In One Peace Project

WHO WE ARE_

Mission

Founder

About MFR

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FAQ

WHO WE ARE_ No Frame

Thousands of service men and women returning from the current conflict are suffering from symptoms of trauma and/or head injury.

We are here to help.

1801 Jentilly Lane Suite A4, Tempe AZ, 85281 | 480.968.4202 | Email: inonepeaceproject_yahoo.com

Website: www.inonepeaceproject.org

Mission

Mission

Details

Are you or a loved one returning from the War and suffering from symptoms such as anxiety, insomnia, flashbacks, headaches, a sense of not belonging, depression, appetite disturbance, memory problems, etc?

The Heart Space Holistic Healing Center is launching the In One Peace Project-- a once per month series of FREE treatment clinics for returning troops from the current War suffering from symptoms of trauma and/ or head injury.

We are highly trained therapists in the hands on therapeutic approach called Myofascial Release. We have up to 20 years experience helping clients resolve post traumatic stress, anxiety, pain and other related symptoms.

Eligibility Requirements

1. Must be a service man or woman returning from the current conflict and suffering from symptoms of post traumatic stress and/or head injury.

2. Participants must read Waking The Tiger by Peter Levine, which explains why we approach healing trauma in the ways we do (book available at the library and Changing Hands Bookstore ).

By appointment only.

Our Mission

Our mission is to help support returning service persons from the current conflict who are suffering from symptoms of trauma and/or head injury. We practice John F. Barnes Myofascial Release approach in serving those, who are serving us, to help them integrate back in to their lives as whole, healthy, vibrant persons. In one piece.

Organizations participating in the In One Peace Project will devote one day per month offering treatments using this method, free of charge to this population.

Participating Organizations:

The Heart Space (Tempe, AZ)

Therapy on the Rocks (Sedona, AZ)

JFB Paoli Treatment Center (PA)

If your organization would like to participate in this exciting project please visit theFAQ page for details. We would love to have you aboard.

Click here for participating therapists in your area ...

4535 S. Lakeshore Dr. Suite 3 Tempe AZ 85283 | 480.968.4202 | Email: inonepeaceproject_yahoo.com

Website: www.inonepeaceproject.org

Founder

Founder

Kathy Monkman, BSN, LMT

Advanced John F. Barnes Myofascial Release Therapist

Creator, In One Peace Project

Full Instructor MFR Seminars

Owner, The Heart Space
My Testimonial:Aside from 20 years of experience practicing John F. Barnes Myofascial Release in a variety of settings, including Psychiatric and Head Injury rehabilitation, my greatest qualification in developing the IOPP is my own history of anxiety recovery.My teacher John F. Barnes has told us for years "you can only take your patients as far as you've been willing to go yourself" so I am here to tell you, I went through hell and back recovering from anxiety and it was Myofascial Release that got me where I am today--fully recovered and fully alive.While a practicing Psychiatric RN and managing a busy inpatient unit in my 20's, I was stopped in my tracks with a debilitating rush of unrelenting symptoms of anxiety including massive unexpected panic attacks and multiple phobias. My world kept getting smaller and smaller and I knew I was in trouble when I was experiencing claustrophobia while walking on the beach because there were clouds in the sky "trapping me". I went to work day after day covering up my symptoms, appearing "strong", helping other psychiatric patients, managing staff people while suffering probably as severely as most patients admitted to our unit.Of course my belief system at the time was oriented to conventional ways of dealing with this so I went to the best Psychiatrist, went on medication, was hospitalized for a week at one point, went in to psychotherapy, tried hypnosis and many other modalities. Yet all I seemed to be doing was managing my day to day life around the anxiety. Functioning, but minimally and my joy in living always at bay, never knowing when I would be struck with a panic attack debilitating me, stopping me in my tracks. My world was manageable but not joyful and I was living on the periphery of life, unable to get on airplanes, at times very uncomfortable leaving my home. I was agoraphobic, claustrophobic and stuck. It was not a fun life nor a hopeful one being so young and so limited.I walked away from Psychiatry, having no idea what to do next but knowing it wasn't a paradigm I believed in anymore and landed in a head injury rehab facility which was a dream job. I loved it. Fast forward to a year later when I sat in my boss's office who presented me with an opportunity that went like this "this Barnes guy is coming to town and teaches this Myofascial Release and we looked at the staff roster and thought you'd be the best person to send to see if we need this in the program". I had studied massage on the side so thought "why not?" and went on a recon mission for the program to check it out.Well....I will say within the first hour of that Seminar I knew, without a shadow of a doubt that not only could this path heal me, truly heal me but that this was my new direction and this was my teacher. Even though I wasn't looking for a direction or a teacher! I spent a solid year practicing MFR with those head injured patients in the program and saw miracle after miracle. And I was just a novice therapist with 3 classes under my belt!Fast forward to 20 years later and I have tears in my eyes as I relate that I live a full life, have a stunningly successful MFR practice, I travel wherever I want to go, get on planes without self medicating, my vibrancy has returned fully and I don't fear the fear anymore. I attribute this fully to my healing journey with the deep holistic approach of JFB MFR. I know inside and out this approach can clear the memory within the matrix of the fascial "record keeper" and free a person from the prison of anxiety.For this reason I want to give back. And I want to serve those who are serving me. I know MFR is the "missing link" that can help you clear PTSD symptoms. From my heart and hands to you, I offer my knowing that you can recover fully.Kathy

