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Yamuna® Body Rolling and Body Logic Bodywork:
An Experiential Approach to Complete Muscle Release

What is Yamuna Body Rolling?

Body Rolling is a method of bodywork that enables a person to massage and release muscles by using their own body weight and a ball. Body Rolling is practiced according to specific routines, in a sequence that follows the muscles from origin to insertion. Body Logic Balls are made specifically for Body Rolling.
Begin by placing the ball at the point where a muscle begins, and where its tendon touches the bone. Release your body weight toward the ground via the ball, and then you wait and feel for change. The pressure from the ball begins to stimulate the tendon, bringing increased circulation to the area. As the tendon becomes more elastic, it releases from its attachment at the bone, initiating a release throughout the entire muscle. This release translates into a sensation that the body is sinking deeper into the ball, while the ball is actually moving toward the muscle insertion. Body Rolling can be used with other types of body oriented practice, from massage and physical therapy to bodywork, yoga, fitness training, Feldenkrais and Alexander techniques. It helps you to develop greater control over your internal state and increase your ability to use your body more freely and intelligently.
Body Rolling works according to the body’s natural logic and order. Muscles are interconnected. The key to re-patterning is to see the muscles as a connecting chain and to release all of them.

Who Can Benefit?

Non-exercisers as well as exercise enthusiasts take to Yamuna Body Rolling easily. People who work out vigorously can use Body Rolling to unwind and to elongate their muscles, thus helping avoid injuries.
Body Rolling combines the releasing effects of massage with the toning effect of exercise. After sitting all day at work, on half-hour of Body Rolling can help relieve stress, tension, discomfort or pain.

How Can I Learn?

Body Rolling: An Experiential Approach to Complete Muscle Release written by Yamuna Zake and Stephanie Golden presents Body Rolling in a format that practitioners can use for themselves and with their clients. It explains the basic principle of Body Rolling in a format that practitioners can use for themselves and with their clients. It explains the basic principle of Body Rolling and provides routines for specific problem areas and common physical complaints, including lower back pain, neck problems and the effects of aging. Illustrations help guide the practitioner through the techniques and routines.

To register for Yamuna Body Rolling

To register for Yamuna Body Rolling at MindBody Connection call 800.877.8429 or visit www.yamunabodyrolling.com

About the Author, Yamuna Zake:

Yamuna Zake grew up in Chicago, where at the age of fourteen she became a student of yoga. At sixteen, she began teaching yoga. She was an education major at the University of Redland, California, then came to New York to get a Master’s degree at the Bank Street College of Education. In 1960, she began to develop and practice Body Logic, which grew out of her practice as a yoga teacher. Yamuna travels frequently and has presented her work at the International Massage and Body work Conference, The International Somatherapy Conference, The Florida State Massage and Bodywork Conference and the National Massage and Bodywork Conference.

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