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…
Monthly Members’ Webinar – Less is more: the art of listening touch
Date: Tuesday 21st May 2024Times: 18.30 – 19.30 Check your timezone here. Presenter: Rachel Fairweather and Meghan MariTitle: Less is more: the art of listening touch Description: “Good bodywork is 90 percent perception and only 10 percent technique.” (Christophe Sommer- Rolfer). Join Rachel and Meg, Directors of the Jing Institute of Massage for a joyful exploration of the…
Monthly Members’ Webinar – How Fascia impacts Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Understanding the connection and exploring therapeutic approaches.
Date: Thursday 25th AprilTimes: 19.00 – 20.00 Check your timezone herePresenter: Jeannie di BonTitle: How Fascia impacts Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Understanding the connection and exploring therapeutic approaches. Description: This webinar will give a brief overview of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) including the subtypes and clinical manifestations. We will examine how this connective tissue disorder impacts our patient’s lives and what therapeutic…
Positive posture begins with breath
How do you define posture? How do your clients and patients define posture? Do any of these sound familiar? “I have bad posture”, “I need to improve my posture”, “My core needs to be strengthened so I have better posture”, “I work at a desk so I have terrible posture”, “I need to fix my…
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and interoception
This article will take a brief look at the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and how this condition may impact an individual’s interoceptive abilities. What is Interoception? Interoception is the sense of the physiological condition of the body including sensations from within such as heartbeat, respiration rate, hunger, thirst, and visceral sensations. It plays…