Concentric Cultivation Myofascial Release

The magic of MFR comes from awareness of the present moment. It comes from being curious about what you are feeling, and what your body may be telling you. The judgment of the thinking mind gets in the way of fully experiencing the healing process in all it's subtlety, mystery, and power. If you are feeling stuck in a place of pain, tension, stress, fear, or worry, reach out to learn about how working with me can help you to ease pain and tension, while cultivating awareness, curiosity, and joy!

Our fascia is incredibly strong! It can withstand up to two thousand pounds of pressure per square inch! That means fascial restrictions can place crushing pressure on pain-sensitive structures, restricting blood flow and nerve activity, strangling organs inhibiting proper function. Myofascial Release can do more than just relieve your tight neck or back, it can help restore balance to the whole body!

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MFR is about just the right amount of pressure,
in just the right spot,
held for just long enough to make your body happy!

This little dude is running to get some MFR treatment, because he knows the value of taking care of himself! Myofascial Release can help keep your wings limber and your eyes sharp for all your mouse and squirrel hunting needs.

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There are over 7 billion humans on the planet with over 7 billion unique patterns of fascial restriction! This is why even when many clients come in with similar complaints, I make sure to bring my fullest awareness to assessing the condition of each client in region of the body and how they relate to each other, both with visual postural assessment and and hands-on tactile palpation. The area where we are feeling the most pain is not necessarily the most important area to treat in order to resolve that pain. This is because the myofascial system is an interconnected network throughout the whole body, and the pain points are often simply the weakest link in the chain, while the source of the strain may be coming from somewhere else. Start with the symptoms, and look elsewhere for the cause!

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I will be forever grateful for the transformation my life has undergone thanks to encountering the John F Barnes Myofascial Release Approach. This is my story.
I entered my young adulthood in rough condition physically, mentally, and spiritually, mainly as a result of spending years of my free time hunched in front of a computer screen using games as a means of escaping negative thoughts about myself. Eventually I realized this was no way to lead a happy life, and decided to make changes. I lost a lot of weight and sought new, more rewarding ways to engage with life.
But my misspent youth caught up to me, and at 23 years old I was experiencing serious chronic pain and depression, feeling hopeless and fearful to engage in physical activities. I had some inkling that there was a connection between my depression and my pain, and I realized I needed to make some changes to how I treated my body, so I began receiving Pilates-based physical therapy as well as practicing Yang style Tai Chi. I also tried hypnotherapy, and began practicing Buddhist chanting. All of these modalities were beneficial but my situation didn’t really improve until I was referred by my PT to a Myofascial Release therapist.
My first session began rather slowly and felt uneventful, but the therapist’s skilled touch and guidance was able to coax me slowly into a deeper relaxation than I had ever imagined possible, and I experienced a release of years of pent-up physical and emotional stress as a strong feeling of vibration spread over my whole body.
I left the session feeling, truly, like a different person, and soon realized the power of the mind-body connection, as my emotional state improved in unexpected ways and I found a novel sense of joy and ease from being more open and relaxed physically. I had found a path to legitimate healing, and finally could see the light at the end of the tunnel; I felt that the transformation I was seeking was finally possible. Over the course of a few months of regular treatment, I had made great strides in reducing my pain and beginning to cultivate a deeper awareness of my body.
Due to the vicissitudes of life and health insurance, I stopped getting treatment for several years. I continued to practice Tai Chi for health and grew to love the art, but I would sometimes experience hip pain from practicing. I began to feel afraid of certain movements and postures, and grew frustrated that I wasn’t able to practice to my fullest potential. The MFR self-treatment I had learned came in handy, and getting regular deep-tissue massages helped me to temporarily relieve a bit of stress and pain, but it wasn’t providing the deeper relief or lasting results that I wanted. After going through a serious hip pain flare-up, I knew it was time to return to MFR. I found a new therapist nearby and began getting treated again. I had forgotten how good it felt, and I promised myself I would get treatment when I needed it and dedicate time to self-care more consistently. In 2019, my therapist let me know about the Myofascial Release Healing Seminars for clients hosted in Sedona, Arizona. I attended the seminar where I learned the basics of treatment and received very encouraging feedback from partners, which led me to realize that this path could be more than just a personal inner journey; I could share it with others, and help people to relieve pain, find ease in their bodies, and return to an active, pain-free lifestyle. I immediately enrolled in massage school, and began attending John Barnes’ training seminars as soon as I could.
In the training seminars I learned that this work was even more powerful and subtle than I had realized. And my appreciation for MFR grew further as I came to see the profound ways that MFR and Tai Chi compliment each other beyond just both helping to promote relaxation and health; I learned that my Tai Chi practice had already given me a chance to cultivate sensitivity and intentionality of touch in a way that was directly applicable to Myofascial Release. I am excited to explore the possibilities that these practices can bring as I deepen my understanding of each art, and the ways they intersect to foster our innate potential for joy, ease, and strength in all aspects of our lives. If you are interested in exploring the possibilities for yourself, reach out I would be happy to talk to you about how I can help you reach your goals.

