WHAT IS MYOFASCIAL RELEASE?
How can it help me heal?
The John F. Barnes approach to Myofascial Release is a gentle sustained pressure in your fascial system. Fascia is what connects your entire body together down to a cellular level. It is one continuous web that connects and surrounds your bones, nerves, ligaments, organs, muscles and cells. It is the biggest living organism in our body besides our brain.
When you experience a physical or emotional trauma, your fascia is what protects your body, and the tissue will become restricted if your body feels unsafe/threatened. There are different levels of restrictions based on your specific life experiences and these restrictions cause so many of our symptoms and diagnoses today. Your fascial system is also a door into your subconscious, if you allow yourself to connect to your body deeper, you can bring it to your conscious awareness and allow for a release. (this statement is based on personal observations/experiences and many different researcher's observations.)
These fascial restrictions can show up in the body as pain, tension, immobility, arthritis, frozen shoulder, fibromyalgia and the list goes on. This specific approach allows your body to feel safe in order to let go of those holding patterns and return to a more aligned self.
If you are looking to get to the root cause of your symptoms, connect with your body deeper than you ever have, exhausted all other options and are ready to take responsibility of your healing, then you are in the right place!