SHARON
PORTER, RPP, SEP, RCST®
Body/Mind Practitioner and Teacher
Body-Centered Psychotherapy * Somatic Experiencing (Trauma Recovery)
Craniosacral Biodynamics (Bodywork) * Polarity Therapy (Bodywork) *
Self-Care/Yoga
Therapy offices in Pagosa Springs CO and Santa
Monica CA. Courses are at various locations.
Sharon Porter is a Health Practitioner, Bodyworker and Body-Centered
Psychotherapist gifted with experience, skill, compassion and humor.
She maintains a private practice and has trained holistic practitioners
since 1974. Her approach includes:
TRAUMA RESOLUTION: Sharon has spent
the last 12 years studying and further developing understanding
of the nervous system - how it is affected by trauma,
and how best to heal it. She now integrates Somatic Experiencing
(SE) techniques with her own experience in this field,
calling her trauma work Somatic Trauma Resolution (STR).
In STR, she teaches the client how to track his/her own
bodily sensations, which in turn opens the neural pathways
that allow safe discharge of trauma from the nervous
system. Discharge often includes the completion of truncated
impulses that help transform trauma into empowerment
and healing on all levels. Trauma is defined as anything
that is overwhelming to the nervous system of an individual,
so it may include birth, drugs, surgery, accidents
and injuries, emotional or physical shock, abuse, and
more.
PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
occurs when trauma-bound energy is not discharged following
trauma and causes havoc to one's health, which
may include poor digestion, pain, reenactment of the
trauma, rigidity, chronic conditions, psychological and
relationship problems, and more. Although STR
is highly effective for PTSD, the best way to prevent
chronic problems is to see an SE or STR Practitioner
soon after the accident, fall, abuse, or emotional shock/loss.
Please note that the goal is not to remember the trauma
or to relive it, but to regain full function.
POLARITY THERAPY employs bodywork, energy-efficient
exercises, foods, body/mind awareness and profound understanding
of how the body’s electromagnetic fields function.
Polarity's aim is to locate and dissolve energy blockages
that affect health at every level. Polarity is extremely
efficient for dissolving pain and depression,
and for turning around chronic conditions. It
has the additional advantage of moving energy so palpably
that the client very quickly experiences him/herself
as an energy being who can make dramatic shifts as the
frequency of the body changes. This direct experience gives
people hope, enthusiasm, connection, and a “spring
in the step” as well as support for changing one’s
diet, lifestyle, and attitudes.
BIODYNAMIC CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY - As taught at HWI, Craniosacral
Therapy is based primarily on the Biodynamic Approach taught by Franklyn
Sills of the Karuna Institute in Devon, England, author of The Polarity
Process and Craniosacral Biodynamics, Vols I & II. Sills made a
deep study of the work of earlier teachers as well as his own explorations
in consciousness and palpation skill. He is a significant mentor for
Health Wave instructors. The Biodynamic style of cranial work teaches
perceptual skills that allow the practitioner to move from one tidal
layer to another for therapeutic purposes. Potency is accessed in the
fluids to increase the client’s self-healing capacity and intelligence.
Consciousness expands in ways that connect the client to lost parts
of self and other,
with effective application to all levels of body,
mind and spirit healing. HWI Instructor Sharon Porter is approved by
the CSTA/NA to teach their Foundation Course and Advanced courses.
Graduates of her Foundation course may apply for their RCST® from
the CSTA/NA (see craniosacraltherapy.org) Her
approach is also informed by assisting on the Upledger Institute cranial
SELF-CARE: For 25 years Sharon has been
a passionate advocate for Self-Care - everything you
can do for yourself to move energy, correct posture,
enhance immune function, strengthen and balance the spine,
regain flexibility in the feet, aid digestion, and expand
imploded power into flexible boundaries, creativity and
joy. She has trained practitioners in several
countries to use movement, sound and breath along with
contacts and pressures that take advantage of the natural
leverages of the body. She is expert in Hatha Yoga, Polarity
Exercises, and other jewels she has picked up from clients
and teachers. Her Trauma Resolution work includes the
use of large gymnastic balls and a Tuning Board (for
recovering balance) that clients often use at home. Additional
areas Sharon incorporates into her private sessions and
teaching include gestalt therapy, diet, herbs, homeopathics,
flower essences, humor and inner child work.
In PRIVATE SESSIONS, Sharon employs
whatever modalities will be most helpful for the client.
Bodywork ranges from the lightest of touches, to deep
contacts into densely crystallized areas, to rocking
movements. Exercises are given as needed, in sessions
and as homework. Clients experience a profound
relaxation and connectedness that they describe as feeling
whole, new and very alive.
Sharon has always been fascinated by the body-mind relationship and
has developed her own unique ways of bringing her clients to greater
understanding and empowerment. Treatments are often filled with laughter
as well as education and deep cellular exploration. It
is not uncommon to release shock, anesthesia and other
drugs that have been inhibiting the system. Sensation
tracking and dialoguing then clears the cellular memory and brings
about deep empowerment, with emphasis on enhancing the
client’s strengths and resources.
In a session with Sharon, you will feel like a partner on a grand adventure
to explore and appreciate the wonder of life. You do not have to
have a serious problem. You can simply enjoy the experience
of your own energy system flowing as you access your health
and internal intelligence.
Sharon’s experience includes work with physical and emotional
pain from incest, abuse, birth trauma, auto accidents, injuries, arthritis,
drug abuse, depression, headaches, back and foot problems, dental work,
and stuck emotional patterns. She is referred clients by psychologists,
psychotherapists, acupuncturists, chiropractors, healers, intuitives
and M.D.’s and is happy to work with the referring practitioner
for the good of the client. Some insurance accepted.
"She
connects you to your own internal wisdom and then empowers
you to follow it. The work is amazingly effective. " Psychotherapist
recovering from a loss
" She is a very gifted teacher
- to clients and students." Julia Gillette, RCST®,
CMT, STR student
Sharon Porter is respected
for her pioneering work in the field of Energy
Medicine - training practitioners, presenting
at professional conferences, and seeing clients
with a wide variety of needs. She is the Program
Director of the Health Wave Institute. Her
credentials include: Certified Somatic Experiencing
Practitioner (SEP), Registered Polarity Practitioner
(RPP), Registered Craniosacral Therapist (RCST ®),
and approval by the Craniosacral Therapy Association
of North America (craniosacraltherapy.org)
to teach their two-year professional training
in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and Advanced
Courses. Her training and experience in Exercise
and Yoga Therapies enables her to select postures
and movements the client can do at home.
Sharon is Director of Health Wave Institute, approved
and regulated by the State of Colorado, Division of Occupational
Schools. See courses listed on web site.
Sharon lives in Pagosa Springs, Colorado with her husband, Dan Burgess,
RCST ®, who assists her in trainings. She is currently designing
a video training program that will be accompanied by a forthcoming
book.
In Pagosa Springs CO at 26 Limestone Ct., (970)
731-4553
In Santa Monica on Montana Ave., Dan (970) 946-9068, Sharon 946-4879
For courses, travel schedule, articles, FAQ’s, see healthwaveinstitute.com
