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…
Being Bodyful: Where do you live in your body?
Being Bodyful is my approach to posture. A play on the words “being mindful”, Being Bodyful is built around Postural Somatic Awareness (PSA) and exploration. Why am I so passionate about the postural exploration of Being Bodyful? It has been my experience as a bodyworker for over 30 years and teacher for more than 15,…
Monthly Members’ Webinar – Looking after ourselves: enhancing our body awareness and ability to self-care.
Date: Thursday 28th MarchTimes: 19.00 – 20.00 (insert the Time Zone link after)Presenter: Jan TrewarthaTitle: Looking after ourselves: enhancing our body awareness and ability to self-care. Description: This will be a purely practical session following this month’s theme of ‘Developing Body Wisdom’. Jan will guide you in self-exploration, using attention and intention to self-scan and help your…