The Power of Following the Tissue
I am a practising therapist, so this article is written from that point of view. This is on a topic I feel passionately about, that of following the tissue and how powerful something so simple and so obvious can be. I had a good, albeit short, training in massage back in 1982. In retrospect, I…
Monthly Members’ Webinar – Fascial and Neurological Connections Within and Extending from the Cervical Spine
Practical details Date: 23 June 2022Time: 19.00-20.00Presenter: Robert LibbeyTitle: Fascial and Neurological Connections Within and Extending from the Cervical Spine Clinicians will: gain an understanding of the fascial and neurological connections within and extending from the C/S gain knowledge of the neurological connections of the C/S to brachial plexus, diaphragm and latissimus dorsi understanding of how Referred Pain occurred according…
Fascia and the Time-Free Body; the Impact of Biotensegrity on Social Change
“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Sir Winston Churchill The pandemic rupture in our lives has left us with an opportunity. We can use catastrophe to revision and restructure culture. We’ve had time to rethink many things, including what it means to be human in a culture sliding towards decay. Yet, if we…
Ida Rolf’s contribution to fascia work
“In a human body, support is not something solid. Support is relationship.” Dr Ida P. Rolf By Joy CareyWhen looking at the history of fascia research in the western world, we find an important paradox: the people remembered for pioneering the field did not set out to explore fascia directly. The importance of the fascial…
Monthly Members’ Webinar – Written in the Tissues: a movement practice inspired by embryonic folding
Practical details Date: 21 April 2022Time: 20.00 – 21.00 * Please note change from normal time.Presenters: Karen Kirkness and Celina HwangTitle: Written in the Tissues: a movement practice inspired by embryonic folding A combination of 30 minutes of theory and 20 minutes of movement exploring the embryological actions of lateral & longitudinal folding to help attendees gain a dual…
The disconnect created by scars and adhesions
What do I mean by ‘the disconnect’? As I see it, there are two ways in which we disconnect, and they are not separate: the emotional and the physical. Emotional and physical disconnection can develop when a part of our body no longer feels as if it belongs to us, through injury, post-operative scarring, or…