I am a licensed massage practitioner, a certified Pilates instructor and Practitioner of the Duggan/French Approach.
The Duggan/French Approach examines the relationships between an individual's physical patterns and their underlying emotions and belief systems. Often, these beliefs are not within the realm of conscious thought. DFA can help an individual gain more awareness physically and emotionally so he/she can see how these unconscious beliefs and the shape they take in the body are affecting their ability to be fully expressive in their lives. This process happens through the client and practitioner working together to explore what the body is languaging at subconscious levels.
In a typical session, the client lies down (fully clothed) on a massage table. The practitioner introduces a gentle, elliptical motion that moves through the muscles, tendons and connective tissue. This movement works deeply and subtly to gently release the patterns of stress and tension that impede physical and emotional well-being. While working, the practitioner will ask questions and make observations that help the client develop an awareness of their habitual patterns of holding. As the work deepens the client and practitioner will explore belief systems and emotions that are held in the body. Each session ends with movement education that helps the client to integrate and become aware of the structural changes that have occurred as a result of the work on the table. Although there is a typical framework from which the practitioner works, there is no agenda, no pre-determined amount to get done, only the commitment to the process of discovery with the client.
I encourage you to contact me by phone so that I can answer any questions you have about the work, and so we can talk further about whether this work is appropriate for you.
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