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STRUCTURAL BODYWORK
What is Structural Integration Bodywork?
Structural Integration (SI) is a somatic practice utilizing fascial manipulation, awareness, and movement education. It is practiced in an organized series of sessions and individual sessions within a framework designed to restore postural balance and functional ease by aligning and integrating the body in gravity.
What to expect in a session
* Structural bodywork
Hands-on manipulation and release of myofascial restrictions and tensions which have accumulated in your body
* Movement education
Increasing awareness of your own patterns in activities of daily life such as walking, standing and sitting, computer work and experiencing new patterns to assist in continuing realignment of your body
*Fascia
our focus is on the matrix of connective tissue known as fascia. In a well balanced body, fascia is loose and moist, but under continual stress, overuse, or lack of movement it becomes dry, stiff and rigid. Layers glue together, creating what we recognize as "knots" in our muscles. Through hands-on soft tissue manipulation, practitioners stretch and release this gluing and increase blood flow to an area, thereby restoring fluidity to the tissue. Sessions can be quite sculptural, reshaping the body to function in integrity with gravity. Often the bodywork is felt as a reminder to the tissue of a familiar state of ease, and the client is better able to incorporate that into postural patterns.
What to wear in a session
All Bodywork is interactive so the work is done with client wearing.
Men: Shorts or underware
Women: 2 piece bathing suit or underware
This a series of ten sessions of Structural Integration is designed to give the body its optimum functionality in movement and in stillness by preparing, balancing, and aligning the soft tissue of the body in relation with itself and the environment. While feeding ki, work is done to free up and align the fascial webbing, release the pain, reeducate the nervous system through awareness through movement, and produce a vertical lift through the body.
Each Structural Integration session follows a recipe for unwrapping, aligning and balancing the human structure. Each session is a continuation of the work done in the previous session and focuses on a specific area of the body.
The nature of the Structural work is deep, direct and to the point. Aberrations that have accumulated in the tissue over the years are cleared, the soft connective tissue is separated and freed, and the body is allowed to come together again, more aligned, integrated and balanced. The body exhibits an upward lift against the force of gravity, with great ease of movement and an unobstructed flow of energy. The goal of this work is to reverse the aging process and rejuvenate the client’s body & mind.
TESTIMONIALS
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Dear Matt,
I can’t thank you enough for the changes you have made in my body. When I began the ten step bodywork program I knew I would feel better but I did not expect to become completely pain free. Areas of my body that I did not even know were uncomfortable now feel light and balanced, and with your help I have been able to identify the harmful posture habits that caused the pain in the first place.
You have such a joyful, healing spirit that communicates through your touch and I appreciate the warm and soothing atmosphere of your offices.
I would like to express my thanks to Matt Murray.....I was involved in a hit and run accident in 2005......I was left with no mobility of my upper body.....I went through surgery, titanium plates in my neck with very little relief.....in 2008 my husband found Organic Wellness and I went through the 10 series......I have my life back, I can paint and be the artist I was meant to be......Thank you for giving me my life back......the next creation will be just for you........
Cynthia Bossung (Artist)
Thanks Matt i'm already feeling 100% better ... what a relief!!! THANK YOU
After moving back to Olympia from Denver several years ago, I spent considerable time trying out massage therapists, looking for the right one.
Finding Matt Murray was the eventual result of that effort. The work that we've done over the last three months has brought me back flexibility and comfort that I haven't felt for years.
For the last five weeks, we've switched to Structural Integration, . This work is deep and potentially painful, requiring an adept therapist who engenders trust in the client. This is where Matt demonstrates some of the depth of his skills, knowledge, and talent.
Ed Brendler, Olympia (Counselor)
I was very impressed with how focused and effective the bodywork I received from Matt was. He seemed to get right to work on the areas that needed the attention, and I came out of the session energized, but relaxed. I would recommend his work to anyone looking for a focused, but gentle, approach to caring for their bodies.
Dr. Andy Rosser
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Bodywork: Various forms of touch therapies that may use manipulation, movement, and/or repatterning to affect structural changes to the body.
Massage: The application of soft-tissue manipulation techniques to the body, generally intended to reduce stress and fatigue while improving circulation. The many variations of massage account for several different techniques.
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For a free consultation please contact Matt Murray
360-352-4511
Organic Wellness
1210 Sleater Kinney Rd. Se
Lacey Wa. 98503