Aston-Patterning® is a completely unique, state-of-the-art system for gentle evolution through fluid movement and postural change, that always works with the body as an integrated whole.

I have been getting Aston-Patterning® sessions since 1980, to help my body structure adjust to my inner evolution, learn how to negotiate movement issues, and recover from injuries. I would not be as freely myself, nor would my work be so effective if I had not had this experience and also trained in Aston-Patterning.

Aston-Patterning® recognizes that because we are 75% water, we are each naturally unique and asymmetrical, our bodies can become more resilient and fluid in motion, and we can evolve best at our own pace.

As a highly sensitive person, I have low tolerance for pain, am slow to integrate experience, and fully appreciate any tools that assist me efficiently without undue discomfort. Many people say you have to go through the "good pain" to get where you want to be. I beg to differ - that has not been my experience, especially with Aston-Patterning®. It operates in a revolutionary paradigm.

Aston-Patterning® includes

• Aston movement education: teaching fluid biomechanics for any kind of movement
• I have applied it to everything from sitting at my desk to washing my face, to yoga and dance technique, to doing bodywork, to reorienting to a new structural configuration after receiving bodywork, to tying my shoes, to walking with a backpack - and more.
  

• Aston ergonomics: strategic environmental support for any task
• I have used it to adjust work stations, using fitness equipment, adjusting a car or bicycle seat, arranging furniture - and more.

• Aston Fitness: unique strategies supporting individual alignment and functional needs
• I have used it to help me maintain structural changes after bodywork, support new movement patterns, overcome physical pain - and more.

• Aston structural bodywork: painless realignment to improve function
• Because the practitioner is trained to detect the directional flows of your individual body musculature, the touch is always respectful and utterly efficient - the right amount of pressure, in the right places, in the right sequence, in the right direction, at the right speed, for the right amount of time to achieve appropriate change with minimal effort and discomfort. It is the Rolls Royce of structural bodywork, and I rely on it to help me keep moving forward.
  

• Aston Massage: improved integration, and reorientation after change
• When life is overwhelming, I'm exhausted, stuck, or generally out of sorts, this gentle, deep and respectful modality always helps me integrate again. Each stroke goes as deep as is called for, and is blended with that particular Aston quality of precision and awareness.
  

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