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Just remember to relax and tak…

Friday, November 27th, 2009 | health tips | No Comments

Just remember to relax and take deep breaths. Really deep breaths. A few of them. Right now, maybe.

*Stretching* is always a good …

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 | stretching | No Comments

*Stretching* is always a good idea… well unless you have an acute injury… then well – it’s STILL a good idea – just VEEeeeery gently

Niche Marketting – A Healer’s Best Friend and Greatest Challenge.

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 | Business, Featured, Massage, Seattle | 2 Comments

With a title like that I should write volumes.

Most healers and body-workers I have met through the years have hearts so big and generous – they want to give their healing skills to everyone.

They know they can benefit anyone they touch.

But what is best for my client? What does any perspective client REALLY need?

Some times it is clear: they want to heal their low back pain, for example.

Sometimes is is very unclear what needs to be healed. I find that most people, however – when they seek healing – will be often naturally guided to find the healing modality and practitioner(s) that will be of the HIGHEST GAIN to their healing paths.

Another way of saying this is: when you find the correct practitioner and modality FOR YOU – you will leap and bound into greater expressions of good health in a relatively short period of time with regular treatments or even just one treatment.

Good and lasting healing is often something of an investment in time and money.

Sometimes something like chronic low back pain takes a year or two of consistent injury treatment sessions to completely heal the pain so that it hardly comes back. (I ask you this: how long did it take for the pain to get there?… a lifetime, perhaps?)

The point of that ramble is: because clients often have specific needs – it would only make sense that practitioners of healing arts SPECIALIZE in one or two things – aka- they create a niche for themselves so that those searching clients find exactly what they are looking for in a healer.

I found out, years ago, that my passion for massage was invigorated by the assessing and treating of pain and injury in the groin and pelvic regions.

My motivation for improving my skills in treating the hip and groin made me feel “in” the “student mind.” Like being in massage school, I was so excited and fascinated to learn and practice bodywork.

Because of my personal interest in this aspect of massage, I have become adept at treating trauma, pain and injury in the groin, pelvis, low back and hips.

I helped heal physical trauma in the pelvic region, as well as the psychological, mental, and emotional trauma that is so often associated with the pelvic region.

To wrap this all up – it seems wise to choose your practitioner with care.

If you know what you need – find and go to a specialist.

If you know you want to improve the quality of your life and you know you need healing but you don’t know where to look: try energy healers, talking therapies, movement therapies, mystical therapies or things you would not have tried otherwise as well as socially accepted modalities.

Sometimes finding your perfect healing match is part of your healing path. Sometimes finding a practitioner who can help deeply heal you is like stepping out of your box and out of your comfort zone.

I would say too, that a healing practitioner – finding their niche can be a part of their healing path as well.

For my fellow practitioners: get specific, if you aren’t already.

We are not in competition. We are working together to save and improve the lives of the people on this planet.

Niche yourself!

A visionary is someone who tru…

Saturday, November 21st, 2009 | Craniosacral Therapy | No Comments

A visionary is someone who trusts what they perceive outside and what they sense inside, and values both equally. ~ Hugh Milne

“Bliss is the effortless suspe…

Saturday, November 21st, 2009 | Craniosacral Therapy | No Comments

“Bliss is the effortless suspension of breath” – on stillpoints ~ ‘The heart of listening’ by Hugh Milne

drink water!

Friday, November 13th, 2009 | Health, Uncategorized, health tips, nutrition | No Comments

drink water!

I am stretching my arms into t…

Friday, November 13th, 2009 | Health, health tips, stretching | No Comments

I am stretching my arms into the sky and taking a big deep breath! People with abdominal surgery history need to stretch *regularly.*

Writing a new blog entry for t…

Friday, November 13th, 2009 | Business, Massage | No Comments

Writing a new blog entry for the first time in a long while: http://www.sierrafaye.com/

Writing in my blog because my …

Friday, November 13th, 2009 | Business | No Comments

Writing in my blog because my web dude told me to. CONTENT CONTENT CONTENT. YES! I get it… *goes back to writing*

Injury Treatment Massage for Groin, Pelvis, Low Back and Hip Pain

Friday, November 13th, 2009 | Business, Featured, Groin Injury, Massage, Seattle | No Comments

In a city like Seattle, where the clinics and spas are packed with talented professional massage therapists, how do you choose your massage practitioner?

What do you need? A spa setting? A clinic? Hot stones or perhaps energy work?

Your needs are specific. What I provide is specific as well.

I specialize in treating injuries in the groin, pelvis, low back and hips. I have been focusing on this work since 2002 while also treating all the other types of injuries as well.

I had recognized at that time that I was afraid to touch people?s inner thighs during massage.

My work ethics, my pride, my professional standards and my ego were not very happy with this.

So I went to work getting more comfortable with doing massage in the groin and pelvic areas.

I started practicing on closer friends, trades colleagues and long-term clients of that time. At first, I asked lots of ?are you ok with this? questions.

Over time, I have been able to treat pelvic and groin injuries with not only confident specificity but with care, safety and compassion as well!

It?s very exciting to say all this considering, on the business end of my massage practice, I have been contemplating a niche.

Choosing a niche is like jumping off a cliff and I have niche-ed before and it did not go as well as I had planned.

And considering that niche ? this particular niche ? is like jumping off an even taller cliff.

Be-gad.

But the truth is, there?s a need out there for massage Practitioners that are adept in groin massage, and pelvic massage!

People get injured there! It needs to be treated. I do it well and, dare I say it, it?s one of my great passions to treat the pelvic and groin structures in my bodywork practice.

People that have received my work often comment on how the pain truly decreased in their low backs in a significant and lasting way.

I am adept at core-muscular treatment over-all but the pelvis, hips and thighs are where my skills and talents as a treatment specialist really shine.