Gina DeBernardo

Men’s Work

(for those who identify as men)


One of my gifts is to help men connect to their bodies, hearts, souls and intuition through Biodynamic Cranial Touch, Massage, Sacred Anointment, Embodiment practices and Shamanic healing. My work is compassionate and honors the body from an authentic, non-judgmental space without agenda.

I am very passionate about working with men who are truly committed to growth and healing. I have found some men grow up finding it hard to talk openly and honestly about their true feelings. Being tender or vulnerable is sometimes perceived as insecurity or weakness. My work helps men connect deeply inside themselves, focusing their attention on their bodies rather than their minds, so that they begin to feel sensations and emotions within themselves and begin to trust their intuition. By learning how to listen to their bodies, men are then connected to their true source of wisdom and guidance.

I feel that men, like women, carry shame in their bodies around feeling pleasure. Whatever your story, I ask that you allow yourself to feel it all -- the pleasure, the intensity, the pain -- and trust that it is all part of your healing, which will eventually bring you to the ecstatic experience of knowing your Body As Love.


I Empower Men by…

Building confidence

Helping them soften into their sensual nature

Becoming aware of and reconnecting to their breath

Shifting awareness from the mind into the body

Learning to trust their intuition

Relaxing their inner critic

Becoming more self aware

Providing a safe nurturing environment

Promoting self- esteem

Helping with physical symptoms in the body

Working with heartbreak

Helping with shame around sexuality and body image

Learning to honor themselves and their feelings 

Working with deep mother wounding

Helping with numbness in the body

Overcoming shyness

 
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 Testimonials:

“Gina helped me in a time when I was suffering and out of balance.  Her patient presence created a container for emotional release.  It is rare that I cry from emotion and the space she held for me allowed me to drop into my vulnerability.  She guided me back to accessing my power.  Gina has a unique mix of warm, electric hands, a high quality touch, and extensive knowledge base about the subtle body and nervous system, and a spiritual connection to the unseen.  She is a high level practitioner and I highly recommend working with her.” — Mac Murphy, Practitioner of human transformation, fourth generation steward of the Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA.

“Describing how great her sessions are is difficult but, I’ll give it a try. The work Gina offers is transcendent, rejuvenating, enlightening, blissful. Gina is one in a billion and the work she does with the energy she harnesses is not one to be missed if you have the opportunity to work with her.  Gina has a contrasting focus and ease that enables her to do mind blowing and cellular healing work at an incredible level of mastery.  This talent and experience, combined with a strong soul and a beautiful heart, allowed Gina to help me like no other practitioner ever has.” —David F.  Political Activist.