CENTERSPACE
Coming Into Balance
RELEASE & RESOLVE...STRESS & TRAUMATIC ANXIETY
Testimonials From One On One Sessions With Rik... 
"This work, of all the forms I've experienced, has given me the most profound results. The thing I love about it, is that what comes up in the sessions is not what I "think" I'm going to work on - but what my body/spirit "need" to work on. Besides the insights, healing, and uplifting experiences...the work provides me with tools and methods for maintaining balance and grounding in my daily life.
Rik is a Master Coach! His skill, centeredness, and knowingness safely lead me through the process, as areas of stress & trauma are revealed, released and healed….DR
I began working with Rik after a very difficult year in which my boyfriend of two years left me; my business which I was so passionate about, failed; I had to go back to a line of work that I swore I would never go back to; and I had debt that needed to be paid off from the business. When I walked into my first session with Rik I had the total and complete feeling of hopelessness. I felt like the weight of the world was on my shoulders, very overwhelmed and with very little hope of my future.
The techniques and the one on one coaching that Rik provided totally Rocked My World. The individual coaching and counseling and the compassion as well as the attention Rik provided, ended up totally turning me around. Within a very short time of learning his techniques, the weight of the world was gone, hopelessness gone and now I am very excited about the future.
Also, that business that failed…It is revived and coming back...MM
Working with Rik has transformed me into a different man. I now know myself as a powerful being that is in charge of his life and this power within has given me the courage to totally embrace this life. We have been working directly with the stored past in my body and the negative behavior patterns that were formed, in-order for me to create a sense of safety within myself.
Rik is helping me heal from very early childhood physical, sexual and spiritual trauma. My inner felt perception has changed from fearful to joyful/curiosity and I am now able to hold difficult energies with more ease. When I would have strong fear, it became difficult for my mind to accept it as just that. I found that my thinking mind will use information from past experiences, horror movies, stories from other people etc, to create a thought that makes sense to the minds view of the world. I'd typically do this so I could provide myself with a sense that "I am OK". Rik has helped put me in touch with my true nature, including my true unshakable inner strength!
I have learned new tools that help me be effective and fulfilled in my work and personal life. My own felt experience is my highest truth. I can feel myself as a child of God and live this life with more freedom than ever before…AM
Hi, Rik ~That was a GREAT, important session yesterday. I am feeling a greater space of compassion for this human experience with the body and life. Feeling empowered at times and have an underlying sense of being grounded and feeling stabilized...Amazing!
I'm learning a new skill and being able to apply it immediately, after such great guidance yesterday with you.
Thank you for being a fantastic support with this mode of working with what you do…CF
I got a lot out of our work on Saturday. I'm still getting a lot out of it, using the model of what we did to continue now on my own back here in Sacramento. I'm still just getting the hang of making space in my body to hold the sensations, allowing that to happen. I like it. Letting my body feel and do what it wants to feel and do, or not. I feel more space inside me, slower too. I can't say what it is that's happening to me; I feel it's okay. Something's happening inside me...softening, opening, and slowing down.
I was aware today how scared I am as a baseline all the time. A "when's the world going to end?" perspective almost as soon as I wake up. I saw that today. That's major. Understanding chronic symptom generation and the accompanying constellations of behavior is both an eye-opener and relief in itself. Knowledge of what is happening to me‚ is hope-generating;
The Trees of Trauma have been growing, springing up more and more as I have gotten older. I have watched them grow, taking note of their place of origin and the circumstances surrounding their first appearance. I have felt their roots spreading under the surface of my awareness and infiltrating my personality and my psyche.
This is the work I have been seeking, searching for my whole life. Bless you…JM
Thank you for your wonderful session last Friday. Since the Breathwork, bodywork and awareness coaching, I had some breakthroughs during the session - linking the left side of my body to being hit on the head by a male figure, compensating with my right side to be more detached from people, and not feeling empowered to speak up or do for myself.
After the session, I had some openings in my life with men. I came clean with my ex-boyfriend and my co-worker about how I've been making them wrong for their actions so I could avoid my own responsibilities. I made their actions to mean that they did not value me, realizing I have gathered a lot of anger, resentment and frustration.
Other simple miracles have happened and I credit all these miracles to releasing energy I had previously focused on harboring resentment towards men, investing in my own victim hood of being slighted or devalued. Freeing my energies up to focus on what I really want has brought me a lot more ease in my relationships with people.
Thank you, Rik! Bless you!…GN
I first came to Rik for cranial-sacral work to try to open up my chest and improve my singing. During our work, Rik began incorporating a Somatic Experiencing (SE) approach. Because the SE work has been traditionally tied to trauma healing, and because I hadn't suffered any traumas in my life, I was skeptical that it would yield any benefits for me. At first the changes were slow and subtle. But after several months, I suddenly realized that I had developed a profoundly deeper connection with the world and understanding of myself. I became receptive to new ideas and better equipped to welcome positive changes into my life.
