Body Work

How bodywork supports you

The session creates a calm, mindful space for your body.

Through touch, attention and time, your nervous system can experience that it does not have to remain in a constant state of alert or control.

Some people feel relaxation, others feel more body awareness or emotional expression. Every process is different.

The work does not follow a fixed pattern. It is guided by what your system can allow and integrate at that moment.

How emotions affect the body

Emotions are not located in the body’s tissues. They arise in our nervous system and manifest themselves in the body. In our breathing, our posture, muscle tension or movement.

When emotional experiences do not find a safe space for a long time, our system often learns to dampen or control them early on. The body then organises itself into more tension, protection or restraint.

Over time, this type of self-organisation can feel familiar, even if it originally developed as a way of dealing with difficult experiences.

Bodywork does not attempt to ‘bring out’ old emotions. It creates a calm, mindful space in which the nervous system can experience new feelings of safety.

When a system feels safer, tension can gradually soften.
Breathing, movement and sensation are given more space again, and emotions are allowed to surface without having to be controlled immediately.

The nervous system is capable of learning. Through repeated experiences of safety, regulation can slowly change.

About the Session

I offer therapeutic energy & body work. It combines intuitive touch, energetic work as well as sounds.

How it can support you:

Duration for an individual session: around 1,5-2,5 hrs | Energy exchange: 90 €

Only In-person sessions. Location: Close to Aljezur/Rogil.

Love, Anja