Excerpt from Yoga, Fascia, Anatomy and Movement (Chapter 4)
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Feeling biotensegrity
There’s an old story… Two young fish are swimming together and an older fish swims by and says, “Good morning kiddos! How’s the water today?” …and swims on. The young fish look at each other quizzically and one asks the other, “What’s water?” For most of us, the cultural context for our experience of our…
Feeling biotensegrity
by Susan Lowell de Solorzano There’s an old story… Two young fish are swimming together and an older fish swims by and says, “Good morning kiddos! How’s the water today?” …and swims on. The young fish look at each other quizzically and one asks the other, “What’s water?” For most of us, the cultural context…
Monthly Members’ Webinar – Polyvagal Theory, Touch and Manual Therapy
Date: Thursday 18th July 2024Presenter: Steve GoldsteinTitle: Polyvagal Theory, Touch and Manual Therapy Description:A mix of theory and experiential which will enable attendees to understand the :Polyvagal Organising PrinciplesHierarchyNeuroceptionCo-RegulationPharyngeal Branch Ventral Function Test for UvulaThe Basic Exercise: to co-regulate ventral vagal tone.Cranial base with eye gaze held 30-60 secondsSalamander Exercise: head in cervical lateral flexion with eye gaze…
Monthly Members’ Webinar – Breathing to promote pelvic floor function
Date: Thursday 20th June 2024Times: 19:00 – 20:00 Check your timezone here.Presenter: Claire SparrowTitle: Breathing to promote pelvic floor function Description: “The biotensegrity concept inherently recognises that stability and ease of movement are not due to the strength of individual components but because of the way the system is configured.” Graham Scarr In the Whole Body Pelvic Health Method we first…
Hypermobility and Fascia
Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD) and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) are conditions that affect the connective tissue in the body. The microcellular components of connective tissue, known as the extracellular matrix (ECM), is the scaffolding that supports and connects various parts of our body. In people with HSD/hEDS, there are changes in this ECM within the…