in your body that feel cool or warm? If you are tired, what do you notice about where 'tired' is in your body as a sensation? Eg. is it in your head, do your legs feel heavy, how can you describe the sensations like you are holding them in your hand or as a rhythm or movement?

If you are experiencing chronic pain, there is often a level of disassociation from that part of the body that you relate to the pain. During a Warrawi session, you are supported to find places that do feel safe and comfortable in your body as well as meeting the sensations in places that do not feel as comfortable. When you are able to feel sensations, often they include insights,  emotions and memories that may feel wrapped up with that pain.

If we avoid pain all the time, and cannot meet it, the pain is like a cupboard that you never enter or clear out. It is going to stay like that until you're willing to go in there and see what's there, air it out and enable the room for something else. In the case of us, imagine what can be expressed and created with all the energy that is tied up in holding pain? 

It's important to note that healing is not the same as fixing or curing and it is not a linear journey. It is a journey that requires time, energy, space and resources.

If you are ready, connect and book your sessions in Torquay on Wadawurrung Country here. 

PS. You can also read more from biodynamic craniosacral therapist and trainer Steve Haines who I have trained with here.