The human body is made up of about 60 percent water. The fascia is made up of about 70 percent water. Considering the fascia extends through the whole body and makes up about 20 of our total weight, a significant amount of the water in our body is found in the fascia! Healthy fascia is full of fluid so that it can stretch and glide smoothly, but it can become dehydrated and sticky, causing the layers of fascia to lose their smooth gliding motion, leading to pain and reduced mobility. Myofascial Release treatment can help to loosen fascial restrictions and allow fluid to move more easily, hydrating the tissue and enabling better movement and reducing pain! This is also why I will usually encourage you to drink plenty of water after your sessions.

Myofascial Release in Centennial, Colorado! I am here to guide patients in relieving pain and cultivating a grater sense of ease in the body.

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Your body is a garden, not a machine!

Many of us tend to take a reductive, mechanistic view of our bodies, and our approach to healthcare reflects that. We expect our bodies to function according to certain specifications and if it’s not performing we attribute it to a malfunction in a certain part, or to the inevitable decline of old age. Doctors create a single label and apply it to countless different people with countless different situations, so long as they all check certain boxes. They treat the body as a machine by isolating parts and looking for the problem in the same area that symptoms occur. But this view doesn’t really account for the complexity of our bodies or of the relationships between different anatomical parts or physiological systems of our body, and leads to numerous erroneous beliefs. One of the largest groups of victims of this mentality is those who suffer from chronic pain conditions. There is an epidemic of chronic physical pain, often unexplained and resistant to standard treatment protocols.

But there is a solution to chronic pain. There is a path to easier movement, and better athletic performance. It is a mistake to assume that you can’t feel better in your body because of old age, past injury, or mysterious chronic pain. It’s completely possible to regain a sense of comfort and ease in the body and return to a pain-free active lifestyle. The keys lie within you.

In ancient China, doctors, philosophers, and mystics conceived of the human body as a garden, a complex confluence of relationships that reflected the relationships of a natural ecosystem, and of the entire cosmos itself. They believed the key to health was cultivating a healthy balance between the various energies and physiological systems of our body and mind. They did not have access to the knowledge and technology that today lets us divide the body into pieces and examine each part separately. Instead, they studied the phenomenology of health and observed connections between various factors that influence our health. Not every idea or technique from classical Chinese medicine holds up to modern scrutiny, but the general philosophy and many of the specific ideas still hold immeasurable value to us today. Integrating the seemingly opposing views of modern Western medicine and classical Chinese medicine allows us to come to a more complete understanding than holding either view to the exclusion of the other.

So while there are some elements in the body that do in fact behave in a mechanistic way such as the proteins and organelles within our cells, the overall picture is much different. The complex relationships between different organs and systems in our body is much more reminiscent of a natural ecological environment. Just like cultivating a garden, we have the ability to cultivate better health with intention, consistent care, and patience. One of the best ways to start is by addressing our myofascial system.

The Myofascial system is a series of interconnected fibers spider-webbing throughout the whole body. It is one unified structure that surrounds and supports every muscle, bone, and organ in the body. It should be supple, springy, and hydrated with fluid so that it’s layers can glide against each other and adapt to the needs of your body in motion, storing and releasing elastic tension during our movements. But it can become dehydrated and restricted, hindering the natural gliding movement of the fascia. Restrictions can cause pressure on sensitive areas, causing inflammatory pain and even impacting organ function. They can also affect our movement patterns in ways that are often impossible to notice until we release the restriction and feel our improved mobility in action.

Some of the best ways to begin to tap into our fascial system and improve fascial health on our own are through mind-body practices like Yoga, QiGong, Tai Chi Chuan, and breathing exercises. For many people, consistently undergoing these practices alone can have a radical transformative effect on one’s body, and indeed, one’s entire life. But they tend to work very slowly, and we all need a helping hand sometimes. Also, for those living in chronic pain, physical activity can be very difficult, and establishing a regular practice may be outright impossible when dealing with flare ups of debilitating pain. There is a great need for therapeutic modalities that can help people release fascial restrictions and bring more awareness into the body to facilitate the process of improving overall health.

Myofascial Release is one such modality. Created by Physical Therapist John F Barnes, Myofascial Release utilizes gentle but powerful manual therapy techniques to enable patients to cultivate better health and return to active, pain-free lifestyles. By holding for a longer amount of time than other modalities, Myofascial Release gives the fascial system the time and gentle support it needs to release restrictions and open up the area for better hydration and blood flow, and increased range of motion. With the care and patience of an experienced gardener, a Myofascial Release therapist guides their patient to a better state of health. Viewing the patient as a whole person rather than a symptom, and assessing the body’s needs in each moment rather than following a prescribed protocol, the therapist creates space for whatever change is necessary to occur in the patient’s mind and body in order to cultivate ease and achieve the patient’s health goals.