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…
Could your client have a connective tissue disorder?
Could your client have a connective tissue disorder? What are the signs and symptoms we need to look out for? This article gives an overview of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) which is one of the heritable disorders of the connective tissue. A connective tissue disorder is described as a condition that affects the parts of the…
Heart Coherence – How The Heart Can Master Our Emotions
It was once maintained that emotions were purely mental expressions generated by the brain alone, and that the heart was purely a pump for moving oxygenated blood around the body. We now know that neither of these assumptions are true. The experience of an emotion results from the brain, heart and body acting together. We will…