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Scientific Methodology combined with Eastern Meditation

Rebalancing was developed in the late seventies in the Osho Commune in Pune, India. Many therapists from diverse backgrounds (Rolfing, Neo-Reichian Bodywork, Trager®, Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, etc.) were ready for a new holistic approach to bodywork.

Under Osho's guidance and personal feedback, Rebalancing was born. It was a meeting of Western scientific methodology and Eastern meditative practice. The unique aspect of this concept is that both the therapist and the client can benefit from a session when presence, meditation, and body awareness are integrated. That's why technique and meditation have equal value in Rebalancing.

What is Rebalancing Bodywork?

All painful events in our life, emotional and physical, are stored in our body tissues and held in the unconscious. This creates holding patterns in the body and psyche. Sooner or later, these traumas may manifest as chronic tension or pain.

In Rebalancing, we release these tensions on a physical and emotional level, bringing back more aliveness, grounding, and eventually, relief from pain.

Rebalancing is a form of body-oriented awareness work that brings people back into harmony with themselves so they can live their essential unity of body, mind, and heart. It works with a unique synthesis of deep and soft connective tissue manipulation, joint release, energy and breathwork, body reading, body awareness training, and exploration of emotions and their expression.

Rebalancing Bodywork sessions are a method of deep relaxation, healing, and balance through the body. This method is a highly structured and scientific body therapy using deep-tissue massage, supporting us to come back into balance with ourselves. Rebalancing is a simple way to reconnect with your body and its natural grace.

As the body releases muscular tension and relaxes, energy is set free. At the same time, old and unconscious emotional and mental attitudes and patterns can come into our awareness. This helps us to better understand ourselves and our hidden potentials. Hereby, we come closer to our innermost core, which enables us to live life more spontaneously and meaningfully.

OSHO® Rebalancing™ - Session Introduction

OSHO® Rebalancing™ is a powerful bodywork modality developed at the Osho International Meditation Resort in Pune, India in the 1980s. It combines deep tissue massage with body awareness techniques. The focus of this work is to guide people back to their own harmony, enabling them to live their essence from a place of balance within their body and being.

Rebalancing is named for its unique approach: deep and gentle work on connective tissue, joint release, energy and breathwork, body reading and awareness exercises, and exploration of emotions and their expression.

As the body's tight muscles release and soften, energy is freed. Simultaneously, old, unconscious emotional and mental patterns that have been held in the body come to the surface of awareness and can be released.

The Ten-Session System

Rebalancing is divided into ten sessions, each with a different focus area. They progress step-by-step, from superficial to deep, like peeling away layers of an onion. The first three sessions can be seen as preparation, opening the outermost layer of the body. The next four sessions include deeper work, while the final three focus on coordination and integration of different parts of the body.

A systematic approach addressing different areas of the body:

Session 1: Opening to Grace - Active breathing, opening the chest.

Deepens the breath and releases the diaphragm. The body will experience a feeling of lightness, grace, and increased vitality.

Session 2: Grounding and Understanding - Befriending gravity: legs and feet, rooted in the ground.

Releases tension in the legs, ankles, and feet, allowing for a sense of support from the earth and grounding in strength and stability.

Session 3: Giving and Receiving Through the Sides of the Body - Connecting with the outside: three dimensions, balancing shoulder and hip joints.

Works with the arms, shoulders, chest, and deep hip muscles. Supports three-dimensional awareness (front, back, and sides of the body), boosts metabolism, and can assist with weight loss.

Session 4: The Pelvis - Awakening the Core: inner legs, deep pelvic work, control and surrender.

Addresses the inner leg muscles (adductors) and their connection to the pelvis. Supports finding a more flexible and balanced position for the lower back and pelvis.

Session 5: The Core - Where Earth and Sky Meet: deep abdominal work, reaching the hara.

Focuses on the abdomen and deep abdominal muscles (psoas), bringing awareness to the core to allow for realignment of the pelvis and spine. Provides a way to access deep feeling.

Session 6: Standing Up - Balancing the Pelvis: back and spine, support and balance.

Works with the deep muscles of the back and legs, helping the body to stand more upright. Can release chronic back pain.

Session 7: Neck, Throat, and Face - From the mind to facing the world in the present: neck and head, the last place of control.

Addresses the neck, throat, and face, harmonizing the connection between the head and the rest of the body. Can release chronic neck pain or tension in the jaw and eyes. Especially beneficial for people who work with computers.

Sessions 8 & 9: Balancing the Two Halves - Finding your own balance.

Session 10: Integration

Things to Note

1. For the most complete experience, I recommend booking two sessions per week for 5-6 consecutive weeks. At a minimum, please consider scheduling one session per week for 3-5 weeks.

2. Each session includes: Bodywork consultation, Joint release, Deep tissue massage, and Craniosacral balancing

3. Sessions can be done fully clothed. If you feel comfortable and open to it, you may choose to remove your outer clothing and be covered with a towel during the session.

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