Resistance/Release
work is an innovative approach developed by Deane Juhan, based in large
measure upon the rehabilitative techniques of Dr. Milton Trager.
Functionally, we are really one muscle that is divided up by the
connective tissue structures into different compartments in order to
provide specific vectors of motion and coordinated groups of motor
units. We are not robots with hinges, cables and pulleys, but
shape-changers, and any gesture involves the participation of
wide-spread muscular supports and motivators.
Resistance/Release work is designed to re-coordinate our musculature as a
whole and to train more efficient and effective recruitments of
muscular contractions and lengthenings involved in any position or
movement, from feet to head and from sleeve to core. The result is
dramatically improved muscular coordination, adding both ease and
strength to all of our activities.
