Black Spruce Massage

03/14/2023

03/06/2023

Going into the office this week!

03/01/2023

BODYWORK WITH YOUR EYES

In Zero Balancing, we don't just "look" at our clients. We commit to "seeing" them and what they do in response to ZB. The bodywork that is done is ultimately THEIR work, not ours. It proceeds from inside out. But we can see the trajectories of their inner work through changes in breathing, movement, facial expression, etc. This sensory aspect is an essential capacity emphasized by Zero Balancing. Learning Zero Balancing will give you a much deeper level of knowledge and skill in seeing and responding to these "working signs."

"While with an eye made quiet by the power
Of harmony, and the deep power of joy,
We see into the life of things"
~ William Wordswoth

I've heard a study was done of films of Feldenkrais, Trager and Ida Rolf working. The study was looking for what made them masterful, what distinguished their work from their students. It turns out they were not apparently "doing" any different moves than their students. What they were observed to be doing, quite differently, is they were paying attention to the client, "tracking" the client with a far higher degree of concentration.

It turns out observation skills and the sensory aspect of bodywork is as important as or more so than the motor actions we take. So use your eyes brilliantly and you will SEE what needs to be done.

01/16/2023

"En déformant les pieds des enfants, nous altérons leur potentiel de performances futures."

"Le gros orteil assurent les deux derniers pivots de la marche au niveau des articulations métatarso-phalango-sésamoïdienne et interphalangienne où les contraintes dynamiques sont parfois énormes.

Ces pivots de mouvement doivent être recrutés pour l'accélération, la marche rapide, la course et diverses activités dont les activités sportives. Pour ces raisons, le gros orteil (l'hallux) peut être qualifié d'orteil de la performance."

"La mobilité du gros orteil n'assure pas seulement la stabilité elle est également capitale pour la performance sportive."

01/04/2023

The ability to empathize, or share the pain of others is mapped onto neurons in the insula, a new study reports.

01/04/2023

This!

The health experts at National University of Health Sciences want you to know the top five health benefits of adding regular massage therapy to your health and wellness strategy.