Last Thursday I had an exorcism of sorts at my friend Dr. Bri’s house.
Dr. Brian
The pelvic floor is root chakra in Ayurvedic medicine and it’s the lower Dantien in Chinese Medicine.
In Western medicine it’s the area of the lumbosacral plexus where nerve roots exit from the end of the spinal cord to travel down the legs to the feet.
Either way you look at it, it’s a very busy place with lots of nerves.
The fascial tissue right under the skin, the muscles below have nerves branches that run through them.
If any area in the pelvis is tight or has experienced trauma it can impact how the nervous system communication.
When the nerves in the pelvis are not able to send messages back up to your brain in an expected and typical manner the body can go into fight or flight mode.
A traumatic birth, a bad accident, sexual abuse, overuse of one side of the body from repetitive motions are just a few of the many ways the pelvis can become dysfunctional.
Even fear can become lodged in this area due to how the body contracts when in a fearful state.
Dr. Bri’s healing house is a soothing environment that has all the elements to help someone not o
Plus you get to stay overnight so you don’t have to go right back into life, you can integrate and relax from your retreat.
Each retreat starts out with a whole foods balanced meal that Dr. Bri makes for you (and she feeds you dinner and snacks too)!
Then you talk about your goals for the retreat create a plan.
Her total body balancing session started with me laying down on a sound lounge for 20+ minutes of vibroacoustic therapy.
If you’ve been around my podcast for a while, I interviewed Craig the owner of Harmony Sound Lounges (click HERE to listen to episode 348) and we talked all about the healing power of frequencies.
PEMF – pulsed electromagnetic frequencies work just like music, they sing a song to our cells to help them relax.
The same goes for the sound lounge, but this sound you can feel because you’re laying on a speaker system disguised as a lounge chair.
If you had a friend who had a big base system in their trunk in high school, when the back seat vibrated from the music, it’s a similar feeling however, this music is much more soothing without the trunk rattle.
After my entire body was vibrating with good vibes we headed into the living room to get our circulation going with a little movement therapy.
Keeping the music going we moved into working on opening up every joint in the body by moving slowly, intentionally and in a fluid manner.
This was a challenge for a fitness junkie who lea
But the result was incredible as every joint I could keep track of in my mind felt warmed up in a way I’ve never felt with my usual mobility routine.
Next came the body work and the exorcism.
I’m not talking deep tissue massage that was so painful it sounded like something out of the Exorcist.
Her massage and myofascial techniques are nothing like that of the thumbs and elbows of my massage therapist.
She has a way of combining breath work, firm pressure, visualization, tapping into what your subconscious has to say and motion to tap into your body’s vault of stored emotions, energies and feelings.
Turns out my calves, left inner thigh and right hip were harboring some little T’s (traumas) from life experiences and past relationships.
With help from Dr. Bri’s gu
After the body work session you have time to walk, bounce on her rebounder, take an infrared sauna or just relax before she treats you to dinner where you can unpack your session and talk next steps to keep the progress going.
Then it’s time to relax before bed, she encourages you to take a bath, sauna and reflect on what you’ve learned in your session.
Your calf muscles, hamstrings, glutes and back muscles all the way up to the skull are all connected in something called the posterior chain.
Turns out, mine was holding a lot and maybe a source of why my body was weakened enough to allow
Either way I look at it, the nagging tension and awareness in my low back and hip are gone completely now.
Prior to working with Dr. Bri, my low back and hip took turns nagging me in the morning and after long drives or prolonged sitting.
While I don’t have overt daily pain anymore after a lot of the work I’ve done superficially, I believe the work on the emotional and spiritual realm was what I needed to fully release what I was hanging onto in the pelvis and calves.
It’s been six days since I had my session and I feel amazing; can’t wait to tell you what it’s like in a month!
Sometimes you need to escape from your day to day surroundings to be able to discover what you need to feel good in your body.
In a day where so much is going virtual and healing seems to be “outsourced” to meditation apps and YouTube videos the power of human connection is vital.
Dr. Bri is brining back a lost art if you ask me and I’m going to be recommending this to my patients, especially those in Tacoma because it’s a 4 hour drive to her house just outside of Redmond, Oregon.
What would a full 24 hours focused on yourself, no distractions and with a guide to help do for your health?
I have no doubt it would accelerate your ability to feel amazing in your body so much faster.
If you’re curious about Dr. Bri’s 1:1 retreats – check out – https://www.briannegrogan.com/experience
– Dr. Jannine Krause
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