Body Rolling: An Experiential Approach to Complete Muscle Release

Body Rolling: An Experiential Approach to Complete Muscle Release
by Yamuna Zake, Stephanie Golden

Body Rolling: An Experiential Approach to Complete Muscle Release
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Author: Stephanie Golden, Yamuna Zake
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-09-01
ISBN: 0892817305
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Healing Arts Press
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Book Reviews of Body Rolling: An Experiential Approach to Complete Muscle Release

Book Review: Not light reading - A technical book for correcting real musculoskeletal issues
Summary: 5 Stars

This book is not a good intro into body rolling if you are a lay person. It is designed to present routines to be used as corrective exercises and for training her instructors.

For a good intro, buy the kit and the DVD and the newer book.

If you are really "motivated" and understand what the muscle origin and insertion is and are interested in rolling through and releasing various levels and layers of muscle tissue, then buy the book. I own both books, and unlike most authors, did not find any redundency between the two.

Summary of Body Rolling: An Experiential Approach to Complete Muscle Release

A revolutionary method that teaches bodywork practitioners and their clients how to feel the inner logic of the muscular system.?

Each body has its own logic, its own language of release. This internal logic is at the heart of Body Rolling, an innovative technique that uses a ten-inch ball to stretch muscles, freeing restrictions in the body, increasing blood flow, and promoting healing. Body Rolling teaches "touch and tell" anatomy; you learn to physically find the origin of a muscle and sense what it feels like for that muscle to fully release. Experiencing first-hand the interrelationships in the muscular system comes as a revelation to most bodywork therapists. Body Rolling is an excellent treatment for a number of conditions, and it can re-teach muscles to move effortlessly and painlessly. It creates structural changes that are positive, permanent, and powerful, and that prevent new injuries from occurring.?

The author explains the underlying principles of her technique, shows how to get started, and gives instructions for basic side, front, and back routines.?

Detailed chapters focus on treating specific conditions such as lower back pain, neck problems, and the effects of aging.?


Here's a workout with one big difference from all the others: it uses a ball. Among others, the kind of lightweight vinyl ball you often see stacked up in huge cages in toy stores (perhaps the cheapest piece of workout equipment ever). Zake, a yoga teacher and bodywork practitioner, began developing her techniques 20 years ago to help herself recover from a hip injury. She believes that rolling on the ball in various ways stimulates muscles at their origins, causing them to relax and elongate; at the same time, the gentle pressure increases circulation to the muscles and tendons. This in turn helps balance the body and relieve all kinds of painful conditions in the back, neck, shoulders, and legs, as well as improving the results produced by any other bodywork techniques. Body Rolling is structured for bodywork practitioners to use with their clients, and the anatomical language is somewhat technical. Still, the exercises are well illustrated, and there's no reason readers with a certain amount of fitness knowledge can't do these routines themselves. If you really get into it, you can order more flexible, reinflatable balls from Zake's company.

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