Zen Bodytherapy® - The Art of Ordinary Magic | Alina Mihai

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Zen Bodytherapy®

Zen Bodytherapy® is a series of ten sessions designed to give the body its optimum functionality in movement and in stillness by preparing, balancing, and aligning the soft tissue of the body in relation with itself and the environment. While feeding ki, work is done to free up and align the fascial webbing, release the pain, reeducate the nervous system through awareness through movement, and produce a vertical lift through the body.

Each Zen Bodytherapy® session follows a recipe for unwrapping, aligning and balancing the human structure. Each session is a continuation of the work done in the previous session and focuses on a specific area of the body.

The nature of the Zen Bodytherapy® work is very deep, direct and to the point. Aberrations that have accumulated in the tissue over the years are cleared, the soft connective tissue is separated and freed, and the body is allowed to come together again, more aligned, integrated and balanced. The body exhibits an upward lift against the force of gravity, with great ease of movement and an unobstructed flow of energy.

The goal of this work is to reverse the aging process and rejuvenate the client’s body, mind and soul.

The people who seem to get the most from the work are the people who are ready for change and able to be actively engaged in its process.

Clients who have completed the Zen Bodytherapy® series say they:

Feel more alive

Improved their posture

Have more energy to do more

Recover faster in sports and physical demands

Feel better prepared for pregnancy and post partum

Increased their ability to be aware of the body’s changes and needs

Reduced or eliminated the original symptom they came in to get rid of

Felt more of a positive attitude

Renewed their sense of well being

Gained trust in their body to heal itself

Increased their mental clarity and decision making capacity

Can handle stressful conditions better

Got involved with community service and helping others

Increased the quality of their relationships

Started taking better care of their health

Felt a deeper connection to the world around them

Zen Bodytherapy® Canon

“Zentherapy® recognizes that from birth to death life is a flow of energy. This energy takes shape by our attitudes, our emotions, and our bodies. Zentherapy® releases the natural form of the body from the aberrations caused by physical, chemical, psychological, and spiritual traumas. These aberrations misalign the body and block the free flow of energy within the body and between the person and the universe. The blocks and misalignment prevent a person from realizing his full potential and experiencing the one list of all life. Once the blocks are removed and the structure is aligned, the body, mind and spirit was moved to a higher plateau.

Zentherapy® is a synthesis from Eastern and Western cultures. Many different methods and techniques are used to process the body; this includes my teachers, Ada Rolf, Moshe Feldenkrais, Lauren Berry and Raymond Nimmo. Tanouye Rotaishi’s teachings are an underlying source of all Zentherapy® trainings.

Consciously experiencing and using universal energy is what makes Zentherapy® unique. The zazen training is basic to this work. From the very first day and throughout the Zentherapy® trainings, special emphasis is placed upon the self-development of the practitioner and the development of the client.

It is the goal in therapy for both the practitioner and client to become as a child: free of fear, hate, greed and pain. Fully living each moment, moment by moment.”

William S. Leigh

The majority of the pain in our bodies is due to trapped emotions

Is it our sedentary lifestyle, our stress level, or a combination of both? Watch this preview of the film E-motion to learn about how the body stores the subconscious mind.

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Zen Bodytherapy changed my life. Before, I was working on accepting my body, as being what it is, something I cannot change. I now feel that my body is plastic, and I can mold it however I want. I feel leaner, taller, my shoulders dropped down, my arms hang loose on the sides of my body, and I often get compliments on my posture. I used to have a bladder problem, and with Zen Bodytherapy, it went away. Emotionally I’ve also changed. I am less stressed, more emotionally aware, and more active in finding out the source of my pain.

It was painful, but so worth it! My body feels great.

I feel looser, lighter, and after session 3 a long-standing pain in my hip suddenly vanished. It's been two weeks and it hasn't come back.

Zen Bodytherapy is hard to explain... It can hurt really bad - I was feeling 10's and 9's during my first session - but that night I slept like a log, and woke up feeling really calm.

I did Zen Bodywork because it was recommended to me by a friend who does martial arts. I didn't think I had any pain in my body, but boy was I wrong. You will be amazed what you will discover in your body, and what your body can release. I didn't know my body can feel this loose and calm.

I have been to chiropractors, done accupuncture, massage, you name it - I've tried it. Nothing is like Zen Bodytherapy. It really works your entire... energy field. You'll feel things you've never felt before in yourself.

When I started Zen Bodytherapy I started having wild dreams. About ex-boyfriends, places I had lived before - things I hadn't thought about in a long time. It was very interesting.

I remember this putrid smell during my third session. They say during the bodywork you release a lot of toxins. I did not know my body was holding so many toxins!

I've been doing Bikram yoga for years, then I had one injury and had to stop. Usually if I would stop for a week before, the next week was already harder to do the poses. After Zen Bodytherapy my pain went away, I went back to Bikram, and it was as if I had never left. I think my first time back was in fact the best practice I had ever had. I felt loose, balanced and focused like never before.

I like it, it builds character! I've never done anything like this before. I love the way I feel after the sessions.

I feel great after my sessions, and sleep like a log. My skin has cleared up, too. I used to wear makeup, and lately I don't feel that I need it anymore.