What can I expect in a bodywork/movement therapy session?

We always begin with the breath. I find that connecting with a client’s breath puts them more in touch with themselves and teaches them to slow down before moving. The breath is our first point of connection and the session unfolds from there. I listen deeply to my client’s needs and craft a session based on what their body is asking for during our time together.  My clients often say that they feel as if I talk to their body during our sessions. Working together in a safe supportive relationship, we gently ask the body to release into the fullness of itself.

Benefits of Bodywork

Bodywork helps you to release physical, emotional and energetic blockages in your body.  Using a combination of gentle touch, breath work, movement therapy, energy work, yoga asana, energy clearing and vibrational sound healing, we work together to activate your energy system, release pain and restore balance to your body.

Benefits of Bodywork
  • Creates a safe space for relaxation and emotional transformation
  • Balances the body, mind and spirit
  • Supports healthy transformation and authentic wholeness 
  • Helps with anxiety and depression
  • Improves balance and flexibility
  • Works with organs, muscles, bones, glands and the fluid system to help release and relieve pain in your head, neck, back, shoulders, hips, knees, feet and more
  • Helpful for teens and young people with anxiety, learning disorders or ADD
  • Helps with headaches and migraines

About Shari

Shari Setchell is a Global Somatics™ Practitioner, Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and ABMP Certified Bodywork Therapist. She is also a dance instructor at Big Woods Movement Collective and a director and choreographer for Northfield High School. She has been a Global Somatics™ practitioner since 2009 and loves working with clients to bring transformation and awareness to their lives. She enjoys supporting people as they learn more about their authentic selves through movement, touch, sound and vibration. She is also a Registered Yoga Teacher and offers small group and private sessions in Yoga. Shari lives in Northfield with her husband, Michael, daughter, Fox and cats, LaFaye and Lumi.