As we move through each day, we’re constantly responding to our environment (both internal and external).  When these responses become patterns, we can take them out of context in ways that don’t always serve us.  For example, if I twist my body to avoid being hit by something coming at my head, this is initially a very useful response.  If that twist becomes a subtle pattern that I’m not aware of and hold onto over time, it can cause pain or could continue to trigger the fear response related to that moment.  There are many other examples of unconscious patterns that we carry in the body and often they can interfere with our health and our ability to be truly present in each moment as a new experience.  Biofeedback, body work, meditation, and working with the breath are all tools that can help us become aware of and break these patterns.  Several of my patients have found quite profound shifting of patterns leading to significant healing through the Grinberg Method.  Personally, I have found it to be quite useful in my own healing process.  Grinberg practitioners work with you through the body in a hands-on way to help you become aware of the patterns getting in your way and to learn tools to break those patterns.  It is a learning process, not an instant fix, but it can be incredibly rewarding.There are a couple of Grinberg Method practitioners coming to visit us from Germany this month.  They have been coming a few times per year and I always look forward to their time here, both for myself and my patients.  If you are interested in breaking out of a cycle, decreasing your pain, or gaining more self-awareness and emotional freedom, I recommend giving it a try.  I recommend starting with at least three sessions to be able to give yourself a sense of the work as a process rather than a one-time event.  For more info, please contact Barbara Droubay directly at barbinberlin@hotmail.com, and visit our facebook page for dates and times https://www.facebook.com/emeraldcityclinic.