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Kim Thompson
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Allergy Antidotes
Simple techniques you can learn to do on your own to reduce your sensitivity to stimuli that provoke an allergic-type response. These may be environmental, food, or emotional.
Anatomy Trains®
Anatomy Trains® maps the 'anatomy of connection' -- relationships between muscles and fascia, which is the continuous web of connective tissue that surrounds every cell and serves as an organ of structure. Anatomy Trains Myofascial Meridians provides a framework for a new understanding of whole-body patterning in posture and function - the interplay of movement and stability - and shows how to resolve movement and posture compensations in a way that no analysis of any single muscle can give.
Aplomb / Balance
Jean Couch directs The Balance Center in Palo Alto, CA. She oversees teachers, teaches public classes, and leads teacher trainings at her studio and at Esalen. The primary focus of The Balance Center is to present the alignment and movement guidelines distilled from the research of Noelle Perez.
Bones for Life®
The Bones for Life program uses simple, gentle movement sequences to stimulate bone health by directing force through the skeleton. These sequences also help to improve overall body organization and self-usage so that vulnerable joints are protected.
Continuum
Gentle movement explorations into the fluid nature of the human body and human movement. Developed by Emilie Conrad.
CranioSacral Therapy
CST is a gentle, hands-on method of evaluating and enhancing the functioning of a physiological body system called the craniosacral system - comprised of the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord.
Using a soft touch generally no greater than 5 grams, or about the weight of a nickel, practitioners release restrictions in the craniosacral system to improve the functioning of the central nervous system.
Feldenkrais®
Simple, gentle movement sequences designed by Moshe Feldenkrais to improve self-awareness and body usage.
Pelvic Rotator Cuff
Janet Hulme, M.A., P.T., works to educate physical therapists and other bodywork and movement practitioners about a synergistic team of muscles that she calls the pelvic rotator cuff. This team includes some of the internal and external hip rotators, abdominal and low back muscles and the pelvic and breathing diaphragms. Restoring balance and proper function to these muscles can prevent and reverse: incontinence, organ prolapse, and back pain. Participants have also noticed increased balance in standing and walking with a reduced risk of falls.
Psoas
Liz Koch leads great workshops and retreats that use simple and gentle movements to guide participants to restore the psoas muscle to its proper juicy, supply and dynamic state.
Resistance Flexibility and Strength
After a car accident, Bob Cooley gradually developed Resistance Flexibility and Strength training to restore his own ability to function and be pain-free. The program systematically stretches and strengthens 16 major muscle groups -- 8 in the arms and 8 in the legs. Bob relates these muscles to the energy meridians used in Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture. As a result, each stretch is named after a body organ. He maintains that improving the tone and health of a muscle through which an energy line runs can have a positive impact on that energy line and the related organ. I like this program because I consider it a safe and smart way to target individual muscles. If having a workout is your cup of tea, this is a great way to do it. Resistance levels can be ramped up or down to satisfy professional athletes as well as people with fibromyalgia.
www.innovativebodysolutions.com
Sounder Sleep™
Gentle movement and breathing techniques to relax the body, calm the mind, and lull oneself to sleep.
