Recovery and Prevention

Service Description

Come learn how to take care of those chronic aches and pains or keep your body feeling good with the help of rollers, balls, tools, and props. These are deep bodywork techniques intended to release congestion and pain, and provide you with more energy, flexibility, and range of motion. BeWell owners, Kate and Chris, consider this practice (along with breathing and mindfulness) to be one of the most useful self-care activities we can do our whole lives. Our body tissues work best when there is space and mobility. Repetitive activity or non-activity creates internal scar tissue that diminishes space and fluidity in the body. These self-massage techniques break up that scar tissue and reestablish openness and mobility. This practice is ideally done on a regular basis to help maintain optimal function in the body. Thus, we have turned this class into a 4-week series with the hope that after 4 weeks, you will have enough knowledge and consistency to be able to do this on your own at home. This series is accessible and adaptable for all ages and capabilities. It's great for young athletes to learn how to tend to their bodies. It's great for older folks to reclaim their bodies and activities that they used to enjoy. It is also a great somatic practice to reinhabit and feel at home in your own body. Our modern lifestyle tends to keep us ungrounded and in our heads. This can be a useful grounding and self-connecting practice. Taught by Christopher Ray and Kate Lewandowski. Chris and Kate have been practicing and teaching these techniques for 20 years. Wednesdays 5:30-6:30 March 5-26.