07/18/2021
I think few people realize how complex the work of structural integration can be. For one thing, it’s not only about “structure.” Sometimes you work to get a chronically tensed muscle to relax, using what we call indirect techniques and what the rest of the world calls strain/counterstrain technique. Sometimes it’s about getting inflamed nerves to ease, either by gently shearing inflamed edemic tissue or simply slackening the nerves by proximating your hands along the skin, or perhaps a little deeper for a deeper nerve. sometimes it’s about working the myofascia and sometimes the only thing that helps is working deep into bone. Sometimes you use the viscera as a handle to release the soma, sometimes the other way around. sometimes you’re really leaning on the tissue to get glide between different layers, sometimes you’re really not. Sometimes it’s about teaching someone how to stabilize an area through a gross muscular action, sometimes it’s about helping them perceive a release and balance already achieved through hands-on work.This is all part of the work, and revelation, of my practice.
I guess for me it’s all about movement and flow.
