ABC

Awakening Bodily Consciousness describes the intention and effect of Carlos’ system of body work. Often clients arrive ‘numbed out’ physically and emotionally as a result of accumulated daily stresses or deeper-seated issues which remain as ‘armour’, tensions and blocks held in the body.

The treatment works deeply through the joints and stimulates the movement of lymph through the body’s drainage system, clearing the blockages and build-up of toxins which are the by-products of cellular function. The main areas for lymph drainage are the nodal regions in the neck, armpits, belly and groin. The massage movements follow through to the head, the nape of the neck and the jaw (which holds a lot of tension and unexpressed emotion) and down the arms and legs to the hands and feet.

Carlos’ training in acupuncture and Five Element Theory and his many years of witnessing clients’ emotional releases have made him aware of the psycho-somatic and emotional connection between the clearing of lymphatic congestion and the meridians associated with specific organs which correlate to various emotional states. In Chinese Medicine it is understood that emotional releases have correspondences with the discharge of toxins from the associated organ, for example, anger and aggression relates to the liver and gall bladder.

ABC is not intended to be merely a relaxing massage. It is a deep holistic treatment, capable of facilitating the release of emotional content that the body has been holding subliminally, sometimes for many years, although such releases occur in the client’s own time and are never forced. Carlos uses breath work and guided visualisations to help clients to move comfortably and safely through blockages, resistance and pain. He treats adults of both sexes and all ages but finds that women in particular quickly feel safe to express and release emotional blocks along with the physical ones.