Connective Tissue Exercise: Discovering a Different Way to Exercise and to be with my Body

Recently I have been doing Connective Tissue Exercise classes with Kate Greenaway; these have been an immense support to me in helping me learn a new way to exercise and to develop a relationship with my body in a loving and gentle way.

Growing up I very much disliked being forced to run and play sports at school, which felt very taxing on my little body. I would do anything to get out of doing high impact sports that did not feel right, including lifting heavy weights in the school gym. I would get teary when school sports or P.E classes would come around; I had to push myself to run as the impact would feel shocking to my body.

In my adult years the only time I would exercise was to release my anger and life’s frustrations out on a punching bag; I would exercise very harshly without any focus and connection to my body whatsoever. I would move my body in a way to self-abuse and not feel what was under all my rage and anger. Sports and intense exercise had felt abusive to me when I was younger and so I used it to abuse my body – to push myself under intense hardness and stress that made me numb to my feelings.

I had moved in such hardness, with no presence and focus, as I had decided my body was a ‘thing’ that just carried me around; I had no idea there was another way to be with my body. I had no relationship with my body and what a horrible lonely feeling that was!!

Through my private sessions with Kate Greenaway and participating in Connective Tissue exercise classes, I have been shown a way to exercise with very slight and gentle movements that feel so supportive and loving to my body. This has helped me immensely to help reconnect to my own loveliness from which I have been so disconnected since I was a young child.

The Connective Tissue exercise classes have taught me to focus on my breathing, connect to my body, to assess how I am feeling and how my body feels before my very first movement – and for each one after that. Each connective tissue exercise movement is like the most amazing oil change my body is receiving, and in such a gentle flowing way.

I now love walking in my body… enjoying the gentle flowing feeling and the movement of my arms that supports me as I walk. Recently I have discovered there is a skeleton in my body: the pelvic alternations exercise laying on my back has reconnected me to my pelvis area which feels magnificent, and is confirmed when I walk. Walking in the past I would always be ‘checked out’ and just getting from A to B, but now having this simple technique I love feeling my pelvis moving up and down; this has helped me stay connected and focussed, without the constant head chatter.

For the first time I am now enjoying being in my body: it is not such a scary place to be in after all and I will forever be deepening the connection that I am building in my body.

I have experienced that Connective Tissue exercise helps me deal with the anxiety and raciness that I have been entrenched in – just stopping and taking time to apply some of the simple connective tissue techniques helps ease this.

Slowly I am coming out of long term exhaustion that was a repercussion of how I chose to live in the past when not taking care of myself. I find that doing these exercises in the morning and evening before bed have helped my energy levels throughout the day – I am no longer running on constant nervous energy and ending up feeling exhausted which is how I previously lived. Also, being more connected with my body has made me less emotional through developing a true relationship with my body.

This has helped me feel more confident in myself in everyday activities – I don’t get as drawn into the emotional ups and downs like before. The more I develop and enjoy the connection with my body, feeling the gentleness in my movements, the less emotional I naturally become.

With 20 years in the baking/pastrycooking industry, my 2am routine was to throw my alarm clock and get out of bed 20 minutes before my shift would start. I allowed just enough time to throw my uniform on, splash my face with cold water, squeeze toothpaste into my mouth and walk with my shoes half on until I got into my car. Driving to work at 100 miles an hour, drawing back on a cigarette or two, I would walk into work without even realising how I got there as my body was still in bed!

Since being introduced to Connective Tissue, this has all changed for me and I now take all the time I need to prepare myself for the day. My morning starts with connective tissue exercises before I do anything else, connecting with my body in a lovely gentle way. It has helped me so much to set up my day with ME and to take my gentleness wherever I go. Certainly I am far from perfect, however, supported by Connective Tissue, I am learning to deepen my connection with my body more and more each day.

For the first time in my life I am beginning to feel how much exercise, and what type of exercise, is right for me – instead of following the expectations of someone else telling me what to do.

I have been deeply inspired by Kate Greenaway, her dedication to the Connective Tissue exercises, and what these exercises have to offer in teaching and reflecting back to us that there is another way to exercise. Also that it is possible to be another way with ourselves by connecting with our body with such gentle tender flowing movements – and how effective and powerful this connection can be.

