as a contradiction when you consider the depthand intensity of some aspects of Structural Integration;however, we can go deep without damage if we listenand get permission. There is the lovely dance of followingand leading in a Hellerwork session, where we havean overall experiment unfolding that involves seeing whathappens when a persons body moves towards beingaligned in the gravitational field. We study the process aswe go, seeing what the rules are and where the psychologicaland physiological stances intertwine and how theyContinued on page 14Based on what my client comes in with,I am looking at how this person is organizingthemselves around the abiding force of gravity.I am looking for what moves and what doesntmove in their structure. What is held or frozen,and how they are negotiating around it.4meditation away from the present moment into a state ofperceived healing and well-being.Scared, very sacred, I could hear myself mumbleas I reflected on her being in the world. Yet there mustbe a determination to change, otherwise why would shemake the effort to come to therapy. Some part of herknew that is was time.Lauren was confirming herself in a positive waythrough her light meditations and affirmations, but herbody told me a very different story. Internally she keptreaffirming very negative and destructive beliefs aboutsafety and how to be in relationships. She looked like shecarried a few bumper stickers saying: Dont come close,I will break into pieces. If you come closer I will have todisappear, not exist. So better not feel myself. Her refugewas another world, private and unavailable for others toenter. She looked like a very unhappy woman on a pathtowards restriction and pain.Continuum Movement, has long made the claimthat our stiff, rigid bodies are more a product of ouremotional attitudes than a lack of exercise. We pay littleattention to cellular health and regeneration as it intersectswith our beliefs and attitudes. The way we feed ourown negative thinking has a direct impact of how we feedour cellular body. There is a known link between healthyimmune system functioning and positive experience andphysical health.Change is constant, yet the human psyche hasthe hardest time getting friendly with that notion. Wedesire change, but when faced with it, we remain faithfulto old patterns, fearful of the unknown or that what wewill encounter will be even worse. And with that fear westay in a cycle of restriction in our bodies, not allowingnew experiences to change us.We dont usually invite change into our lives.Change comes upon us, unexpected, unwanted. Whenfaced with hard or challenging circumstances, we desperatelylong for it. Like Lauren, longing for a life that wouldbe filed with love, kindness and a life partner. Her wakinghours often spent daydreaming about the life she couldhave had. Her daily life riddled with fears, too commonfor her to even detect them being a problem. The fearswere part of her, almost like a personality trait, acceptedlong ago in the confusion of love turning into threat.Cell RegenerationThe body regenerates itself cellularly every 7 years.Cell death happens slowly without the apparent outerstructure of the person changing. Most of the cellularstructures are being rebuilt (some organs dont). Weare capable of renewing, shedding