Carlos Jalon ABC

Awakening Bodily Consciousness describes the intention and effect of Carlos’ system of body work. Often clients arrive ‘numbed out’ physically and emotionally as a result of accumulated daily stresses or deeper-seated issues which remain as ‘armour’, tensions and blocks held in the body.

The treatment works deeply throughthe joints and stimulates the movement of lymph through the body’s drainage system, clearing the blockages and build-up of toxins which are the by-products of cellular function. The main areas for lymph drainage are the nodal regions in the neck, armpits, belly and groin. The massage movements follow through to the head, the nape of the neck and the jaw (which holds a lot of tension and unexpressed emotion) and down the arms and legs to the hands and feet.

Carlos’ training in acupuncture and Five Element Theory and his many years of witnessing clients’ emotional releases have made him aware of the psycho-somatic and emotional connection between the clearing of lymphatic congestion and the meridians associated with specific organs which correlate to various emotional states. In Chinese Medicine it is understood that emotional releases have correspondences with the discharge of toxins from the associated organ, for example, anger and aggression relates to the liver and gall bladder.

ABC is not intended to be merely a relaxing massage. It is a deep holistic treatment, capable of facilitating the release of emotional content that the body has been holding subliminally, sometimes for many years, although such releases occur in the client’s own time and are never forced. Carlos uses breath work and guided visualisations to help clients to move comfortably and safely through blockages, resistance and pain. He treats adults of both sexes and all ages but finds that women in particular quickly feel safe to express and release emotional blocks along with the physical ones.

About Carlos

Carlos has been practising and teaching since 1985. He trained in England and India in a wide variety of massage techniques and body therapies, while undergoing his own development through Kriya and Hatha yoga, Kabbalah, metaphysics and rock climbing. He also trained in Chavutti Thirumal, a powerful system of massage by foot. He now treats using his hands and feet, with or without oils. Clients can be dressed or undressed depending on the nature of the treatment or what is comfortable for the client.

Following his interest in human energy systems he qualified in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, and has developed a comprehensive multi-layered approach to the release of blocks and stresses throughout the body, incorporating the essences of Western and Eastern techniques. His personal experience of releasing his own pains and somatic blocks is central to his ability to ‘read’ the body and retune its energetic systems.

Carlos’ work combines the integrated essences of all that he has studied, experienced, and developed through his healing work. He is intuitively responsive to the needs of the client and works at the level most appropriate. A treatment may be simply a deeply restorative massage, or an insight into habitual patterns. When trust and safety have developed, physical clearing and alignment may be accompanied by profound emotional releases, restoring integration, vitality, and joy.