Forever inspired by the teachings of The Ageless Wisdom

By Kim Schultz, NSW

274 thoughts on “Connective Tissue Exercise: Discovering a Different Way to Exercise and to be with my Body

  1. Yesterday I attended a workshop with Kate Greenaway and she shared her wisdom, in her own playful way, about Connective Tissue and let us feel the difference when we are connected to ourselves and do a movement honouring our body/connective tissue or disconnected and harsh, abrupt movement and the contraction the body/connective tissue has to go into. What an amazing support we give our body with these beautiful rhythmic and fluid exercises to move in our true way.

  2. “The more I develop and enjoy the connection with my body, feeling the gentleness in my movements, the less emotional I naturally become.” Being at ease with my body, releasing the tension, hardness and protection in my body so I have become far more open and consequently far less emotionally reactive. Without a doubt freeing the body frees the mind.

  3. “Connective Tissue Exercise: Discovering a Different Way to Exercise and to be with my Body” – after I’ve had a session of Esoteric Connective Tissue the way my body feels is connected and at full ease… and having attended a 3 day workshop to learn this modality I felt the most in order ever in my life. It’s a life-changing profound modality and the hands on treatment is the most gentle and subtle ever.

  4. Connective Tissue therapy has helped me to re-connect with and love my body in a way that truly sustains me in life.

  5. Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy exercises have been pivotal in my own reaquantince with my body. They have been and continue to be a daily practice that offers support to my body and the vitality in my body like no other exercise.

  6. I could feel what you have written is such a huge support to your life, that the body is an amazing support to us. I feel very inspired to go deeper with myself as I too work in a very hard industry and I love all the support needed.

  7. There is a beauty here in being open to what your body has to say about moving and walking, and how the Connective Tissue Exercises are a really great support for that, for opening up and discovering the wisdom that the body speaks all of the time.

  8. I have learnt and practiced some of the Esoteric Connective Tissue exercises too, I absolutely love them. I think too often we don’t realise how harshly we move our bodies and learning to move them in a way the leaves them not hard, but open and expansive is invaluable.

  9. Beautifully shared Kim how supportive and flowing Connective Tissue exercises can be, it is a great way for us to set up our day with these gentle movements, feeling more connected and open with our bodies.

  10. In less than 6 months of practicing Esoteric Connective Tissue exercises on a daily basis, I have noticed some profound effects that have spread into all aspects of my life. Coming from a long history of playing almost every sport out there and beating up my body on a regular basis, these exercises bring a sigh of relief and I can almost here my body saying “Thank you, you are finally honouring and nurturing me!”. I have noticed too how I have been much more connected to my body and been moving more gently in my work as a mechanic, with less incidences of bumping into things, injuring my hands, and have not been as reactive or subject to changing my natural work rhythm when under pressure by management. These exercises make my joints, muscles, and rest of my body feel so much more open, spacious, fluid, and silky in their movements, with more flexibility than I have had since I was a teenager. Simple, subtle, but profound in their effects.

  11. How beautiful it is to enjoy being in this body, to feel the flow and grace and loveliness. Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy and Esoteric Yoga have been, and still are, so supportive in and to this process.

  12. Bringing attention to the quality of my movements has been improved with connecting to my body more in Connective tissue exercise. Reminding me that the body naturally knows how to hold and move itself in a loving and supportive way.

  13. My body loves Connective Tissue exercises! When I do them my body just melts with appreciation. It is what my body has craved for so long.
    It is allowing my body to release all the hardness I have been carrying around.
    It is supporting me to remember how I used to move, how I was meant to move.
    It is accomplishing in weeks, what 20 years of americanized yoga has failed to do.
    Thank you!

  14. I just love reading stories of people returning to themselves and their bodies, and how much Universal Medicine therapies are supporting people to do that. A pertinent reminder that the answer does lie in our bodies and our connection to them. One by one, the anxiousness is dropping from our bodies and we are returning to walking in our grace and power.

  15. Kim I cannot agree with you more in the deep healing Connective Tissue Therapy brings for our bodies. I have just completed Esoteric Yoga which combined Connective Tissue movements and with it being my first experience, my body absolutely loved it, and as already mentioned the body feels its being ‘oiled’ and the parts are being re-connected afte centuries of being apart.

    I still have more to go but I know every time I do something for my body, it responds and says – more please.

  16. Recently attending an online combination of Esoteric Yoga and Connective Tissue therapy has been amazing. Becoming aware of every movement in my body, and how my Connective Tissue glides and moves has brought a new awareness for the beauty of this amazing modality.

