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13th February, 2008: conciousness work and massage
I felt for a moment today something that I think I've always wanted to feel, but didn't even know where to start...so, thank you so much!
Freelance journalist, Ruth
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Every time I had a massage with Emily I felt like I had been on a far away journey, and without knowing quite how, all my aches were deeply soothed. My most healing masseuse!
Tara, founder and director of Wildfitness www.wildfitness.com
Emily addresses the effects of stress on the body first, then she deals with the reasons why those effects are being produced by working intensely with each client on their own awareness and conciousness.
An unusual practitioner, you will get alot more than "just a good massage". Emily deals with the emotions, the spiritual side to her clients aswell.
Be prepared to be awakened!!!!
Qualifications:
LONDON COLLEGE OF MASSAGE, December 1999
ENERGY CHANNELLING, June 2007
currently studying at LONDON COLLEGE OF MASSAGE, post-graduate course in REMEDIAL MASSAGE, due to qualify in 2008
CONCIOUSNESS BODY WORK
This work is most near to Emily's heart.
The teachings form the essence of all Emily's work and addresses the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of people.
This work is inspired by her lifetime of research into spiritual matters, especially the teachings of Buddha and Christ, culminating in reading and studying "The Power of Now" by the spiritual teacher for the 21st century, Eckhart Tolle. More recently still, "A New Earth", also by the pioneer Eckhart Tolle, has influenced the work even more clearly. www.eckharttolle.com
Emily uses the ideas from these three teachers (Buddha, Christ and Tolle) in her treatments, and would recommend that all her clients read them.
Conciousness body work is done during a treatment. The client's concious focus is encouraged to "flood" any part of their body, creating a powerful sense of awarness of the body. This is deeply healing work, and as such is difficult to describe in words.
This work can also be done fully clothed, lying or sitting, and focusing the conciousness on the present moment as it unfolds.
Whatever occurs in that moment, will be noticed and attended to.
This is very healing work and Emily would encourage anyone interested in having this treatment to also read the book by Eckhart Tolle, "The Power of Now", or "A New Earth".
Emily will guide you and help you to maintain your concious focus on the present moment and on the energy of the inner body.
This work can be very helpful when a client is experiencing challenging "life situations" and processing many emotions, or finding their mental processes overwhelming. Techniques can be taught to help find some "stillness" and begin to make sense of it all.
Do not worry, Emily is very used to dealing with people in floods of tears...it is a natural process in the release of negativity from the body.
The types of things which are brought up to the surface, to be experience in the "now" are many and varied. Sometimes a feeling of sadness, sometimes frustrations.
Emily works to encourage the client to attend only to the "feeling" or sense perception which is alive at that moment in the body. Any "conceptual" thoughts, or judgments, or "labels" are not given much attention. What is important in this work is the attention given to the actual moment.
When working with the body in this way, often the locked becomes unlocked and released. The body may have been holding on to unprocessed issues, and with this work can at last bring the issues up to the light.
Emily will not encourage great detailed descriptions of past events. This is counter productive.
Rather, she will attend to the actual feelings the body is experiencing in the here and now. This makes for a deeply truthful experience.
Whatever comes up is accepted. There is no resistance to it. Even if it is a feeling of "non-acceptance" of whatever it is (and this is common), that in itself is not resisted, and tends to dissolve in the depth of acceptance. Please read Tolle's book, "A New Earth" for a very clear and detailed explanation of this.
Any clients who are working in this way with Emily are very excited and enthusiastic about it. They become awakened to a level of their conciousness which they previously had not been aware of. Please see the testimonial page of this website for their comments.
ENERGY CHANNELLING
Emily's work is spiritual. Clients often experience dramatic changes in their lives, as a result of the relaxing of their "armour", and realizing a deeper connection with their "Being".
Emily decided to develop this dimension further, and trained in ENERGY BALANCING AND CHANNELLING. This involved an initiation and attunement to the energy. This energy is grounding and positive. It can release stuck and negative blocks, creating the chance for released energy to flow through, removing stagnation in the body and spirit.
Clients who have recieved channelled energy have reported greater levels of relaxation throughout their lives, and have "shifted" to a better understanding of themselves and their purpose.
Often, the energy is channelled during a massage treatment. It can be used to deepen the release of tension, and create the awareness of the inner body.
If you feel drawn to this type of work, please mention it when you contact Emily (07900 667 357).
AROMATHERAPY
Emily uses pure plant oils to enhance her sacred treatment room. She has a good understanding of essential oils, and will mix a special tailor made blend to suit you and your situation and needs. This will be used in the oil burner, and also in the oil blend on your skin.
The oils Emily uses for therapeutic and remedial massage work are blended organic grapeseed oil and organic sweet almond oil. She then adds the pure essential oil, depending on your needs. All the oils Emily uses are 100% organic. Emily's personal favourites are:
jasmine, neroli, lavendar, bergamot, frankincense, geranium, sweet orange....
TOWELLING AND LINENS
All the linens used by Emily are pure Egyptian cotton of the highest quality. No expense has been spared to ensure your comfort. The white fluffy towels, the soft flannel sheets, the pure wool cellular blanket...all provided to maximize your relaxation.
