“If you can imagine how it feels to have a fluid, light, balanced body, free of pain, stiffness and chronic stress, at ease with itself and the earth’s gravitational field, then you will understand the goals of structural integration.”
— Jeff Maitland
- Improves posture – Uses manual techniques that manipulate fascia to realign your body in space, so that it works with gravity rather than against it
- Enhanced body awareness – Improve your kinesthetic intelligence, and become more aware of your body inside and out.
- Decreases chronic pain, tension and stress – Addresses chronic whole-system problems rather than focusing on local acute symptoms
- Neuroplasticity is heightened – The range of the autonomic nervous system increases and you will have more room hold experiences, thoughts and feelings.
- Enhances physical and athletic performance
- Facilitates change – Helps your body discover new options and possibilities
- Better balance and flexibility – creating greater stability and base of support in the feet and looking for symmetry between left/right, front/back parts of the body
- Better balance and flexibility – creating greater stability and base of support in the feet and looking for symmetry between left/right, front/back parts of the body
- Allows for more easy, efficient, fluid and graceful movement
- Easier and more expansive breath – In the 12-series we hope to increase awareness of breath, prolonging the inhale and deepening the exhale
- Improves the relationship between anatomical structures (bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, organs, connective tissue, nerves, arteries)
- Organizes the body for improved function – coaxing the current state of the body back to its inherent state of harmony
- Balances the body – between left and right sides, front and back areas and the deep and surface parts.
- Realigning the body so that it works better – Increasing the ability to complete every day activities easier