Tamura Method
Energetic Attachment Bodywork
This method is focused on attachment repair. Together, we are discovering contracting or collapsing attachment patterns in real time and simultaneously give the body and inner child a new experience of grounding and connection.
The method combines both touch and energy work. To make a connection with the inner child, the touch itself must be nourishing and grounded. During the session, I am consciously connecting to grounding earth energy and being the bridge for this energy to flow towards your inner child. In a sense, acting as a bridge that helps foster attachment between the client and the earth.
The first session is 80 minutes and includes going over the method and some childhood history, followed by experiencing the method itself. All subsequent sessions are 60 minutes.
This work invokes both energetic attachment pattern awareness and attachment & nervous system repair:
The work in very quickly informative. 1-3 sessions can provide a high level of awareness into very subtle attachment patterns, with awareness comes more choice.
Nervous system healing itself is more gradual – each positive experience in this work contributes to strengthening the inner child. I personally experience clear attachment system shifts after receiving this work for 3 months. Time needed for attachment repair will vary from person to person.
The Arc of a Session
We begin each session with a check in. How has your inner child been present today, or recently?
We go over the pattern for 5-10 minutes and then proceed by getting on the table. From here the priority is coming into connection with each other. Your inner adult, your inner child, and I as practitioner are present as part of a collaborative triad. Once connection is established, the bodywork can continue by helping support blocked areas in the body such as the neck and shoulders, sacrum, and accessing a deeper breath.
With each session you will learn more about the subtle ways your inner child and attachment system shows up in real time, and I will help guide us towards the pathway of connection and regulation as the energetic patterns show up in real time.
Four Key Concepts to the Tamura Method
First: The core of the Tamura Method is the concept that within us there are two selves: the Adult-self and the Child-self. Each of these selves perceive and interact with the world quite differently; the adult is logical and rational, while the Child-self holds our core wound. This wounded Child-self resides in the adult’s unconscious, and it is hyper-sensitive to any interaction that triggers the pain of their core wounding. When activated, the Child-self emerges and takes control from the Adult-self, and we behave like the hurt, angry child we carry within us. The Tamura Method is a process for learning the genesis of our core wound, understanding its impact, and healing the wounded Child-self by teaching our Adult-self to love and accept both themselves and their Child-self unconditionally.
Second: The Tamura Method uses energetic touch to make a direct, tangible connection to the wounded Child-self in real-time. This felt connection is what makes the Tamura Method so effective. Instead of accessing the wounded child through the memories of the adult, it is possible to do healing work directly where the wounding is located: within the child-self. When guided by a trained practitioner, this powerful, visceral experience of the wounded Child-self demonstrates to the client the existence of their wounded child, as well as the healing potential of the concept of the two selves.
Third: A Tamura Method practitioner is able to directly access the Child-self by using energetic touch to heighten sensory awareness and tap into body memory, imagery, and emotions. When activating the body’s systems, the practitioner is able to sidestep the adult’s intellectualization. By doing so, the practitioner is able to initiate a direct connection with the wounded child-self and facilitate the deep sense of connection and trust required to access and heal the child’s core wound.
Fourth: Separation of the two selves is the final element of the Tamura Method’s healing process. In order to build a healing relationship between the Adult-self and their wounded child, the two must separate. When the adult and wounded child are entwined, it is too difficult for the adult to discern when their child is activated and in control of their thoughts and actions. Separation helps the client see that their current dysfunctional patterns of behavior are created from the core wounds of their childhood, and not from some intrinsic defect of character. By separating from the Child-self, the client is able to create enough space to tolerate their wounded child’s painful feelings that would otherwise be overwhelming and unbearable. It enables the client to understand how a child naturally looks outside itself to get the love and healing they crave. Using the Tamura Method of separation, the client is at last able to reunite their Adult-self with their wounded child in the role of its protector, nurturer and guide.