An Integrated Approach to Optimizing Human Potential When a client enters manual therapy, we begin a process that goes beyond mere symptom relief. Our goal is to help individuals maximize their potential by optimizing their interaction with...
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Encompasses a wide range of topics including the mechanics of gait, manual therapy studies, book recommendations, exercises for self-treatment, and discussions on the psoas muscle and vagus nerve stimulation. It reflects a deep dive into bodywork, offering insights from Esty’s experience and client interactions, along with significant findings from scientific and technology-oriented publications.
Understanding, Programming, and Manipulating Our Body’s Connective Tissue Our bodies are marvels of biological engineering, with complex systems working in harmony to keep us alive and moving. While we often focus on bones, muscles, and...
Air at sea level exerts a force against a vacuum of about 14 pounds per square inch. We do not feel this because our internal systems operate within this density. In addition to this constant force, there are variations in pressure which we...
Archetypes, when thought of as foundational patterns, can be observed in the evolutionary progression of living things. This post segments these into five core archetypes: Persistence, Creation, Doing, Social, and Intelligence. Each archetype...
Ikigai (生き甲斐) is a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose, a reason for living. Japanese have basically a word for any concept that in other languages requires lots of words (except German, obviously)...
When this writer was a pre-teen living in southern Africa, coming from Connecticut, he was astonished to see people comfortably carrying heavy loads on their heads.1 This was more common than seeing things carried in the arms. This was so novel...
John Upledger’s discussion of William Sutherland’s concept of the “Still Point” is a central element in craniosacral therapy, a form of alternative treatment he developed. This concept is based on the idea that the body...
Our ability to move is governed by non-conscious stimulus-response patterns called reflexes. Although some of the responses are learned, there is a vast amount of involuntary, automatic engagement of our bodies in our actions. As we do not...
The mission of manual and movement therapies is to improve the functional/structural performance of the human (or other animal) body. Often these modalities orient to alleviating pain, but goals including enhanced athletic performance are...
SafetyFeeling secure is fundamentally opposed to feeling endangered. Without the presence of potential dangers, our sense of security would be meaningless. Protective instincts have evolved to a point where the responsibility for being alert to...