Raynor Massage is a system of bodywork developed by Australian trained
Naturopath Brandon Raynor. It covers not just the muscles of the body
but also the skeletal system and the subtle energy systems of the
body.
Raynor massage is not performed as a routine massage, although we do
have particular techniques, stretches & adjustments that we have
developed. Instead, the goal of Raynor massage is to find any residual
tightness or blockage in the body & get rid of it. Whatever
technique we plan to use, we must always evaluate it against this
goal. "Is this move that I am doing helping to get rid of the person
tension or not?" is a question that should always be asked.
Residual
tension means tension that is in the person's body when the body is
resting, for example on a massage table. In other words if a person
has muscle tightness in an area when they aren't using that area this
is what we can residual tension and our goal is to get rid of this
tension.
Another important concept of Raynor massage is that the source of some
of the residual tension in the body can be from emotional or stress
related reasons. We believe in the well accepted Eastern medical
theories that the physical body is a gross manifestation of a subtle
body composed of life force and emotions and other subtle energies. We
refer to this life force as chi or prana. A blockage or disruption in
the flow of chi or prana will cause an area of the physical body to
become tight, blocked or forced out of position in the case of the
bones.
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We also believe that the body is one holistic organism and we don't
believe that dealing with one part in isolation is as effective as
dealing with the whole person. So, in this way we recognize that one
part of the body may be tight but that area is being held tight by
another area which could then also be held tight by another area
again. We also recognize that the subtle body of emotions and the
gross physical body are related and so we see that some tension may
not be released in the body unless the corresponding emotion is also
released. In this way we work holistically not just with our massage
techniques but also with our rhythms. We encourage our clients to
breathe deeply into their bellies during the treatment and to allow
any emotions out that need to come out and to not hold them back.
Raynor massage has some of its origins in Eastern forms of massage
like shiatsu, Ayurvedic massage, eastern chiropractic work, Lomi Lomi
and yoga breathe work. However, we have integrated and evolved these
techniques to fit in with our simple philosophy of finding every bit
of tension in the body and getting rid of it.
We have emphasized certain extremely important parts of the body that
are often neglected by traditional massage therapists, such as the
abdomen, the sacrum, the hips and the feet, hands and head. These
areas tend to hold a lot of stagnation and blockage of the life force
and freeing them up will generally have a great benefit not just to
the areas concerned but to the whole being.
Source & Copyright B. Raynor.
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