Accumulated energy can manifest as nervous or muscular tension, an activated nervous system, or hyper-vigilance, -sensitivity or dissociation in some clients.

This initial 1-2 hr treatment helps to release this energy stored in the muscles, help clients re-embody (i.e. feel more connection to their body and their feelings) and emerge feeling more spacious, grounded and connected. Solid muscles will feel loose and relaxed.

Some clients have rigid and solid lines of hardened myofascial tension that run through their entire musculoskeletal system. For these clients, the initial sessions entail deep pressure to loosen and break up these solid myofascial structures, so deeper lines of tensions can be released.

This stage brings the client back into the body, increasing the emotional sensitivity and depth of feeling, and a lower baseline for the nervous system, and clients better able to relax and unwind.

Once the solid, myofascial armouring is released, we can then work deeper lines of tensions and patterns of myofascial holding held through the structure of the body. Ironically, this deep work requires less strength than the previous stage, but instead works with sensitivity and presence, guiding the client’s awareness through lines of myofascial tensions, and experience tensions as they release. This stage often brings the gentle release of long-held emotional energy, for example, stagnant feelings, grief, embodied emotions or past trauma, and old wounds that still affect us in the present.

This stage is about bringing more energy in the body, more lightness, more grounding, and more clarity in emotional understanding (i.e. understanding how I feel, why and what I can do about it), and better access to embodied wisdom (i.e. finding answers that are not the product of knowledge and our thinking, e.g. what do I want to achieve).

After the release of localised patterns of tensions, and long-stored energies have been released, this next stage is focused instead on working with the anatomy trains, i.e. the myofascial meridians. These are the lines of myofascia that run through the entire body structure, which give the body form, structure and alignment.

At this stage, we are working to increase the flow of energy through the body, prevent the accumulation of energies, including emotions, in particular parts of the body. Physical issues such as structural and postural imbalances (e.g. scoliosis) start to be addressed in this stage of treatment.

This stage is about re-integrating disconnected parts of the psyche, and bringing the body back into alignment. Aligning the body helps clients find more alignment and coherence in their lives; to know and live true to their values, in their direction, their behaviours and their actions…to be truly integrated as a person.

This is for the individual seeking the extra 10% in performance, function or body shape. A release of myofascial tensions, working through the entire myofascial system, and realignment through the body can yield a significant boost in functional strength without any additional strength building or exercise.

This stage is for the performance-focused individual.