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The language that steers your body comes from your Soul.

Your strong intuitive senses and your connection to the natural world have roots in your physical and energy body. You can perceive subtleties and interpret an unspoken language. You have direct communication with a higher source that resides within you, which is why you strive to take care of your body. You recognize your body is the vessel of this supernatural connection, and you hold it in great honor.

Your desire to be in the flow will work to your advantage. Check it out!

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As a SOUL Body:

Your own personal experiences and intentional focus on soul growth, healing, and personal development have shown you that your body, mind, and spirit operate as one. 

You recognize that your immediate environment and collective energies have an effect on your being.

You’ve got a preference to keep your physical body clear and in good shape. Because you know what it’s like to be clouded by sensations of pain or overcome by adverse effects of foods that don’t agree with you. Similarly, you have little tolerance for your inner light to be muted by excess alcohol or drugs.

You’ve likely got an entire reality outside of this 3-dimensional, earthy realm that is rich with downloads of information, subtle sensations, and waking dreams. This results in your need to spend time alone. This necessity allows your system to process and stay grounded. 

You have a strong presence that is recognized by others but it’s not because you are the loudest one in the room. More so, it’s because your steady nature is attractive and desired. 

You make people feel at ease simply because your natural pace is unhurried and you have a knack to hone in on what’s really important.

This innate groundedness may have taken a lot of inner work to attain. It’s likely you’ve done your share of self-discovery and healing to feel more alive and at home in your own skin. 

Perhaps what has brought you here is the realization that there is still something from within that has you stirring. A wise part of yourself is yearning for attention. Something that strengthens the already woven fabric of wholeness.

There is a life force within your soul, seek that life. There is a gem in the mountain of your body, seek that mine. O traveller, if you are in search of that, don’t look outside, look inside yourself and seek that..
~Rumi

As you know, the inner journey is not a destination. As life unfolds, there is an ever-present opportunity to personally and soulfully evolve, grow, and heal with it.

Inside Your Quiz Results You'll Find...

  • A personalized plan to use that developed trust in your higher self to your advantage when it comes to developing a relationship with your body’s connection pathway- your fascial system.
  • Answer to the question: What's FASCIA got to do with it? Why is it so important to understand and maintain a healthy fascial system? And does it really communicate with me?
  • A glimpse into other ‘fascia archetypes’ that could also be influencing your fascial system. Considering fascia is fluid and ever-changing, your relationship to it may change over time, as well.
  • The spiral nature of personal growth, healing, and your fascial system.
  • Actionable next steps to begin or deepen the relationship to a better understanding of your body’s language.

As you know, SOUL BODY,

your passions and quest for understanding the deeper rhythms of life is not a journey everyone embarks on. 

The challenge and commitment you have accepted on a path of self-discovery have taken you on an exhilarating ride. Perhaps it has felt like a ride for one. This exploration of Self can be isolating at times.

As you know, trusting your inner guidance is imperative. Which can lead you to reject anyone else as your authority.

As your mind opens, your heart expands, and your eyes see beyond what is concrete, you recognize your body takes the brunt of these growing pains.

Oftentimes the entanglements of everyday life get hung up somewhere in the body. These physical, mental, or emotional pain points can keep you feeling stuck.

On the flip side, experiencing that mystical place in the body where your intuition is clear, messages download, ah-ha moments breakthrough and your higher wisdom takes up residence is something to use in your favor.

The body can produce symptoms that don’t fit into any traditional box. You can feel like your body is the earthly reconciler of processing energies and downloads of information. Your dreamtime events can leave you with a sense of two realities. The amount of higher wisdom you process leaves the body feeling like the open vessel that it is.

There is a way to fine-tune your physical and spiritual worlds.

Looking for Self-reliance? Self-discovery? Authentic healing?

This is where fascia comes in!

  • Imagine having a consistent and unique communication system for knowing what is going on with your health and wellbeing. 
  • Imagine this voice delivering clear directions on how to find and address areas that are in need. 
  • Imagine being the expert who is able to discern, treat and advocate for your current physical, mental, and emotional needs. 
  • Imagine connecting your pain and physical symptoms with your inner wisdom and intuition to speak in a way that you understand.

Your fascial system is what connects it all. This vast web of connective tissue is often a key to your physical symptoms. Fascia is also a super communicator. And also to you through your awareness.  

When injury, trauma, pain, or stagnation (physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual) creates enough disturbance for part of you to feel out of sync, your fascial system is both the lock and the key. 

