Shannon Behan
Massage
Breathe deep, Live Longer
Shannon Behan
Massage
Breathe deep, Live Longer
Structural
Integration
Structural
Integration
Importance of Structural Integration
Importance of Structural Integration
Help Athletes
Improve posture alignment
Improve balance
Improve flexibility and range of motion
Improve body awareness
Decrease chronic pain patterns
Support rehabilitation form injury
Improve emotional balance and thinking process
Structural Integration is designed as 10 sessions. I did the 10 sessions of discipline 40 days training with George
P. Kousaleos who was taught by one of Ida Rolf students. Structural Integration is a system of structural and functional improvement that was originally developed by Ida Rolf. Each of the 10 sessions focus on specific region of the body gradually with deeper layers of myofascial tissue and effecting the more intrinsic structures of musculoskeletal system.
Major Goal for each session for Structural Integration
Major Goal for each session for Structural Integration
Extrinsic phase
Session 1 Improve alignment of shoulder and pelvis. Improve breathing.
Session 2 focusing on the calf, knee, ankle, toes, foot, and arches of the lower leg.
Session 3 Releasing deeper tension form lumbar, deltoid, trapezius, and cervical region.
Intrinsic Phase
Session 4 Improving alignment on medial side of both legs
and the pelvis.
Session 5 Release deep tension on abdomen muscles especially the psoas and the iliacus.
Session 6 Release deep tension and lengthen full back, legs, hips, and erector spinae group.
Session 7 Improving alignment on upper body neck, cervical, and face. Release tension of face and cranium.
Integrative Phase
Session 8 Increasing balance of sides of body, front and back, outside
and inside of alignment.
Session 9 Integrating tissues of arms, neck, shoulders, and thorax.
Session 10 are created by the client and practitioner after
evaluating the structural alignment improvements during the first nine sessions.
Each of the 10 sessions focuses on a specific region of the body, gradually working with deeper layers of myofascial tissue and effecting the more intrinsic structures of musculoskeletal system.