For Those Who Want or Need In-Depth
Knowledge & Insights Into How Muscles
& Fascia REALLY Work … Plus the Skills
To “Effecticiently”* Treat Them.
* Effecticient = Effective + Efficient
— OVERVIEW of DSL Edgework —
Soft Tissue Therapeutics
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Mastering Your Psycho-Neuro-Musculo-Fascial
& Joint Systems
Expanding Your Skills, Knowledge & Insights into a Comprehensive Soft Tissue Therapy System …
- What Can Bodyworkers Learn from Medical Yoga Therapy?
- What Can Yoga Therapists Learn from Mindful Medical Massage & Muscle Therapy?
- How To Integrate Medical Yoga Therapy with Myo-Structural Bodywork & BIO-Structural Balancing?
- What ARE “Medicine” & “Mindfulness” Anyway, and How Do They Apply to Bodywork & Yoga?
- How To Merge Them ALL Into an Integral, Whole Health System?
- While Increasing Your VALUE & Expert Authority to Your Students, Clients & Patients?
BETTER ANSWERS
to the Puzzles of
Posture, Pain & Dysfunction
with a Focus On Prevention & Performance …
Application of these Teachings will take Yoga to new heights in the Western World. … The DSL Method makes profound sense.
Lesli Hunter,
Yoga Teacher & Student
Sedona, Arizona
You did for me [with hands-on bodywork] in 4 hours what physiotherapy couldn’t do in 4 years. And, you gave me the tools [yoga therapy] to continue working on my own.
Michelle Sands
Yoga Teacher
Montreal, Quebec
David is doing cutting edge work in the field of bodywork, and it would take 3 or 4 teachers to replace what he knows.
Tracy Hall
Physical Therapist
Chico, California
Having had experience with many different bodyworkers, David’s technique is certainly unique. There are levels of healing he achieves I’ve never seen before. This is clearly a result of a vast knowledge of anatomy and physiology combined with decades of hands-on experience.
Dr. John Bordiuk
Metabolic M.D.
Inner Balance Med
Wellesley, MA
(Dr. Bordiuk was a Yoga Teacher
before attending Medical School)
Please See Many More
Testimonials Here
INTRODUCING:
DSL Edgework
The DSL Method of Mindful Medical Massage & Myo-Structural Bodywork/Balancing & Yoga Therapy for Soft Tissue Issues, including:
• Let-Go Yoga & Postural Yoga Therapy
• Mindful Medical Massage & Muscle Therapy
• Hands-On, Myo-Structural Balancing
• Injury Prevention in Yoga, Exercise & Life
• Advanced Self Care Techniques
Based on Whole Health Philosophy, Principles & Practices …
with Physical / Mental / Relational Yoga Principles as Applied to Yoga & Bodywork Therapy
… for Private Clients, Massage & Bodywork Therapists & Yoga Teachers/Therapists)
Based on EIGHT Primary Components of an Integral, Whole Health System of BodyMind Therapy, based on Medical Massage, Structural Bodywork & Yoga Therapy:
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1. Mind Body Integration & Awareness
2. BIO-Structural Balancing & Postural Alignment
3. SCIENCES: Anatomy, Kinesiology, Physiology, Neurology
4. Edge-Touch™ Yoga Therapy & Asana Assists
5. Hands-On, Myo-Structural Bodywork & Mindful Medical Massage Therapy
6. Tai Chi-based Movement Therapy, Hindu Strength, Endurance, Cardio, Coordination Exercise
7. Internal/External Ergonomics & Life / Work Design
8. Cross-Training in a Wide Range of Whole Health Modalities
An Integral Evolution
of Western, Whole Health & Medical Perspectives
— with Essential Insights from the East —
including Yoga- & Science-based
Bodywork, Exercise & Stretching Techniques,
and Whole Health Therapeutics
“AGING ELEGANTLY” and Anti-Aging are greatly enhanced with low-intensity yoga & movement therapy for activating built-in self-healing (parasympathetic nerve function) processes.
