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Welcome!
 Structural Integration, also referred to as Rolfing, is a method of bodywork that establishes an ordered and aligned relationship of all the body segments in the field of gravity. Gravity and the strong connective tissue fascia are intimately connected in the resilience of our posture and movement. Fascia is laid down in a multiple layered and directional fashion that creates an environment of balanced support within the skeletal structure. Because it is a network of tissue, any disruption to the body from accidents/injuries, postural weakness or stress, will ripple into the body and begin a distortion of joint function and muscle shortening as compensation. When this happens, we lose muscle length/strength or energy, fluidity of movement and vitality. Structural Integration works to release these harmful patterns through manual manipulation of the fascia and joint mobilization. We are trying to re-structure the body and improve the alignment of the joints which supports the body's vertical lift, one that isn't held up by forcing a postural pose but rather it's natural inclination toward balance.  The treatment follows a series of 10 sessions, each with a specific area of the body to be addressed. The process of Structural Integration can be challenging, there is firm contact during the sessions and some discomfort can be experienced. This is a brief moment of tissue change however, and the result can be a life without pain or stiffness. Your awareness and condition of health sometimes eludes the conscious mind, so we are trying to bring your attention to a most wonderful art form, the human body. The wisdom of Structural Integration is that we are revealing the life force and the innate healing mechanism that everyone possesses by freeing the body of strain and guiding the natural ordering of structure. The benefits from Structural Integration are: improved flexibility, muscular/skeletal pain relief, better breathing, better sports performance, efficient posture, faster accident/injury recovery, improved yoga practice and anti-aging.
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