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Ortho Bionomy is structural corrective bodywork that has its roots in osteopathy. Its founder, the late Dr. Arthur Lincoln Pauls D.O., created the work in the 1970s. It is practiced in Europe, North America, and many other places in the world.
The goal of OrthoBionomy is to find the position of most comfort to the client. This position of comfort helps facilitate change in stress and pain patterns. Slight compression into joints, supporting muscles in the preferred contraction or stretch, or working with gentle resistance in a movement may all be employed during a session. Home exercises may also be given.
The techniques of OrthoBionomy vary from very physical to mostly energetic. The client can either be very passive or very involved and interactive with the practitioner during a session, depending upon the Phases, or techniques, employed.
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During the 1970s, Pauls developed what he called Phased Reflex Techniques (PRT) — the first stage in the development of Ortho-Bionomy. “Through the Phased Reflex Techniques, we bring about an understanding to the body via the reflexes and so increase the body’s awareness. In so doing, the body functions better at all levels.”2 Pauls believed there is an innate tendency in all things to move toward its own perfection, and that this self-corrective reflex only needs an occasional nudge, or reminder, to “kick in.” The Ortho-Bionomist provides stimulation to activate the self-healing response and then supports the individual in such a way as to not interfere. The term Ortho-Bionomy translates loosely as the correct application of the natural laws of life.
Pauls felt strongly that the role of the practitioner should be indirect, listening and responding to ongoing patterns, rather than using manipulation to impose change. “We only show reminders of what is, the rest is spontaneous,” Pauls said. “Would you show water how to run down a hill? It knows how, it only has to be set free. The body of man is the same, it knows, so who are we in our practiced intellect to teach it? It is better it teaches us and we observe the events that follow on.”3 Pauls’ background as a black belt martial artist and judo instructor had trained him to work with the energy of another, rather than conflicting with it.
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Ease and harmony — that’s what the body seeks to rediscover with Ortho-Bionomy, a gentle osteopathically-based system for working with the body’s self-corrective reflexes. According to Ortho-Bionomy founder Arthur Lincoln Pauls, D.O., ease and harmony are things we already know, and Ortho-Bionomy is one way of remembering. It is an educational tool “of a high order. When we begin to understand why we are ill, then we understand, also, what to do about it, and to prevent it.”1 While Ortho-Bionomy is mostly identified as a bodywork modality, it is also very much a way to approach life and can help anyone to function more harmoniously within his body and environment.
As an approach for working with patterns existing within the whole person — physical, emotional, mental and “auric” — Ortho-Bionomy is effective in addressing a wide range of disharmonies. Ortho-Bionomy is a comprehensive system that includes positional release, postural re-education, subtle touch and energy work. These techniques are effective for chronic stress, injuries, and pains or problems associated with postural or structural imbalance.
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