Session 1.
The process
begins with freeing the lungs to allow fuller breath. This is
accomplished by working all superficial tissue related to
the breathing mechanism. Areas all around the ribcage, shoulders,
arms, and hips may be worked, as well as the neck and back.
Neck and back work is included in almost every session to
balance and integrate the work into the body.
Session 2. Next we address your
foundation. The feet, lower legs, and possibly knees are opened and
aligned to better support the body in gravity. Often, the client
feels a greater sense of support and balance coming up from their
feet after this session, as well as better contact between their
feet and the ground. Foot problems such as high or fallen arches are
also addressed in this session.
Session 3. Now we move to your sides.
We want to ease the body in the front-back dimension, and create a
peaceful relating between your upper and lower body. We will work
the sides of your torso, your neck, and your hips to allow those
major segments to better support each other.
Session 4. We move back to the legs in
this session, focusing on the inside of the leg from the ankle to
the pelvis, at a slightly deeper layer. This session provides the
feeling that the legs are supporting the abdominal core and
providing lift for the upper body. Torsions at the knee and hip are
also addressed in this session.
Session 5. This is a continuation of
Session 4. Work is done in the front of the hips as well as the
abdomen, diaphragm, and ribs. This session opens the front of the
body and provides a new dimension of lift up the core.
Session 6. This is a back session.
Starting in the legs, if necessary, we address the calves,
hamstrings, the back of the pelvis, and up both sides of the spine
to the head. The opening in the back matches the opening in the
front achieved in Session 5.
Session 7. This session focuses on
the upper shoulders, head, jaw, neck, and sometimes the arms. After
this session clients often feel that their head is more "on."
Session 8. The last three sessions are
about integrating all we have done. Session 8 is usually a lower body
session with the goal of integrating the legs with the whole body.
Session 9. This is the other half of
Session 8 - the upper body. The ribcage, shoulders, arms, neck and
head are the usual focus, with the goal being always to integrate.
Session 10. The final integration.
This is our opportunity to complete, for now, all we have been able to
free. We will smooth the fascial wrappers over the structural
changes that you have gained, and make peace with anything that
remains. This session usually involves the whole body at a somewhat
more superficial layer. |

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