"Paul Wellin is an Integrative Practitioner, with a CA-State Massage License, a Masters Degree in Psychology, Certified in Chi Gong exercise, an Apprenticed Yoga Teacher, plus a Health Coach, and Educator. He has created an integrative healing modality called the Life-Force Treatment.©  
 
What Is Integrative Health?:
     Integrative focuses on holistic mind-body-spirit treatments. As an example, if you have back pain, it may be caused by injury, by stress and emotions, by environmental factors (workplace ergonomics), or from nutritional causes. Each person’s symptoms are unique for them. Paul’s integrative approach finds out about the relationship between your bodily symptoms, your emotional patterns, and the way your mind works. How does your brain process information…like stress resulting from a challenging job? How are your emotions affecting your body and physiology…such as constant worry overworking your adrenal glands?  Do we have lessons to learn from our past?  What kinds of choices do we need to make which will determine our healthy future? 
     To help us to understand how this might work, Paul provided an excerpt one of his sessions. (Note-names and identifying info has been changed to protect client confidentiality):
     Kerri’s chronic neck and back tension.  “Kerri was a physical therapist who came to my office complaining of chronic neck and back tension. As I was stretching her back, I noticed low back stiffness, emanating from her right hip. The stretching helped her hip, but her low back held onto its tension. I looked for her solution in a different way. I observed that Kerri’s immune system seemed depleted, as if she was functioning in life, yet lacking vitality, with no color in her cheeks. Her body energy seemed repressed, as if she was constantly frustrated. So, I asked Kerri: “What is your biggest frustration in life? She said she went through a breakup with a guy over a year ago, and she is frustrated that she can’t shake the regret after all this time. Further questioning revealed that she was dumped by her ex-boyfriend. She felt guarded, and down on herself because of the rejection and breakup. The message from her life force was to help her back relax the stiffness, and at the same time, help her see that her body was trying to protect her from the sting of her breakup.”
     Paul’s integrative approach treats pain, stress, body tension, emotional blocks, and energy imbalances.  If you’re interested in learning more about Paul's Life-Force Treatment, click here."

                                            Authored by:  Katie Snyder