Q:What is Structural Integration Bodywork?
Due to our biology and biography, our posture can fall into mal-adaptive patterns. These patterns are mostly unconscious and can make it difficult to move, stand, and sit with proper alignment. Structural Integration is soft tissue bodywork with the intent of bringing more alignment to posture and adaptability to movement. Clients often report feeling taller, breathing better, and more balanced after sessions. With better posture, we are able to participate in life and activities more fully and less likely to feel pain.
Q:How is Structural Bodywork different from massage or chiropractic work?
Massage brings overall relaxation to body and mind with an approach to soft tissue work that focuses on client’s aches and pains. Chiropractic work focuses largely on manipulation of bony structures in the body while also focusing on “problem areas”. Structural integration takes a step back to understand how overall postural patterns could contribute dysfunction in an areas of the body. The area often calling out to the client is the victim while the perpetrator far off, often on another side or altitude of the body.
structural integration bodywork focuses on soft tissue in the body.
Structural integration bodywork can be stimulating to the nervous system and requires active participation for the giver and receiver of the work.
Q: What is the process of receiving structural integration bodywork?
Clients commit to 3-12 sessions, each with a different focus.
Each session is roughly 90 minutes long.
Clothes worn must expose the legs, torso and spine for accurate work.
The client is asked to move in a way that assists with the bodywork.
The client gets up and walks around between each of the areas worked.
How much does each session cost?
90 minute sessions cost around $165 for an established structural integration practitioner. Nichole is certified to do structural integration body work by Anatomy trains but because she is still a student in the larger program, sessions are discounted to $100.
How do I sign up and pay?
For more information or to schedule a session, click here. Nichole will reach out to you by phone or email to schedule your session times. Once confirmed, you may pay Nichole via Venmo, cash or check. Payment is expected at the time of the session.