You know your body needs attention
You're not moving like you once did. Maybe you're weaker, even slouching. Or there's pain, even debilitating pain.
You might be beyond frustrated, even ashamed. But mostly you feel stuck.
You tell yourself exercise can help but life is busy and you just don't do it. You've even explored things like chiropractic, physical therapy, a few kinds of body worker, or yoga.
Or perhaps you exercise a lot, but you suspect there’s a chronic problem in your posture that is effecting your performance and so far, despite trying different modalities, it’s still an issue.
Maybe you get temporary relief, but the aching muscles and joint tension inevitably returns. Is there anything that can help you make sense of it all?
Helping people struggling with chronic pain and restriction in their movement, who want true freedom and comfort in their bodies again.
Testimonial about working with Liesje as a practitioner.
“Your use of the term ‘being met’ gives me the idea that this somatic work is unwinding through an exploration resonates with me very deeply. I want to meet myself and give myself permission to be and also to express”
-Diane West
How Rolfing works
Using soft tissue manipulation and movement, I help you free up chronic pain and tension by gradually adapting your posture toward greater balance, ease that will get your whole body working better.
Rather than not really thinking of gravity other then a heavy weight that you have to contract away from, you’ll start your body lengthens, your bones becoming more energized and your muscles more comfortably free. This means, you’ll save energy and avoiding injuries.
Once you have your body in better working order, your emotions and thinking become more clear and adaptable and you feel more confidently connected with what’s happening around you.
And what’s great about that is, no matter what physical activity you like to do -football, swimming , biking, acrobatics, tai chi or keeping up with chores around the house - it’s easier and more fun.
Living in Gravity
You might not yet have thought much about gravity, but have you ever noticed that without your feet pushing into the floor, there’s no walking? Or have you noticed that when you hear someone call out to you, your ears and eyes perk up and with a lifted head, you walk toward them. These are very simple examples of how we relate to what’s going on in gravity.
Sometimes things happen that inhibit those natural instincts, and we’re stuck feeling scrunched up and tight in our bodies and discouraged in our hearts. Using Rolfing and the other modalities I work with, I help your body unwind physical and emotional patterns that have gotten you stuck somewhere in limbo.
All around us, we can find health care providers who specialize in helping our bodies from injuries and pain and we can find therapists who help us with our life problems. But the problem is that is that it doesn’t really get to the heart of the matter. The body and mind are not meant to be addressed separately. They are deeply entwined and connected.
Rolfing is a somatic bodywork system that can truly rebalance all of you. When muscles and bones come to balance then we feel coordinated and whole and our attitude toward life profoundly improves.
Dr. Ida P. Rolf wisely said, “Gravity is the therapist.”
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