  17. I cannot underestimate and more highly recommend this modality Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy – the way my body moves afterwards is restored… it’s like all the fluids in the body that were jammed up in teeny crevices and tiny corners they all start to move, to flow and circulate refreshing and flushing out. It’s like washing your hair squeaky clean and then applying luxurious conditioner. Silky.

  18. “Each connective tissue exercise movement is like the most amazing oil change my body is receiving, and in such a gentle flowing way.” This is a beautiful description of feeling the flow of energy through your body with Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy.

  19. “Sports and intense exercise had felt abusive to me when I was younger and so I used it to abuse my body” Amazing realisation here. This helps me understand more deeply why some people have such an abusive relationship with exercise – whether in using it as a way to punish or relieve ourselves or by avoiding it completely or being inconsistent with it. All abusive.

  20. Breathing gently, in touch and connection to my body in all my movements including exercise has brought a feeling of joy back to my body. Life has become simpler with my exercise routine being a support I want to do. It’s not hard and forced like it use to be.

  21. Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy is a blessing form heaven, it allows us to reconnect to the beauty and intricacy of our bodies where we no longer allow abuse but instead can choose a more gentle way of treating our bodies.

  22. The magic of connective tissue happens equally if not more so outside the treatment / session room where we begin to initiate exactly how we feel to integrate the newly found quality into our everyday movements.

  23. I have been doing Connective Tissue Movements and classes off and on for several years now. Each time I am surprised by how much my body loves them and much more open and lovely it feels. With what I know about what type of movement actually supports my body now, I can see a big shift needs to happen, especially in the hard and forceful way we exercise.

  24. “Each connective tissue exercise movement is like the most amazing oil change my body is receiving…” – Our movements do make such a difference to how our body feels – the quality of the movement makes all the difference – a quality that is impulsed from inside of us without a picture of it needing to look or be a certain fixed way.

  25. “For the first time I am now enjoying being in my body: it is not such a scary place to be in after all and I will forever be deepening the connection that I am building in my body.” – This is an amazing revelation Kim as there are so many of us that walk around not liking being in our body! And so we use all means to dull ourselvs out with foods and drinks, or harden what we feel with harsh exercise, or blind ourselves with mindless entertainment. There are a multitude of ways to silence the body and the are sold like cheap buns everywhere around us…It takes a lot to say no to this, and to actually turn around and let ourselves first be honest with how we feel, and then to say ‘OK, I am ready to feel more and change the way I am that is contributing to how I actually feel’ – this is true power: the power of allowing the awareness and then the willingness to make the needed changes. Thank you Kim for your inspiring sharing!

  26. It is such a game changer when we actually realise we are in a body! It sounds crazy as we walk around in our bodies all day long, but being present with the body is quite a different thing to simply inhabiting a body.

  27. I love how you put it Kim ‘set up my day with ME’, and that’s just beautiful to hear and feel how you’ve uncovered this for yourself and the huge benefits it’s brought to you and all around you. Our bodies are amazing and as we allow ourselves to truly listen to and honour them we find we are more stable in life and somehow less thrown by it – I’ve begun doing regular gentle exercise each morning and I feel a growing solidness and stability in me, and now reading here I feel to expand on this platform and feel how I can bring more space to me and my body each day.

  28. Connective Tissue exercises really do bring a way of connecting with the body that is totally different. ‘Connective’ is the word. After I have completed a few exercises, or had a therapy session my body feels open surrendered, free of stress or tension and very connected!

  29. This is a beautiful testimony Kim on how deeply healing and powerful the Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy is, one day the medical world will recognise the amazing benefits this modality offers to humanity.

  30. Thank you Kim, I also regularly do connective tissue exercises and an online class once a week and it’s very supportive physically and emotionally as I feel more calm. Exercising gently is actually very powerful for the body and revitalising. What we are told about exercise (“to go hard” and “no pain, no gain” etc) is not necessarily true. It’s a bit like the flat earth belief, everyone thought that was true until the truth emerged, and exercise is no different, it’s populated by beliefs that are pervasive so in that they seem true, but are they? I have certainly found that gentle exercise without pushing works very well for me. The truth is always in the body and what it communicates.

  31. You’ve really captured the deliciousness of how it feels to being to develop a relationship with our bodies and to approach them with the utmost care and attention, it’s an amazing relationship to keep building.

  32. I had been doing the Connective Tissue exercises in the past and loved them but for some reason they had gone by the wayside over the last few months, I have now joined up and doing Esoteric Yoga and Connective tissue exercise together and I am loving this combination, feeling the stillness in the flow of the exercises is divine.

