Nervous System Restoration

60 MINUTE SLIDING SCALE  $150-350  ::  5 SESSIONS $700-$1700

90 MINUTE SLIDING SCALE  $200-400  ::  5 SESSIONS $925-$1925

Split session for parent/child also available

If applicable, Diane is in-network for Pacific Source, BCBS, Cigna & Allegiance insurance (and all motor vehicle accidents) and happy to bill for you. Please know your benefits beforehand. In accordance to the No Surprise Act, we bill insurance according to your treatment session $160-$400.

Our bodies innately know how to heal when they feel safe and supported. 

The current pace of the world that we live in evokes physical, emotional, and spiritual stress. Our bodies compensate by balancing one dysfunction with another, creating layers of imbalance which weave together in our systems.

Our nervous system plays a crucial role in controlling and regulating all of the body’s functions and its response to stress. Most of us live in a state of being “stuck on” (a sympathetic state) and our systems then oscillate between tighter and looser, and forget how to relax all the way to neutral. Layers of nervous system stress can lead to migraine headaches, high blood pressure, an upset stomach, acid reflux, constipation, shortness of breath, fatigue, poor sleep, anxiety, chronic pain and many other symptoms.

Nervous System Restoration treatments increase homeostasis in your entire being, creating a place in which your body can come down to “rest and digest” (a parasympathetic state), and bring your body back towards optimal health. The more time we allow ourselves to be in the place of balance, the simpler it becomes to find ease at any time and tune-in to our innate healing state (rather than being in a state of stress).

What to expect:

Every session will begin with a brief pre-assessment to check in with your body and prioritize treatment goals. Sessions are fully clothed on a massage table. They include a variety of gentle rocking motions, stretching, and ranges of motion that tune in to your body’s natural relaxation rhythm allowing tension patterns to release. Each treatment is individualized to your body’s specific needs and can work locally and/or on your full body to open up restrictions. This work will improve circulation to areas that have been stagnant and increase the freedom of movement in the connective tissue. A brief post-assessment is done at the end to note changes in posture. This is a very relaxing experience and may take a few sessions to peel layers of stress and injury away while integrating and re-educating toward a pain-free sense of ease.  

If your body has been out of balance for a significant amount of time, it will take a few sessions to remind it what neutral or grounded feels like. And, as with all bodywork, readjusting into this more balanced state is not always immediate.

Modalities included in treatments:

Total Body Balancing: Full body evaluation and treatment reducing body tension using gentle, rhythmic mobilization to relax the muscles, fascia, joints and ligaments. This technique increases circulation, nerve and energy flow, promotes lymphatic drainage and relaxes an overly stressed nervous system.

Neurovascular Integration: Increases presence to the neurological conversation between the body and brain that invites the ability for our nervous system to explore change and find more balanced expressions and healthy reactions. This allows the nervous system to create pathways of safety that then allow better fluid flow, respiration and neurochemical signaling for relaxation and healing in a non-threatening way.

Essential Mouthwork: This technique provides work in the mouth by relieving the stress and restrictions from inside the skull. Locating where the cerebral spinal fluid is not generously flowing can facilitate correction. By releasing tension in the occiput region, the skull can begin to open up to healing throughout the head and neck.

Visceral Manipulation: Gentle and targeted abdominal manipulation that encourages mobility, tone, and function to the organ systems (viscera) to optimize overall digestive and system health.