Yoga Massagem a Dois Usually this blog is all about technical aspects of massage, but I recently helped teach a workshop in Brazil and had such a great time I wanted to share. Through a connection I made several years ago during massage school, I was invited to partner up to teaching a course in Serra Grande, Uruçuca, Brazil. Cintia and I met at school in Miami and bonded when she patiently helped me deal with a protracted shoulder, and I gave her a very deep Iliopsoaz stretch. We've kept in constant contact, always sharing techniques and bouncing ideas off of each other. Cintia primarily works as an Ayurvedic healer and yoga teacher, and I work with Neuromuscular therapy and teach. We were chatting about ways to share our bodywork outside of the treatment room or studio and she said: "Come to Brazil!" I was a little confused since we were talking about how to reach people in other ways with our work and she was telling me to take a vacation and come visit. S
Have you ever experienced a sudden pain or soreness that you can't explain? Those deep aches in the neck, shoulder, or lower back that you can't find some accident, slip, fall, or injury to explain the pain? An accident, lift, slip or fall is easy to remember, but those only last a few seconds. The seemingly mundane everyday moments where nothing seems to happen can actually add up to have lasting effects in our body. To understand the stress and strain we put on our body, we first need to understand what is called Anatomically Neutral: Generally, good standing posture, or an anatomically neutral position can be summed by a straight line drawn down from the ears, to the shoulders, down through the hips, knees, and through the arch of the foot with all in the same plane of alignment. If only everything we did was possible from this neutral standing position, we would have a better understanding of how to be in proper alignment and avoid injury and fatigue. Dependin