Neuro-structural integration
Neuro-Structural Integration- for transformative structural balance, opening chi along energy meridians, activating the parasympathetic nerves and freeing blockages in nerves that have been impinged and shut down. This modality is much like Rolfing, but with a calmer approach which focuses on tendons and nerves themselves, unwinding the neck and spine, balancing the pelvis, and healing tailbone (coccygeal) traumas and rehabilitating other injuries. Always includes assisted integrative movement exercises at the end to restore proper muscular function and new patterning.
This body work modality is a form of structural alignment work, focusing on muscle and nerve. First, I assess your body to see what its underlying patterns are, and assess what part of that is due to muscle tension and nerve dysfunction. While some structural imbalance is normal, and can be due to unique bone formation, some is due to traumas, big and small, which alter the holding patterns of our nervous system. I assist the body in balancing its structures, by working on the nerves themselves, as well as muscle origin and insertion points.
The true magic of this work is in the pelvic and cranial nerves, the seat of the entire parasympathetic nervous system. It is at these two points where we can unwind patterns that affect everything in between. By gently but firmly awakening dulled nerves, and releasing tension patterns in the surrounding musculature, I am able to access the full spectrum of the parasympathetic response. When this occurs, the client will breathe deeper, and a wave of relaxation will wash over.
This work is particularly helpful for those who have pelvic or tailbone trauma from falling, childbirth, or other events. These events can not only damage the tailbone, but cut off or numb the nerve supply to the genitals and internal organs. These nerves can be accessed in a simple, comfortable way, usually through a sheet, and gently awakened again from their amnesia. Doing so not only can assist me to coax the tailbone back into alignment, and balance the pelvis and hips, but it can also affect the entire nervous system as the deep nerves of the sacrum are affected.
This work also can be helpful for neck issues, supporting the balancing and awakening of the cranial neurology and the upper end of the parasympathetic nervous system. We can also address shoulder, hip, scoliosis and other spine issues, creating balance in all vectors of the body and relaxing the musculature that holds unhealthy patterns. Each session is ended with a series of integrative exercises, which often include my active resistance, helping the musculature to re-orient itself into a more fluid and healthy movement pattern.
I generally work for at least 1.5 hours at a time, at $60/ hr, unless there is only one area you wish to work on. Generally, once we truly assess the whole body, we will find that what you believe is the only problem area, is affected by imbalance in other parts of the body, and as the body begins to unwind, some of these holding patterns may also be revealed in deeper layers. For this reason I suggest beginning with a 2 hour initial consultation and session, which will involve a complete analysis of the body and usually a solid 1.5 hours of body work. This also allows me to nourish the whole body and help you feel like a complete person walking out, rather than being picked apart and not put back together again.
Sessions can vary from clothed or covered by a sheet and very clinical focus, to a more nourishing whole body massage that still has very focused target work, but also using oil and Swedish and deep tissue techniques to help the body feel held and complete.
Feel free to contact me to see if this modality might be helpful to you! All modalities I use can be combined in various forms, tailored for your needs or specific desired outcomes. I’m happy to have a free 15 minute consult over the phone if you need to get more clarity before coming to see me.
