 Donna
is a Certified Level II Wave Work
Practitioner. She began studying
Wave Work in 1997 with its
originator, Sandra Scherer (Dayashakti)
at Kripalu Center. Donna
subsequently became a Wave Work
mentor and program assistant. She
has previously worked in the Kripalu
Center healing arts department in
Lenox MA as a Wave Work therapist.
"Wave Work reawakens our innate
capacity to heal the self."
Wave Work is a unique
psycho-spiritual process for
clearing and integrating emotional
feelings. Based on the deeper
teachings of yoga, the work uses
breath and awareness of sensation to
allow for an organic shift in
consciousness.
This work is based upon the theory
that our bodies have an innate
intelligence that aids us in
operating from our highest self.
This intelligence continually
assists us in transforming and
evolving our lives. By trusting this
intelligence we can discover the
doorway to our inner wisdom.
The Wave Work process is similar to
some types of meditation. Lying
fully clothed, on a massage table,
the client is encouraged to breathe
and watch for changes in their
mental, physical, subtle and
emotional bodies as they report
these changes to the practitioner.
Being in the experience
moment-to-moment, with sensations or
feelings that arise is “riding the
wave”, -- moving toward integration
and ultimately expanding the mind.
The optimum way to integrate all
our experiences in daily life would
be to allow ourselves to be with our
feelings moment-to-moment; known as
“being on the wave." However, we may
feel unsafe or incapable of being on
the wave by ourselves, without a
strong internal container. Society’s
negative “voices” and our own
ingrained negative family beliefs
about showing emotions, may
condition us to hide our feelings –
i.e. to “get off the wave.” We
sometimes use distractions such as
over working, chemical addictions,
over exercising, over eating,
watching TV, etc., as a way to mask
our feelings.
 We
are always in transition in our own
lives in all ways. Many of us have
been conditioned to believe masking
emotions is the way to survive
traumatic life experiences. But our
soul – our inner wisdom – innately
knows that masking our experiences
has not brought integration and a
sense of peace into our lives. The
higher self seeks to heal itself
organically, yearning for the sense
of completeness, or integration,
manifested on all four levels of our
being: the mental, physical
emotional and subtle.
During integration, some clients
experience a sense of deep peace,
the kind they have yearned for in
meditation, or they see colors, feel
like they are floating, or they may
get clear insights or awareness,
like an “aha” from their higher
self. Or, some may experience an
internal paradigm shift. They may
identify negative patterns and
critical self talk in their thinking
or belief system, or discover the
doorway to their unconscious, inner
self.
Next, the body relaxes and innately
balances itself, returning once
again to homeostasis. Due to the
recent cellular shift, many clients
realize that the homeostasis they
return to is now at a higher level
than before their session.
Wave Work can teach us how to
provide ourselves the container to
be in the moment with our feelings,
no matter how major or minor they
may be. Using a trusted practitioner
to provide a safe container for
feelings and experiences is
extremely helpful. |
The
Wave Work offers a healthier way of
living. People who have practiced
Wave Work have learned to ride the
wave on their own in their daily
lives. Wave Work is a useful healing
medium that offers us a new way of
living the remainder of our lives.
Being in-the-moment with our
feelings and sensations and
integrating our emotional pain is
the path to developing awareness and
evolving to our highest human
potential. Wave Work provides us
with the ability to heal our Selves.
