Myofascial pregnancy massage
Advanced myofascial pregnancy massage uses pendulation rhythm and the tensegrity principle to address full-body tensional patterns in a wide variety of client positioning. Kneeling on a tuffet. Advanced myofascial pregnancy … Continue reading
Pendulation rhythm and standing client positioning
A film noir introduction to standing bodywork techniques by Portland, Oregon licensed massage therapist and advanced myofascial practitioner, Hamid Shibata Bennett, LMT, CAMT (OBMT #301). Features an original soundtrack, recorded … Continue reading
The four C’s of consciousness
Simon Lewis is part of the implantable generation. He was in an auto accident, losing his newly wed wife in the tragedy. He had a massive stroke and entered a … Continue reading
Tensegrity principle and gene expression
I found an abstract on the tensegrity principle. They attached hybrid EMG and MMG probes to the tensor fasciae latae and middle deltoid. When they massaged the peroneals, tensor fasciae … Continue reading
Pendulation, trauma release and bodywork
There is a call from the second highest ranking fella in the U.S. military, Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the Army vice chief of staff, to rename PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) to … Continue reading
Myofascial Mechanoreceptors Class
Standing client positioning. Photography by Hamid Shibata Bennett Myofascial Mechanoreceptors Class Coming out of the latest fascial research, learn bodywork techniques to engage the four types of myofascial mechanoreceptors in … Continue reading
Myofascial Mechanoreceptors
Bodywork is a form of kinesthetic communication. We speak to the nervous system, we speak to emotion, we speak to memory, always in open, two-way dialogue. The work is equal … Continue reading
Bodywork Naturalism
Back in massage school, I was never that fella that piped right up with the origin of a muscle. My brain doesn’t always process information with that sort of expediency. … Continue reading
Preverbal cognition
Global patterns of restriction in the body can go way back in the way back machine. A recent injury unwinds quite readily with the right coaxing, letting the tissue know … Continue reading
Be the One Run
In July, I was invited to give massage therapy at the Be the One Run in Portland, Oregon, sponsored by the Be the Match Foundation. They match up bone marrow … Continue reading
