adaptogenic: adj
acting to normalize and regulate the systems of the body
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Who wants to cultivate more pleasure, efficiency, and trust in their body?
NASM certified personal trainer, Roll Model Method instructor, and Board Certified clinical bodyworker, Althea Wilkins invites you to begin by recognizing that YOU (your cells and tissues…your muscles and bones…your liver and nervous system…your skin and joints…indeed, the very energies that enliven you!) are composed of ancient intelligence. The same mighty force of nature that enables the dandelion to break concrete can be aligned with to improve your well-being. The basic principles and practices can be learned with just a handful of sessions, then the benefits really accumulate over time. Adaptogenic Movement & Massage has helped thousands of people be better friends with their bodies through evidence-based and time-tested bodyweight functional movement and biomechanics training along with self-myofascial release, massage therapy and mindfulness practices.
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Humans are Adaptogenic by Nature
The term “adaptogenic” is a relatively new addition to the scientific lexicon. It comes from phytopharmacology, or plant medicine, and was first used in the 1950s to refer to something:
That is non-toxic
Increases an organism’s resistance to a wide array of stressors and their damaging effects, and
Promotes restoration of healthy function and integration between the systems of the body.
From womb to grave, we continually receive whatever the environment presents us and generate the most appropriate, adaptive responses available under the circumstances. The vast majority of these responses are carried out on a subconscious level. And, this innate physiology is incredibly optimistic. You don’t even have to think about it. You are a positive adaptive response generator!
Biology refers to this phenomenon, rather unfortunately, as homeostasis – from the Greek for “similar to standing still.” Far from a static state of sameness though, homeostasis is an elegant dance of shifting relationships across a surprisingly broad spectrum of dynamic equilibrium. Perhaps a more accurate term would be adaptogenesis.
I believe this propensity exists in not only the plant world and on the physical level of experience; it also extends into mind and spirit realms. Movement, massage, mindset, meditation, food choices, friend choices, lifestyle and social interactions are just some of the ways we can purposefully enhance our naturally adaptogenic tendencies.
But don’t take my word for it; come experiment for yourself.
Don’t be surprised when it works!
~Althea