1801 Jentilly Lane Suite A4, Tempe AZ, 85281 | 480.968.4202 | Email: inonepeaceproject_yahoo.com

Website: www.inonepeaceproject.org

About MFR

PTSD and MFR

How Myofascial Release helps with Trauma

Most people have at least heard of the term “"body memory"” or "“tissue memory"”. John F. Barnes, founder of the profound healing art Myofascial Release, believes that it is within the intricate matrix of the myofascial, or connective tissue that holds this memory. That this myofascial tissue is literally the “record keeper” of memory in the body/mind complex.

When trauma occurs, whether physical, mental, emotional or a combination of these, people respond with a flight/fight or freeze response. It is this freeze response that MFR therapists believe is what holds us back from fully and naturally healing from a traumatic event.

Peter Levine discusses this at length in his groundbreaking book “Waking the Tiger” where he compares human responses to trauma with those more instinctive and primal responses of animals in the wild.

In Levine’s research, animals, when recovering from trauma, take the time for the body and mind to recover with very natural and normal reactions such as shaking, sweating and other methods of biologically processing intense events. This is nature’s way of recalibrating the nervous system and convincing the being that it has actually survived and can go on about it’s life.

We humans however often thwart this natural process for a myriad of reasons. MFR therapists believe one of the most important aspects of healing trauma is taking the time for the body to resolve it in it’s own natural way. Often the person needs to revisit a literal position in 3 dimensional space in their body to “unlock” the traumatic event and process whatever debris was left behind—emotionally, physically or in a belief system. We use the fascial matrix as a "lever" to harness and clear these debilitating memories thus updating the past to the present. The trauma can then complete and resolve with remarkable ease once it’s shadow is released from the matrix of the fascia.

The therapist gently guides and supports the person through this process, never forcing, but listening and understanding that each person’s individual readiness is what directs the timing and ways the release occurs. What this means is no one is ever forced to go in to something their entire being isn’t prepared to release. This ignites the natural healing mechanisms built in to the system and is true healing at it’s finest.

For more information, visit www.myofascialrelease.com .

1801 Jentilly Lane Suite A4, Tempe AZ, 85281 | 480.968.4202 | Email: inonepeaceproject _yahoo.com

Website: www.inonepeaceproject.org

Affiliates

Practitioners

Nationwide Affiliates

The following qualified affiliated practitioners are participating in IOPP by offering monthly free clinics for returning Vets using John Barnes Myofascial Release Approach. Please click on the sites for additional specifics including available dates.