The timing of these changes was auspicious, as only weeks later my soul mate crossed my path. Because he did not fit the "checklist" for my future husband, I would not have let him into my life had I not developed a deeper understanding of myself. Thanks to the Somatic Healing work, my soul was ready to receive him. Two years later, we are engaged to be married and planning the rest of our lives together. Pretty powerful stuff!
Meanwhile, the Somatic Healing work inspired me to learn more for myself, so I enrolled in the Somatic Experiencing Practitioner training workshops. I've completed 2 out of the 3 years of training, and am now looking to a career change from years in Corporate America to a more productive and healing profession. This work truly has changed the course of my life…BB
This following was from a pregnant client who came to me, to see if I could help make her more comfortable in the last months of her pregnanacy...we just worked together doing Thai Massage.
Pregnancy Massage with Rik Center by Anya de Montigny
Approximately 24 weeks into my pregnancy, I had to leave my job due to intense back spasms, as a result of the baby shifting position in my uterus. I was hospitalized for a few hours to see if I was actually having back labor. The midwives prescribed a couple of muscle relaxants and sent me home, everything was okay, just needed to rest and relax and do lots of yoga!
Along with the yoga, hours of rest in bed and relaxation techniques, I scheduled a massage with Rik Center of CenterSpace.
It was to be my first experience with the amazing Thai Massage that he practices and was I ever in for a surprise. Walking in with a lot of pain in my lower back, Rik began by having me lie on padded mat on the floor. We then proceeded to go through a variety movements, techniques and releases that felt amazing. I had been having limited movement in my sacrum, hips and legs due to the back spasms. By the time we were done with the session, I stood right up and placed my hands on my belly to make sure I was still pregnant!
I felt light and free from pain in my body!
It was one of the best massages/bodywork sessions I have ever had. Since that time (I am now 37 weeks pregnant) I have been completely pain free in my lower back. I’m having a natural childbirth and it means so much to me to simply focus on getting through the labor without the added pain in my body.
3/27/2004
A few days ago I had my second session with Rik. The first session, I lay on my back for most of the time while he gently moved my legs and arms to facilitate stretching and release. This time, as I am much farther along, we did less with me on my back and a little more side and sitting work.
I felt completely taken care of when asked, "Is this too much?
Let me know if you are feeling any discomfort".
Once again I left feeling connected to my body, a little lighter in my step and refreshed.
Thanks again for everything,
Anya
Our beautiful baby boy, Narian was born on Sunday, March 30th, 2003 at 9:36am. He is exquisite. It was the most amazing natural childbirth.
Thank you for helping make it happen exactly the way nature intended.
Love,
Anya
"This work, of all the forms I've experienced, has given me the most profound results. The thing I love about it, is that what comes up in the sessions is not what I "think" I'm going to work on - but what my body/spirit "need" to work on. Besides the insights, healing, and uplifting experiences...the work provides me with tools and methods for maintaining balance and grounding in my daily life.
Rik is a Master Coach! His skill, centeredness, and knowingness safely lead me through the process, as areas of stress & trauma are revealed, released and healed….DR
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I began working with Rik after a very difficult year in which my boyfriend of two years left me; my business which I was so passionate about, failed; I had to go back to a line of work that I swore I would never go back to; and I had debt that needed to be paid off from the business. When I walked into my first session with Rik I had the total and complete feeling of hopelessness. I felt like the weight of the world was on my shoulders, very overwhelmed and with very little hope of my future.
The techniques and the one on one coaching that Rik provided totally Rocked My World. The individual coaching and counseling and the compassion as well as the attention Rik provided, ended up totally turning me around. Within a very short time of learning his techniques, the weight of the world was gone, hopelessness gone and now I am very excited about the future.
Also, that business that failed…It is revived and coming back...MM
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Working with Rik has transformed me into a different man. I now know myself as a powerful being that is in charge of his life and this power within has given me the courage to totally embrace this life. We have been working directly with the stored past in my body and the negative behavior patterns that were formed, in-order for me to create a sense of safety within myself.
Rik is helping me heal from very early childhood physical, sexual and spiritual trauma. My inner felt perception has changed from fearful to joyful/curiosity and I am now able to hold difficult energies with more ease. When I would have strong fear, it became difficult for my mind to accept it as just that. I found that my thinking mind will use information from past experiences, horror movies, stories from other people etc, to create a thought that makes sense to the minds view of the world. I'd typically do this so I could provide myself with a sense that "I am OK". Rik has helped put me in touch with my true nature, including my true unshakable inner strength!
I have learned new tools that help me be effective and fulfilled in my work and personal life. My own felt experience is my highest truth. I can feel myself as a child of God and live this life with more freedom than ever before…AM
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Hi, Rik ~That was a GREAT, important session yesterday. I am feeling a greater space of compassion for this human experience with the body and life. Feeling empowered at times and have an underlying sense of being grounded and feeling stabilized...Amazing!
I'm learning a new skill and being able to apply it immediately, after such great guidance yesterday with you.
