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I’ve been fortunate over the years to experience many forms of body-work – massage, chiropractic, reflexology, the list goes on. The more times I encounter skilled body workers, the more deeply I appreciate that as well as having a technical understanding of the body, they are true artists.

This observation proved to be especially the case when I recently experienced a technique called Kinesis Myofascial Integration (KMI) with Adrian Boyd of KMI Perth. KMI is designed to ‘unwind’ the strain patterns residing in your body and restore its natural balance, alignment, length and ease. It consists of deep, slow manipulation, combined with movement re-education and is run over 12 sessions. Following this, the new alignment becomes integrated into your body – a new you!

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The start of the session was rather unnerving, consisting of a ‘body reading’ whereby Adrian cast his trained eye over my physique as I stood in front of a full length mirror in my undies! Once I got over the initial aversion to looking at myself in the mirror, it was fascinating. I was happy to get some positive feedback, but there were some definite ‘wonky hips’ issues to deal with. In front of the mirror Adrian moved me into a more balanced posture and the results were astounding – my legs suddenly looked so much longer and slimmer.

Now, onto the treatment itself, of which my first taste was divine. It’s a dynamic technique – you perform small movements that help Adrian identify areas of tightness and tension, and gently (if a little painfully at times) bring them back into balance. Adrian was so deeply in tune with the process that it was very easy to relax, let go and let him work his magic.

After the session I felt much lighter and more aware of my body. The subsequent sessions work ever deeper to unravel longer term and deeper areas of strain. Well worth looking into if you are dealing with body niggles and looking for a sustainable solution.

To find out more info, check out Adrian’s website, KMI Perth.

What are your favourite forms of body work and who are your go-to practitioners in Perth?

Article by Karen Miller, intrepid body-work explorer from the earthly forms to the esoteric!

Be well,

xoxo

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It’s surprising that a treatment-junkie like me hasn’t tried chiropractic care before. The main thing that came to mind before starting Network Spinal Analysis (NSA) at Innate Wisdom Wellness Centre was bones being strenuously cracked into place – not particularly appealing!

I couldn’t have been more wrong. NSA involves gentle touches to specific areas of the spine, designed to coach or ‘entrain’ your body to rediscover its natural state of health and wellbeing. A body-breath awareness technique called Somato Respiratory Integration accompanies NSA. Both are designed to facilitate a deeper connection with your body’s rhythms and messages.

It seems counter-intuitive that such a gentle practice can really make a difference, but this assumption was soon blown right out of the water. One of the first things I noticed was much deeper breathing, known as the ‘breath wave’. It was wonderful. An old leg injury also started to magically correct itself as my posture improved.

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And then came the emotional release, as my nervous system really began to wake up…..a soft touch here, a flood of tears; a gentle stroke there, a fit of giggles. I’ve frequently arrived at the centre weighed down by stress and left feeling lighter than air – my emotional range has definitely been given a thorough workout!

There are several stages of NSA care with the first being ‘Discover’. Everyone’s experience of care is unique and Discover hasn’t always been an easy process for me. This stage is all about creating a greater awareness of stored tension, some of which may have been locked away for a long time. This has forced me to slow down and really listen to what my body was telling me, which has been very empowering.

As I transition from ‘Discover’ into the ‘Transform’ stage, I feel truly blessed to have come across this profound approach to wellness and look forward to continuing my NSA adventure ☺

Contact Innate Wisdom Wellness Centre (located in Subiaco) for more information on Network Spinal Analysis.

Have you ever tried chiropractic? What have your experiences been with this modality?

Review by Karen: she’s a corporate chick by day, but loves to indulge her inner hippy the rest of the time.

Be well,

xoxo

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Good Friday in Kings Park, amongst the picnicing families and children hyped up on chocolate, was the location for the first of two Flow Yoga events hosted by Stuart Watkins – yogi extraordinaire – to raise money for the charity Africare.

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About 50 people turned up to support the cause by taking part in THREE HOURS (!!!!) of yoga, meditation, dancing and heart-opening.

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The array of delicious and nourishing treats available on the day was fantastic. Organic juices from Found, vegan raw food bites from Raw Rev, Goji berries & cacao nibs from Loving Earth, water from Antipodes and an amazing raw cheesecake from The Raw Kitchen to finish things up!! Not to mention some home made coconut bliss balls.

♥ RAW MAPLE, CINNAMON AND APPLE CHEESCAKE! ♥

Here is a video from the day that’s just surfaced too! Brings back nice memories

The event was beautiful, some Wellness WA readers and writers came down and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I highly recommend everyone attend the second one, details can be found here!

Be well,

Annette

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We’d love for you to join us for an afternoon of celebrating life, bringing together yoga, music, nature and our hearts.

Stuart Watkins and friends will be combining yoga with music while we celebrate life and connect with nature.

This event will be running on a donation basis and all of the profits will be going to Africare.

The yoga will be suitable for complete beginner to advanced yoga practitioner. Even if you just want to dance and/or meditate we’d love for you to join us.

There are two events, both at the Saw Avenue Amphitheater in Kings Park:

1. Friday, April 6, 2012 – 3:00pm until 6:00pm

2. Friday, April 29, 2012 – 3:00pm until 6:00pm

Sign up on the Facebook event page to keep up to date!

Be Love, Be Truth, Be Yoga.

Hope to see you all down there! Ommmm.

Be well,

Annette

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