“INJURY PREVENTION” comes from greater resilience & flexibility with Intelligent Kinesthetic (sensory aware) Movement Principles.
While the Comprehensive, Integral Method presented here is primarily for Professional Educators, Therapists & Trainers, seriously interested Students & Clients will understand & benefit greatly.
Most material here is written such that anyone so motivated can comprehend the content.
David is an “important leader in the field of BodyWork.”
From a Workshop Brochure from
National Holistic Institute
Emeryville, California
With 18 years experience in the health care professions, I appreciate soundly researched and scientifically based approaches to rehabilitation. The DSL Method has expanded and refined my understanding and applications for achieving postural correctness and pain relief in less time. David has a unique way of reiterating known fundamental laws, redefining erroneous concepts, and instructing the participants through a successful treatment program.”
Al Cujas, Physical Therapist,
A.T.C., N.M.T.
Winston Salem, North Carolina
Former instructor for the
St. John NMT Seminar System
CORE ELEMENTS
of the DSL METHOD of Therapeutic Bodywork & Yoga
1. BodyMind Integration & Integral Awareness
(A “Yogic* ” Approach to Therapy & Life Itself)
*YOGIC — Continual & Intentional Enhancement of the Quality of Attention you pay to whatever it is you’re doing, feeling or thinking.
Health & Fitness, Flexibility & Strength with Mindful, In-the-Moment FEELING & Self-Awareness Coordinated with Reflective, Effective, Analytical Thinking.
Mindfulness (a more easily accessible aspect of meditation) in Bodywork, Yoga & Exercise Processes produce Radical (to the Root) Relaxation, in turn providing many profound health & healing benefits as well as enhancing everything our BodyMind engages in.
The Intersection between Philosophical, Psychological & Physiological Principles with Techniques from Integral, Yogic (Conscious, Self-Aware) Perspectives give a strong foundation on which to build the various practices we live and work with every day.
DE-Stressing Your BodyMind while DE-Contracting & Balancing Your Muscles & Fascia, with Low-Intensity, “Homeopathic” activation of “YIN” or Parasympathetic Nerves, reduces or eliminates pain, dysfunction, poor posture and/or limitations on range-of-motion.
2. BIO-Structural Balancing & Postural Alignment
Structurally DE-Compress & Balance your, or your
Client’s, Psycho-Neuro-Musculo-Fascial Soft Tissues & Joint structures.
Structural & Postural Imbalances / Misalignments provide STRUCTURAL CLUES as to what our nerves & brain are doing … or NOT doing. We then, with conscious hands-on manual or stretching therapy, “talk” to the CNS (central nervous system) & Brain by way of the soft tissues.
Hands-on Bodywork, Postural Yoga, Tai Chi-based Exercise, even “talk-therapy” can all be done with mindfulness, kinesthetic intelligence and access to the deeper aspects of Being Human and how that can build up or break down our Quality Of Life.
Advanced Structural Anatomy & Functional Kinesiology
includes Yogic-Logic & YogasAnalysis, with which we develop appropriate Breathing, Exercise, & Stretching Techniques.
3. Scientific Principles of A.K.P.N.
Golgi Tendon Organ Reflex Arcs
DSL’s School of Hard Knots …
C.E.M.&.N.T. or Chronic, Excess Muscle & Nerve Tension & Stress — or just plain old “tight muscles” — cause many short & long-term problems in the human bodymind.
When it comes to healing pain & dysfunction, DSL Edgework focuses on three primary things:
1.) Reduce or Eliminate your chronic, excess muscle tension & stress
2.) Help you learn to “effecticiently*” manage appropriate levels of tension & stress in your bodymind.
3.) Help you coordinate your PNMF* balance & actions.