The importance of fascial health:

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  • Self-reliance: When your body, mind, or spirit aches, feels weary or is recovering, there is a great sense of empowerment in being able to help yourself.
  • Self-discovery: When you are faced with challenges or decisions, lean on your body’s wisdom to offer internal insight to clarify some of your toughest questions.
  • Authentic healing: The fascial system affects your body from the energetic to the cellular level. Fascial release helps clear the debris and release the baggage of your being.

A healthy fascial system is your greatest ally.

But how in the world do you tend to your fascia?

Stay with me, we’re going there next!

The Spiral Nature of Fascial Release

The art and practice of Myofascial Release is a beautiful dance. Your body carries the load as life unfolds. It holds your hurts, it is shaped by your beliefs, and it responds to your inward attention. Physical symptoms in the body are signals seeking your care.

Myofascial self-care is a practice that helps you identify where your body is holding, how your body communicates, the ability to discern what you need, and in turn, unlock your body's wisdom. 

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Start with the Basics

Myofascial self-care is a manual therapy practice using foam rollers, balls, stretching, and movement. 

The cyclical nature of Myofascial self-care consists of 4 basic principles that expand into higher levels of mastery.

  • Identify fascial restrictions
  • Understand how your fascial system communicates
  • Master Myofascial self-care techniques
  • Unlock your body's wisdom 

     

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Step 1
Identify Fascial Restrictions:

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The body communicates through the vast web of the fascial system. One way to learn this language is through a Myofascial self-care practice.

The best way to begin to familiarize yourself with the fascial system is to be able to identify fascial restrictions. Simply put, fascial restrictions are the areas of the body that can be a source of pain, limited range of motion, or areas of dysfunction.

Think of these fascial restrictions as a great source of information or your body consciousness. These restrictions are secret keepers, collections of wisdom, and holders of hurts; essentially, they are both the lock and the key to fascial freedom.

Being able to identify fascial restrictions is the difference between having a GPS on an obscure back road adventure or simply hoping you find your way through uncharted territory. 

The process of identifying fascial restrictions is the foundation of connection into your body.

Being able to identify fascial restrictions is the portal into the deep and complex story that is YOU.

When this step is done with consistency, the rapport you build with your body is based on trust, and it enhances your ability to listen to the important messages your fascia is sending. 

Step 2
How Your Fascial System Communicates:

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In Step 1, as you identify fascial restrictions, your body will begin to offer you sensation. This sensation is HOW the fascial system communicates. 

Disclaimer: it is a challenge to fully express the wide array of sensation the fascial system can generate until you experience it. But this sensation is the language of the fascial system.

The sensation that is experienced as you identify fascial restrictions is essentially where the rubber meets the road. 

SENSATION is the heart and soul of understanding how your body communicates. It IS the language of your body. And it speaks in various ways.

  • Sensation can lead you to tight and tense areas of the body as you release aching muscles and pain-inducing tension.
  • It can help to slow down racing thoughts or ease a weary mind.
  • And sensation can help you further hone your intuition. 

The body communicates in a way that is robust with sensation. And with time, this sensational conversation can become something you crave!

Step 3
Mastering Myofascial Self-Care Techniques

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The spiral nature of this process seamlessly lends itself to taking you into a new phase of discovery while building your skills in the step before. 

The premise of this practice is utilizing Myofascial self-care techniques to better understand your body's language.

While the techniques are important, focusing on your body’s feedback via sensations will enhance your confidence with the techniques. 

It’s a cycle that feeds itself.

  • The techniques are designed to help you identify fascial restrictions by using foam rollers, balls, stretching, and movement.
  • The sensation that is generated is an important and meaningful conversation towards self-discovery and healing.
  • And as you hone your skills of identifying restrictions and generating sensation, you are by default beginning to master the techniques. 

The how-to of Myofascial self-care is a cog in the wheel of understanding how your body communicates. The techniques are the tool that initiates the internal conversation.

Mastery of the techniques comes from understanding your body's language, not the other way around.

Step 4
Unlocking Your Body’s Wisdom:

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Fascial restrictions often contribute to:

      • pain
      • limited range of motion
      • loss of function 
      • physical and mental fatigue
      • emotional strain 
      • spiritual stagnation 
      • internal chaos
      • ...and a host of other symptoms. 

As you begin to free up these restrictions, your essence, your wisdom, and your authentic nature have a chance to emerge. You are able to step into right-relationship with the parts of yourself that get shut off or disconnected through traumatic experiences in your life. 

When the chaotic nature and painful sensation of symptoms override your body’s wisdom, you are shut off from what makes you shine. 

