Body-Mind Upgrade

18/03/2025

The Effects of Inguinal Hernia on the Body and Structural Alignment
Overview of Condition and Transformation
My client experienced an inguinal hernia at age 19, which required surgery within three months due to its progression from a mild onset to an urgent condition. While the surgery successfully repaired the hernia, scar tissue from the procedure began causing noticeable symptoms by age 29. By age 35, these issues became more evident through his yoga practice, highlighting soft tissue restrictions and structural misalignment. This journey reflects how deep scar tissue from hernia surgery can affect not just the immediate area but the entire body’s function and alignment over time.
Service 1: Scar Tissue Release
The primary treatment focus was releasing scar tissue at the site of my client’s inguinal hernia, located at the front of his body in the lower abdominal/pelvic region on the right side. This involved:
- Targeted Release Work: Addressing the layers of excessive scar
tissue to restore flexibility and reduce its restrictive effects.
- Front Body Tension Relief:** Focusing on the right hip flexor
region and abdominal wall to alleviate compression and tension
that had built up over years.
Service 2: Structural Alignment Correction
The treatment also addressed the secondary and long-lasting negative effects of deep scar tissue on the body’s function and structural alignment, including:
- Neck Alignment Adjustment: Correcting the forward and
rightward pull on his neck, caused by tension from the scar
tissue on the same side.
- Spinal Reshaping: Freeing up and reshaping the middle back
and spine to counteract the flattening of the lower back’s
natural curvature, which had been lost due to scar tissue
restrictions.
- Hip and Abdominal Balance:** Reducing compression in the
right hip flexor and abdominal wall to improve overall stability
and movement.
Service 3: Holistic Body Rebalancing
To address the broader imbalances caused by the hernia and surgery, we worked on:
- Left and Right Side Symmetry: Improving his ability to
perform yoga and squatting positions by reducing disparities
between his left and right sides.
- Back Muscle Engagement: Enhancing his capacity to engage
back muscles properly, which had been hindered by excessive
tension at the front of his body.
- Restoring Natural Strength: Counteracting the diminished
overall body strength resulting from the lack of natural spinal
curvature and restricted movement.
Progress and Impact
Despite being active and exercising most of his life, my client struggled to strengthen his back and glutes due to the persistent tension at the front of his body. The treatment shifted this dynamic by prioritizing scar tissue release and front-body tension relief, rather than focusing solely on the back. Extensive work on the neck, middle back, and associated fascia further supported his transformation. The result was a significant improvement in flexibility, posture, and function, addressing issues that had persisted for years after his surgery.
Reflection
The inguinal hernia surgery and resulting scar tissue had far-reaching effects on my client’s entire structure, from his neck alignment to his lower back and hip function. By targeting the root cause—scar tissue and front-body tension—we unlocked greater mobility and strength, demonstrating the interconnectedness of the body’s systems and the importance of addressing deep restrictions holistically.

17/03/2025

My 81-Year-Old Client’s Journey: From Lowering Cancer Markers to Reversing Head Forward Posture

Overview of Transformation

My 81-year-old client’s journey has been remarkable, spanning 8 months of dedicated work. The before and after photos of her postural alignment transformation, taken 8 months apart, highlight her progress. The first photo captures her structural alignment before we began working together, while the second was taken after a 90-minute session focused on reversing her head forward posture. Over this period, she not only improved her physical alignment but also saw her cancer markers decrease to healthy levels once again.

Service 1: Tai Chi & Qigong Classes

My client resumed tai chi and qigong classes with me in October 2024, with a primary goal of reducing her cancer markers—a result she had achieved 10 years prior in my group classes. These sessions provided a foundation for her physical and energetic improvement, fostering balance, movement, and inner calm.

Service 2: Holistic Mind, Body, and Spirit Approach

To help my client reach her goals, I adopted a holistic approach targeting her mind, body, and spirit. This included:

- Posture and Movement Training: We explored how to stand, walk, and move with balance and good posture, emphasizing relaxation and grace.
- Energy Field Interaction: She learned to interact with her energy field to enhance walking stability and ground her body powerfully to prevent falls.
- Diaphragmatic Breathing: Techniques to improve breathing and dissolve mental and emotional stress using mind and breath coordination.

Service 3: Healing Sessions and Physical Alignment

I incorporated energy healing sessions and hands-on work to address her physical alignment. Key focuses included:

- Spinal Curvature Correction: Reducing the curvature in her
spine.
- Head and Neck realignment:Adjusting her head and neck to align more directly over her torso, especially after a pivotal 90-minute session targeting her head forward posture.

