Elevating from pelvis to pineal: reversing the knots of scar tissue through remedial scar tissue work
Sat 5 Nov 22022 at The Edinburgh Yoga Room
with guest teacher Jambo Truong
“Scar tissue work started to fascinate me after I was investigating a chronic back injury. I had followed all the steps of strengthening my core and learning about how the spine is supported.
I strengthened my glutes and my legs, addressed the compensation patterns that were showing up. Although the back injury eventually recovered, it still flared up occasionally.
As I dived back into my routines I was unable to track biomechanical patterns that would indicate a weakness for the back to feel so unstable.
I suddenly remembered that between the ages of 10-11 I had TWO hip surgeries. Although I had done some work on the scar tissue, I had not addressed it in years.
Once I started to investigate the scar tissue, the hip stability reached another level and my lower back is almost as confident as it once was. I mean, I’m not saying I am trying to have the back of my 21 year old self but I also believe that can happen.
On the journey of investigating scar tissue I realised that scar tissue creates a complex and dynamic pull to the tissues around it, eventually affecting the global anatomy of a person. I eventually came to realise that the scar that I got when I was 6 yrs because I had dropped a punching bag stand on my big toe was also affecting my hip. Since then I have been helping clients and students investigate what scars they have and how that affects their biomechanics.
One of the biggest causes of scar tissue causing dysfunction is caesarian births. A scar in the abdomen has a lot to answer for because this is where our strength of executing movement through breath comes from.
I have noticed that by helping people who have had caesarian scars, many of their symptoms disappear.
If you would like to learn whether your scars are the cause of the injuries that seem to not disappear or if you are a practitioner that would like to take these techniques to your clientele and students, then this workshop is for you.
First we will work on our own scars then work on each others. If you do not have a physical scar but would still like to attend that is also possible. I will be teaching those individuals how to create containers where somatic work can be done.
This is important because all scars, whether they are physical, mental or emotional, shape up. They help us to decide when and where to retract from life and are full of protective mechanisms. When learning to unwind this type of tissue, it is important to know how to progress through a therapeutic session in order for whatever that decides to show up can be processed.
The end of the workshop will involve an integration session.”