Spa - Being Well: Trends - September / October 2003

In Sync. The body's connective tissue is a storehouse for emotional pain, stress, and anxiety. As a result, collagen, a protein that adds strength and elasticity to the tissue, twists into spirals and eventually hardens, causing muscular imbalance, inflexible joints, impinged nerves, and a general "shrinking" of the body. An alternative to traditional rehabilitation therapies, the somatic art of BioSync (Bio meaning "life" and Sync, "harmony") offers a unique way to permanently unlock these physiological memories. A combination of diverse Eastern and Western healing systems, this bodywork technique uses deep tissue penetration, [lengthening] and "unwinding" - a spiral motion that releases the cross-linked collagen --- to restore mobility. "The physiological patterns our bodies have memorized from past experiences often prevent us from enjoying complete health today. When the unwinding takes place, there's immediate access to physical, emotional, and mental resources not previously available"