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Spinal Energetics is a gentle, somatic healing modality that works with the spine, nervous system, and energy field to release stored tension and trauma in the body.
At Inner Brilliance Wellbeing, I offer Spinal Energetics sessions in Melbourne and the Dandenong Ranges, supporting clients experiencing stress, emotional overwhelm, trauma, and nervous system dysregulation.
What if you are more than a physical body with symptoms to fix?
What if the tensions you carry are actually old stories your body is ready to release?
In spinal energetics we understand that we are each sacred beings - larger and more expansive than our physical bodies, and larger and more expansive than our thoughts, mind, emotions, identity and current perspectives. As we work together with spinal energetics old patterns begin to shift, become fluid and transform, as we work directly with your innate intelligence.
Have you ever wondered what force within you guides, powers and manoeuvres cells and tissues when a wound begins to heal?
This life force is within all of us. This life force knows exactly how to heal in the most loving and peaceful way possible.
Rooted deep within timeless eastern philosophies, western chiropractic thinking, and contemporary understanding of the human body, spinal energetics approaches health and wellness from an entirely new angle.
Your body knows it all. It’s been there. It’s been there with you since before you were born.
Loving you.
Supporting you.
Holding you.
And your body remembers it all – All the hurts, all the pain, all the grief, the rage, the shame.
The time your grandfather said you’d never be as smart as your brother
The moment you watched your best friend get hurt and you felt powerless,
The humiliation of forgetting your sister’s birthday
These memories leave imprints. They create tension.
They twist the fascia, distort the tissues, and change the way your body functions.
This is called dis-ease.
When we begin to work with the flow of energy in the body, that life force can begin to unwind these patterns. We come out of contraction. We expand.
Spinal energetics is essentially somatic work. We work with the body, we work with the nervous system, encouraging and enhancing the flow of energy along the spine and out into the rest of the body.
It takes us from functional freeze, to functional flow. From hypervigilance and fight or flight to expanded relaxed states of ease, joy and freedom.
The body
Remembers
Spinal Energetics is a gentle, intuitive, somatic modality that works with the body, the breath, the spine, and the nervous system.
Using little to no touch, spinal energetics is an integrative modality that harmonizes the physical, energetic, and emotional aspects of your being by engaging the spine and the nervous system. Drawing on principles of chiropractic, somatic therapy, eastern traditions and mindful awareness, Spinal Energetics facilitates the release of tension, trauma, and blockages held in the body.
As the spine releases tension and energy begins to flow, people often experience spontaneous movement, emotional release, and a sense of lightness or freedom.
The spine is the central channel of vitality - a bridge between the body and mind, the foundation of movement, and the core of our life force. Using spinal energetics, I help my clients access deep reservoirs of healing potential, supporting a more vibrant, resilient, and connected experience of life.
Initial sessions are around an hour. Firstly, we will sit and chat a little about what has brought you in, and what you’re looking for. If you’re unclear on these points, that’s also okay too!
You’ll then lie face down on the table (shoes off), and I’ll help your nervous system settle gently into the space. I begin by assessing your body and spine, then move into the active part of the treatment.
Many people are surprised to learn that music is a large part of the spinal energetics modality. I use sound to engage your senses and support the formation of new neural pathways.
Clients often report sensations of warmth, tingling, or gentle waves moving through their bodies. Emotional releases, spontaneous movements, or deep relaxation are also common. Each session is unique, responding to your body’s needs and inner guidance in the moment.
After the active treatment there will be some time to lie and integrate the new energies, allowing your nervous system and physiology to unwind, adapt and change in accordance with your body’s innate intelligence. There will be an opportunity to sit and chat about your experience, should you feel like doing so. Sometimes, though, there are no words!
What is Spinal Energetics?
Your first session
Who is Spinal Energetics for?
Many clience report:
Physical ease
Spiritual alignment
• Reduced pain and tension
• Improved sleep
• Hormonal balance
• Enhanced immune function
• A deeper connection to self
• Insights into life purpose
• New perspectives on old patterns
Emotional release
• Release of trauma and stored emotion
• Expanded window of tolerance
• Greater calm, clarity, and joy
Spinal Energetics may support people experiencing
• chronic stress
• emotional overwhelm
• trauma and stored tension
• burnout
• anxiety
• feeling disconnected from the body
• chronic pain or tightness
• nervous system dysregulation
FAQs
About Spinal Energetics
What is Spinal Energetics?
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Spinal Energetics is a somatic modality that works with the body’s innate intelligence to gently unwind stored tension patterns. As we move through life, our nervous systems are constantly responding to our experiences. Sometimes, those experiences are more than the system can process or integrate. When this happens, the body does something deeply intelligent — it protects. Over time, these protective responses can become stored as tension patterns within the body. Spinal Energetics works with the spine and nervous system to create a sense of safety, allowing these patterns to gradually unwind and restore greater ease and flow.
What is the Innate Intelligence?
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Spinal Energetics is a somatic modality that works with the body’s innate intelligence to gently unwind stored tension patterns. As we move through life, our nervous systems are constantly responding to our experiences. Sometimes, those experiences are more than the system can process or integrate. When this happens, the body does something deeply intelligent — it protects. Over time, these protective responses can become stored as tension patterns within the body. Spinal Energetics works with the spine and nervous system to create a sense of safety, allowing these patterns to gradually unwind and restore greater ease and flow.
Is Spinal Energetics like Reiki?
