FAQ BodyTalk

What do I wear during a BodyTalk session?
Although there is no specific dress required for a session, it is important that you are comfortable. Wear loose fitting cotton (or any other natural material) clothing if possible, remove jewelry, belt buckles and other electronic devices from your body. Our treatment rooms are completely private so you may bring a change of clothing if necessary.

What do I need to do during a BodyTalk Session?
Nothing! You can just relax back onto our comfortable massage tables, and let your practitioner ‘talk’ to your body using a technique similar to muscle testing. Your practitioner may ask you to touch different energetic points on your body while he/she gently taps over your brain and heart complex to activate and store the changes being made.

What can I expect to feel during a BodyTalk session?
Commonly, clients express a sense of peacefulness and relaxation, a decreased stress level, and some alleviation of symptoms immediately following a session. The more BodyTalk treatments you receive, the more sensitive you will be become to improvements in your overall health and well-being.

What is BodyTalk able to address?
Because BodyTalk works with your body’s innate wisdom (natural ability to heal), there is no symptom, disease or issue that BodyTalk is not able to address. Practitioners of BodyTalk are skilled in identifying where compromised lines of communication are in the body and will assist the body in achieving a healthy state of balance and health. This will help you to reveal your true self – a calm, peaceful and healthy being. Clients of BodyTalk have shown improvement in numerous areas. A few examples are: arthritis, anxiety, depression, sports injuries, digestive disorders, back pain, headaches/migraines, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, learning disorders, stress, phobias, infections, viruses, parasites, vaccinations, infertility, menstrual problems.

Do I need to fill out any paper work prior to my session?
A few minutes before your first appointment you will be asked to fill out a comprehensive and confidential medical history form which will allow the practitioner to find out why you are there and what you would like to explore during the treatment. There is nothing that BodyTalk can not address.

Is receiving a BodyTalk session similar to a massage?
Although clients will often report similar benefits from a BodyTalk session in terms of relaxation, etc. the contact is less invasive than receiving a massage. Both you and the practitioner will be contacting different points of the body to enhance the energy flow and aid in reestablishing communication in those areas. There will also be light tapping over the cortices of the brain to activate healing, and over the sternum to lock those changes into place. Because BodyTalk is a mix of many eastern and western medical approaches, sometimes physical mobilization of tissue will be necessary. If at any time you are uncomfortable with any of the contact, please inform the practitioner immediately.

How will I know if BodyTalk is working for me?
This will be revealed to you over time. BodyTalk continues to work even after the session ends since your innate wisdom is healing you from the inside out. Energetic shifts throughout the body mean that your system has to rewire to the new changes. The brain now recognizes the new state of health but is still wired to work as it did previously. Therefore, over the next few days, weeks or months you will notice improvements in your physical, mental, and spiritual self as your brain rewires – this is commonly known as neuroplasticity.

What is the benefit to receiving regular BodyTalk sessions?
As we all know, the stresses from day-to-day life can compromise our body and mind’s ability to stay in balance. Because BodyTalk is preventative in nature, many of our clients choose to come in regularly (once/month or so) for general maintenance visits once their immediate symptoms have been alleviated. The more BodyTalk treatments you receive, the more sensitive you will become to recognizing subtle improvements that are taking place. Over time the accumulative effect of these subtle improvements can mean profound transformations in your overall health and well-being – at levels of body, mind and spirit.

Who can benefit from CranioSacral Therapy?
Because CranioSacral Therapy is so effective as a preventative health measure, almost anyone can benefit from a session. For more pressing concerns, CST has proven especially effective on puzzling cases that have not responded well to other approaches. It’s particularly helpful to those with head, neck or back injuries resulting from an accident. The extremely light touch also makes CST a safe approach for children and infants who have experienced early stress, including but not limited to birth trauma. By releasing restrictions around the central nervous system early, you may help prevent future difficulties such as learning disabilities or hyperactivity.

Are there any conditions that shouldn’t be addressed with CranioSacral Therapy?
There are a few situations in which CST is not recommended. They include any condition in which slight variations in intracranial pressure would cause instability, such as acute aneurysm, recent skull fracture, and cerebral hemorrhage or other severe bleeding disorder. If you have any questions about whether these situations apply to you, seek the advice of your physician before receiving a CST session.

Can I combine sessions of BodyTalk with CranioSacral Therapy, Reiki or Massage at The BodyTalk Centre?
Yes. In fact, many of our clients and practitioners report greatly improved results during and after their massage and CranioSacral Therapy sessions when they are combined with BodyTalk or Reiki. Since at The BodyTalk Centre we have practitioners who are trained in all of these modalities you can experience a wealth of healing all in one place. You are more than welcome to book a session for BodyTalk followed by or before a Massage, Reiki or CranioSacral Therapy session if you wish to do so.

Why are Crystals sometimes used for a Reiki Session?
Reiki Crystal therapy involves the use of precious and semi-precious stones. The stones are believed to store positive energy and they act as a conduit for healing from the practitioner to the recipient. They also believed to generate a healing vibration that acts upon the body. In some cases the stone is placed on the body where treatment is focused, in others it may be positioned on the appropriate acupuncture point.

Is there FREE parking at the Hillhurst Building?
Yes! There is plenty of free two hour parking around our clinic. There is meter and some free two-hour parking right along 2nd avenue, or there is also plenty of free two-hour parking when you turn south onto 16th street off of 2nd avenue.

How long has The BodyTalk Centre been in business?
The BodyTalk Centre was founded in April of 2005 and has been happily facilitating the health and well-being of their clients ever since.

Pricing
Pricing is based on a per visit basis. Initial consultations are included in the listed prices (GST included). All Sessions last approximately 1 hour but are based on a per session basis not time.

Prices vary according to services and practitioners. Please contact the clinic directly for price inquiries. Treatment packages and gift certificates are also available.

What are my payment options?
We accept Cash, Debit, Visa, Master Card, and personal cheques.

Will insurance cover my BodyTalk, CranioSacral, Reiki or Massage session?
Many of our centres practitioners are members of the Natural Health Practitioners of Canada (NHP), The International BodyTalk Association or the College of Physical Therapists of Alberta. Many health care plans now cover BodyTalk and Reiki under wholistic therapy. CranioSacral Therapy is also covered under Physical Therapy. Please contact the clinic directly for specific questions regarding health care coverage. .