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There is a whole array of massage and bodywork methods that are utilized and lauded as solutions to pain dilemmas in the body. Each is good but also carries inherent dilemmas with each being used in isolation. When people understand what exactly these are doing for the individual then they becomes a more astute purchaser of touch work.

For a further in-depth reading, please click on the individual modalities.

Reflexology---This has evolved through the mapping or zoning of feet and hands and how the points of this map relate to specific maladies within the human condition. It becomes apparent to anyone studying this for a while that people will always stand a certain way causing restrictions in the soft tissue of the feet from experiencing pain in certain areas of the body. The hand work is not as utilized as the feet work, but the principles of how we hold ourselves is at the core of this style. There seems to be a lot of mystical ideas revolving around this style, that given the advances in the understanding of today that will, hopefully, propel this style from the magic of old into better perspective. Swedish---this is a lighter style of work which utilizes a lot of repetitive movements across the body. It definitely can, through the trance that is experienced, allow people to relax down into a mellower state than what they were prior to the session. It basically works on the upper surfaces of the tissues and can through repetition cause deeper muscle groups to reduce the internal tension. The focus is pure relaxation and therefore is not a reasonable choice for addressing specific pain issues. Hot Stone---this method recognizes that heating the gel of glued fascia within the body can have a significant impact on the individual. The specific protocol however does address the full body with emphasis on the heating of the hands, feet , abdomen and back as being the main areas which will have the best results. It skims over other body parts as being insignificant. Rosen, Hakomi---these methods are focused into the connection between mind and body. Rosen is more client directed while Hakomi is therapist directed. These are good breakthrough methods for mind/body issues and amazing proofs of how the two are so intricately connected Watsu---this is a form of aquatic bodywork whose origin came from Howard Dull, a Shiatsu practitioner who had the idea of taking bodywork into the realm of water. The style has many uses including dealing with how people guard themselves in their daily lives. This process is not conscious until it becomes so through this kind of work which reveals growth potential for those who try it. This awareness becomes apparently through movement, rhythms, still, etc. accomplished during a session. Structural Integration---the methods utilized in this bodywork are focused on posture and how the body is intricately involved with itself creating patterns from life experiences that are carried within the body without conscious effort. The founder, Ida Rolf, created a set protocol for adjusting these dysfunctional patterns back to a more pristine place and that became the foundations of this style. She wanted to ensure that her method had a good reputation and therefore never wanted those certified to do less than the full protocol. She felt anything less was not in the best interest of the client or the method. Deep Tissue---this is a more directed approach to pain but the style is severely focused only into the specific pain area and does not take into consideration that the locality of pain can be relieved, but can just as quickly return because the contributors or consequences of being in pain does affect the rest of the body and mind as well.

The pursuit of trying to understand how all these styles and others not discussed relate culminates into one body component that seems to be the key within all these realms.

Fascia is the common component that each of these deals with regardless of which approach is utilized. This very same component appears within the idea of Chinese medicine meridians which are based apparently within the confines of the functioning of this fascia within our bodies as well.

This type of knowledge and relatedness of seemingly different focuses has become the most amazing discovery. I have taken these ideas and refined them further to evolve a way to address specific complaints in a more timely fashion by challenging the existence of those areas which literally glue themselves to each other, elongating that which needs such, and looking at the overall functionality with a fiduciary responsibility to the client’s wholeness.

This is the blend that I offer.
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