Sarah
One two-hour sessionOverall, I feel deeply welcomed, supported and treated with immense respect in Arnaud’s presence.
Through open communication, he helps you become aware of your own limits, especially when something makes you uncomfortable.
He welcomes you with an incredibly loving and kind presence, in which his own “self”, his ego, takes up no room. It feels as though the separation between Arnaud and you dissolves, so you can simply live an experience for what it is.
It is a feeling that is both very safe and, in a way, limitless. It allowed me to surrender completely to the experience while staying deeply connected to myself and my body, without having to constantly “watch over myself”. I could trust both myself and him.
At the start, he gave me a long moment to get in touch with myself, guiding me through breathing and movement exercises. It helped me a great deal to come fully back to myself, without starting straight away in a “we” or “you” dynamic.
Then came the Bio-dynamic Relaxation. To give you an idea, it is as if someone helped you reconnect with your own rhythm and your breath by accompanying your body’s movements: stretching it, applying pressure, twists or traction, in a way you could never experience on your own.
It relaxes the muscles and the whole nervous system incredibly. It helps you let go and release certain tensions or blockages.
I had a recent knee injury, and I felt that touch allowed me to release part of the small trauma linked to that accident. A trauma that still needed to express itself through a few tears.
We ended the session with a long full-body massage. There too, I am truly impressed by the way he works. He seems to sense intuitively how to treat your muscles, tendons and fascia. For the muscles, it is a bit like brushing your teeth: a feeling of deep cleaning, as if everything had been put back in order! All of it with great fluidity, dynamism and connection.
As a woman, I think it can be particularly healing to experience closeness and physical contact with a man with whom you feel safe enough to let go. To be able to relax and open up to a certain intimacy without fearing that you will go past your own limits, or that the other person will cross them. Because no goal, no particular intention and no sexual interest on the man’s part is in the foreground.
He really gives you the feeling that this session belongs to you and that you choose the direction it takes. A conversation beforehand clearly defines the limits and the frame of the session. It helps calm the mind so you can be more present in your body.
In short, it is a safe space for the whole complexity of our being, human and spiritual. A wonderful encounter that I warmly recommend. Whether you simply want to relax, do yourself some good, find your inner balance again, experience human touch in a protected setting, or perhaps even transform some difficult bodily experiences.
