This work is based on the belief that emotional pain and protection is anchored in the body. Over time, this creates muscular and psychological patterns that result in inhibiting our capacity for joy, spontaneity and creativity in our lives. These patterns can be identified, understood and shifted by exploring one’s posture, movement, breathing patterns, and capacity for self-expression in a confidential, safe and supportive environment.

Physical expressions or exercises are introduced to help experience these patterns of tension in the body and recover repressed feelings that are keeping us stuck. There is an emphasis on understanding how and why they developed. For example, how the very defenses that may be causing physical or emotional pain originated as an effective emotional survival strategy.