Iwould never notice them before, she described in the lastsession, They are so nice and normal, not the ones I usuallywould gravitate towards.Her journey from feeling unsafe in the world tobecoming a powerful, safe-enough woman in the world,was truly remarkable. Our last couple of sessions werefilled with much laughter and mischief as she recountedthe new adventures she was making in her romantic lifeas well as her pride in her work life. She felt like changewasnt so bad after all.Manuela Mischke Reeds, M.A., MFT, certified HakomiTherapist and Trainer, and Somatic Psychotherapist, trainingin the Hakomi Method in San Francisco and Sydney.Manuela specializes in integrating somatic psychotherapy,attachment therapy, pre-perinatal psychology, movementtherapy and somatic trauma work. She is adjunct facultyat JFK University, Institute Transpersonal Psychology, PaloAlto and CIIS, San Francisco. She co-developed Wakingup from the Family Trance, a somatic approach to exploringand transforming internalized Family Systems and is anauthorized Continuum Movement Teacher, leading regularContinuum classes in SF and abroad.She holds a MA in Somatic Psychology, a BA in DanceTherapy and has trained in various methods of working withtrauma. She has extensive training in the field of arts,movement/dance, and Buddhist meditation and maintains aprivate practice in Menlo Park, working with individuals,couples and children.Continued from page 7I need to change ...fort moves in to something else. They did not notice untilthey took a breath, that they were scrunching their shouldersright up to their ears which was pulling and gratingon that sore spot in their neck. The thought they werehaving at the time was about going back to work and theabusive atmosphere they would have to endure. Theyrealized that they were bracing themselves all the time,and not just at work.The work I do continues to evolve and change.However, using the Hellerwork series I blend the Hakomiprinciples and Hellerwork dialogue with the powerfulexperience of structural integration to create an awakening,where a person has the unique opportunity to movetowards more balance and ease within gravity, where theyare the conscious choreographer of their own experience.The on-going discussion of touch and talk will no doubtcontinue, and all I can say about it is that it is a powerfulhealing tool and one that is definitely more than the sumof the parts. This is where magic happens.I hope that this can open up further discussion.References and Research material:Bodywise: Joseph Heller- founder of HellerworkRolfing: Ida Rolf Phd Founder of RolfingThe Body Bears the Burden: Robert Scaer MDMolecules of Emotion: Candice Pert PhdThe Dialogue of Hellerwork A presentation & paper at theSeattle International Assn of Structural Integrators 2005:James Dohn DC, CHPEmotional Anatomy: Stanley KellermanLinda McClure has been a certified Hellerwork Practitionersince 1989, and completed the Hakomi Developmental andTrauma Trainings in 1996 and 1998 respectively.She has studied extensively with Judith Aston in movementtherapy and is a certified Aston movement coach since1996. She has also been on the faculty of the HellerworkFoundation since 1996 and currently chairs the FoundationsBoard of Education. Linda lives on the Gold Coast ofQueensland Australia and runs a private practice with herpartner Sean Petersen, and is a Director of the AustralianSchool of Hellerwork Structural Integration.Linda can be reached at info@hellerwork.com.auContinued from page 15Touch and Talk.17What