Thank you for being a fantastic support with this mode of working with what you do…CF
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I got a lot out of our work on Saturday. I'm still getting a lot out of it, using the model of what we did to continue now on my own back here in Sacramento. I'm still just getting the hang of making space in my body to hold the sensations, allowing that to happen. I like it. Letting my body feel and do what it wants to feel and do, or not. I feel more space inside me, slower too. I can't say what it is that's happening to me; I feel it's okay. Something's happening inside me...softening, opening, and slowing down.
I was aware today how scared I am as a baseline all the time. A "when's the world going to end?" perspective almost as soon as I wake up. I saw that today. That's major. Understanding chronic symptom generation and the accompanying constellations of behavior is both an eye-opener and relief in itself. Knowledge of what is happening to me‚ is hope-generating;
The Trees of Trauma have been growing, springing up more and more as I have gotten older. I have watched them grow, taking note of their place of origin and the circumstances surrounding their first appearance. I have felt their roots spreading under the surface of my awareness and infiltrating my personality and my psyche.
This is the work I have been seeking, searching for my whole life. Bless you…JM
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Hi, Rik -Thank you for your wonderful session last Friday. Since the Breathwork, bodywork and awareness coaching, I had some breakthroughs during the session - linking the left side of my body to being hit on the head by a male figure, compensating with my right side to be more detached from people, and not feeling empowered to speak up or do for myself.
After the session, I had some openings in my life with men. I came clean with my ex-boyfriend and my co-worker about how I've been making them wrong for their actions so I could avoid my own responsibilities. I made their actions to mean that they did not value me, realizing I have gathered a lot of anger, resentment and frustration.
Other simple miracles have happened and I credit all these miracles to releasing energy I had previously focused on harboring resentment towards men, investing in my own victim hood of being slighted or devalued. Freeing my energies up to focus on what I really want has brought me a lot more ease in my relationships with people.
Thank you, Rik! Bless you!…GN
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I first came to Rik for cranial-sacral work to try to open up my chest and improve my singing. During our work, Rik began incorporating a Somatic Experiencing (SE) approach. Because the SE work has been traditionally tied to trauma healing, and because I hadn't suffered any traumas in my life, I was skeptical that it would yield any benefits for me. At first the changes were slow and subtle. But after several months, I suddenly realized that I had developed a profoundly deeper connection with the world and understanding of myself. I became receptive to new ideas and better equipped to welcome positive changes into my life.
The timing of these changes was auspicious, as only weeks later my soul mate crossed my path. Because he did not fit the "checklist" for my future husband, I would not have let him into my life had I not developed a deeper understanding of myself. Thanks to the Somatic Healing work, my soul was ready to receive him. Two years later, we are engaged to be married and planning the rest of our lives together. Pretty powerful stuff!
Meanwhile, the Somatic Healing work inspired me to learn more for myself, so I enrolled in the Somatic Experiencing Practitioner training workshops. I've completed 2 out of the 3 years of training, and am now looking to a career change from years in Corporate America to a more productive and healing profession. This work truly has changed the course of my life…BB
This following was from a pregnant client who came to me, to see if I could help make her more comfortable in the last months of her pregnanacy...we just worked together doing Thai Massage.
Pregnancy Massage with Rik Center by Anya de Montigny
Approximately 24 weeks into my pregnancy, I had to leave my job due to intense back spasms, as a result of the baby shifting position in my uterus. I was hospitalized for a few hours to see if I was actually having back labor. The midwives prescribed a couple of muscle relaxants and sent me home, everything was okay, just needed to rest and relax and do lots of yoga!
Along with the yoga, hours of rest in bed and relaxation techniques, I scheduled a massage with Rik Center of CenterSpace.
It was to be my first experience with the amazing Thai Massage that he practices and was I ever in for a surprise. Walking in with a lot of pain in my lower back, Rik began by having me lie on padded mat on the floor. We then proceeded to go through a variety movements, techniques and releases that felt amazing. I had been having limited movement in my sacrum, hips and legs due to the back spasms. By the time we were done with the session, I stood right up and placed my hands on my belly to make sure I was still pregnant!
I felt light and free from pain in my body!
It was one of the best massages/bodywork sessions I have ever had. Since that time (I am now 37 weeks pregnant) I have been completely pain free in my lower back. I’m having a natural childbirth and it means so much to me to simply focus on getting through the labor without the added pain in my body.
3/27/2004
A few days ago I had my second session with Rik. The first session, I lay on my back for most of the time while he gently moved my legs and arms to facilitate stretching and release. This time, as I am much farther along, we did less with me on my back and a little more side and sitting work.
I felt completely taken care of when asked, "Is this too much?
Let me know if you are feeling any discomfort".
Once again I left feeling connected to my body, a little lighter in my step and refreshed.
Thanks again for everything,
Anya
Our beautiful baby boy, Narian was born on Sunday, March 30th, 2003 at 9:36am. He is exquisite. It was the most amazing natural childbirth.
Thank you for helping make it happen exactly the way nature intended.
Love,
Anya