Aston-Patterning® sessions reduce strain in areas of chronic stress or pain by allowing more even distribution of tone and weight bearing and, as a result, more shared effort of movement throughout the entire body. Aston-Patterning recognizes that each human body is uniquely asymmetrical, and that when our environment and activities match our individual patterns, our body performs with more efficiency and power, less effort and strain. Aston-Patterning applies this philosophy to bodywork and movement, as well as to fitness and ergonomics. Benefits from sessions may include:

• Postural change for increased benefit and enhanced performance of life activities
• Increased level of overall fitness and well-being
• Relief from the effects of stress and pain
• Healing and rehabilitation of injury and trauma
• Preparation for and recovery from surgery
• Improved receptiveness and self-awareness

An Aston-Patterning® session begins with a comprehensive assessment of postural alignment, tension patterns, body movement, and your interests and goals. As they relate together, these findings inform the design of the session for your unique pattern. The focus of the first session is most often bodywork, and each subsequent session may include exercise, movement coaching for an activity of interest, or ergonomic modification specific to your body and your activity, each according to your interest. Effects that you may experience from the session include:

• Release of overly tight muscles and increased tone in underused muscles
• Increased volume of breath, more internal space
• A more comfortable alignment and ease of movement in joints
• A heightened sense of connection with yourself and the earth

Aston® bodywork is a specialized from of massage and myofascial release that uses a non-compressive touch to unwind daily and accumulated tension, from superficial tightness to more longstanding and deeply embedded structural holding patterns within the soft tissue network, at joints, and along body surfaces. This unique form allows accuracy of touch and comfort throughout the session. The purpose is to decrease holding throughout the layers of the body and create new movement options from the inside out.