The first time I met him, I was impressed by the clarity and the precision he could explain complexe thing. In his eyes there was that shine, that people has, when are passionated about a subject and get more excited, by discovering new knowledge while talking. We began to talk, and when I asked him about a physical sensation he had in the arm, the arm began to shake. He got stressed, and breathed quickly. „You see, my arm does what he wants. I cannot control it, it just moves and when I eat I make a mess around and I m happy when I reach my mouth with the spoon.“ There was a mixture of stress, shame and self-ironie. „Ok. Just take a few deep breath.“ I told him and put a hand on his chest. He closed his eyes, paying attention to the chest and to the air […]

I work with midwives and social workers. So every week I have several clients coming to sessions paralyzed or in shock, because in their daily lives they have to deal with very difficult and sometimes life-threatening situations. Often, they are frozen in their bodies, with an expression of fear in their faces, not breathing well. I see two ways they have learned to deal with fear: either they get stuck in their initial reaction to fear and freeze, or they avoid feeling that they are intensely afraid. In both cases, their thinking, talking, moving and action is limited. Their profession, however, requires action; they need to be able to help the people who need it. My job is primarily to show them a new way of dealing with fear so they have all their abilities available for these critical moments that require it. Fear is an experience most of us […]

A good actor is good at being real. I love the theater, because I enjoy watching the actors. A good play in my opinion is not depending on the text or the aesthetic components, but most of all on the physicality and the liveliness of the actors. I like listening to complicated thoughts on stage, if I can feel that the actor is actually thinking them in that very moment. And I love watching movements, if I can feel that they are filled with meaning. Detecting the emotional relationships between the characters on stage, if the actors are daring to allow those emotions to be there in that moment, is an amazing experience. Being real is what makes a good actor. I teach people to be real, how to be themselves without fighting against it. In general, physical therapy is a wonderful learning tool for actors, because their bodies are […]

At the beginning of any learning process, a client often comes with the question, “How can I achieve my goal?” As practitioners we then go on a discovery tour with them to find out. We work together with the client to learn which patterns are still limiting their freedom today, and then we experiment with how to stop those patterns in order to grow stronger and access more of their individual potential for better health and wellness. We want to do the same with the IAGMP.  Our goal is to be a strong and healthy group of professionals recognized by the public, sharing a common vision of ethics, professionalism and a high standard of bodywork training. This past year has already been the beginning of our own discovery tour. We have started to change some of the old structures still limiting our organization today. There’s still work to be done, […]