Sovereign Touch Bodywork
What is Sovereign Touch Bodywork?
Sovereign Touch is based upon the idea that true healing and unwind comes when we approach the body without agenda. When we remember that the body is already inherently wise and naturally trying to orient towards balance. Our purpose as touch-workers is not to tell the body (or our clients) what is best/right/wrong, but to witness, initiate, and support clients into hearing the whispers and language of the body expressing its needs.
Using a variety of integrative nervous system centered touch modalities—fascial based manual therapies, cranial sacral therapy, lymphatic drainage, energy work—we create a session that meets your body exactly where it is at.
Every body is different. No two sessions are the same.
How does SOvereign Touch Bodywork differ from Sovereign Pelvic Care?
These offerings were birthed together, bringing together Sydney’s 10+ years of training and practice in women’s health and non-agenda, trauma integrative touch.
Sovereign Touch is a applied value system and way of being with the body. It is relational bodywork, meaning client and practitioner co-create the healing space together.
Sovereign Touch Bodywork refers to whole body care of this modality. Sovereign Pelvic Care applies this work deeper to hands-on / hands-in vulva-vaginal genital touch care.
What does a Typical session Look like?
Every practitioner will integrate Sovereign Touch differently, as this is relational bodywork.
Sovereign Touch is a way of being with the body more than a specific modality. When we approach the body and individuals as unique each session we get to unwind any preconceived notions or agenda of what the body needs.
This means that every session looks different, integrating what is needed in the present moment. One session might feel like a more traditional massage treating full body, while the next integrate intra-oral touch to address how the body is carrying that week’s stress. Practitioners are trained to weave together varying touch and trauma integration modalities to meet you exactly where you are.
Below is a non-exhaustive list of modalities woven into the threads of Sovereign Touch Bodywork.
Nervous System Supportive Touch
Below is a non-exhaustive list of the trainings and modalities that are integrated in Sovereign Touch Bodywork
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Integrative Women's Health Massage
Women’s Health Massage is a holistic approach to the female body. Using an integration of traditional massage modalities, swedish, deep tissue, neuromuscular, sports, tigger points and more to approach the female body with reverence. We understand that the female body is not just a “small male body” and use our deep knowledge female body physiology + health to provide deep shifts.
Together we work to regulate the nervous system to provide lasting relief, both physically and emotionally.
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Cranial Sacral Therapy
Cranial Sacral Therapy is a light touch fascial bodywork modality. By unwinding connective tissue adhesions from the head, along the spinal column, and sacrum, we allow for increased mobility of cerebral spinal fluid. Its like a a foot bath for your entire nervous system.
These techniques can provide deep relief for those sufferings from insomnia, chronic stress, burnout, TBI and more.
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TMJ Massage + Intra-Oral Touch
Our intention is to improve the function of the jaw muscles and surrounding tissues. This work can provide deep relief to those also suffering from stress/tension headaches, migraines, clicking jaws, and much more.
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Lymphatic Touch Massage
Manual Lymphatic Drainage or Lymphatic Massage is an incredible modality to help boost immune health. Through light touch and tissue manipulation, we help to kick start the lymphatic and circulatory system in the body.
These techniques are deeply supportive addressing swelling, surgery recovery, Immune support, insomnia, detox support and so much more!
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Visceral Manipulation
Visceral Manipulation help support support you on the path to vitality and full body health. These fascial touch techniques are powerful in unwinding scar tissue caused by surgery, chronic gut inflammation, autoimmune disorders, endometriosis and more.
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Energy Work
Energy Healing uses a variety of subtle body techniques including hands-on healing practice, integrated with subtle movement, breathing techniques, meditation and journeywork to invite clients to explore deep healing within themselves.
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Womb Continuum Care
Too many women suffer from chronic pain and disconnection from their reproductive centers.
Womb Continuum Sessions are about bringing the uterus back into physiological alignment. Misalignment is the root cause for many women's health and autoimmune illnesses.This work focuses on the structural integration of the pelvis and pelvic organs. They include a mix of structural fascial + Mexican abdominal touch techniques.
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Prenatal + Postpartum Massage
Touch is an important part of the birth continuum. Supporting the shift not only physiologically in the tissues as your body goes through huge shifts, touch sessions also provide a safe space to integrate the emotional somatic shift that come with this right of passage.