  33. I can so relate to moving my body with an intention to release emotions, particularly anger. I thought I was connecting and feeling those emotions but now I know it was just a way to get identified with, magnify and indulge in them and numb myself as a result, so those emotions were not actually being let go.

  34. A while a go I was going to Kate Greenaway for my RSI in my arm and it was really helping, my issue is being consistent with exercises and sessions and reading this blog really inspires me to get back into the therapy that worked for my arm, thank you.

  35. I’m currently on a combined Esoteric Yoga and Connective Therapy Tissue 6 week course and it is heavenly. My body loves the connective tissue exercises. The harsh way of exercising and pushing the body is such a lie we have been sold. There is a grace and flow that the body adores.

  36. ‘ Each connective tissue exercise movement is like the most amazing oil change my body is receiving, and in such a gentle flowing way’ I feel I know what you mean by this. When I first started dong gentle exercises for myself I did them very slowly to feel more what was happening in the body and I found that some of my movements were very jerky and as I continued this jerkiness became less and the body began to flow in its movements. It can still be jerky at times and that is showing me where I am not allowing flow in my life. I have not been including these exercises in my daily routine for some time and I am feeling that I may need different exercises now to support me in a stronger flow in my life so thank you for this sharing that is inspiring me to explore these amazing exercises further.

  37. What a beautiful endorsement for Connective Tissue Therapy, Kim. How gorgeous it is when we begin to connect to and honour our bodies. What you have expressed here is very inspiring;
    “The Connective Tissue exercise classes have taught me to focus on my breathing, connect to my body, to assess how I am feeling and how my body feels before my very first movement – and for each one after that”.

  38. There is so much on offer with connective tissue therapy. I did a morning class a couple of days ago with Kate Greenaway, my whole day had a marker of stillness and openness from this class. It showed me how I can choose to move in a way that keeps me closed to the world, or I can make a choice to move in a way that opens me up to all that it offers.

  39. Reading this today has reminded me of how I too disliked sports at school because the attitude around it was one of hardness and pushing and competition. The competition was not just with others but with oneself, always trying to be better, faster, tougher than before. this is what was encouraged. It is only relatively recently that I have learned that one can do physical exercise without this push and felt the flow and ease with which the body can move with my being fully with it. With our focus in the body rather than what it can do we are respectful of it’s true movement and exercise becomes a different and more complete experience altogether.

  40. It is awesome when we start to connect with the gentleness in our bodies and experience the difference in the quality of our movements which become more and more a reflection of our soul.

  41. How we treat and move our body makes such a difference to how we feel inside and the way that we think.

  42. “For the first time in my life I am beginning to feel how much exercise, and what type of exercise, is right for me – instead of following the expectations of someone else telling me what to do.” I don’t remember this ever being presented to me by my gym teachers at school or anyone involved in exercise, ever. It was always about ‘no pain no gain’. I too have now experienced exercising from my body and simply responding to what it is communicating to me. The difference is incredible and leave me feeling energised, not depleted as the old way always did.

  43. Connective Tissue Exercise, is exercising in connection to the body, being totally respectful of the physical body without pushing or driving ourselves, but exercising through what the body needs which can change everyday.

  44. Connective Tissue Exercise and Connective Tissue Therapy is the most effective support I have ever found to combat stress, anxiety, push and drive in the body. It allows the body to slow down, and open up to, its natural rhythm and pulse.

  45. I used to think exercise was all about getting a six pack and big arms but now see it as soo much more. Connective Tissue Therapy has shown me the importance of the quality of my body and the quality of flow that runs through it. The more I allow the flow to be love and surrender to it the more enlivened and vital my body becomes. And conversely when I hold back and react to the world and life I feel my body and my connective tissue tenses up and suddenly everything, including how I move, feels jarring. Connective Tissue Therapy helps to restore the flow and harmony back into the body and the beauty is it works with you and lasts far longer than just the session.

  46. Many years ago I had treatments with Kate Greenaway for heal spurs, and torn tissue in the bottoms of my feet from a fall I had had from a ladder. It is said that heel spurs don’t heal. But mine did. Not straight away of course, but in time. Now, one cannot say that was directly attributed to the Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy, but I have no doubt it helped. It is a hard thing to describe, but during the sessions you could almost feel the tissue being activated and being reinvigorated.

