WHAT IS SARGA BODYWORK?
SARGA BODYWORK is a barefoot massage method that employs the use of a fabric strap fastened to a massage table to deliver therapeutic myofascial and deep tissue techniques. This fabric strap is used by practitioners for stability and to add tensional and gravitational force to specific manual therapy techniques. These techniques, combined with the broad contact surface of the foot stimulate length, hydration and relaxation in recipients’ bodies.
SARGA BODYWORK's courses train and certify practitioners in our distinctive methodology. Our proprietary bodywork products facilitate a creative, efficient, and completely mobile application of these methods.
SARGA BODYWORK marries method and design, enabling practitioners to gain tensional support and force with a fabric strap fastened to a massage table or floor-mat via our proprietary equipment. In addition to providing support, the Sarga Strap can be transformed into a variety of tools and facilitates a wide range of body mechanics for the practitioner. By pulling up on the strap while applying downward pressure with the foot, practitioners gain an integrity of tension that is then transferred onto the recipient’s body. Utilizing high-friction lubrication, gravitational and tensional force, practitioners can deliver consistent, oblique pressure to provide a uniquely effective myofascial therapy.
SARGA BODYWORK utilizes gravitational and tensional force stemming from the principles of tensegrity. Tensegrity, a concept coined by the architect Buckminster Fuller, is the pattern that results when "push" and "pull" have a synergistic relationship. This basic dialogue of polarity is at the foundation of Sarga Bodywork methodology.
SARGA BODYWORK encourages myofascial technique over effleurage or deep tissue techniques. We define myofascial technique as manual therapy characterized by sustained, oblique, and high friction contact with the aim of stimulating a stretch response in the fascia associated with muscle (myo) tissue (think shear-force). This technique helps to facilitate length, hydration, and mobility in recipient's connective tissue. We celebrate the broad, densely innervated surfaces of our feet as perhaps the most effective and intelligent tools for this purpose!
SARGA BODYWORK seeks to offer another set of tools for bodywork practitioners. Burn-out and fatigue from the sometimes demanding and strenuous aspects of our trade are common. Sarga Bodywork offers a whole new way of using our bodies as massage practitioners, resulting in less strain and repetitive-use injuries, especially on parts of our upper bodies like hands, shoulders and elbows.
SARGA BODYWORK is completely mobile. Bodyworkers tend to be an independent breed, and the beauty of being a bodyworker is that our work goes with us wherever we go. We might be working at multiple locations, driving to outcalls, or traveling the globe while providing treatments to fund our wanderlust. Sarga Bodywork serves this independence by providing barefoot bodywork that is not limited by the need for structural overhead support that is built into a treatment room.
SARGA BODYWORK treatments can be performed either on a raised massage table or a floor-based massage table/mat. Both equipment configurations offer their own advantages and practitioners will tend to have a preference for one or the other. The raised-table configuration gives practitioners more options during treatments to incorporate traditional massage techniques with the hands and forearms. The floor-based equipment allows practitioners a more spacious and stable working configuration and can be integrated with Thai or Polynesian- inspired bodywork and assisted stretching therapies.
SARGA BODYWORK has meaning both in Spanish and in Sanskrit. In Spanish, sarga refers to a tapestry woven from many different threads. This is a fitting concept for us, since Sarga Bodywork synthesizes techniques and teachings from many different traditions. In this way, Sarga Bodywork is a colorful tapestry of bodywork traditions, carefully gathered and creatively woven into a beautiful quilt of possibility. It is appropriate that this metaphor of a tapestry is connected to the fabric that we hold in our hands for balance and support. In Sanskrit, the word sarga can refer to a creation or origin energy, made manifest into form. This idea sustains our mission to provide techniques and materials that help inspire bodyworkers to resource their innate creativity in ways that are mindful, safe, minimally strenuous, and fabulously efficient.
SARGA BODYWORK's courses train and certify practitioners in our distinctive methodology. Our proprietary bodywork products facilitate a creative, efficient, and completely mobile application of these methods.
SARGA BODYWORK marries method and design, enabling practitioners to gain tensional support and force with a fabric strap fastened to a massage table or floor-mat via our proprietary equipment. In addition to providing support, the Sarga Strap can be transformed into a variety of tools and facilitates a wide range of body mechanics for the practitioner. By pulling up on the strap while applying downward pressure with the foot, practitioners gain an integrity of tension that is then transferred onto the recipient’s body. Utilizing high-friction lubrication, gravitational and tensional force, practitioners can deliver consistent, oblique pressure to provide a uniquely effective myofascial therapy.
SARGA BODYWORK utilizes gravitational and tensional force stemming from the principles of tensegrity. Tensegrity, a concept coined by the architect Buckminster Fuller, is the pattern that results when "push" and "pull" have a synergistic relationship. This basic dialogue of polarity is at the foundation of Sarga Bodywork methodology.
SARGA BODYWORK encourages myofascial technique over effleurage or deep tissue techniques. We define myofascial technique as manual therapy characterized by sustained, oblique, and high friction contact with the aim of stimulating a stretch response in the fascia associated with muscle (myo) tissue (think shear-force). This technique helps to facilitate length, hydration, and mobility in recipient's connective tissue. We celebrate the broad, densely innervated surfaces of our feet as perhaps the most effective and intelligent tools for this purpose!
SARGA BODYWORK seeks to offer another set of tools for bodywork practitioners. Burn-out and fatigue from the sometimes demanding and strenuous aspects of our trade are common. Sarga Bodywork offers a whole new way of using our bodies as massage practitioners, resulting in less strain and repetitive-use injuries, especially on parts of our upper bodies like hands, shoulders and elbows.
SARGA BODYWORK is completely mobile. Bodyworkers tend to be an independent breed, and the beauty of being a bodyworker is that our work goes with us wherever we go. We might be working at multiple locations, driving to outcalls, or traveling the globe while providing treatments to fund our wanderlust. Sarga Bodywork serves this independence by providing barefoot bodywork that is not limited by the need for structural overhead support that is built into a treatment room.
SARGA BODYWORK treatments can be performed either on a raised massage table or a floor-based massage table/mat. Both equipment configurations offer their own advantages and practitioners will tend to have a preference for one or the other. The raised-table configuration gives practitioners more options during treatments to incorporate traditional massage techniques with the hands and forearms. The floor-based equipment allows practitioners a more spacious and stable working configuration and can be integrated with Thai or Polynesian- inspired bodywork and assisted stretching therapies.
SARGA BODYWORK has meaning both in Spanish and in Sanskrit. In Spanish, sarga refers to a tapestry woven from many different threads. This is a fitting concept for us, since Sarga Bodywork synthesizes techniques and teachings from many different traditions. In this way, Sarga Bodywork is a colorful tapestry of bodywork traditions, carefully gathered and creatively woven into a beautiful quilt of possibility. It is appropriate that this metaphor of a tapestry is connected to the fabric that we hold in our hands for balance and support. In Sanskrit, the word sarga can refer to a creation or origin energy, made manifest into form. This idea sustains our mission to provide techniques and materials that help inspire bodyworkers to resource their innate creativity in ways that are mindful, safe, minimally strenuous, and fabulously efficient.
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