Viana-Motion

7/27/2020 0 Comments

How Bones for Life® supports your massage clients

As body workers we need to take care of our own bodies, as well as help our clients sustain the results created in our sessions.

Bones for Life® can add value to almost any massage therapy. It doesn’t replace massage–it adds value to other hands-on work. (And it might help you as well!)

I used to feel so frustrated that my clients were not keeping some of the changes we achieved in our sessions. I wanted to empower them to take charge of their own movement and well-being. I found I could help my clients and take care of myself with Bones for Life®.

Bones for Life® gives clients the keys to make and keep postural and gait changes themselves.

It can be done in individual or group sessions. If you're interested email me at vianabfl72@gmail.com or keep reading.

Here’s my story…

As a body worker, I was trained in multiple modalities from Swedish, to craniosacral, to positional release technique, and many more. While most modalities were useful for me and helped the scoliosis that I’ve suffered with for life, after thirty years of standing over a massage table day after day, I was frequently in pain. That pain was taking away from the energy I could bring to my clients.

Something had to change. My work had become a struggle; the joy had left.

Fortunately, I was introduced to Bones for Life ®, a program created by Ruthy Alon, one of the first teachers to be certified in Israel by Moshe Feldenkrais. The Feldenkrais method, Awareness through Movement, is typically done on the massage table or the floor, as practitioners slowly talk their clients through a series of movements.

Ruthy’s work, called Movement Intelligence, focuses on the gait.

Her work builds on Feldenkrais but emphasizes anti-gravity movement. She focuses on what happens when we walk. I started the work to improve my own movement and ability to continue to work with clients.

The results were dramatic, I started realigning my spine through my neurological system.

The processes offered me steps that invited my brain and body to work together in new ways. My posture changed and so did the way that I move.

I also experienced emotional releases as stuck parts of me began to let go.

Before I started Bones for Life®, I was feeling the signs of age. I was tripping and falling. My memory started to fail, and I was losing my confidence. All of that changed, after I did Bones for Life®. My brain worked better. My memory started improving along with my posture–an unexpected benefit!

As a result of my improvements, I decided to become certified as a Bones for Life trainer. I’ve subsequently been certified in three Movement Intelligence programs, and able to offer clients 300 processes that offer clients a progressive challenge without straining the bodies.

The work is helpful in building bone strength for those at risk of osteoporosis–as most women over fifty are. The more one’s posture improves, the stronger the bones become. This can help people achieve a natural state of fitness at any age.

I was able to unlock my spine so that I had fluid movement through my spine. My scoliosis didn’t disappear, alas, it had been with me for nearly 70 years, but I was able to function with it so much better.

I was able to continue my massage practice without the pain that had practically driven me out of the business.

For your clients

I’d love to talk to you about how to best support your clients. Better, yet, why not experience a session for yourself? *

*Ask me about discounts for licensed massage therapists.

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6/17/2020 0 Comments

The way to a healthier gut is on your shelf

Over the years, I've learned to experiment and listen to what my body tells me.

When I chose not to listen, I paid the price.

I started experimenting with my diet in the 70's and am still learning today.

Back then, I got quite sick and I didn't know where to turn. It was at a time when many began questioning our standard American diet. I decided to become my own guinea pig in my own laboratory.

At the time, fasting was in. I bought a juicer, grew my own sprouts and tried the vegan diet. Despite feeling lighter, I ended up getting sick because legumes didn't agree with me and I became protein deficient. I had a lot to learn about balancing the nutrients that my body needed in my diet.

Then, my husband and I decided to alternate one day eating only fruit and the next day eating only vegetables. We did this for a few years, but it backfired because my body was missing the amino acids that animal products produce.

I knew I was in trouble when all I could think of was roasted chicken!!!

This week, I'm reading a book by Dr. Royal Lee (the founder of Standard Process Labs), From Soil to Supplement. I've been eating sauerkraut and drinking brine for years which I've learned helps the body produce its own gastric enzymes. But the body also needs to maintain a healthy acid-alkaline balance, and one common food is particularly good for this: apple cider vinegar.

I drank apple cider vinegar in the '70s and don't know why I stopped.

Today, when I drank some apple cider vinegar, my body started to sing!

We need to do both: maintain our gastric enzymes and our acid-alkaline balance.

If you're having arthritic and bursitis symptoms try drinking a little apple cider vinegar diluted in water every day and see what happens. Just before a meal is a good time.

Why don't you try it? It's simple, common, cheap, and in my experience can do wonders.

But remember, it's your body and you have to listen to what works for you. I hope you'll share what you discover.

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6/10/2020 2 Comments