Deane Juhan eloquently brings alive and makes accessible and intriguing the subjects of anatomy and physiology. These workshops allow us to develop new images and new language in order to more deeply understand the anatomical, physiological, and philosophical aspects of the body-mind.
All webinars will include extensive slides and lecture to illustrate and describe the material in their titles. They are the accumulation and consolidation of knowledge on their subjects that has been gleaned from Deane Juhan’s fifty years of research and practice.
Much of content of these classes is uniquely applied to somatic healing disciplines of all kinds. It offer perspectives that are not found in textbooks, and that in fact often run counter to accepted opinions about the nature of our organisms’ processes of development and healing.
Restrictive Muscle Patterns: How They Are Formed and How to Release Them
The gamma motor system is the most often neglected and least understood features of all movement and motor control. For one thing, its operations are largely unconscious; and for another, the complexity of its activity defies normal, tidy explanations of cause and effect.
It is what guides our intentions into coherent action. Its operations account for spontaneous movement, for well-honed repetitive skills, and for dysfunctional patterns that frustrate our development and create discomforts of many kinds.
A grasp of its functions is essential to understanding how movement takes place, and how lasting patterns are formed.
In this session, we will answer the following questions:
What makes up the gamma motor system? It combines the interactive elements of ordinary muscle cells, tiny muscle spindles, tendon organs, the brain stem and spinal cord, and the millions of reflex arcs that ultimately stimulate muscular contraction and lengthening.
Why is it so little known? While much has been written about each of these elements, very little has coherently described their stupendously complex interactions that produce movement, skills or blocks. Countless variables are at play between the conscious mind and unconscious actions, between intention and actual performance. All of this activity cannot be illustrated or understood in terms of the computational flow charts we are often shown in textbooks. It is a kaleidoscopic gestalt that is perpetually changing, body-wide and in nanosecond shifts.
What does it have to do with injuries and healing? More often than not it is habituated and resistant patterns in our muscles—“stuck” or “blocked” areas that set the stage for injury. When we force our way through them in the attempt to achieve a desired movement or asana, the connective tissue that surrounds them is in danger of strains, sprains, rips and painful inflammation. The unconscious elements of a stuck pattern must be patiently and mindfully coaxed into great length, more range of motion, and more ease in performance.
When? Sunday, December 10 at 2pm Pacific Time. Please use this time converter if you need.
Cost: $45
Where? Online. The zoom link will be part of your confirmation email and you will also receive a reminder email 2 days before and one hour before it starts.
After registering, you will receive 2 emails: a receipt and a confirmation email. The Zoom link will be part of the confirmation email. If you don't receive it, please contact asap info@yogakula.com. Thank you!
Recorded Video will be available and sent automatically to all registered participants. If you cannot make the time but would like to attend, please register to receive the video link.
CEU available for NCBTMB.
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Originally trained in-residence at Esalen Institute from 1973 to 1990, Deane Juhan has been a professional bodyworker for 30 years. He is a Trager practitioner and instructor, with a private practice in the Berkeley area. The author of "Job's Body: A Handbook for bodywork," and "Touched by the Goddess: The Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Dimensions of Bodywork," he has long had a passion for understanding the relations between mind, body and spirit and the creative forces at work in all self-development, healing and artistic expression. His workshops have been presented all across the US, Canada, Europe and Japan. Their content is focused on both cutting edge research into many aspects of the body-mind and his years of experience as a practitioner.
Website: jobsbody.com