Bodywork Scandinavia

Bodywork Scandinavia Myofascial Energetic Release (MER) trainings for Professional and Personal Development Grew up in Stavanger, Norway.

Staff member and therapist at Osho Humaniversity
Postural Integration practitioner
MER practitioner and trainer
NARM (Neuro Affective Relational Model) practitioner
PAS (Postural Alignment Specialist), Egoscue Institute

When the fascia around the cranium becomes restricted, it limits the brain’s natural ability to expand and contract - a ...
31/07/2025

When the fascia around the cranium becomes restricted, it limits the brain’s natural ability to expand and contract - a motion essential for healthy brain function.

This subtle movement, sometimes called the "primary respiratory mechanism," supports the circulation of cerebrospinal fluid, nourishes the brain, and plays a role in emotional regulation. When this rhythm is disrupted, we may feel it as:

🔹 mental fog
🔹 tension headaches
🔹 anxiety or overwhelm
🔹 difficulty focusing
🔹 a general sense of internal pressure or disconnection

The fascial web doesn’t just live in the body - it weaves through the skull, around the brain, and down the spine. Tension in one area can reverberate through the whole system.

This is where Myofascial Energetic Release (MER) offers something unique.

Through presence-based, trauma-aware touch, MER helps unwind these fascial restrictions - including those around the head and neck. Rather than forcing or manipulating, the practitioner listens deeply to the tissue, allowing the body to guide the process.

💫 As the fascia softens, the brain regains space to breathe.
💫 Cerebrospinal fluid begins to flow more freely.
💫 A quiet reorganization happens - often felt as calm, clarity, and connection.

This is not just therapy for the body.
It’s a gentle return to the rhythms we were always meant to feel.

MER Module Fluid Body: Joint release and joint mobilization in Denmark!Give the body back its rhythm.Stiff joints and te...
26/07/2025

MER Module Fluid Body: Joint release and joint mobilization in Denmark!

Give the body back its rhythm.

Stiff joints and tension patterns don’t just limit movement - they block the flow of energy.

In this MER module, you’ll learn how to bring subtle movement and wave-like flow back into the body’s inner structure.

When certain areas become rigid or disconnected, they interrupt the natural communication between parts of the body. This training focuses on restoring that connection - softening resistance, reintroducing rhythm, and allowing held tension to gently release..

✨ What you’ll experience:
🔹 A full-body system to mobilize all major joints
🔹 Myofascial unwinding for deep somatic release
🔹 Verbal cues that guide clients through integration
🔹 Rocking, compression & rotation techniques to soften and open
🔹 How to work with the body’s fluid intelligence (remember, we’re 70% water!)

This is the perfect complement to the deeper tissue work from the first five modules - and a deeply pleasurable experience for both you and your clients. Most people leave feeling lighter, freer, and more whole.

Give the body space. Let the healing flow.

Register now:
https://bodyworkscandinavia.com/mer-modules/fluid-body/

Thordal Kropsterapi Ketu Bø

18/07/2025

Beneath the surface of your skin lies a web of intelligence - your fascia.
It's not just tissue; it’s a silent witness to your life story, holding tension, memories, and emotion.

Ever felt sudden tears during bodywork? Or unexpected anger during a stretch? That’s fascia speaking.

When we release these deep layers, we don’t just free the body - we liberate the emotions woven into it.

Fascia release isn’t only physical. It’s a doorway to healing emotional patterns held in place for years.

Have you ever experienced an emotional release during a body session?

Ulla Thordal

We often meet clients who come in with chronic tension, unexplained pain, or a feeling of being “stuck” in their bodies....
10/07/2025

We often meet clients who come in with chronic tension, unexplained pain, or a feeling of being “stuck” in their bodies. What we uncover together goes deeper than muscle strain or posture - 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦.

🔹 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬
These are patterns formed in early caregiving relationships; where safety, consistency, or emotional presence were missing. They influence how we connect with others, how we breathe, and how we carry ourselves through the world.

🔹 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫
Fascia is living tissue - responsive, intelligent, and deeply intertwined with our nervous system. When the body experiences emotional overwhelm or long-term stress, this tension often becomes embedded in the fascia.

We see it often:
💥 Tightness in the chest from guarding the heart
😶 Constriction in the neck and jaw from holding back expression
⚡ Gripping in the pelvis linked to early boundary ruptures

Over time, these fascial restrictions shape movement, posture, breath - and even how safe someone feels inside their own skin.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞.
Through trauma-informed bodywork, breath, and mindful presence, we support the body in unwinding these old patterns - gently and with respect.

Because healing is not just about loosening muscles. It’s about creating the space to feel safe again. To reconnect. To remember who we are beneath the tension.

You’ve stretched. You’ve massaged. You’ve foam rolled.But your hips are still tight?Maybe it’s not just physical.Maybe i...
04/07/2025

You’ve stretched. You’ve massaged. You’ve foam rolled.
But your hips are still tight?

Maybe it’s not just physical.
Maybe it’s grief.

The pelvis is more than a structure - it’s a deep emotional container.
We tend to hold unresolved feelings here: grief, abandonment, heartbreak, even ancestral sorrow.

Tight hips might not always mean poor posture or too much sitting.
Sometimes, they’re a silent scream.
A body’s way of saying:
"There’s something here I haven’t let go of yet."

In Myofascial Energetic Release, we work with touch, breath, and awareness to help the body speak - and finally release what words can’t reach.

It’s not just about loosening tissue.
It’s about creating space for you to feel, process, and soften again - without force.

