A healthy body begins with good blood flow, but what does good blood flow mean? Good blood flow begins with knowledge. Knowledge of the factors that influence our blood and how to use them to our benefit. Blood bending is the study of those factors and practices on how to use them to benefit the body.
Blood bending is a bodywork style that allows a practitioner to consciously control and direct the flows of blood to balance the body. In my book, I teach how to connect to the heartbeat and to feel it's rhythmic push and pull. Using this graceful rhythm of the heartbeat, we merge push and pull into purposeful holds and flows. With these new awarenesses we learn how to hold the body, slow it down and to direct the blood flows to balance the body My idea of Blood Bending took shape over a number of years as I gained experience in massage, yoga, Tai Chi, Chi Gong, and personal training. By combining different styles, it gave me a unique perspective on the body and how it works. As I combined different bodywork styles, I quickly realized that blood was a key element in all of them. Extra blood flow both strengthens and relaxes the body. With this knowledge, came the understanding of how easy it is to get a muscle to release once new blood flows into it. The new blood is able to wash and flush the tension from the muscles. Tension has both a physical and mental component that extra blood flow helps to balance out. Increased blood flow brings many benefits to both the mind and body. By learning to increase our blood flow we strengthen the mind/body by providing it with more nutrients and speeding up the detoxification process. This keeps the mind alert and free from toxins. One of the key benefits is an increased oxygen level, extra oxygen means more energy for both the mind and the body.