Progress and Results

Over 8 months, her alignment from shoulders to feet improved significantly, though her neck and head initially remained stuck forward, impacting her balance and forcing her eye gaze downward. After the targeted session to reposition her head and neck, her walk and stability transformed. She now breathes more deeply, enjoys a higher eye gaze, and takes in more of her environment, as evident in the second photo. Her presence and spirit shine stronger, with increased physical freedom, emotional resilience, and a refined skillset for managing her mind and movements.

Health Outcome: Reduced Cancer Markers

Since resuming classes, her cancer markers have once again decreased to healthy and acceptable levels, mirroring her success from a decade ago. This outcome underscores the power of combining physical, mental, and energetic work.

Reflection

Witnessing my client’s progression in such a relatively short time has been phenomenal. She now moves with greater grace and control, embodying a resourcefulness that enhances her quality of life at 81.

10/05/2022

Change can happen in an instant when you’re truely ready for change in your life.

Here is a before and after photo of Adam, after a 2 hour session.

Treatment approach:
Spinal realignment
Muscular tension release
Balancing fascia
Postural reshaping
Bone reshaping
Limbic system reset (significant reduction in past and present day emotional stresses)
Open and improve breathing
Heart clearing and activation
(Clearing heart from old emotional traumas)
Building a more resilient, open & joyful heart
Strengthening personal presence.
Treatment method:
Most people associate deep tissue release work with deep tissue techniques that are uncomfortable and even painful.
I work with a gentle energetic technique that is non invasive, yet powerful in its nature to create instant & profound life changes. Supporting physical, mental and emotional freedom.

23/07/2019

These before and after treatment photos, highlight the postural and physical changes after a 2 hour and 45 minute session.

Margaret client grew in height, had her neck and head repositioned, releasing years of muscular tension, stress and depression. She experienced an immediate growth in confidence and happiness, after the session,

Margaret shared that it was “depressing” having held a stuck head forward posture for most of her life, affecting the curvature of her spine. She “wanted to look straight” but felt defeated with not knowing how to change her posture..

After the session, Margaret shared that she'd never had her neck in this position before and said she was being in a “Happier place to be” with her neck in its natural position.

20/03/2019

19/02/2019

In 3 hours - you can transform your posture and dissolve years of muscular tension patterns. Connect to greater personal power, physical freedom and increased energy levels.
This method of energetic healing is non-invasive or painful. The changes are immediate and long lasting.
These before and after photos are a result of 2 x 90 min sessions - one week apart.
My treatments are a complimentary support for those who are ready for change and seeking to lead themselves and others powerfully through life - to access new levels of personal and life potential.
For any enquires you can PM me.

05/06/2018

In my post last week I mentioned that I’d developed a method of energetic therapeutic treatments (‘postural energetics’) that releases muscular tension patterns, pain & realigns posture.

It’s a fusion of Western & Eastern healing methods that spans Myofascial Release, Tai Chi/Qigong principles, Energy Medicine, & is a 3 dimensional approach to deep bodywork.

Manny has received 20 treatments from me, in just over a year now.

Initially, Manny came to see me for long standing knee pain from an old rugby injury.

During the treatments for his knee...I also worked on muscular tension patterns that were connected to his knee pain, which included his hips & upper back.

Once his knee pain was cleared he opted to continue treatments with our focus turning to correcting his postural patterns of misalignment.

A big part of Manny’s treatment plan in receiving a postural overhaul was to teach

This method is my life’s work, created with a deep passion for healing that helps people transform lives through their posture and sense of embodiment.

It has been deeply enriching to witness Manny’s deep transformation!

MANNY'S TESTIMONIAL:

"I initially started seeing Luis with a view to obtaining some pain relief for ongoing knee pain I had experienced since my early teens when I obtained a number of quite drastic rugby-related knee injuries. Seeing Luis has certainly helped with the knee pain - which is pretty much non-existent now - however as a result of benefiting from Luis' holistic and powerful method I have experienced so much more in the long term. My legs and hips are aligned properly which has significantly eased the pressure on my lower back. Not only am I standing up much straighter and taller now, but I am not holding up my body by 'tensing' my shoulders. Working with Luis has completely helped re-align my posture, take away pain and most importantly, had a massive impact on my confidence, strength, clarity and energy levels. The changes have lasted and there's no going back now. I'd recommend Luis to anyone and everyone."

28/05/2018

As a child & teenager I experienced years of physical abuse resulting in a multitude of injuries and being in and out of hospital.

My emotional & mental landscape was a mess. I had very poor self-esteem.

This was obvious & reflected in my body with poor posture.

The poor posture resulted in years of chronic pain, fatigue & a hopeless outlook on my life.

I only really became aware of how bad my posture was when I began studying remedial massage 20 years ago.

Through my training, I delved into the world of functional anatomy, learning about muscular tension patterns and the potential for better posture.

