TRANSFORM BELIEFS GENTLY

Working with the Stories We Carry - EFT Tapping & Somatic Grounding

Working with What Naturally Arises
In my sessions, I don't go looking for problems or try to force emotions to the surface. Instead, we stay present with what is already here. Sometimes, while talking or working with Body & Breath, an old belief or emotional pattern naturally reveals itself through words and sensations we notice in the body.

When this happens, EFT Tapping can be a gentle and powerful way to acknowledge, soften and transform these patterns, creating space for new possibilities and greater ease.

There is no pressure to explain or certainly not to relive difficult experiences. Instead of having to find words it may simply feel best to stay with the wisdom of the body. Through gentle bodywork, awareness practices, and breathwork, we can support the nervous system and allow healing to unfold at a pace that feels safe.

EFT Tapping - A Gentle Path to Emotional Freedom & Mindfulness

Stress & Nervous System

The nervous system is woven through the fascial web that surrounds every organ, muscle, and vessel. This connective matrix is the body’s most densely innervated sensory organ, carrying a constant stream of mechanical, chemical, and vibrational information to the brain.

Stiff, dehydration is a lack of quality

A loss of gliding reduces the quality of this sensory reception. Our nervous system shifts toward protection and defense rather than regulation and balance. What begins as local stiffness becomes a global shift in neural behavior, altering breath, coordination, and emotional regulation.

Get better at feeling

When fascia is softened and given space to re-hydrate and glide, the nervous system receives clearer, safer signals, allowing the immune system to shift out of defense and into repair.

Bounce Into strong, resilient Fascia

Gentle rebounding hydrates, strengthens, and re-aligns your fascia, helping your whole body feel more elastic and alive. Just a few minutes of bouncing each day stimulates lymph flow, reduces stiffness, and restores natural spring to your tissues.

Fascia ADAPTS to your posture

Dense, irregular tissue exists because your body has been compensating for years. This fibrous tissue can tend to get stuck in areas - otherwise known as "knots". Over time and with injury it can also develop adhesions from any operations or surgical procedures.

Its never a quick fix, all starts with becoming aware where the bodyweight is carried uneven.

Your Daily Doing

A daily 10min routine for strengthening and 10min for Releasing. Learn which  Yin pose is supportive for you, allow mindful opening, fascial release and hydration.

Chronic Tension & Fascia

Repetitive, prolonged contraction in the neck can lead to fascial stiffening, reduced fluid flow, nerve trapping.

Hydrated Fascia & Space

Fascia is connective tissue that is woven around each and every muscle, bone, nerve, artery and vein in our bodies, as well as internal organs, including the heart, lungs, brain and spinal cord. It quite literally holds us together. This fibrous tissue can get stuck.

5 minute Gentle Reset

Fascia is connected from our head to our toes. Remember, each Breath is a powerful massage for all internal Organs. Spend 3-5min of mindful stretching each day and support fascial ease and hydration.

Teens & Screens

Screen time can contribute to a developing hunch. A few minutes relaxing over a Yin Bolster can gently stretch the chest and support healthy posture. Contact me if you like to purchase one, its a $40 investment.

Connecting Dots

Fascia connection release real time. All it requires is a safe place to lengthen the tissue, breathe and wait 3-5 minutes is sufficient. A regular practice establishes newly drawn pathways.

5 minute Gentle Reset

Lie on your back and stretch your arms overhead. Slide your legs and torso slightly to one side so your body forms a banana shape. Few deep breath, a yawn, and keep this for a good 3-5 minutes.

Your feet are your foundation

When they are stiff or numb, ankles lock up, knees compensate, hips grip and the spine compensates.

Your feet gather information

for your entire body. A daily practice can be deeply resetting. Place your feet up the wall, while the rest of the body is supported and resting. I like to tell my feet that I am indeed deeply grateful for their amazing work.

When your feet strengthen

You become strong and responsive, everything above them gets more stable and more free. 

Your internal tension lines

An internal Straight Jacket

Fascia is very strong stuff, you have 18-23kg of it which should lift a ton without damage. The most amazing part is, that it recoils and pulls itself back together. It can restrict Nerves and cause intense pain. Fascial pain feel like it's spreading compared to a more pointy muscular pain.

Healthy Fascia is like a flexi hose

Brittle Fascia is dry, sticky, broken.

I like to keep Release Work simple. Treatments are tailored to each person.

Contact

Contact

stellatreehouse@gmail.com
+64 (0) 210 249 6390

Address

StellaYoga Treehouse 

121 Carlton Street
Bellevue, Tauranga
(after 109 left, 2nd last house)