BODYWORK

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BODYWORK

• By Adriana Villarraga

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• I invite you to submerge yourself into the
  powerful healing tools offered by bodywork. There
  are different ways to regain balance, acquire
  more energy and achieve wellness through
  bodywork. Here you will find some information and
  resources about different techniques, from
  exercising to alternatives of therapeutic
  bodywork. I hope you will enjoy this
  presentation.

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Exercise

• Cardiorespiratory Endurance
• Muscular Strength
• Muscular Endurance
• Flexibility

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CardiorespiratoryEndurance

• Ability to perform aerobic exercises for a
  prolonged period of time (Powers, Dodd,
  Jackson, 2011, p.52).

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Muscular Strength

• Ability of a muscle to generate maximal force
  (Powers, Dodd, Jackson, 2011, p.96).
• Amount of weight one can lift during one maximal
  effort (Powers, Dodd, Jackson, 2011, p.96).

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Muscular Endurance

• Ability to generate force over and over again
  (Powers, Dodd, Jackson, 2011, p.96).

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Flexibility

• Allows a joint to go through its full range of
  motion.
• It allows us to bend, twist, and reach without
  experiencing pain or stiffness (Powers, Dodd,
  Jackson, 2011, p.140).

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Therapeutic Bodywork

• Craniosacral Therapy
• Energetic Healing
• Lymphatic Drainage
• Sound Therapy
• Color Therapy
• Therapeutic Touch

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Craniosacral Therapy

• It takes a whole-person approach to healing and
  the inter-connections of mind, body and spirit
  are deeply acknowledged (Biodynamic, 2003). .

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Energetic Healing

• Is an umbrella term for any therapy that
  manipulates the energy circuits in our physical
  or subtle bodies to regain balance and facilitate
  our bodys innate healing mechanisms (Healing,
  2003).

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Lymphatic Drainage

• Is a profound technique that increases lymph
  flow (Real, 2009).
• It increases immune function by stimulating the
  production of lymphocytes and removing harmful
  substances from body tissues and neutralizing
  them in the nodes (Real, 2009).

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Sound Therapy

• Holistic approach to healing the physical,
  mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the
  person enabling the individual to return to a
  state of harmony and balance through the use of
  sound frequencies (Sound, 2008).

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Color Therapy

• Non-invasive and powerful therapy that utilizes
  the light of varying wavelengths as energy to
  produce a healing effect (Colour, 2011).

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Therapeutic Touch

• It does not involve actual physical contact and
  utilizes the hands to direct human energy for
  healing purposes (American, 2008).

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References

• American Cancer Society. (2008). Therapeutic
  Touch. Retrieved from http//www.cancer.org/Treatm
  ent/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlter
  nativeMedicine/ManualHealingandPhysicalTouch/thera
  peutic-touch
• Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of
  North America. (2003). Introduction to Biodynamic
  Craniosacral Therapy. Retrieved from
  http//www.craniosacraltherapy.org/Whatis.htm
• Colour Therapy Healing. (2011). Colour Therapy.
  Retrieved fromhttp//www.colourtherapyhealing.com/
  colour_therapy/
• Healing Energy. (2003). What is Energetic
  Healing? Retrieved from http//www.healingenergy.c
  om.au/energetic_healing.shtml
• Powers, S. K., Dodd, S. L., Jackson, E. M.
  (2011). Total Fitness Wellness. San Francisco
  Pearson Benjamin Cummings.
• Real Bodywork. (2009). Lymphatic Drainage
  Massage. Retrieved from http//www.realbodywork.co
  m/articles/lymphatic_article.html
• Sound Wave Energy. (2008). What Is Sound Wave
  Energy? Retrieved from http//www.harmonyera.com/