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"I exercise, why am I still so tight?"

It is not so much WHAT one does, as it is HOW one does what one is doing.

Oftentimes when people come to see me, they tell me that their shoulders and neck, or their lower back, are excessively tight and uncomfortable, and they don't understand why, because they exercise. Often, they are doing strength or Fitness training, or Pilates, or yoga, or some other form of exercise.

Our daily functional movement patterns affect the movement patterns we use when we exercise, and vice versa.

There are a number of things that can contribute to excessive tightness or restriction in areas even though we are exercising or stretching them.

There are a few things that I look at first.

~~Quality of movement /resting in stillness:
When you move or rest in stillness, are you moving or holding yourself with rigidity? A sense of flowing ease? Do you feel bound? Free? Jerky? Smooth?
Are you gripping in one area in order to move - or not move- another area? Are you not supporting enough in an area?

~~ Are you literally reaching beyond your current capacity to provide support for that reach? Or, similarly, are you lifting/ pushing/ pulling more weight than you currently are able to without gripping, straining areas/ joints?
It is common to do so, in the belief that this is how one gets stronger/ increases one's ability/ range.

To the contrary, if one pushes too far beyond one's current capacity, the movement/ holding patterns that develop actually can interfere with achieving the goal of increased range/ ability/ strength.

~~ How much of your body is participating in your movement/resting in stillness? Are some areas over participating? Not participating enough?

~~ Is your weight falling properly through your joints? Are your bones/joints coordinating to support your movement/resting in stillness?

Because learning how to move/ rest in stillness with more ease benefits us in all areas of our lives, a therapeutic movement session can be so helpful.
Some clients choose to add 15 minutes (instead of a full 45 or 60 minute therapuetic movement session) to their appointment time in order to explore a little bit of this work.

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BODYWORK BEYOND MASSAGE - SOARING SPIRITS GROUNDED BODIES

How Can There be Anything Better Than A Nice, Relaxing, Massage?
Apr 18, 2023

How can there be anything better than a nice, relaxing, massage that gets out all of the tension and tight spots?

To be honest, for some people, nothing is better. But for many people, a Dynamic Rebalancing therapeutic bodywork session actually provides a deeper and longer lasting sense of relaxation and release of deeply held tensions and tight spots than they feel with massage therapy- even for those who thought there could be nothing better than a massage, until they tried a Dynamic Rebalancing session!

Some reasons people prefer a Dynamic Rebalancing session to a massage are:

~~ They find they relax more deeply, and that sense of deep relaxation lasts longer.

~~ Tensions and tight spots are gently and readily melted into an ease and pliability that seems to last longer than after a massage, and their body begins to understand that new patterns of movement are available (a Movement session can help to further awareness of /access to new, more ease-filled, patterns of movement).

~~ Change in the body that occurs during this type of session involves the entire body, and thus is often deeper, and longer-lasting, than change that may occur after a massage.

~~ This type of session seems to help people feel more supported and "seen", and helps to reset the nervous system (taking people out of "flight or fight" into what I call "rest and recover" or "rest and restore"), bringing people to a place of deeply felt calmness.

~~ A Dynamic Rebalancing session can help bring someone through the final stages of movement recovery after an injury or surgery in different ways than a massage might.

~~ Clients remain clothed for this type of session, and no oils /lotions are used.

As with a therapeutic massage session, a Dynamic Rebalancing session helps to alleviate aches and pains for those who sit/type all day long, or those who are beginning to exercise; helps to integrate high levels of physical activity; and helps recovery from an recent or older injury.

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"...If a client wants to come in and receive Dynamic Rebalancing Therapeutic Bodywork sessions and not delve into consciously exploring their Inner Landscape and internal relationships, that is fine, too...."

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"....Everyone's experience of/during/after a Dynamic Rebalancing session is different.

Many people find they feel an increased sense of Inner Balance, leading to an increased sense of Well-Being.
Some people notice that any muscular or joint restrictions they had seem to have eased up or disappeared.
Some people notice they feel pleasantly slowed down; Some people notice they feel delightfully re-energized.
Some people find it is easier to breathe.
It is not uncommon for people to say they feel more spacious/ lighter inside.
And yes, there are also people who do not notice anything!

For people who practice yoga or meditation, a Dynamic Rebalancing session may feel like a meeting of the two...."

Schedule your session, and experience Dynamic Rebalancing!

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"... I am a Movement Educator/Coach, specializing in rehabilitative movement from a non- traditional perspective.

In all of my work, each session/class pays attention to the individual(s) and their current capabilities, with the intent of helping to guide them into a more ease-filled, aligned, and dynamically balanced way of living in their body.

Dynamic Balanced Movement arises from this perspective...."

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"...Understanding some of what happens in our bodies when we breath properly can allow us to create fuller breath patterns, which also allows more freedom in muscles and joints, and provides more oxygen throughout our body.

Understanding how our weight is designed to move through our joints can help us to come into a more balanced and at ease posture.

Understanding what we feel like when our muscles are tightly clenched, and learning what we feel like when muscles are pliable and able to respond with ease to changes, gives us options for being in movement and in stillness with ease...."

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"...For clients who have previously avoided exercise because of pain, these sessions can offer a way to begin an exercise program without increasing their level of pain.

These sessions can also be helpful for clients who do exercise but would like to increase their ease/efficiency of movement...."

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