FASCIATHERAPY by Dora Vicente​
 

Danis Bois was born in  France  in  1949. he was a physical therapist  and an osteopath by training. During your  work,  he  found  The  Internal Movement. The  used  in  osteopathy , but  other  internal movement , "more  global and  prof undo more  slower than fluid  cerebrospinal " (D. Bois 2006, "The I  renovated ").  Internal Movement has a rhythm of two cycles per minute.

 

In the beginning of the 80's, Danis Bois founded a School of  fasciatherapy  in  France, a Method created by him. The name derives  of fasciae, the  connective tissues that cover and bind  all  body parts  (muscles, bones, all  internal organs, the brain and spinal cord). This thin  membrane  react  to stress, physical or  emotional trauma and to psychological states, contracting. This  contraction can become  permanent, causing  pain and  disturbing  the natural body balance.
The fasciatherapist emphasizes, through a  "relational" touch, the Internal Movement, invisible to the naked eye and occurring  at the level of the fasciae, putting each cell of the human body in communication. This animation carries a force of internal self-regulation or vitality of the body, which leads the person to a physical, emotional and psychological balance. The internal movement is  involuntary  and  interact  with psychic life.
Danis Bois continued and  expanded its research to other fields, such as  Psychology, Education, Arts and Philosophy. He returned to study, first at the Université Paris V, where he  obtained a degree in Development  Cognitive  and  social of  Newborn; then at the Universidade  Moderna de Lisboa, a Master in  curative psychopedagogy and finally  a PhD in Educational Sciences at the  university of  Seville, in   “Didactics  and the Organization of Educational Institutions”. The theme  of his thesis is: “The 'Sensitive' Body and the  Transformation  of Adult Representations  – Proposals  for a Model  Perceptual-cognitive in the Teaching of  Adult."
He brought together a team of researchers and professionals from  d different areas, and  developed  and  expanded  your  I work for several  countries. 
Danis Bois realized that for a  patient  if he can really heal, he first needs to be able to feel himself and his inner movement. This new perception of yourself will cause a transformation  perceptual-cognitive-behavioral, and then he will be able to make the necessary changes in his life, habits, everyday movements, way of thinking, creativity. THE  The patient needs to play an active role in the healing process, to become fully present in his life and to be able to co-create it.
Therapists would also need to be trained so that they can listen and guide  the verbal testimonies of  patients.
In 2000 Danis Bois transformed  your  method in  Somato-Psychopedagogy.  This is a pedagogical and therapeutic discipline,  preventive and curative,  that harmonizes  The  connection between body (soma) and mind  (psyché=soul, spirit), linking physical pain to psychological suffering, as well as possible behavioral problems related to this anguish or pain. It's a discipline  pedagogical, because it allows the practitioner to develop tools for self-observation and to become aware of the responses of their body and thought process, and thus  stop needing a therapist.  this new one  method includes, in addition to  Fasciatherapy:

 

- Sensory Reeducation (helps to feel and perceive the  movement, organize the  gesture in agreement  with biomechanics  sensory);

- Movement Therapy  (and the  expression of the Movement  Internal  in a pleasant slow gestural movement, linking body and spirit. It can take two forms: one that works on the person's personal expression and creativity, with  free movement  and another that works the physiological structure of the body, with two types of tools, the  Coded Movement, where the patient practices a series of choreographed movements, which explore all the physiological possibilities of the body in space, rhythm and intensity, and the  schemes  Associatives, which organize the physiological schemes of movement, according to Biomechanics  Sensory  and the Biorhythm  Sensory. It is  Biomechanics  differs from the classical one, because it includes  linear movements and the person is in a state of presence, inhabits their gestures and can correct them in real time.

- introspection  Sensory  (it's an experience  made in  silence  and  immobility. The person closes his eyes in a state of presence to himself and feels the unfolding of the perception of the inner movement, with all its  "nuances"  and effects and without moving externally.  This one  is a progressive path to being sensitive)​ .

- Verbal dialogue  (THE  The patient is encouraged to verbally express what he has experienced in the body, so that he can validate and evaluate with his mind and some guidance from the therapist, the lived experience and thus bring body and mind together.  This understanding becomes knowledge that he can apply in his daily life and transform it as needed. This happens in stages :  during therapy  manual, immediately after  and a few days later, first without and then with some guidance from the therapist.  This guidance is expressed by asking questions and organizing the testimony into categories.)
Danis Bois is  author of several books and articles.​

Currently, it is  Professor at the University  Fernando Pessoa, in Porto, where he created a Masters in Perceptive Psychopedagogy and coordinates a Doctoral Program in Social Sciences and the  CERAP  (Center d'études et de recherches appliquées en psycho-pedagogie perceptive).

 

(For more information see  www.cerap.org )