* Effecticient = Effective plus Efficient, showing up at the same time
* PNMF = Psycho-Neuro-Musculo-Fascial Systems
Therapists, Coaches & Teachers Benefit Greatly from Learning Advanced Structural Anatomy, Functional Kinesiology, Neuromuscular/Myofascial Physiology &
Psycho-Kinetic Neurology.
• Anatomy — Physical Components of the Body
• Kinesiology — How Muscle / Bone components interact
• Physiology — Metabolic & Functional processes
• Neurology — Control Systems* & foundations of mind
• Psycho — Relating to the mind or psychology
• Kinetic — Relating to or resulting from motion
* Control Systems of the BodyMind are primarily the nervous system and the sensory & motor apparatus turning muscles, organs, & glands on or off.
Scientifically sound, medically accepted principles of Structural Anatomy, Functional Kinesiology, Neuromuscular / Myofascial Physiology and Neurology, as well as a wide range of explorations into a Philosophy & Psychology of Being Human.
And we might argue the effectiveness and safety of Orthodox Medicine for their methods of treating chronic, life-style dependent illness, but orthodox medicine does have incredible depth of very useful research into and knowledge of the actual workings of the Structure & Function of the human body. These sciences provide a strong foundation on which to base our understandings and assessments, and what to do about them, for the conditions and challenges of many human beings today.
And the much maligned Scientific Method actually provides excellent checks & balances on our thinking and analytical processes to keep us on a correct track.
DSL Edgework Unlocks many Keys to Injury Prevention in Yoga, Exercise & Movement.
4. DSL’s Method of Edge-Touch™ Asana Assists &
“Let-Go Yoga” Therapy
“Yogic Logic” Draws from Principles of:
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- Hatha (physical) Yoga
- Jnana (mental) Yoga
- Relational Yoga
- “Yin” (Low Intensity or Homeopathic) Yoga
- BIO-Structural Analysis
- YogasAnalysis (Designing Yoga Postures based on Anatomy & Kinesiology)
- Orthodox Medical & Physical Sciences
- Applying Myo-Structural Balancing & Physical/Mental Yoga Principles to Postural Yoga Therapy.
Yoga for the WEST of Us:
DSL Edgework Hands-On Therapy was originally based on principles of Physical (Hatha) Yoga, Mental (Jnana) Yoga & Relational Yoga as taught by Joel Kramer. Joel was a pioneer in developing a highly conscious yet Western approach to Yoga.
While most people opt for the hands-on therapy, the most successful Clients & Practitioners utilize customized mindful postural yoga in their daily self-care & maintenance practices. And in between hands-on sessions with their therapist, postural yoga is an excellent way to maintain and even accelerate results from hands-on, private therapy.
READ MORE About PHYSICAL Yoga HERE
READ MORE About Mental / Emotional / Philosophical Yoga HERE
5. Hands-on, EdgeTouch™ Bodywork Therapy, including Clinical, Mindful Medical Massage Therapy & Myo-Structural Bodywork
Via Hands-on Myo*-Structural Therapy, DSL offers an Externally Applied Form of Physical, Mental & Relational Yoga.
- Myo = primary focus on MUSCLE units, which INCLUDES fascial structures & controlling nerves.
Manual techniques, based on Principles of Physical, Mental & Relational Yoga, for reducing C.E.M.&.N.T. or Chronic, Excess Muscle & Nerve Tension & Stress.
Hands-on, structural bodywork (also known as structural integration [such as Rolfing™] or structural massage therapy) is called for when the bodymind becomes less responsive to therapeutic postural yoga or more common hands-on massage, stretching or therapeutic procedures.
6. Tai Chi-based Movement & “Hindu” Exercise Therapy
(The term “Hindu” has little to do with the religious connotations. It has more to do with the Indian Military and attempts to improve the strength & stamina of the average Indian Male.)
Low Intensity, Tai Chi-based, “Yin” Movement Therapy & Exercise for Parasympathetic Activation & Self-Healing and fine Motor Coordination of the joints.
