Hi there, I'm Laura Lea and my practice is centered on three core beliefs I hold: (1) humans are primarily energetic beings, (2) our bodies are wise and we can be trusted, and (3) our bodies are perfectly designed to heal themselves. 
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In today’s modern society, we generally believe that health comes to us from outside ourselves — from a doctor, a pill, a diet, a procedure, etc. I strongly believe that health is, in fact, something that comes from within us. It is our most natural state of being. We are supposed to feel good! 
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Humans have an incredible built-in intelligence that is constantly working beneath the awareness of the conscious mind to move our bodies in the direction of harmony and well-being. Our job is to ensure this intelligence has the resources and supportive environment it needs to take good care of us.
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The two modalities I use in my practice — Craniosacral Therapy energy healing — help create the enabling conditions for our bodies to do their self-healing work. Both of these modalities regulate the nervous system, restore balance within our physical and energetic selves, and promote health at every level of our being. 
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The way we feel inside our bodies is inextricably linked to our relationship with stress. It goes without saying that acute stress is an inevitable part of life. When we learn how to transmute this stress into positive action and use proven practices to minimize its harmful impact on our well-being, our bodies can easily carry out essential self-healing processes. 
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But when we live in a chronic state of stress — because of overbooked schedules, toxic relationships we can’t escape, unresolved past trauma, a lack of work-life balance, a very loud inner critic, chronic illnesses/pain, etc. — our body’s self-healing intelligence becomes compromised. Our nervous system, whose sole purpose is to protect us at all costs in the face of real or perceived threats, has to work overtime to keep us safe from all the stress we’re experiencing. At some point, our nervous system is likely to become depleted and all our stress catches up to us in the form of illness, pain, fatigue, brain fog, emotional dysregulation, and/or a general lack of enthusiasm for life. The bottom line is this: it is very hard to be well, feel good, and experience peace when we’re in a prolonged state of stress. 

Holistic bodywork therapy is an invitation for the nervous system to shift from dysregulated to regulated, and for the body to shift from a state of stress to a state of ease.These shifts are a non-negotiable prerequisite for the body to do any kind of meaningful self-healing work. When my clients receive bodywork they are more grounded and their body is able to free up and redirect inner resources that support self-healing.
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Craniosacral Therapy and energy healing are deep healing modalities that reach us at every level of our being — physical, mental, emotional, energetic, and spiritual. Because they can affect us in so many different ways, everyone has a unique experience of this work, and no two sessions or session outcomes are alike. While one person might experience a dramatic alleviation of pain, another might unearth and clear past trauma and old emotions from their body, while yet another might gain a new understanding of how they’re contributing to an unproductive relationship dynamic with a family member, and yet another might receive a healing message from a deceased loved one on the other side. 
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When it comes to healing, I trust that the body knows best. I approach every session with a deep faith that whatever kind of healing is most appropriate for the person on the table is the exact kind of healing they will receive. As the practitioner, I provide support and technique and a strong connection to healing frequencies from the Universal Energy Field — but the receiver’s body/subconscious mind is really the one doing the heavy lifting. The body’s intelligence takes the inputs I provide and gets to work. It knows far more than our conscious mind about what needs to be cleared, released, re-examined, or awakened within us to move us in the direction of healing. 
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Sometimes clients come to me with a specific present day issue that they want to work through, but it turns out that this issue is rooted in old trauma, emotions, or beliefs. The body is smart and efficient and it knows that the old stuff (i.e., the root issue) must be addressed and cleared before there can be any kind of shift around the current day stuff (i.e., the latest manifestation of the old wound or pattern). I encourage all my clients to give thanks for their body’s wisdom and trust that whatever comes up for them during or after a bodywork session is exactly what they need to come back into balance and experience greater well-being.