Myofascia Breathing

Myofascia Breathing is a restorative set of breath-full unwinding motions, which are practised with Shibari ropes. The rope is an exquisite tool to tune into the subtle lines of connection within our fascia trains, enabling us to listen sensitively within and harmonize our connectivity. 

Fascia (connective tissue) refers to the collagen web that surrounds, supports and connects all of our bodily systems, from our bones to our vessels, passing by each of our organs and muscle from macro to micro, containing and supporting each muscle cell (myosin), and creating a semi-fluidic matrix interconnecting all individual muscles into one continuous bed of relation. 

This network is our organ and structure of motion, enabling us to evolve as an intelligent and sentient unit. Comprehending and experiencing motion by integrating the intelligence of the myofascia network allows our bodily expression to harmonious as well as supporting energy flow and physiological balance. 

The art of releasing the fascia is to call back fluidity and circulation into the connective tissue so that it can support suppleness and comfort, maintain our graceful posture, and enlarge our range of motion and resiliency. It also helps us to improve multi-joint stability and strengthen our overall structure.

With tender attention, we deepen perception of internal motion and learn to balance the tensegrity within ourself, expanding this state of presence further and beyond our skin through the fibres of our earthly matrix to the meta membrane of our planet which contains and enables life. 

Myofascia Breathing is a method addressing the deep lengthening and energizing of the myofascia matrix developed by Louise Chardon. With Myofascia Breathing we cultivate resiliency and openness by releasing blockages and tensions throughout the semi-fluidic connective fascia matrix within us. Nurtured by breath and clear attention, we deepen our endurance, experience effortless motion, and enrich our connected flow. 

After a long and intense professional career as a dancer and performer, Louise Chardon develops further her life path through somatic practices enhancing spiritual growth and self-inquiry. For more than 30 years, she dedicates herself to the study of being (in) motion. She specialises in listening to the profound sensitivity of the self and how our subconscious manifests into our embodied nature mainly applies her researches to her visual and performative art and shares it through her pedagogic and therapeutic approaches which she defines as Embodied Philosophy & Energetic Physiology. Louise is a certified Body-Mind Centering® Practitioner. She embodies Qigong, Tuina, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, Authentic Movement, Contact Improvisation.