Tensegrity-Assisted Therapy
By Leonid Blyum This article was written to complement the webinar offered on the topic on 18 November 2021. For details of the course in hands-on, clinical application of this work, click here. Mariana Barreto and Leonid Blyum are long-time biotensegrity enthusiasts with complementary teaching qualities that combine heavier scientific language by Leonid with practical…
Anatomies
It’s all in the perception! Even though this may come as a bit of a shock, it is important to realize that none of the ways anatomy is-or-was taught to you and I – by our teachers, textbooks, and even the latest and whizz-bangiest virtual anatomy atlases – actually tells the full truth about the…
What is Fascial Unwinding and how does it work?
Fascial Unwinding is seen by many as an approach not scientific enough to have validity. Because of the unusual, spontaneous movement that can arise during the process, plus the apparent lack of science supporting this work, it can deter people who, on all other levels, are on board with the importance of addressing fascia in…
The polarity of breath
We arrived on an in-breath and will leave on an out-breath, everything in between is a dance to the pulse of breath. There is something metaphorically significant in the polarised times in which we are living, this virus compromising breath and our society moving progressively towards widening polarised views. Breathing itself is a polarity. The…
Spiral Bound – chapter 1 – Across anatomy
Spiral Bound explores the potential for yoga as a healing modality by examining the body’s anatomical structure as it has evolved embryonically. With a light touch approach, Karen Kirkness weaves together threads of development to see how our morphological constraints arise in the earliest moments of life, and how this rotation lays the spiral groundwork for…
The world of Spirals
What is spirality? You might have been hearing more about spirality in the anatomy world recently, but what is spirality and why is it important for bodyworkers to know about it? Spirality in biologic structure, including fascia, refers to the appearance of spiral form throughout nature. Spirality is an emergent property of tension-compression balance, emerging…