Structural Integration
Structural Integration
Unwind and Re-align Your Body
In pain? Feeling stiff? Anatomy Trains Structural Integration (ATSI) can get you moving again.
Chronic conditions, old injuries and postural issues can make your whole body feel restricted. That’s because every part of your body — every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fibre and muscle — is encased in fascia.
Fascia gives your body a stable structure while allowing the movement, flexibility, and tissue adaptation your body needs to support the things you do every day.
Sometimes, fascia (which surrounds each of your muscles) can tighten. This is usually thanks to trauma, overuse or underuse.
In fact, myofascial (muscle and fascia) restrictions can lead to muscle and joint pain, reduced athletic performance, and decreased mobility. That’s where ATSI can help.
What is ATSI?
Structural Integration is for everyone who has a body. That means you! The stress and busy-ness of life can really take a toll on bodies of all kinds. My clients range from fitness and movement enthusiasts to those with much lower activity levels. Everyone — young and old — can benefit from releasing restrictions and reducing muscle tension and increasing one’s body awareness.
Based on the work of biochemist Ida Rolf, ATSI is a form of bodywork that realigns the body to reduce tension and discomfort. Coined and developed by Tom Myers, ATSI works into each area of your myofascia using touch, movement, and interactive bodywork.
The benefits of ATSI can include easing tension, unwinding fascial restriction, and helping your body to re-align and perform optimally.
You’ll be an active participant in ATSI — Much of the session work is done on a treatment table, though some moves are done on a stool or even standing.
What are the benefits of ATSI?
ATSI treatments involve gentle movement combined with soft tissue manipulation and movement re-education. We might also discuss lifestyle factors (like sitting at a desk all day!) that might be affecting your body.
Many of my clients have experienced life-changing benefits from their treatment. Here are some of the effects of ATSI:
- Reduce chronic pain and tension
- Improve athletic performance
- Address joint pain
- Increase flexibility and range of motion
- Improve your posture
- Boost your sense of well-being
- Sharpen proprioception (also known as the sixth sense)
- Calm your busy mind
- Increase oxygen intake
- Improve your balance
- Release energetic and emotional blockages
How many sessions do I need?
Addressing head-to-toe alignment isn’t something that happens after one session. That’s why we structure your treatment into three segments: Sleeve, Core, and Integration.
Sessions 1-4: Sleeve
These sessions will focus on the fascia surrounding your large muscle groups. Sleeve sessions will:
- Loosen muscle and fascia restrictions and tension, which can improve your mobility and flexibility.
- Improve proprioception, which can give your balance and athletic performance a noticeable boost. Freeing up this first layer of muscles and fascia paves the way for deeper work.
Sessions 5-8: Core
Tension and misalignment in your deep, postural muscles and tissues (the ones closer to your bones) can lead to all sorts of problems. Addressing issues deep in your myofascia can:
- Improve mobility in each segment of your spine, relieving back pain and tension.
- Give you access to deep muscle activity, giving you a sense of ease and control of your body.
- Connect you to your core, making it easier to calm and focus your mind in times of stress by reducing restrictions throughout your whole body, we’ll re-align your body so you can get the most out of every day.
Sessions 9-12: Integration
Integration brings everything together. The final four sessions integrate and fine-tune the Core and Sleeve work, promoting balance in the body and leaving you with a lasting and progressive change.
Nurture. Re-align. Shine.
Make the most of your one, precious body
Lalita Barak – Professional Bio
Lalita is a passionate and experienced structural bodyworker and remedial massage therapist. She has completed extensive training with Anatomy Trains Australia and New Zealand with some of the best teachers in the Bodywork industry. Lalita is fascinated with human Anatomy and movement and is dedicated to continually deepening her understanding of the vast and complex human body.
With over 15 years of experience as a bodyworker, she loves working with clients of all ages. She aims to get her clients out of pain so they can get back to their favourite activities and feel more at home in their bodies. ATSI can be a life-changing therapy, and Lalita can’t wait to share it with you.