New Jersey

Center for Therapeutic Bodwork - Rockaway

New York

Katra Massage Therapy - Poughkeepsie

Adirondack Myofascial Release - Saratoga Springs

North Carolina

Atlantic Shores Massage Therapy - Wilmington

Oregon

Broadleaf Healing - Portland

Pennsylvania

John Barnes Paoli Treatment Center - Paoli

Tennessee

Unique Potential Network - Memphis

Vermont

Whole Body MFR - Burlington

Virginia

Body Connect PT - Arlingto n

Australia

The Dreaming Body - Buninyong

Arizona

Complete Physical Therapy - Phoenix

Therapy on the Rocks - Sedona

The Heart Space - Tempe (IOPP Headquarters)

Tucson Myofascial Release and Massage - Tucson

Old Pueblo Myofascial Release - Tucson

California

Advanced Bodywork - Claremont

Wind Rider Therapies - Paso Robles

Peace of Mind Bodywork - Berkeley

Florida

Vlaar International PT - Boynton Beach

Inner Journey of MFR - Stuart

Idaho

Boise Physical Therapy - Boise

Maryland

Denergy Myofascial Release - Annapolis

The Heart of Tara - Lothian

Tavo Total Health - Chevy Chase

Massachusetts

Equilibrium MFR - Mattapoisett

Michigan

Healing In Motion - Ann Arbor

Weiss Chiropractice Wellness - Spring Lake

Minnesota

Intuition Massage Therapy - Little Canada

Myofascial Release Minnesota - Victoria/Watertown

Restoration Massage - Caledonia

1801 Jentilly Lane Suite A4, Tempe AZ, 85281 | 480.968.4202 | Email: inonepeaceproject _yahoo.com

Website: www.inonepeaceproject.org

Contact

Contact

Location

4535 S. Lakeshore Dr. Suite 3

Tempe, Arizona 85283

Map/Driving Directions

Phone

480-968-4202

You can also follow us on Facebook!

www.facebook.com/inonepeaceproject

Whether you are a returning soldier, an organization interested in participating, or you would just like more information, we want to hear from you! Please see FAQ section herefirst prior to emailing to see if your question can be answered there. Thank you!

To email In One Peace Project, click here:

inonepeaceproject_yahoo.com

Emails will be replied to on Mondays and Thursdays.

1801 Jentilly Lane Suite A4, Tempe AZ, 85281 | 480.968.4202 | Email: inonepeaceproject_yahoo.com

Website: www.inonepeaceproject.org

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Some helpful links regarding PTSD and healing:

Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine

Purchase Waking the Tiger locally here at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe

Therapeutic Insight: Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Shock by John Barnes

Emotional Healing, Tissue Memory and Bodywork by Fred Krazeise

Hundreds of PTSD soldiers likely misdiagnosed - MSNBC

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by John Barnes

Heal My PTSD (great free online newsletter)

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In One Peace Project in the News

John F. Barnes PT blogs about In One Peace Project and PTSD in Massage Magazine.

John F. Barnes PT Therapeutic Insight on "Wounded Warriors" in Massage Magazine.

FAQ

Frequenty Asked Questions

What is required of me to receive free services from the In One Peace Project?

To qualify to participate in once per month free clinics for JFB Myofascial Release sessions , you must be a returning service person from the current conflict and suffering effects of trauma and/or head injury. You must obtain and read the book Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine prior to beginning services.

What is required to be a professional affiliate with the In One Peace Project?

You must be a John F. Barnes Myofascial Release trained therapist practicing with the minimum courses taken MFR 1, Unwinding and 2. You must provide one day per month offering free sessions to this population.

To be added to this site for affiliation please follow these steps:

1. Send an email via the contact page with the subject line "logo request" if you would like to use this logo in any of your promotions for the project (website, etc). If you use the logo, please link back to this site anywhere you use it.

2. Create your project in your clinic, choose dates or the schedule for your free clinics.

3. Post your free treatment schedule on your website.

4. Send IOPP an email via the contact page to that page on your site that lists your free clinic dates. In the body of that email include the exact name of your clinic and your exact location (City and State). You do not need to include the dates for your clinics in that email.

5. Keep your website updated with current and future free treatment dates to maintain your affiliation.

Thank you!

Where can I purchase Waking the Tiger?

This required reading is available locally in the Phoenix area at Changing Hands Bookstore or you can purchase it via amazon.com . A copy is also available at the Tempe Public Library.

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