Bodywork


Brian has been practicing bodywork for many years. He has completed a 3-year masters level program in Biodynamic Craniosacral, and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Transpersonal Psychology from Prescott College. He graduated from ASIS Massage School in Cottonwood, AZ, where he also became certified in Thai massage.


For seven years, Brian has been thoroughly studying the effects of trauma on the mind and body and has had much success assisting clients to resolve the effects of trauma from abuse, accidents, and sudden life changes.


Brian is currently completing a Ph.D. in Somatic Psychology from the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute for his work in creating the Four-Step Healing System.  Sessions are either 11/2 or 3 hours long. Doing longer sessions creates the time and space for integration to occur.  It takes most people almost an hour to deeply relax their nervous system.  Once that is achieved, there is plenty of time to stay in a relaxed state and gain the clarity and healing that it provides for the mind and body.

Biodynamic Craniosacral
Is a non-cathartic, gentle touch therapy to alleviate stress and trauma from one’s nervous system.  When the nervous system comes into a deep state of relaxation, the mind slows down and greater mental clarity is achieved and the body can come back into a relationship with the health that is always present, but becomes suppressed when too much stress or injury is present.  It works with many types of head, neck, spinal or sacral injuries, TMJ, nervous system disorders, circulation problems, or any type of emotional, mental, or physical stress or overwhelm.  Sessions can be either 90 minutes or three hours.  Some sessions can have somatic or archetypal dialoguing.
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Deep Tissue / Thai Massage
This work is done on a regular massage table and incorporates the best of deep tissue, sports massage, and Thai massage with strong and sensitive hands.  It is an engaging massage session, which is great for sore or tired muscles.  The session combines both assisting stretching and deep massage at the same time.  This can better expose certain muscles, or it can assist in stretching and using muscles that are not normally exercised.  A session will cover almost every muscle in the body.  This is a great session for athletes or people who enjoy yoga.  This massage is both therapeutic and enjoyable.  Sessions usually last 90 minutes.

Combination Biodynamic Craniosacral and Deep Tissue/Thai
This is an integrative session with both Craniosacral and Deep Tissue/Thai Massage.  This session will both take stress out of the nervous system and the muscular system.  These sessions usually last three hours. 

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Trauma Recovery

For seven years, Brian has been thoroughly studying the effects of trauma on the mind and body and has had much success assisting clients to resolve the effects of trauma from abuse, accidents, and sudden life changes.  He assists clients with the emotional aspects of accepting new changes in life.  Brian is able to do physical body work to assist in recovery.  Finally, Brian will, at times, explore the relationship of trust one has with their life and sense of their creator.

He has many skills in being able to hold a strong space with no agendas, while keeping a state of loving compassion for his client.  He is excellent with slowing down a process, while not suppressing the experience.  This creates a better chance to regain ones center, which is what was missing during the moment of the original trauma. 

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Four-Step Healing System
A New Systems Approach to Resolving Inner-Stress and Trauma By Healing Archetypal Splits and Re-establishing Collective Unity.  This is the coming together of Transpersonal, Somatic, and Jungian Psychology, with Craniosacral Therapy. For more information visit the Four-Step Healing System page on this site.

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Contact : contact@brianmalis.com   •  Cell Phone (520) 631-8162   •   Home Office (520) 622-2842