🌀 A client once said, “I came for back pain… but I left having cried a grief I didn’t know I still carried.”

That’s the power of conscious bodywork.

02/07/2025

We often speak about fascia and myofascial release…
But let’s be honest - not everyone really knows what that means. 🤔

🌀 So here’s the essence:
You’ve got muscle (that’s the “myo”) - and then there’s fascia, the incredible web of connective tissue that wraps, protects, and supports everything inside you.

Muscles, nerves, organs, bones - it’s all connected through fascia.

But fascia can get tight, dry, and stuck.
Not just from physical injuries or lack of movement, but also from emotional stress, trauma, and tension stored over time.

That’s where Myofascial Energetic Release (MER) comes in.
Through touch, breath, and movement, we help your fascia stay mobile, elastic, and hydrated -so you can feel more alive and at home in your body.

30/06/2025

It’s in the tiny steps that real change begins.

You can feel more grounded, a quiet spark of confidence returning.

Not all progress is loud - sometimes it’s a gentle shift, barely visible on the outside but deeply felt within.

Ulla Thordal

We often say things like “carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders” or “feeling heavy-hearted.” These aren’t ju...
17/06/2025

We often say things like “carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders” or “feeling heavy-hearted.” These aren’t just poetic expressions - they reflect real patterns of emotional tension held in the body.

Anger tends to settle in the shoulders, neck and jaw - areas where we brace ourselves against confrontation or suppress the urge to act. The fascia tightens, muscles contract, and energy gets stuck.

Sadness and grief often reside in the chest. Shallow breathing, a collapsed posture, and tension in the diaphragm are common signs that this area is holding unexpressed emotion.

Over time, these stored emotions can limit our range of movement, our breath, and even our sense of vitality.

Myofascial Energetic Release (MER) works directly with these holding patterns. Through deep, mindful bodywork and guided breath, MER:

🔹 Softens the fascial restrictions where emotions are stored
🔹 Brings awareness to unconscious physical armor
🔹 Supports safe release of suppressed emotions, without pushing or bypassing
🔹 Helps restore natural flow, posture, and energy

The body remembers what the mind forgets. MER invites you back into dialogue with your body - so healing can happen from the inside out.

10/06/2025

Pain often shows up when something deeper is out of balance. It can be physical tension, poor posture, stuck fascia; or even stress and unprocessed emotions stored in the body.

In Myofascial Energetic Release (MER), we approach pain as a signal, not just a symptom. Instead of quickly trying to get rid of it, we explore what’s behind it.

With specific techniques - deep tissue work, fascia release, assisted stretches and breath - we support the body to release tension and regain flow.

People are often surprised:
The pain they came in with starts to fade, not because we fought it, but because we worked with the root of it.

Pain Relief in MER isn’t a quick fix.
It’s a process of reconnecting, realigning, and giving the body what it actually needs.

04/06/2025

In Myofascial Energetic Release (MER), touch is more than pressure - it’s presence.
A quiet conversation between hands and tissue.
Between breath and sensation.

We don’t press to change the body.
We meet it, gently, where it is
In the tension, in the holding, in the wisdom it carries.

This kind of touch invites the fascia to soften, the breath to deepen, and the nervous system to settle.

It helps the body remember:
🌀 You’re allowed to feel.
🌀 You’re safe to release.
🌀 You don’t have to hold it all anymore.

Touch becomes a mirror.
And sometimes, that’s all the body needs to begin unfolding.

Have you ever felt like you're going through life on autopilot - functioning, but not really feeling?Chronic tension and...
29/05/2025

Have you ever felt like you're going through life on autopilot - functioning, but not really feeling?

Chronic tension and stress can do that.
When the body holds too much for too long, it starts to shut down sensations - including emotional ones.
This numbness is a kind of quiet survival mode.

Myofascial Energetic Release (MER) invites the body to relax its guard.
With skilled hands, conscious breath, and safe connection, it creates the conditions for tension to melt - and for emotions to quietly reawaken.

✨ Sensation returns. Emotions stir. You begin to feel again. Safely. Gradually. At your own pace.

26/05/2025

In Myofascial Energetic Release, we don’t treat emotions as separate from the physical body. We work with the understanding that every emotional experience leaves an imprint in the tissues - especially when that emotion wasn’t fully expressed or acknowledged at the time it arose.

Fascia it’s an intelligent, sensory network. It responds to trauma, stress, and chronic emotional suppression by tightening, bracing, and contracting. Over time, these contractions can become fixed patterns. A tight diaphragm, clenched jaw, or armored chest isn’t just about posture - it’s often an emotional story the body is still carrying.

Through the hands-on techniques in MER, as we work slowly and attentively into these held areas, the body begins to soften - and emotions that were previously stuck or buried can start to emerge.

This may come through:
• A surge of grief while working into the chest and ribs
• Irritation or rage as pressure is applied to the shoulders or solar plexus
• Sudden vulnerability or fear surfacing from the belly or pelvic floor
• Or a mix of confusion and insight as the body unwinds

Sometimes this expression is subtle - a deep sigh, a single tear, a shift in breath. Sometimes it’s more dramatic - crying, shaking, laughter, or strong vocal release. All of it is welcome.

Releasing physical tension without acknowledging the emotional charge underneath it would be incomplete. When emotions are allowed to move through:
• Chronic holding patterns can unwind at the root
• The nervous system becomes more regulated
• Clients report feeling lighter, more connected, and more real

This emotional presence becomes a portal to integration - helping clients reclaim parts of themselves that were frozen in time due to pain, trauma, or fear.

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