By giving your fascial system attention in a way that allows you to identify and release fascial restrictions, you tap into a flow of body consciousness that is your own best ally.

As you begin to understand how to decipher the messages that come from your fascia, the quantum effects will ripple through your being. 

In other words, this process is ongoing. The opportunity for self-discovery and connection is infinite.

The innate language that steers your body speaks in a manner you likely understand. Your fascial system will only make this conversation more profound. Listen.

Although you’ve checked some digital boxes to receive these quiz results, one thing is for certain…

Fascia, in all of its web-like, 3-dimensional, down-to-the-cellular-level, consciousness-wielding glory is NOT meant to fit into a box...

And neither are YOU!

Your journey has led you to a deep connection with your soul. Just as you explore the vast spiritual ethers, the fascial system reaches into the body on the cellular level. Meaning other parts of your body's wisdom could be speaking a different language.

I bet you can find some qualities of yourself in all four fascial archetypes.

DRIVE BODY

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“We rarely hear the inward music, but we’re all dancing to it nevertheless.”

~Rumi

  • Drive Body's have a fierce tenacity that enable you to put your head down and keep going.
  • You are solution-driven and thrive on seeing results.
  • The innate drive can override your system. It is persistent, diligent, and focused when it is set to task.  
  • It is important to capitalize on your natural ability to see things through, because healing can move at a pace that makes your drive instincts crazy.
  • In order to keep the body running smoothly, your physical tune UP will require you to tune IN.

SENSITIVE BODY

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“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”

~Rumi

  • Your body may be sensitive but that is not in absence of strength. 
  • Your willingness to fight for your health and well-being is a mission that takes determination, self-advocacy, and a well of hope. 
  • Like the determined and resourceful self-advocate that you are, you have an inner level of grit and resilience when it comes to your health. 
  • Sensitivity is like a fierce inner strength enmeshed in a permeable softness for your sensibilities to flow. Your body’s unique language embraces this expression.

EMERGING BODY

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“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.”

~Rumi

  • You are super curious and never too far from wonder. 
  • You are on the lookout for depth and meaning.
  • Your body holds more answers than you know how to retrieve. 
  • You are sensory aware and prefer going with your own flow. Because it is in the quiet spaces of your own mind there is a sense of being understood.
  • Learning to trust your body’s wisdom with the utmost confidence is an important theme for you.
  • Creating a rapport with your innate love-spreading, problem-solving, big-hearted, high-vibing power is not to be underestimated.
  • The answers you have been looking for are within.

SOUL BODY

about myofascial release therapy Renie Allen

“There is a life force within your soul, seek that life.”

~Rumi

  • Your experiences and intentional focus on soul growth and personal development have shown you that your body, mind, and spirit operate as one. 
  • You know that your immediate environment and collective energies have an effect on your being.
  • You have a preference to keep your physical body substance-free and in good shape.
  • You are no stranger to energetic downloads of information, subtle sensations, and waking dreams.
  • You make people feel at ease simply because your natural pace is unhurried and you have a knack to hone in on what’s really important.
  • Your innate groundedness has taken a lot of inner work to attain. You’ve done your share of self-discovery and healing to feel more alive and at home in your own skin. 

Hey there! I'm Renie. Soul seeking, fascia fanatic, recovering drive body!

This is how it all began...

Nearly two decades ago, I was freshly separated, single-mom’ing, and in the very early stages of my Myofascial Release career. I was searching long and hard for clarity, the next right steps, reassurance, and for a light in the chaos.

Outside of Portland, Maine in the early 2000s, there were very few MFR therapists. For me, the passion ran high for this ‘work’ that spoke to me like a calling. Saying I was eager to learn is a massive understatement. Some, at that time, may have said I was consumed. 

I was awakening. 

Myofascial Release was that light I was searching for in the chaos. My experiences at that time were immersing myself in John Barnes Myofascial Release seminars while trying to create a new life for me and my young daughter. And the same message was reinforced over and over and over again….

The answers are within.

 And IN, I went. 

Exploring the fascial system with a foam roller and ball, in my near-empty, sun-drenched apartment that was full of hope and wonder, felt like a brand new life.

I got quiet and listened. And started to hear the natural language of the body that communicates and speaks through the fascial system. 

A lot of life has happened since those early MFR days. It’s an honor to meet you here on the path that was forged all those years ago. Let's see what we can discover together!

I'm honored you're here,

Renie

Welcome to the StillPoint MFR Community! Your fascial system is so glad you’re here!

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