Myofascial Unwinding

According to John F. Barnes: “Myofascial Unwinding’ is a movement-facilitation aspect of (this) Myofascial-Release approach”.

It integrates the connection of the body to the mind via the facilitation of natural body movement and stretches. This can be interpreted as a sort of body talk. The client’s body lets the client (and sometimes the therapist) become aware of the ways it needs to move (…for whatever reason the client may have embedded within their conscious and/or sub-conscious mind.) It is all a matter of trust. The therapist supports the movement of the client’s body as it moves on the table (…and “out of gravity”).

This technique allows both the client and the therapist to connect with the “healing zone” which is defined as “our intuitive, instinctive state”. It allows the brain to relax to a wave state somewhere between Alpha and Theta. Just as sleeping time is the time of healing, Myofascial Unwinding allows the individual’s sub-consciousness to initiate the healing process.