Michael J. Shea

Biodynamic therapy practices for optimizing the immune system and healing the spiritual suffering at the root of many modern ailments Drawing on more than 45 years of practicing Eastern medicine, Michael J. Shea, Ph. D., presents a holistic guide to biodynamic manual therapy practices for optimizing the immune system and for healing the deep spiritual suffering of our contemporary world. Showing spiritual suffering to be the root of our modern epidemic of metabolic syndrome and other widespread health issues, the author explains how the pervasive degradation of the human body relates directly with the food we eat, the air we breathe, and our thoughts and emotions. He explains how the Five Element theory of Eastern medicine offers a method to reclaim the body by sensing each element in and around us as a single continuum. Focusing especially on “the fluid body” in biodynamic osteopathy and biodynamic craniosacral therapy, the author shows how inflamed components of the fluid body, such as the blood and lymphatic system, form the substrate of metabolic syndromes. He offers practices to visualize the health of the fluid body. He explains how, in order to enact the full benefits of the immune system, we need to nurture a deep sense of safety inside the body--a symbolic return to our embryonic and cosmic origins and a restoration of our sacred wholeness. Offering an extensive section of therapeutic applications, including both in-person and remote techniques, the author shares new and unique biodynamic protocols to balance the metabolism with the cosmos as well as optimize the immune system and the function of the vagus nerve. Enacting healing at the deepest spiritual level, Shea reveals how to create inner and outer balance to restore wholeness as it was at the time of the origin of the universe.

La terapia craniosacrale biodinamica un'arte e una filosofia. Le forze bio-morfologiche che ci hanno creato sono le stesse che mantengono la nostra Salute e le capacit di auto-regolazione e auto-guarigione. Questo libro mette in primo piano il principio evangelico "Medice, cura te ipsum" (medico, cura te stesso) che, applicato alla biodinamica craniosacrale comporta la capacit dell'operatore di provare fisicamente compassione ed un profondo senso di quiete nel cuore. La biodinamica craniosacrale diventa allora, come sostiene Michael Shea nel corso delle oltre 300 pagine del libro, anche una forma d'arte o di preghiera che pu essere usata da tutti gli operatori in terapia manuale, da chi si occupa di prenatale e nascita, e in generale da tutti coloro che operano nel campo della Cura e della Salute. Il testo fornisce una ampia documentazione sulla storia e sulle frontiere pi avanzate della ricerca nel campo dei rapporti corpo (fisiologia), mente (sistema nervoso sociale) e ambiente (spazio), mettendo a confronto quelle che sono considerate discipline diverse, ma che in realt sono frutto delle stesse intuizioni e dei medesimi principi base.

Michael Shea, one of the foremost experts on myofascial release, presents straightforward, practical instructions for dramatically releasing pain and restriction of motion in the body's fascia, muscles, and connective tissue. He introduces a soft tissue, hands-on approach for massage therapists, physical therapists, and other healthcare practitioners that reduces tension and stress in their clients' entire myofascial systems, as well as their musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems. Therapists with little or no background in myofascial release and deep tissue reorganization can follow this book's easy guidelines in order to facilitate substantial orthopedic changes and pain reduction in their clients. Illustrated with 70 black and white photos, "Myofascial Release Therapy" includes an at-a-glance section that provides a step-by-step procedure for quick reference. Each photo is supplemented with instructions, as well as with arrows for easy reference in the clinic. This book provides the first integration of the verbal, visceral, and palpation skills of the therapist. It also includes work on the viscera as a way of integrating soft tissue work through the abdomen and pelvis. While manuals on the bones, muscles, and viscera have previously been divided into separate volumes, this book combines them into one. The author offers specific tools and protocols for helping patients "destructure" past somatic experience and reform it into something healthier. He illuminates the interconnectedness between bodies and their relationships to the outside world, including how sensations, feelings, and emotions are organized in the body and how they are coupled to meaning and memory. The result of many years of experience and knowledge, this book provides compelling evidence that myofascial release therapy encourages more rapid healing response of injured tissue.