Sanna Solem

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Here's a little about me... My name is SannaLee Solem. I'm a Soma Structural Integrator, Fascial Stretch Therapist, and Licensed Massage Therapist....

When people get off my table, they commonly feel (and appear) taller with longer waistlines and shoulders rolled back and down. Their pelvis and sacrum are more easefully dropped, hips even, they are more grounded with natural suspension, free from or decreased in pain, very relaxed, more energized and happy. This is because I help people experience profound changes through deep fascial bodywork. I create sacred, safe space in which old patterns are released, new awarenesses arise, and clients sink into healing, deep relaxation. Because I trained in SOMA and Fascial Stretch Therapy, my approach to the body is extremely integrative and very different than many LMTs. I have helped many people decrease or eliminate pain, increase mobility and flexibility, broaden awareness and deepen relaxation.

Harmony Bodywork is my private practice where I offer SOMA Bodywork, Fascial Stretch Therapy & Massage. My clients are wonderful, dynamic people who have diverse reasons for coming to see me ~ they've sustained injuries & want to be out of pain & regain mobility; they've experienced years of chronic dis-ease, poor function & want to transform & be well; they are extremely fit, body aware & seek to live more creatively & evolve in all levels of their being.

SOMA Neuromuscular Integration® is manual therapy ~ deep connective tissue bodywork, performed on fascial tissue, muscle, joints & bones, that creates profound changes in people's bodies & lives. SOMA approaches the body from a wholistic, fascial perspective. Fascia organizes & ennervates all the body's structures & organs, supporting the nervous & circulatory systems. Through manipulation, movement & awareness, together we work to release years & layers of adhesions, habitual patterns & imbalances. The body naturally re-aligns to its more optimum & grand design & a person experiences greater mobility, suspension, balance & spontaneity. Choices are made from a place of connection and groundedness. A 10-Session Series of bodywork, SOMA is based on the Structural Integration work of Dr. Ida P. Rolf (founder of Rolfing).

Fascial Stretch Therapy® is gentle tractioning & invigorating stretching that treats fascia at the deep level of the joint capstule. During a session, tissue that is thick and short from poor posture, lack of exercise, injury, surgery or over-training can become more pliable & hydrated, allowing for increased overall flexibility, strength & performance of the body's muscles and joints. F.S.T. was evolved by Anne & Chris Frederick in their two decades of work with dancers & elite atheletes.

My private practice is located just outside Portland, Oregon, in West Linn, just off I-205, in the Central Village between the library & the post office. Get more information about me & my practice at: www.harmonybodyworkwestlinn.com