As the body accumulates these patterns, it begins to shorten and shrink. People get shorter and stiffer. This is what people identify as aging. The Three Main Components of Hellerwork Reconditioning the body after it has gone throughout this process of aging requires not only releasing the rigidity from the connective tissue, but also bringing awareness to and changing the patterns that caused the tissue to rigidify in the first place. Work Deep connective tissue bodywork is designed to release the tension that currently exists in the connective tissue, and to return the body symmetrically to an aligned position.
Bodywork accounts for the majority of the treatment period.
To the client, this is felt as a great release of tension throughout the body. If the bodywork aspect of Hellerwork is like taking the dents out of a car's bumper after the car has run into a tree, the movement education can be likened to reeducating the driver so that he won't continue to destroy his vehicle. Through the Hellerwork movement education program, the client becomes more profoundly aware of his body and its movement patterns, and as a result discover easier, fuller ways of moving. Simple and easy to remember suggestions and visualizations are used to rebalance the movement for optimal alignment and fluidity. In movement education, we focus on the use of the body in daily activities.