It has taken me years to correct my posture and within this journey of self-discovery I developed a deep respect for the delicate and difficult process of self-healing that most people are faced with at various times in their lives.

Our posture is reflection of all our life story - our repetitive movements, our postural habits, conditioning, our emotional and physical traumas, breathing patterns and mental attitudes.

To truly create change within our postural landscape, change needs to first come from deeper within our emotional bodies and mental attitudes.

Once I began healing past traumas, my physical body became much more responsive to postural alignment, correction & change.

Today I walk tall, with greater confidence and ease. I move within a posture that I feel is stable, mobile- free from chronic tension & pain.

From my personal experience, education, skill-set and a deep understanding of the broad spectrum of human emotions, I’ve created a method of energetic therapeutic bodywork ('Postural Energetics’)
that offers the potential for life & postural transformation through greater alignment.

I’m so happy to be sharing this with you all…

Soon to come is my workshop series & a series of how-to video’s…stay tuned!

21/05/2018

The majority of people associate deep muscle and deep tissue release with a lot of pain & discomfort (...think the kind of pain that one has when enduring a strong Thai massage..)

However, with my 20 years of experience I have been able to develop a deep muscle release ( & fascia unwinding) approach through a unique style of body work that I have called 'Integrated & Energetic Posture Realigning'.

This technique is non-invasive and is not painful to go through.

It offers profound changes beyond the traditional deep tissue techniques available.

I'm very excited to begin sharing the results of this unique style of body work with you all!

A client of mine Margaret had had a significant shift after only 2 treatments with me - this can be seen in the pictures below.

Have a look in the 'before' picture how her whole body was titled forward. In the after picture you can see that she has come more into alignment.

TESTIMONIAL:

"Balance when standing or walking has always been a major issue for me. My body has never felt very comfortable - many aches and pains.
Now the upright posture makes me feel more grounded, stable, comfortable in my body and of course younger"

"I’ve never been this upright and straight. It’s amazing So great. Well done Luis it’s magic. No pain but lots of magnificent gain" - Margaret Hovell

29/04/2018

After almost 20 years of experience with literally 1000’s of different people's bodies, their postures, varied physical tightness patterns and what creates knots and tension....

I have been able to develop incredibly effective methods of unwinding the complex structures (fascia) responsible for the muscle pulls, ni**les, pinches, tightness & tension that can be so painful it can affect your breathing and state of mind.

I am pleased to introduce the ‘Get me out of trouble’ body work session

This session is specifically designed for when you have moved awkwardly, pulled a muscle, slept weirdly, funked up your neck somehow or are cramping up.

Private message me to find out more.

10/05/2017

A HELPFUL TIP TO REDUCE LOWER BACK PAIN

Considering your Inner thigh and adductor muscle tone.

How weak are your inner thigh (adductors) muscles? These muscles are often missed in exercising. Strengthening these muscles will help create balance to the legs and hips, providing greater stability for your lower back. This is also an effective long term solution for ITB and hip pain. If your forever needing to use a foam roller to ease ITB pain, then strengthening the inner thigh muscles will reduce the need to and help ease tension on the outside leg.

24/04/2017

A HELPFUL TIP TO RELIEVE LOWER BACK PAIN

Are you experiencing lower back pain or have you at some point in your life?
If you’ve answered yes, you are one of the estimated 70-90% of Australians that will suffer from lower back pain at some point in their lives. In other words lower back pain is a common condition and your not alone.
It can range from a slight ni**le to constant and even severe pain, resulting in immobility and bad posture. Usually lower back pain isn’t experienced in isolation, it can affect other parts of the body and your mental and emotional wellbeing too.
For many, it is still a grand mystery to know exactly what steps to take, which practitioners to see and how to exercise effectively to release and even prevent lower back pain. There are many reasons as to why people experience lower back pain and many solutions. The following tip has improved the quality of my life and significantly reduced any lower back pain and tension.

Tip # 1. Learning to unlock the knees.

Do you lock your knees when you stand and walk? Did you know that locking your knees, locks the lower spine and makes it difficult to engage the core muscles, necessary for lower back support. Unlocking the knees has an immediate relieving effect on the lower spine and back muscles, and supports a long term preventative approach. Even if you work your abdominal muscles regularly, locking the knees will still negatively affect core muscle function.

Try this simple exercise to help highlight the difference between locking and unlocking the knees.

Step 1: Stand with your feet shoulder width apart.
Step 2: position knees directly underneath your hip sockets.
Step 3: Place the palm of one hand on the lower spine and strongly lock your knees back and feel how the spine locks.
Step 4: Keeping the same hand contact on the spine, slowly unlock the knees to a point that the lower spine relaxes.