THE MASSAGE COUCH
This couch is a wonderful and beautiful creation. Made from pure wood and leather, it is silent and strong. Designed to carry the largest, heaviest human being, you will feel totally relaxed and accomodated! Sink into its soft padded mattress and let go of all the tension...
THE TREATMENT ROOM
The room used for Emily's treatments benefits from her knowledge of creating "sacred space". It is regularly "smudged" and "cleared" so as to create the highest possible frequency of energy vibration. The room literally glows with light and purity. Your treatment will benefit from this, as the space itself is healing. You will be able to bring all that you need to this simple room. Your healing process starts here.
Emily works from home, so this sacred room is just a part of her life. Please expect a very informal atmosphere on arrival.
BIOGRAPHY
With a background in Laban dance, Alexander Technique, Hatha Yoga, Gestalt Psychotherapy, Buddist meditation, Shiatsu and traditional massage, Emily Edmunds offers a very broad knowledge of physical, emotional, and spiritual disciplines as the basis to her bodywork.
As a child, Emily's mother - herself a practising physiotherapist - encouraged an awareness of posture and taught her daughter to fundamentally understand the body and how to move with awareness. Often, the causes of discomfort in the body are simply postural. Emily offers advice when appropriate in altering posture, and exercises to enhance this.
As a student of dance at the Laban Centre, and at Roehampton University, Emily suffered a cycling accident which created the cause to seek physical help in the form of massage, shiatsu, and osteopathy. As she recovered, her fascination with massage had taken root, and she decided to devote her energies to developing her own technique.
She found an unexpected correlation between her physical body and her emotional world. Each massage session became an epiphany! At the time, Emily was experiencing many issues from her childhood and past lives, and decided to embark on a journey of discovery, combining Gestalt Psychotherapy sessions with regular massage. The combination provided an ideal state for healing.
Emily has been studying massage since 1994, and in 1999 qualified as a practioner of therapeutic massage with The London College of Massage, studying with Marcus Salnicki.
Emily often recieves massage from the director of The London College of Massage, Isabelle Hughes. This provides a very physical basis for Emily's work, which has a spiritual healing quality, and an emphasis on energy redistribution and balancing.
Emily uses a variety of techniques, gleaned from her years of study and research, ranging from classic Swedish style, to Eastern acupressure, to healing energy flow, Reiki style, and basic understanding of chakra blocks and emotional stagnation. Every treatment Emily gives is different, because every person has there own ever changing needs.
Emily has travelled extensively, especially in Africa; has studied many different subjects including theatre, dance and spiritual traditions; and lives in London with her 4 children. She has a deepening interest in all things metaphysical, and plans to study qi-gong and counselling. Her main spiritual guide is Eckhart Tolle, author of "A New Earth". www.eckharttolle.com
QUALIFICATIONS
Practitioner level therapeutic massage
LONDON COLLEGE OF MASSAGE December 1999
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Post-graduate level remedial massage
LONDON COLLEGE OF MASSAGE
currently studying, due to qualify 2008
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energy channelling
Mark Issott: shaman and energy teacher June 2007
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What to expect from your first treatment:
On arrival, you will be able to talk to Emily about your needs, and why you have chosen to book a treatment. You may have specific physical discomfort, or you may be experiencing stress.
Whatever your reasons, you will have an opportunity to speak personally with Emily before the treatment. You will also be able to discuss the ENERGY BALANCING AND CHANNELLING work, as this can be incorporated into your massage treatment, or it can be done seperately.
You will then be left to undress to your underwear in private, get onto the couch and cover yourself with a large towel.
Emily will then commence the treatment, keeping your whole body covered in the towel, for warmth and discretion, and only uncovering the area being treated, for example, the back and shoulders.
Treatments last between 30 minutes, one hour, one and a half hours, or two hours maximum. The length of treatment time is discussed beforehand.
Some clients find themselves drifting off into sleep, others like to talk or just maintain awareness. However you respond is entirely up to you, as long as you feel comfortable.
After the treatment, Emily will leave you to relax for a few minutes, before you get up and dressed. Emily will then come back to discuss the treatment with you.
During the following 24 - 48 hours you may experience a deep sense of relaxation and wellbeing. Some clients also feel very thirsty, and it is a very good idea to drink water, as the lymphatic system has been detoxified, and the body needs to flush out the toxins.
Some people may experience heightened emotions. This is because the treatment often shifts deep seated emotional tension, which then needs expression. The body can hold onto issues and feelings, which often we are not concious of in our minds. The treatment Emily gives is very powerful in this regard, and many clients "move on" in their lives, emotionally.
For those clients whose need is to relax, the treatment will create a deeper sleep rhythm as the body starts to claim its right to rest!
DO I NEED TO BRING ANYTHING?
Many people ask this question, and the answer is no.
Just bring yourself, in comfortable clothing, and wearing a pair of comfortable flat shoes (the treatment would not benefit from a walk home in any shoe which is not utterly comfortable).
Please, have a shower beforehand, but don't feel the need to apply any heavy scents or deodorants.
Emily's work is very sensitive and intuitive, and heavy soap smells affect her abilities to tune into you.
Please make sure that you do not have anything booked after the treatment - you will need time to assimilate the work, and the best possible scenario is to go straight home and relax.
Some people find they need to sleep, others just need to take it easy. But please, don't go and look round the Tate Modern, or have lunch with your collegues from work, as you won't be up to it...
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