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ARC Bodywork Therapy and Counselling
with Heather Faris




Heather Faris, BFA
Arc Bodywork Therapist
and Circle Facilitator

ARC (A Return to Consciousness) Bodywork Therapy is a unique blend of Energy Work combined with body-centered dialogue and creative journeying. If you’ve ever had the experience of ‘knowing’ all about your issues and ‘understanding’ how your past is affecting you but nothing seems to change, ARC Bodywork Therapy is for you. ARC Bodywork is a body-centered approach to therapy that facilitates a deep internal knowing or awareness by gently by-passing the intellect and allowing the body to speak. ARC does this through incorporating BodySpeak™, a body-based dialogue technique that allows the practitioner to converse with the client in a safe, nurturing way, deepening the client’s bodywork experience.

ARC creates the possibility for change at a systemic level, accessing the resources within us that carry the knowledge of how we are being limited in life, both emotionally and physically.
ARC brings balance as it strengthens our sense of internal Self-Leadership, allowing us to tend to parts of ourselves that have been neglected or shut out. It is these neglected parts and learned ways of coping that cause stress to the body, often showing up as physical discomfort and disease. By allowing these parts a voice or connection to all of who we are they no longer need to vie for attention by expressing themselves physically through pain or disease.

In this way our symptoms can be viewed as messengers, letting us know when things are out of balance. ARC encourages a creative response to life opening the door to our passions.
To find out more about ARC visit www.thearcinstitute.com



Do you feel that your physical symptoms are trying to tell you somethng?

Pain and physical discomfort can be reflections of the stress and isssues we carry. ARC facilitates deepening our body awareness so we can open up to the messages our symptoms are trying to tell us.

Are you feeling stuck in energy-draining cycles/patterns? Awareness is the basis for deep and meaningful change in life. ARC’s unique form of dialoguing (BodySpeak™) is a gentle way to become aware of coping habits that are no longer working. With awareness comes the ability to change, and we gain a greater connection to our unique source of strength and power.

Have you ever had the experience of working so hard, trying to figure things out and heal yourself that you’ve squeezed out all the space needed for the healing to take place?
As an ARC Practitioner I create space to allow the “doing” part to rest, so that the body’s wisdom can come forward and healing may occur.
Click here for
Heather’s bio.


Sessions with Heather
I follow your process, recognizing that your body knows its way to wholeness. I create space with compassion and heart-felt presence and help you to deepen your relationship with all aspects of yourself. ARC work is a process of deepening and unfolding. With each session there is new awareness and you begin to live from a fuller place within your being and respond to life in a more dynamic, vital and creative way.

“Anyone who wishes to gain new awareness, a stronger sense of self, and more energy and vitality in their life can benefit from ARC. ARC can help you gain a new understanding of how your personal coping strategies cause stress to your body. Once you uncover patterns that keep you stuck you can learn to unhook yourself from energy-draining behaviors and transform your responses. By responding to life in a way that is in line with your being you have greater balance, health and vitality.”


Past Life Regression
Whether exploring a memory from a past life or a current one ARC’s unique body-centered approach facilitates a deep experience for the client. The rational mind can sometimes get in the way of us experiencing a past life. Whether ‘reliving’ or simply witnessing a past life, ARC’s unique dialogue approach, BodySpeak™ facilitates a grounded body-based experience. This allows the client to access energetic experiences stored in the body and gain insight into how these past experiences may be inhibiting them from living more fully in their present life.


Endocrine Balance
A powerful energetic treatment that gently re-balances the endocrine system, providing relief from various stresses of hormonal imbalance including PMS, menopause and adrenal depletion (offered within an ARC Bodywork Therapy session)


To book all sessions call Heather at: 403-461-9153
A 75 minute session is $100

Other Opportunities with Heather
Heather offers Creativity Circle Workshops at Spiritual Directions. Check Spiritual and Personal Development Workshops page for upcoming dates.
Heather also facilitates Divine Circle Evenings at the Divine Mine,
http://www.divinemine.com/divine_circle.html

Testimonials
“I’ve had other experiences with energy practitioners that were interesting, but not so profound, nor was I touched so deeply or able to access past experience.  I was able to go deep into the emotions with such gentleness and non-intrusiveness.  It was a very safe and gentle experience.”
Sophie Lang, Psychologist

"I have experienced many forms of personal growth over a forty year period. I am impressed by Heather’s skill and sensitivity.  She has the ability to gently guide me from a place of pain or incompleteness to the love and support that is closer to my true self.  I recommend her to anyone who would like to let go of whatever conditioning no longer serves them."
Joe Bally, Certified Advanced Rolfer

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For more information contact
Spiritual Directions, 1407 - 10 Street S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2R 1E7
Phone: 403-210-2802, E-mail: teaching@spiritualdirections.com
June 5, 2010 8:43:15 PM