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Like Reiki, Spinal Energetics works with the body using little to no touch, works with energy as opposed to physical manipulation, and much of the session is done in the bioelectric field emanating from and permeating the body. The two modalities feel very different though and are two completely different experiences. Reiki involves the practitioner acting as a type of conduit through which healing energy flows to the client. The client is in a receptive state and the experience is often deeply grounding and relaxing. Whilst Spinal Energetics can also be deeply grounding and relaxing, and can involve elements of deep stillness and connection, the modality is more of an active, dynamic interplay between client and practitioner. Rather than energy being transmitted or flowed to the client, the practitioner works purely with the client’s own energetic field and innate intelligence. The body tells the practitioner where and how the energy is flowing, and the practitioner responds accordingly. In this way, even whilst the client may be experiencing a relaxed state, he or she may experience the impulse to move, twitch, shake, sigh, cry, moan, laugh as the energy moves throughout the body. Carli has been attuned to Reiki since the age of 12, and finds that it often flows through her during her Spinal Energetics sessions, when it is appropriate for the client. If you are looking for energy healing in Melbourne and the Dandenong Ranges, you may find Carli’s dedicated and considered approach to be a good fit. Bookings can be made here.
Can Spinal Energetics help with anxiety or trauma?
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Spinal Energetics is typically not recommended for people in the early, acute stages of trauma, or who are suffering extreme anxiety or C/PTSD, spiritual or psychiatric emergency. However, where there is more stability in the nervous system, people who have experienced trauma may feel greater levels of safety and ease with careful and attentive Spinal Energetics treatment. Please reach out here if you are unsure if Spinal Energetics is right for you. Homeopathy may be a better fit for some people, at least initially. You can read more about homeopathy here.
Your Session
What happens in a Spinal Energetics session?
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During your first session we’ll talk a little about Spinal Energetics, what to expect, what’s going on for you in your life right now and why you’re here. Afterwards you’ll lay comfortably on the table and I will perform the physical assessments and commence the treatment. Music will be incorporated into the sessions, as will the breath and other somatic techniques. I may make sounds, clicks, humms and other noises to facilitate the session. At the end you will have sometime to integrate and if needed, an opportunity to talk through and debrief your experience. I will talk to you a little bit about after care, and spacing for your next session, before we finish up.
Do I have to remove any clothing for a Spinal Energetics session?
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No. Spinal Energetics sessions are fully clothed. You will be required to remove your shoes so that you are comfortable, and so that the physical assessments can be performed accurately.
Will I move in my Spinal Energetics session?
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During Spinal Energetics sessions some clients feel the need to move, stretch and even shake throughout the treatment. All these expressions are welcome and are part of the treatment. As the nervous system begins to recalibrate and tension patterns unwind, this kind of movement can be a natural result. However, movement is not the point. Connection is. Some people move straight away. Some people only feel movement in their 3rd, 4th or 5th session. Some people never experience physical movement, but have an experience which is just as deep and profound. A more effective measure of Spinal Energetics is how connected you feel to yourself, to the world, to the people around you as you integrate the experience, and what changes you feel you experience over time, in your responses and approach to life, life’s situations and circumstances, and changes to the physical body.
How many Spinal Energetics sessions will I need?
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This really depends on each person’s unique response to the Spinal Energetics work, what their goals are, their depth of awareness, individual sensitivity and physiological receptivity. The first 2–3 sessions are often about building trust, creating safety in the nervous system, and establishing a connection between client and practitioner. From there, deeper patterns may begin to unwind. 5-6 sessions is a recommended guideline. Many people choose to then keep going with the sessions or may spend time integrating the results they have achieved and come back when they are ready to take the next step again. There is no right or wrong way, just what is best for you. Generous packages are offered of 5 or more sessions when booked together. Have a look at our bookings page here.
Safety and Practicalities
How often should I book my sessions?
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How frequently sessions should be had can vary widely from person to person. Sometimes sessions closer together can help integrate big shifts experienced in previous sessions. Other times it is best to allow time to fully integrate past experiences before beginning a new session. We never want to overload the nervous system, nor force a change that overwhelms the individual’s capacity to integrate. It is usually best to discuss the spacing of your sessions during your first Spinal Energetics treatment. Typically, it is recommend sessions every 2 weeks, allowing room to adjust this spacing as needed.
Is Spinal Energetics safe?
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Spinal energetics is generally considered low risk. However, there are some contraindications and Spinal Energetics may not be suitable for everyone. Please get in touch with me here to discuss your suitability for Spinal Energetics if you have cardiovascular disease, severe respiratory illness, severe mental illness, chronic injuries to the spine, over the age of 70, epilepsy or seizures, any condition which impairs your ability to engage in activities involving intense physical or emotional release, are taking a large number of medications, or have been hospitalised for a psychiatric condition.
Can my child receive Spinal Energetics?
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Generally children are not treated with Spinal Energetics until they are over the age of 12. Children, even over the age of 12, are heavily influenced by their home life, environment and life situation. They do not yet have a fully developed ability to have critical thinking skills, to analyse, or even a full perception of themselves as a distinct entity with a distinct will individual to that of their parents and caregivers. Because children absorb so much of what is going on around them, the best way to treat a child is often for the parents to receive the work themselves. When parents grow and heal, the natural consequence of that is a healing of their children too. From a personal perspective Carli has been on an incredible journey with her own children. Carli can most definitely speak to the profound healing available to children, families, and household relationships when parents are able to grow and heal alongside their children.
Ready to experience Spinal Energetics?
I’d love to support you on your healing journey!
Curious? Get in touch here to explore your suitability for spinal energetics.
