Arthur E Munyer

Green Touch Bodywork (GTB) is about Love. “love as a way of being with each other in the world.” Love arises only in conditions of safety and expressing our feelings authentically. Green Touch is about discovering “Safety” in our bodies. We need this safety in order to connect and interact with one another in loving compassionate ways in spite of personal trauma and environmental negativity. Green Touch is about finding the safety within our bodies that we need to heal and to support others’ healing rather than living in states of freeze, defense, depression, fear, loneliness and isolation. ​In practice, Green Touch Bodywork is a evolutionary approach to mind-body awareness that combines bodywork with the latest understandings of human neurobiology, especially the activation of the Social Engagement System/Polyvagal Theory (as seen below) as described in the work of Dr. Steven W. Porges. Green Touch goes beyond traditional bodywork approaches to address the underlying neural networks that are responsible for the symptoms associated with trauma and emotional/mind distress. Through intuitive, instinctual, physical touch, and observation that allows me to “tune in” to the neural signals of the client. ​Green Touch Bodywork bypasses symptomatic manifestations of trauma and works directly with the body’s own inner wisdom to rewire organically the neural networks . Releases of stored trauma, postural changes, diminishes or completely eliminates pain, increased flexibility, a new interpersonal openness and socially engaged connections are immediate results of this work. ​The body's intricate and pervasive system of neural networks provides a direct link between emotional states, mental images and stories, and physical sensations and symptoms. Where there is stored physical, spiritual, emotional or mental challenges that are corresponding physical indicators, which, if properly addressed, will lead the client into self---awareness, and neural reprogramming. The result, neural somatic integration, is the equivalent of removing arterial blockages or relieving pinched nerves. Energy is released; muscle tension and pain eliminated; mental and emotional distress diminished without lengthy talk or physical therapy Drawing on the body's own wisdom for health and self-healing has been part of ancient and traditional self-healing modalities since the beginning of recorded time and is a cornerstone of some modern practices. Recent discoveries, however, of brain/body structures and observations of animals in their natural habitats have led to a more complete and "scientific" understanding of how the body responds to trauma and how it can, if properly enabled, can heal itself.