Unlike conventional massage, Lucien's hands-on therapy focuses on the body's long-standing patterns of resistance and compensation stored in connective tissue layers known as fasciae. Even when deeply relaxed, our body still holds a set of imprinted limitations which are the basis for pain and restriction in both physical and emotional expression.
Lucien's hands-on therapy releases restrictions within these fascial layers in a precise and gentle way in order to relax, lengthen, and release holding patterns. Patients feel increased relaxation, alleviation of pain, and longer lasting benefits. He identifies pathways of communication for the body’s movements and expression and facilitates openness, flexibility and release into areas of long-forgotten resistance.
Lucien's hands-on therapy can be applied to restrictions within the musculoskeletal, organ, and nervous systems. Hands-on applications in these three regions are traditionally known within Osteopathy as Parietal, Visceral, and Craniosacral respectively. The Parietal or superficial applications (also known as Myofascial Release) focus on restrictions around muscles, tendons, and ligaments. The Visceral or deeper applications focus on restrictions around the organs. The Craniosacral or deepest applications focus on restrictions around the brain and spinal cord.
Lucien also offers a holistic series of 12 sessions of hands-on therapy he calls the Life Integration Series®. His series is based on the form-stabilizing approach of Ida Rolf's Structural Integration (also known as "Rolfing") as well as the unique movement education system of Moshe Feldenkrais' Functional Integration®. Lucien Demaris' Life Integration series is a journey through the alive interconnections of the human body system. His series improves mobility while assisting stability of form. Most importantly, his series emphasizes the value of learning, the importance of movement to all aspects of life, and the belief that awareness itself can lead to a deeper change than could be achieved through force or effort.
(*Rolfing® is a registered mark of the Rolf Institute®.)