Hi there! I'm Amy Mercury...
And I'm passionate about CranioSacral Therapy and it’s ability to transform lives! CST liberated me from years of painful, debilitating migraines, and has healed many a trauma in my three lacrosse, hockey and football-playing sons. In nearly 15 years of private practice I’ve helped hundreds of people ditch their (mental, emotional & physical) pain and re-claim their highest health and wellness. I blend my CST expertise with my deep knowledge of the human psyche and my real-time, lifetime experience of consciousness exploration. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, my practice currently focuses on recovery from concussions and post/prolonged-concussion syndrome (and other tbi's), though it also addresses the following conditions:
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CranioSacral Therapy
CranioSacral Therapy (CST) is a gentle, hands-on modality that releases tensions deep in the body to relieve pain and dysfunction and improve overall health. CST is often used as a preventive health measure for its ability to bolster resistance to disease, and it's effective for a wide range of medical issues associated with pain and dysfunction.
Few structures have as much influence over the body's ability to function properly as the brain and spinal cord that make up the central nervous system. The central nervous system is heavily influenced by the craniosacral system - the membranes and fluid that surround, protect and nourish the brain and spinal cord.
Every day the body endures stresses and strains that it must expend energy to compensate for. Unfortunately, these changes often cause body tissues to tighten and distort the craniosacral system. These distortions can then cause tension to form around the brain and spinal cord, resulting in restrictions, potentially creating a barrier to optimal function of the nervous system, as well as any other system it interacts with.
But no worries! Such restrictions can be detected and corrected. With a light touch, I use my hands to evaluate the craniosacral system by gently feeling various locations of the body to test for the ease of motion and rhythm of the cerebrospinal fluid pulsing around the brain and spinal cord. Soft-touch techniques are then used to release restrictions in any tissues influencing the craniosacral system.
By regulating the environment around the brain and spinal cord and enhancing the body's ability to self-correct, CranioSacral Therapy is able to alleviate a wide variety of dysfunctions.
Few structures have as much influence over the body's ability to function properly as the brain and spinal cord that make up the central nervous system. The central nervous system is heavily influenced by the craniosacral system - the membranes and fluid that surround, protect and nourish the brain and spinal cord.
Every day the body endures stresses and strains that it must expend energy to compensate for. Unfortunately, these changes often cause body tissues to tighten and distort the craniosacral system. These distortions can then cause tension to form around the brain and spinal cord, resulting in restrictions, potentially creating a barrier to optimal function of the nervous system, as well as any other system it interacts with.
But no worries! Such restrictions can be detected and corrected. With a light touch, I use my hands to evaluate the craniosacral system by gently feeling various locations of the body to test for the ease of motion and rhythm of the cerebrospinal fluid pulsing around the brain and spinal cord. Soft-touch techniques are then used to release restrictions in any tissues influencing the craniosacral system.
By regulating the environment around the brain and spinal cord and enhancing the body's ability to self-correct, CranioSacral Therapy is able to alleviate a wide variety of dysfunctions.
SomatoEmotional Release
Even when light-touch CranioSacral Therapy relieves tensions in the body tissues after an accident or injury, it’s often necessary to release the trapped emotional energy to fully discharge the trauma and restore the body to good health. In those cases, it's not uncommon to spontaneously experience a SomatoEmotional Release® during the session. SomatoEmotional Release (SER) is based on university research conducted in the 1970s by osteopathic physician John E. Upledger and biophysicist Zvi Karni. Their clinical studies led to the discovery that the body frequently retains the emotional imprint of physical trauma, especially of intense feelings. These emotional imprints often get deposited in the body, creating areas called “energy cysts.” The body can adapt to energy cysts – those walled-off areas of emotion. But as we take on more stress from the daily bumps and bruises of life, the body can reach a tipping point and lose its ability to accommodate for the energy cysts. That’s when uncomfortable symptoms and dysfunctions can become difficult to suppress or ignore.
I provide a safe environment for my clients to get in touch with these long-held emotions and allow them to move out of the body. I often offer simple guided-visualization exercises that allow the release of emotions without the need to analyze or understand them. With the release of negative emotions, my clients often feel lighter, joyful, and more relaxed.
I provide a safe environment for my clients to get in touch with these long-held emotions and allow them to move out of the body. I often offer simple guided-visualization exercises that allow the release of emotions without the need to analyze or understand them. With the release of negative emotions, my clients often feel lighter, joyful, and more relaxed.
Concussions and CST
Concussions are currently epidemic amongst athletes at any performance level, particularly in the arena of football, soccer, hockey and lacrosse. Many people who suffer from a concussion find themselves with lingering symptoms that can last for weeks to years, a condition now termed "post-concussion syndrome, or prolonged concussion syndrome." There is a growing body of scientific evidence supporting the benefits of CST for alleviating head and neck pain, brain fog, dizziness, and other symptoms. Below are some links attesting to this research, as well as some helpful and supportive information regarding concussions in general.
An Introduction to Sports Concussions from the American Academy of Neurology
Fall Sports: Concussions and the role of CranioSacral Therapy
Pro Football Players Testify to CranioSacral Therapy's Ability to Address Concussion and CTE
CranioSacral Therapy, Brain Injury and Amercian Football: Time for a Convergence
Fall Sports: Concussions and the role of CranioSacral Therapy
Pro Football Players Testify to CranioSacral Therapy's Ability to Address Concussion and CTE
CranioSacral Therapy, Brain Injury and Amercian Football: Time for a Convergence
Sessions
Office sessions: 60/90 minutes $140/$210
Remote sessions: 60 minutes $130/$195
Remote sessions: 60 minutes $130/$195
Feedback
"Amy is a very gifted Craniosacral Therapist. She is fluent in bodywork and highly connected to her client.
Her sessions are both deeply relaxing and healing." - Kirsten, Barrington, RI
Her sessions are both deeply relaxing and healing." - Kirsten, Barrington, RI
"Amy is a highly insightful spiritual and life guide. I saw her for a CranioSacral session and she helped me stabilize my emotions. Any conversation with her results in wisdom. She helps you find the answer that's inside you, waiting to come
to the surface." - Eric, Cambridge, MA
to the surface." - Eric, Cambridge, MA
"Amy has given me Craniosacral Therapy on and off for eight years. Her gifted hands have helped me immensely to deal with fibromyalgia, to heal a very old tailbone injury from a horseback-riding fall and to alleviate neck and jaw problems. I'm very particular about who touches me; Amy is a powerful and powerfully kind woman who guides her healing energy to work with my own. Her work is a gift." - Denise, Chelsea, MA
"I feel very grateful to have found Amy and recommend her highly for her Craniosacral work. She is fantastic! I took my newborn son to see her and it has been a really positive experience. Amy’s commitment to her work and her skill were evident in her interactions with my son. He was always calm, happy, and curious at the sessions. I don’t remember him crying once. After each session he was calm, slept well, and I feel that we have made great progress with the treatments, progress that otherwise would not have been possible. The treatments I had myself always left me feeling relaxed and rejuvenated. We traveled an hour each way to see Amy, because of how good she is." - Paulina, Framingham, MA
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