It is through the nervous system that we perceive the world, coordinate all body parts and functions, adapt to stress, and express emotion. When the brain receives more input or information than it feels safe to, or is able to process at the time, it often perceives this as trauma. This can be any type of physical, emotional, or chemical stress. Examples of such stress include heavy lifting, fall or accidents, the loss of a loved one, relationship problems, medications and other toxins. When this happens, the spinal cord begins to store the information of our life experience as tension. Our body then walls off the offending energy and tension with muscular spasm, spinal misalignment or distortion, and decreased breathing and movement into that area. This often results in physical symptoms like neck and back pain, stiffness, headaches, altered posture, spinal degeneration, and many other chronic, long term health problems.

Much of what many disciplines seek to correct through massage, manipulation, and therapy can be the result of underlying, unresolved tension stored in the spine and nervous system from the accumulation of stress.

As greater brain/body awareness is achieved through NSA, the body begins to move away from those defensive, adaptive patterns that are no longer needed, thus creating greater ease and flexibility in your spine and in your life. You are set free from past stresses, traumas and programming that have been blocking your potential for greater health, happiness and well-being.