| Body Rolling is a therapeutic self- care practice for body therapy practitioners and an educational tool used by body therapists to empower clients to develop a deeper and more subtle relationship with their own bodies. Body Rolling improves any type of body- oriented practice, from massage and physical therapy to bodywork, yoga teaching, fitness training, and somatic therapies such as Pilates, Feldenkrais and Alexander technique. Developed through seventeen years of bodywork practice, Body Rolling is an experiential approach to learning the language of anatomy. |
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| It gives you an understanding of muscle release based on internal sensory experience. |
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| Body Rolling is practiced on a six to ten inch ball. While many people use balls in an improvisational way for stretching and bodywork, Body Rolling is practiced according to specific routines, in a sequence that follows the logic of the neuromuscular system. The general rule of Body Rolling is this: Muscles release from origin to insertion. Following this tenet, you place the ball at the point where a muscle begins, where its tendon touches bone. You release your body weight toward the ground via the ball, and then you wait and feel for change. The pressure from the ball begins to stimulate the tendon, bringing |
