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Myofascial Release and Bodywork

"Fascial System: Fascial connective tissue establishes a soft container for all the other structures of the body. It both divides and integrates all other tissues and provides them with semi-viscous lubricating surfaces so that they have independence of movement within established boundaries of the body as a whole. It is through the fascia that the movement of our organs provides internal support for the movement of our skeleton through space, and the movement of our skeleton expresses in the outer world the inner movement of our organs. Through the Fascial system, we connect our inner feelings, with our outer expression”
-Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
Sensing, Feeling, and Action

Myofascial release understands the Body is enveloped in a 3-dimensional sheet called fascia. Fascia was developed in utero BEFORE muscle and surrounds everything. It, quite literally, is the glue that holds. The "mother" that birthed the muscles, and so surround each muscle fiber, and the fibrils that make them up. Everything is held together, and supported by this 3d sheet, making all parts of the Body interconnected. Twist one part of Body's "sheet" (through repetitive movement patterns, injury, or stuck emotions), and all other parts of the sheet must follow the twist; i.e. postural changes, that now effect movement patterns; even as deep as the movement patterns of breath.)

​Fascial work with me usually starts with a movement assessment, where I can see, and share with you, (in a mirror or by taking a video) your body's dominant patterns. It's wonderful to start the work this way, because it can be validating, illuminating (for a person to see how the shape they are moving from can create pain) and, it will help the brain begin to remap the Body, especially as we add touch. 

After the movement assessment, I'll step out, allowing you to undress to your comfort level and get underneath the organic cotton sheets. There will be heat on the table if desired, and I'll likely place bolsters on the table for body parts we'd like to hep let go. As  I practice myofascial release, I can sense fascial needs and patterns with enough subtleties to both understand and unwind layers of over-protection, using heat from my un-oiled hand, and time. This melts the acid within the fascia, like a warm hand melting butter, allowing for release and opportunity for processing, moving, and integration.

If I were an artist taking my cues from something higher, my medium would be fascia, and the "something higher" would be the divine intelligence of each Body. There is no "force" in this work, only suggestion, in collaboration with the Body, and we could say, with Divine Timing. (By this I mean that the body will only let go of what it senses it has the physical-like new strength in the body, or mental/emotional-like emotional processing tools or breathing practices-to be able to integrate when the fascial pattern is unwound.) To force this process, is to miss the potential fruit of true change. 

The body learns through touch, and, already knows the movement patterns, injuries, and emotionality it is somehow supporting. Fascia, I feel, needs less of a practitioner's forceful ripping from "knowing best" and more of a respectful listening, through touch, that allows for body to feel safe enough to feel seen, and begin to help the brain reorganize it's map of Body. We need less expected catharsis, and more wise patience. Less forcing our educated agenda, and more curious awe. Less of a 2 dimensional view of muscles and fascia, and more of a multidimensional view that Body Is Consciousness; and we cannot expect to alter the body in any meaningful way, before holding space the the consciousness that it IS. It has become vital in my work to eventually address these underlying principles, in tandem with unwinding the fascia that is ready, so the brain can eventually and actually experience and direct movement from a wider map.

​I love to educate on and calibrate people to sensing, receiving and even anticipating the work from the inside out, while I work. As we reclaim the fascia as a very real consciousness in our own body, we can experience spontaneous releases, and/or, learn to maintain a healthier fascial system with the help of other tools, like eating real food, emotional processing, meditating and organic movement. 

​My intention with MFR is to assist the Body with it's own, intelligent release; into more physical and spiritual freedom and alignment, for the Whole of your Being. 

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Have more questions? Give me a call and let's have a 15 minute (free) chat, to see if we’re a resonant match. (847) 533-0721