Structural Integration Practitioner systematically releases patterns of stress and impaired function throughout the entire body. This process re-educates the body through movement and touch, it facilitates a positive relationship between the body and gravity. Maintaining a neutral position in the body is crucial because the body is much broader at the top than at the base, the body is greatly affected by gravity when imbalances occur. In order for the body to remain upright, the entire body has to compensate and some muscles are forced to shorten. When a chronically shortened muscle loses its ability to relax, it remains in a state of chronic tension.
GRAVITY
SI practitioner uses physical pressure and manipulation to stretch and guide the soft connective tissue known as fascia to a place of easier movement. 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 whole body in gravity.
