15/04/2026
In fifteen years of practice I've had clients cry on my table more times than I can count.
And every single time — without fail — they apologise for it.
"Sorry, I don't know where that came from."
"I'm not usually like this."
"I'm so embarrassed."
Here's what I tell them every time: don't apologise. Your body just did exactly what it needed to do.
When the body finally feels safe enough — everything releases at once. The tears aren't weakness. They're the nervous system exhaling after holding on for far too long.
I always ask if they want me to continue. In fifteen years not one person has asked me to stop.
And when they ask me why they cried. Sometimes I give them the science. Mostly I turn it back on them — "what do you think your body needed to release?"
And if they don't know? That's okay too 😊
Here's the science:
The myofascial system is a three-dimensional web of connective tissue continuous through every muscle, organ, nerve and bone — providing structure, force transmission, and proprioceptive input throughout the body.
It also responds to and stores the physiological load of chronic stress.
Every unprocessed stress response. Every period of sustained sympathetic activation where survival took priority over processing — it doesn't simply resolve. It manifests in the tissues. The chronically elevated shoulders. The overly tight jaw. The rib cage that won't expand with a breath
That's not just muscle tension. That's accumulated load the nervous system hasn't had the safety or space to discharge.
When I work with someone carrying a lot — and I can feel it the moment I put my hands on them — I'm not addressing the emotional content directly. I'm working with the physical holding patterns. Reducing tone. Restoring movement. Creating space.
And sometimes that's all the body needs to let go...
