The Somatic Techniques Glossary collects the specific hands-on and movement methods used within Somatic Realignment Therapy sessions, defined for clients reviewing what was done in a session.
Glossary
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- 📝Active-Assisted Stretching — the practitioner assists a stretch while the client actively engages the muscle; see also 🏷️#somatic-modalities-lexicon.
B
- 📝Body Scan — guiding attention slowly through the body to notice sensation.
C
- 📝Compression — broad, 📝sustained pressure into tissue to encourage release.
- 📝Contract-Relax — alternating muscle contraction and relaxation to increase 📝range of motion.
- 📝Cross-Fiber Friction — pressure applied across the grain of muscle or tendon fibers.
D
- 📝Diaphragmatic Breathing — slow breathing that engages the diaphragm to support a downshift in state; see also 🏷️#nervous-system-lexicon.
G
- 📝Grounding — practices that bring attention into the body and the present moment.
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- 📝Ischemic Compression — brief, focused pressure on a 📝trigger point until it releases; see also 🏷️#anatomy-lexicon.
M
- 📝Myofascial Glide — slow, sustained movement along fascial planes to encourage gliding.
O
- 📝Oscillation / 📝Rocking — rhythmic movement of the body or a limb to settle the nervous system.
P
- 📝Positional Release — placing the body in a position of ease to let a tense area let go.
S
- 📝Skin Rolling — lifting and rolling skin and 📝superficial fascia to assess and ease restriction.
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- 📝Titration — working with intensity in small, tolerable increments rather than all at once; see also 🏷️#nervous-system-lexicon.
- 📝Traction — gentle manual lengthening to create space in a joint or the spine.