Posts Tagged ‘muscles’

Fluid Fascia and the Energy Body Workshop

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Date: May 22nd 2010
Time: 9.30am for 10am start — 6pm
Loca­tion: The Old Chapel, 125 High Street, Marsh­field.
Cost: £55

I’m organ­is­ing a CPD mas­sage work­shop for the lovely Susie Legge. If you’re a prac­ti­tioner and you’re inter­ested in attend­ing, please con­tact me.

Work­shop Out­line:
This one day work­shop will be an edu­ca­tional and exploratory jour­ney into the most per­va­sive tis­sue of the body: fascia. Through med­i­ta­tive aware­ness and inves­tiga­tive con­nec­tive touch, we will learn how to recog­nise fas­cia, pas­sively stretch it and pave the way for deep trig­ger point work, free from unnec­es­sary effort or pain.

The day will also include guid­ance on how to facil­i­tate and sup­port the release of hold­ing pat­terns in both the phys­i­cal and energy body.

About Susie:
Susie was first intro­duced to yoga phi­los­o­phy and prac­tice at the age of 11 when her par­ents met their mas­ter and trained as yoga and med­i­ta­tion teach­ers. Nearly 10 years later she began to explore yoga and heal­ing work. Curi­ous about the power of ener­gy­work, and fas­ci­nated by the work­ings of the body, she trained in shi­atsu and a num­ber of other heal­ing arts, includ­ing Ayurvedic,Thai,Tibetan,Western mas­sage and reflexology.

For the last 13 years, Susie has worked, stud­ied and trav­elled around India, South East Asia, Europe and the Americas, sharing what she learns as she goes. She cur­rently spends her win­ters teach­ing yoga and mas­sage in India and the sum­mers in Europe where she leads yoga retreats and mas­sage train­ing workshops.

www.yogaswaha.com/teachers.htm

The Iliopsoas muscle group

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Psoas muscle groupA few days ago I went to see Jay Rud­dock who does Struc­tural Integration/Rolfing in Bath. The treat­ment was inter­est­ing and effec­tive, as expected. Now I’ve now got some of my miss­ing mobil­ity back. Thanks Jay!

I still find it fas­ci­nat­ing how manip­u­lat­ing attach­ments (where mus­cles and lig­a­ments attach to bone) can have such a great effect. Proof that work­ing on one thing affects another.

We spoke briefly about the Psoas mus­cle (which amaz­ingly attaches our spine to our legs) and I asked him if he’d seen this picture.

So, here you go Jay (and any­one else who finds it). Isn’t she a beauty?

As an aisde, Liz Koch has ded­i­cated her life to the Psoas mus­cle. Imag­ine that? One life, one mus­cle. Fan­tas­tic! I won­der which mus­cle she’ll choose in her next life.

Pic­ture credit: Bonkless.wordpress.com