Structural Integration Bodywork

Annelies Smith

Burlington, VT

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About Annelies Smith

I offer a twelve-session series in kinesis myofascial integration that can evolve your body to a new, optimal state. I am a board-certified KMI practitioner, a somatic movement therapist, yoga teacher and massage and energy worker and have been in the field of bodywork since 1994. I specialize in addressing your body's structural challenges intelligently and holistically, and I am able to come to you with a greater understanding of anatomy, movement integration and energetic repatterning.

KMI is an advanced form of holistic body therapy that focuses on lengthening and repositioning your fascia to align and balance the body. Fascia is a tissue that runs both deep and superficial. It holds together your muscles and bones and organizes them into movement. Fascia contracts, shifts, thickens and forms adhesions in response to poor posture or habits, inefficient movement patterns, physical injuries, surgeries, emotional stress or trauma.

These fascial changes restrict your muscle function and
coordination and impinge on neurovascular pathways, leading to an array of immobility and pain patterns.

I can help you through the following:

* ease pain from chronic joint, bone or muscular issues
* increase range of motion, flexibility and balance
* align posture
* increase body awareness and pattern recognition
* decrease stress including headaches
* increase self knowing and self confidence
* decrease anxiety, depression and other mental health concerns
* reveal and resolve somato-emotional stasis in a lasting way

Location

The Dolan House, 156 College Street, Suite 201
Burlington, VT 05401

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  • 5/5 stars November 28, 2011

    I have just completed my 12 week KMI series with Annelies and I feel grounded, in my body, and aware of how to adjust and release old patterns of posture. I came to KMI looking for a second opinion about needing physical thereapy for an old shoulder injury. In the past physical therapy would only strenghten the muscles around my shoulder, it never really addressed the problem, which was rooted in my posture starting with my feet. Annelies has helped me learn to relax into my body, feel it breathe, and feel it move and funtion as a group of moving parts. She is a wonderful person to work with and is a great healer.

  • 5/5 stars August 10, 2011

    Annelies made it possible for me to run a marathon and has really changed the way I walk and move! Now, when I am running and have knee or foot pain, I am able to remember her instructions, modify the way I am moving, and generally make my own pain disappear - it is seriously magical, people.

    Also, she's just done a new training and has some amazing skills to help you run more effortlessly, efficiently, and without pain. She's the kind of therapist who does great work over time, but also shows results in one session. I recommend her highly!

Question and answer

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. Does the therapist you are choosing have the experience and the sensitivity to create a truly transformative experience for you so that your sessions can provide you with the opportunity to deeply heal and come to know more about yourself and your body?

Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?

A. The best thing about the KMI series that I am getting is that by going through these twelve specifically designed sessions that systematically address my entire body with depth, cohesion and precision, I feel that I am giving myself a whole new experience to life! Not only is my body changing, but my whole outlook as I see myself in this world is evolving. I am renovating my body to a balanced and neutral place, good to go for years to come. By the completion of the series, I have definitely increased my mobility, vitality and ease in body and mind and it doesn't fade away in a few days, weeks or even years.

Q. What questions should a consumer ask to hire the right service professional?

A. We are all versatile people. Does the professional you are thinking of working with have the background to be ready to customize your sessions for your particular needs? Can you feel that you can really relax and be comfortable with this person so that you can show yourself parts of yourself in this special opportunity?

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