Myofascial Release at The Cosmic Dreaming Lodge

Myofascial Release is a hands on therapy that engages the fascial system through a gentle and sustained pressure.  It is through this gentle sustained pressure that profound experiences in healing can happen. 

There are many approaches to work within the fascial system. The John Barnes Approach is the one approach that I have found that works gently to open the body and engage the mind body complex. 

By engaging this system slowly with great respect and sacredness, one can let go of subconscious bracing patterns that keep us acting out of our past traumas.

The  fascia is the fiber optics net work, or container of the mind- everything you experience is experienced in the body too. You might even consider that the fascia is like the mycelial network found in the earth. The fascia  is the communication and transport system that allows cells to communicate with one another, as well as transports water, nutrients and waste through the system. (click Here to see a video of living fascia)

Every trauma, whether it be physical, mental or emotional plays out in holding and bracing patterns that are not only part of our subconscious operating system, but will also be held in the body as tension and pain. Healing is not just the correcting of an issue or a problem. For every dysfunction that is experienced there is a belief, emotion and pattern that the body/mind is holding. The process of healing is just that: A Process. The body has the ability to heal, and yet healing does not happen in a linear way, it is a journey that is non-linear and zig-zaggy. Sometimes you may feel worse before you feel better.  It is an unfolding process that once you begin, you realize that whatever trauma or dysfunction  you are holding in your body has a purpose and once released sets you free to create from your authentic nature.  People often report, and I too have experienced,  a return to peace, harmony and fluidity in movement in the body as well as emotionally and mentally.

The Therapist holds the sustained pressure into the system just to the barrier and gently guides the client to become present while the system gently unwinds and resets. This unwinding happens on all levels- body, mind and energetic- as all are interwoven and interconnected.