Structural Integration assesses our postural habits: how we hold ourselves in space. It aims to reorganize/reform our holding patterns, so that we feel more aligned in our body.

Using techniques that access deeper tissues in the body along with client movement, Structural Bodywork realigns the body with the intent to improve posture and relieve the chronic pain/tension that comes from holding ourselves in poor postural patterns. 

This work progresses over a series of sessions. While a single session is possible, I typically recommend 3 or more to feel the effects of this work. A full series length is 12 sessions, where I work to build you from the ground up. More information will come to light in our initial session, where I will assess and communicate to you what I recommend going forward. 

In our initial session, I will spend time assessing your unique posture (front, back, side to side) with a few instructed movements. Sessions are typically done with a client in their underwear or bathing suit. Techniques may be performed while you are lying down, standing, or seated. Don’t worry, I’ll tell you step by step what’s next. 

Structural Integration has a reputation for being intense, i.e. painful. After all, we are working out patterns that could be decades old. We will work together to determine the intensity of the techniques used to facilitate better movement - from gentle to deep. Your safety and comfort are of utmost importance to me and we will stay in communication throughout our session. 

This work is based on Tom Myers’ Anatomy Trains and is truly profound. You can find a short video where Tom Myers talks about the 12-Series HERE.

Structural Integration can be difficult to describe to someone who isn’t familiar.

What is it? What does it look like? How does it happen? Here’s an attempt to explain SI in accessible terms:

We live in our bodies and, for better or worse, we are stuck with them! 

Which means we can get stuck in them. 
Everything that happens to us throughout our lives - 
physically (bone break or surgery), 
mentally (chronic stress), 
emotionally (heartbreak) - 
can become a holding pattern that we carry with us. 

Over time, we become stuck in our patterns and they become a regular part of how we hold ourselves. Structural Integration works us out of those patterns and into our most aligned selves.

In becoming more aligned,
more embodied,
it allows us space for our purpose -
for what lights us up and gives us joy. 

Think of the language we use when we are proud: 

“We stand a little taller.” 
“We hold our heads high.” 

Being only 5’ tall myself, I can’t promise you any height increases, but let’s see if I can’t get you to feel more confident in that sentient meat suit made of stardust (i.e. your body).

Structural Integration can help with:

• chronic muscular pain patterns

• anyone looking to improve their posture or movement capabilities

• musculoskeletal issues: non-acute/chronic/idiopathic

• orthopedic injuries

• rehabilitation work (6-weeks) post-surgery

• fascial restrictions; restricted movement

• limitations in range-of-motion (ROM) or physical performance

• postpartum recovery

• anti-aging / spatial medicine

• improved well-being, vitality, performance enhancement

• body image, self transformation, self awareness

• stepping into a new chapter or new version of your body or yourself