Rebalancing - Fascia massage

What is rebalancing?

Rebalancing is a holistic fascia massage therapy that emerged from Rolfing® (according to Ida Rolf) at the end of the 1970s, but has been expanded by a number of other influences and techniques from other body therapies (including Feldenkreis, osteopathy, Alexander technique, breathing therapy, etc.).

Deep and slow fascia massage techniques are used to release adhesions in the muscle and fascia tissue with great care. The body and psyche are supported in realigning themselves, often resulting in an upright posture and inner balance.

Tension and pain in the musculoskeletal system can often be alleviated or completely eliminated with rebalancing and posture can be improved in general. The body becomes more supple and flexible, circulation is stimulated and breathing is deepened in a gentle way.

Occasionally, we recommend supplementing rebalancing fascia therapy with myofascial taping (fascia taping). Fascia taping can be booked in addition to the treatment or as an individual treatment.

Rebalancing literally means "bringing back into balance". It is a holistic body therapy and symbiosis of fascia massage (deep connective tissue massage), joint loosening, body reading, emphatic conversation and the promotion of body awareness and mindfulness.

For this reason, in addition to physical complaints and pain, rebalancing is also particularly suitable for stressful life situations, such as burnout, life crises or phases of reorientation. The treatments support profound changes and an improvement in quality of life through a tangible physical and inner balance.

What throws us off balance?

In this short video, Bernd Scharwies, Head of Training at the Rebalancing School Switzerland and Munich, explains what rebalancing is all about: Video link

Video "Fascia - the mysterious world under the skin"
The following YouTube clip from the TV channel "arte" clearly illustrates and explains the tasks that fasciae perform as a whole-body network in our body and the influence they have on the body and mind. The documentary shows the latest findings of international science and fascia research. See for yourself and be amazed:

Deep and slow fascia massage techniques loosen adhesions in the fascia and muscle tissue

Areas of application

Muscular tension and pain
Joint pain
Herniated disc / disc hernia
Adhesions in the fascial tissue
Restrictive movement and posture patterns
Improving posture
Exhaustion
Burnout
Life crises, phases of change/re-orientation
Promoting body awareness and mindfulness

Rebalancing is mindful touch, stretching, loosening and releasing fascial structures and joints

History of rebalancing

The rebalancing method originated at the end of the 1970s in an ashram in India, where body therapists from many different disciplines shared their experiences with each other and strove for more holistic treatment methods. Inspired by Bhagwan Shree Rajnesh (later Osho), they combined all their knowledge into a new body therapy, so that in 1981 the first structured rebalancing training could be carried out on this basis.

A special feature of rebalancing is the structural integration and organization of body and psyche into different body and subject areas, which has been adopted from Rolfing® and expanded by other effective body therapy techniques from osteopathy, breathing therapy, Feldenkrais, Trager, Postural Integration, Biodynamic and Psychic Massage, Alexander Technique, Polarity, Shiatsu and acupuncture. George James, one of the founders of rebalancing, said:

"Rebalancing combines the best of everything that works best".

When groundbreaking findings in fascia research were published in 2007, it was finally possible to scientifically explain and prove what rebalancing and rofling therapists in particular had previously only been able to feel with their fingers and describe with words. Since then, fascia research, fascia therapies such as rebalancing, fascia fitness and everything to do with fascia has experienced a real boom. Not least because it has also been proven that fascia tissue has six times more pain and movement receptors than muscles, and that posture and psyche can be mutually influenced by it.

The philosophy of rebalancing

A rebalancing session can be taken as an individual treatment for acute physical complaints, for relaxation and to restore physical and inner balance, or for a specific body-oriented topic (see below). Individual sessions are therefore just as useful and effective as a whole treatment sequence.

The ten-session system* is recommended for a profound change and restoration of physical and inner balance or for chronic complaints. Rebalancing was originally carried out as a system of ten consecutive sessions, as is usual in Rolfing. These can be carried out at freely selectable intervals. The ten sessions promote your body awareness, your consciousness and your attitude to certain issues and physical symptoms. You can compare it to a journey to yourself lasting several weeks.

The specific fascia massage techniques for each session allow you and your body to consciously and unconsciously integrate what you have experienced during the treatment. So don't be surprised if your posture changes both externally and internally in a positive way after a treatment.

*It is quite possible to take a single session or to repeat a particular session several times in order to intensify the experience or to be able to integrate the change process even better.

Tension and pain are relieved, the body straightens up and becomes more supple and flexible

Themes and body areas in rebalancing:

1st session: THE BREAKUP
Body: Thorax / Chest
Themes: Straightening, breath, receiving and inspiration

2nd session: FIND YOUR STANDING POINT
Body: Legs / Feet
Themes: Grounding, being supported, point of view

3rd session: FINALLY ABLE TO HANDLE
Body: shoulders / arms
Topics: Connecting, taking and giving, boundaries

4th session: THE POWER OF SILENCE
Body: Pelvis / pelvic floor
Topics: Holding on and letting go, control, body center and stillness

5th session: IN YOUR CENTER
Body: Abdomen
Themes: Feelings, trust, digestion, harmony of thinking, acting and feeling

6th session: THE POWER OF THE BACK
Body: Back
Topics: Support, strengthening the back, support, sincerity and restraint

7th session: THE LAST FIXATION FALLS
Body: neck / head / face, merging of head & body
Themes: Being authentic, being visible, tangible, audible, standing by your greatness

8th + 9th session: ON THE WAY TO WHOLENESS
Body: Integration session, body halves / right-left separation
Themes: Integration, polarity, responsibility, receptivity, active creativity

10th session: IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD
Body: Integration session, personal responsibility, world of possibilities
Themes: Integration, foresight, harmony, resonance, being whole and part at the same time

The 8th to 10th sessions are integration sessions. They are about reorientation, rediscovery and experiencing the connections between all physical areas, integrating them and implementing them in everyday life.

Rebalancing massage treatment procedure

1. recording of personal details and medical history
2. short conversation about your state of mind, personal issues and complaints
3. body reading / eye diagnostics
4. rebalancing fascia massage
5. final discussion and personal exercises if necessary

Duration of treatment

Please allow sufficient time for your arrival and for the treatment so that you can experience the success of the treatment without time pressure and can relax completely.

As a rule, a rebalancing session lasts approx. 75-90 minutes.

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