Tai Chi Movement is an excellent transition from what appear to be “passive” yoga postures to more aggressive fitness-based exercise, such as the Hindu / P.A.C.E. exercise programs activating the sympathetic system. They provide a perfect sympathetic complement to DSL’s parasympathetic focused therapeutics.
The “Hindu” Exercises were helped by Matt Furey, the “Zen Master of the Internet.” The P.A.C.E. Exercise Program (Progressively Accelerating Cardiopulmonary Exertion) was developed by Dr. Al Sears.
DSL also provides Life & Work Style Design, from the Inside Out, including Work Station Design.
Sympathetic versus Parasympathetic Nerve & Health Function is discussed HERE.
7. Internal / External Ergonomics & Life / Work Design
Many Influences on how our BodyMind functions come from our living and working environment. The shapes of chairs we sit in, the height and positioning of work surfaces, the orientation of a computer monitor, how far back our car seat leans, even how clothes fit and hang on our body … all if these factors can have mild to significant affects on how well we feel & function in life and work.
Even tying shoe laces too tight can cause significant problems!
Sometimes, reorganizing our living and/or work spaces can produce significant improvements in how we operate in the world. And keeping C.E.M.&.N.T. accumulations at a minimum can be assisted as well.
8. Cross-Training in Whole Health Disciplines
Widen & Deepen Your Knowledge with a Range of Healing Philosophies, Principles & Modalities as well as many unique viewpoints on BodyMind systems.
Learn the MOST Important & Relevant Principles of Diet & Nutrition, Naturopathy, Homeopathy, Osteopathy, Chiropractic,
Lymphology & Fitness Methods.
Expand Your Educational Services Beyond Yoga & Bodywork, Becoming FAR MORE Valuable to Clients.
(This is NOT Diagnosis & Treatment. It is Client Education & Advocacy.)
TESTIMONIALS on DSL’s Method of Medical Massage, Structural Bodywork, Yoga Therapy
While DSL’s concept and execution of bodywork is nothing short of amazing, it is his approach to yoga that has been life altering for me. The profound yet subtle changes have reinvented not only my own practice, but the way I teach yoga as well. Of all the yoga techniques i’ve studied in the past 30 years, not only are David’s methods what I’ve been searching for, but the feedback from my students is equally as positive. I’m excited about teaching yoga again.
Nan Araneo
Yoga Teacher
Rockport, Massachusetts
Former Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist
I have worked with many soft tissue therapists over the years. David Scott Lynn is the only one educated and skilled enough to do what I want with full confidence that the job will be done. My patients definitely feel the difference.
Gary Fujinami
Doctor of Chiropractic
Prescott, Arizona
I use it all of the time. David’s work is very effective in helping to maintain spinal manipulations.
Helen Heyden, D.C.
Chiropractor
Roselle, Illinois
Sedona, Arizona
David’s seminar was a great functional anatomy review for me. It has given me new insights into my patient’s chronic postures and how to help them better. It is a great adjunct to chiropractic and bodywork.
Leanne Apfelback, D.C.
Chiropractor
Chicago, Illinois
I utilize The DSL Method of postural analysis and tension release techniques with my clients on a daily basis. My staff massage therapist and I will be attending whatever courses David offers in the future.
Eric Cutting, D.C.
Chiropractor
Amesbury, Massachusetts
This system has been developed by DSL over the last four decades, and while it is VERY SIMPLE to get started, it is, potentially, infinitely deep & complex, as well.
You can jump down on this page for a list of web pages on the Sister Site describing much of how it all works and where to go from here, OR … if you want to know more about David and how the work was developed …
Learn More about David & The DSL Method:
Medical Massage, Structural Bodywork, Yoga Therapy
(Bio & History)
AND
What Student’s & Clients Have Said About DSL
(Testimonials)
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Thank You For Reading,
David Scott Lynn (DSL*)
DSL: Your Hi-Touch Up-Link to the Inner-Net.*
* Inner-Net: Your Psycho-Neuro-Musculo-Fascial Network.