Exercise / Movement

Your Movement Patterns

We all have movement patterns that we have developed over time. Some patterns are conscious, while many are unconscious. How we move is an intrinsic part of how we live, how we feel, and essentially, who we are. Our movement patterns form and feed into our physical structure.

When we experience discomfort and pain, this is an invitation to take a closer look at the ways in which we move and become more aware of our patterns of perception and coordination in our daily life. 

Kirsten Bedard working with a patient on exercise movements with red stretchy bands

In my movement practice I will work with you to develop an awareness of your own patterns, and offer you tools and techniques to bring you back into your body and your physical sense of being. I will also work with you to build strength, agility, and flexibility so that you feel more balanced, synchronized, and coordinated as you go about your daily activities.

Integrating Movement and Exercise with Your Rolfing® Sessions

In my practice, I offer movement education and exercise training to reinforce and build upon the Rolfing® work. This is an essential and empowering part of the process, where you begin to use and move your body in newfound ways that will continue to infuse and invigorate change. While Rolfing works to release fascial tension and realign the body within gravity, functional movement works to reinforce the changes within the body so transformation can fully occur. For good bodywork to hold over time, new movement patterns have to back up the work.
Client laying on yoga mat with arms reaching up, left leg bent at 90 degrees and right leg stretched forward

This photo shows me working with a client on how to activate their core using the transversus abdominis.

Talk to me today to improve your body’s function with Rolfing and Exercise.

It’s Never Too Late to Start Exercising or Increasing Movement

I have worked with people of all ages – from ten years old to 96 years old. And here is what I know – it is always a good time to begin to exercise.

I have worked with men and women in their sixties and seventies who had never done any form of strength training before. Perfect time to begin. Two women in their 50s who had never run before wanted to train to run a half-marathon. In six months time, they did. I man in his 80’s wanted to learn how to swim. He loved it. A group of women in their 70s and 80s wanted to learn how to do squats and lunges so they could have more strength in their legs. And now they do

It is never too late to get strong. And it is never too late to learn a new activity.

Mature woman running on a tree lined path
Senior Man at the gym holding weight out in front of him
Mature couple walking on the road holding hands and smiling

The body functions best when it is upright, balanced, and moving. As bipedal beings, we are designed for walking and doing physical work. Regular activity and muscular strength are vital to long term physical and mental well being. Proper movement patterns, strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular exercise work together to prevent and treat injury, discomfort, and pain.

We want to move our bodies  – frequently and functionally.

Rolfing® Reinforces and Strengthens Structure

Woman seated in a sports bra receiving rolf movement by Kirsten Bedard with hands on lower back

Rolfing works directly with fascia to realign and reintegrate the entire structure of the body so it can function with ease and efficiency.

Through the Ten Series, the body is brought back into natural vertical alignment. It rediscovers its own intelligence as it becomes synchronized with the nervous system.

Movements become coordinated and muscles work efficiently as fascia releases and reorganizes itself around them. When joints move as they are intended to and muscles do what they are designed to do, both the body and the mind feel a sense of ease.

Talk to me today to improve your body’s function with Rolfing and Exercise.