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Essentially, the connective tissue is like a bridge between the bodys physical nature and its
energetic nature. In its ideal fluid state, the connective tissue allows the body to move in a
rhythmical and pain free, balanced, way. I found in many clients bodies (as well as my own)
that the connective tissue hardens with sudden harsh or forceful movements. When we are
stressed emotionally or physically it hardens, which tends to compress or contract the area
that is affected. It also has a major role in allowing the organs to work in harmony with each
other to enhance the bodys vitality.
As I continued working and learning with Universal Medicine, I looked at what I was
bringing to my clients if my body was hard from physical or emotional strain. I started living
more of what Universal medicine was presenting that being gentle and more self-loving in
the way we move and in everything that we do enhances our bodies natural vitality, and it is
that which we bring to our family, friends, colleagues and clients. As my own body itself
became more gentle, and my own awareness of how it felt to be gentle increased, there was a
significant change in the sessions with my clients. I could feel my clients bodies more
deeply, where their holding and tension patterns were, and whether they were able to let go or
not. I realised more and more, the responsibility that we hold as practitioners. Through being
more harmonious in my body, I was able to support my clients to a much greater degree, and
observe the gentle connection of our bodies with connective tissue therapy.
Connective Tissue Therapy is unlike any other therapy I have experienced. It supports the
body to deeply relax and let go of any tension and holding with a gentle rhythmical motion.
You can feel this from your feet up through your body, or from your head down through your
body, depending on where it is on the body that the practitioner is working. It works deeply
to assist and support the bodys own true intelligence to restore the bodys natural balance
and harmony. The false intelligence is what the head pushes the body to do ignoring how
the body is feeling. It is also when the practitioners head directs the clients treatment to fix
the problem, rather than feeling from the clients body what is needed.
Our body is always truthful if we listen to it, and it is our own unit of science. Over a 2 year
case study project, I conducted a 6 week program of Connective Tissue Therapy on 50
subjects with chronic pain and collated the responses. This was in collaboration with Danielle
Pirera, a colleague of exercise physiology and a PhD graduate in research. The research
sample included 60% of subjects who were people having general treatment for their
problems, but were not students of Universal Medicine (as has been incorrectly reported in
the press recently). The results clearly demonstrated a 50% reduction in pain levels from the
Connective Tissue Therapy that was maintained over a 6 month period.
There is a lot of truth to the old saying the body speaks louder than words.