Deep, effective, lasting changes ...
to inspire the BodyAlive!
Imagine feeling aligned, gracefully in tune with gravity…
ease, mobility, resonnance, and balance…
…expressing the gift of life.
Aric Spencer
SOMA Structural Integration
Since 1999, Aric has offered liscensed SOMA Bodywork, the first offshoot discipline of Ida Rolff’s Structural Integration (Rolfing).
Come see Aric for a treatment session or SOMA Series today!
What is BodyAlive?
Clients gain added mobility and healthier joints that can more easily stay in alignment. Soma work decreases scar tissues for a more athletic, functional, younger, and alive body— creating more elastic, powerful and efficient muscle contraction. This is the Body Alive.
A posture that looks and IS comfortable
Clients gain a feeling of being more balanced, grounded, and taller in height. Soma work opens up the range of motion in the joints for better alignment and balance within the pull of gravity — creating a more naturally stable, upright and comfortable posture.
A sense of embodiment
Clients gain a feeling more alive, dynamic, graceful and aware of the present moment. Soma work decreases neurological "fixation" that blocks the intelligent feedback needed for smooth coordination, proprioception, and healthy sequencing of movements — creating a felt sense of body transformation.
Structural Integration is…
Clients gain a boost in self-esteem, self-reliance and creative self-expression. Integrating all three systems mentioned above (muscle, joint and nervous), Soma work allows for an amazing benefit to emerge: a new sense of responsiveness to learning, growing, healing and aging. These often-challenging aspects of life can reshape themselves into some of the most pleasurable and joyful human achievements.
“After years of intermittent bouts of increasingly severe lower-back pain, I went to Aric, skeptical but hopeful. When he changed the muscle patterns in my legs, my back responded immediately. But more than just (dramatically!) address my back issues, the "work" caused me to change the way I breathed and walked. I feel tremendously comforted by the gifts I gave my body.”
—J.W., Designer (SOMA Series client)