  47. What a wonderfully supportive modality Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy is as you have clearly demonstrated Kim; a powerful testimony, thank you;
    “Certainly I am far from perfect, however, supported by Connective Tissue, I am learning to deepen my connection with my body more and more each day”.

  48. Connective Tissue exercises are a modality that I have found most supportive for my body, it supports me to totally surrender and let go and release any held tensions in my body. It also supports me to see where I am holding tensions and what I can do to shift this by bringing greater focus to that during the day.

  49. I remember pushing myself so hard with running and doing yoga and being totally disconnected from my body most of the time. It was easier to numb myself so I could not feel any pain or strain, but what I ended up with was a lot of nervous energy and a body that was quite hard. The way I exercise today is completely different as well and modalities such as the Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy have supported me beautifully to deepen this connection to my body and to enjoy gentle exercise without stressing my body in anyway.

  50. I can relate to having a negative relationship with PE (physical education) and sports at school, and doing pretty much anything to get out of it. Things like going on a cross country run which just happened to go past my house – too much temptation to get in the warmth and sit it out. Feigning illnesses to get out of hockey, netball and swimming. Forgetting my PE kit which back fired because the teacher used to make us do it in our knickers, which was a huge embarrassment for a teenager.
    Maybe if we had Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy exercises in our schools everyone would form a different relationship with movement and their bodies, after all there must be a reason why so many children avoid or do not like PE.

  51. This is such a beautiful blog, thank you Rebecca for expressing your experience as a student of The Way of The Livingness, as a student too I love all you have written especially this one: “I am free to know my body as a science that belongs to me and to the Universe all at once.”

  52. I recently had a session with Beverly Carter – it was so much more than exercise, it was movement and me time, not something most would connect with exercise, but it was amazing and I really enjoyed this new approach.

  53. This made me smile – “recently I have discovered there is a skeleton in my body”. Classic! It is so crazy that we live in a way with no connection to our body and then when we do start to connect, we go hello, have you been here all along??? Yes said the skeleton with a knowing smile.

  54. Kim reading your blog again today I noted your words about the reduction in nervous tension from doing the Connective Tissue exercises regularly, and the subsequent reduction in exhaustion. I had not realised, nor appreciated this also in myself from my daily Connective Tissue exercise routine. I also find it contributes greatly to reducing and eliminating stress, as I sometimes do an extra session of exercises if I feel worked up or disconnected from myself, and it brings me back to my body and gently helps me feel what exactly is going on inside me, which is very healing. My experience is that Connective Tissue exercises are not just great for the body but for my whole being.

  55. The beauty of these excerises is their utter simplicity and immense practicality as they can be used just about in any setting in any case. It shows how everything in our lives can all come back to the simple truth of just honouring our body.

  56. Love your description “Each connective tissue exercise movement is like the most amazing oil change my body is receiving, and in such a gentle flowing way.”

  57. Wow Kim you are an amazing ambassador for Connective Tissue Therapy. I look forward to the day when this becomes common knowledge for all of humanity.

  58. In the past I can feel that when I go into an exercise class I give my power away. I rely on the expertise of the instructor to tell me how to do things etc instead of going in connected to my body and feeling what feels right for me. This just makes sense because every body is different and how would anyone else know exactly what is right for you when they are not in your body.

  59. Thank you Kim for an inspiring read. It is so easy to get in the doing and forget that we are subjecting our body to those movements by being rough or thinking about the future, but from what I have experienced of the Connective Tissues exercises the body has a larger say, and it is so far removed from the just get up and go from the mind mentality.

  60. My experience of connective tissue excercises has been amazingly powerful too, it’s like these simple movements remind the body of how it’s meant to be and naturally designed to move. There can be so much power in simplicity.

  61. “…..supported by Connective Tissue, I am learning to deepen my connection with my body more and more each day.” I love Connective Tissue exercises and therapy. These gentle movements are so profound and staying present with my body continually deepens the connection I have with it.

  62. Yes Kim I can relate to what you are sharing I really hated the exercises at school, the hardness and competition in sports was not my thing. Having to do the exercises etc made me very anxious. I discovered yoga when I was 18 and thought this was my way of doing something with my body but I would always have headache or even migraine the day after. I was not treating my body gentle and lovingly, I was stretching and forcing my body to be the best, no true connection with my body. With Esoteric Yoga and later on the Esoteric Connective Tissue exercises I have build a true connection with my body and like you say “it is not such a scary place to be in after all and I will forever be deepening the connection that I am building in my body.’

  63. “I don’t get as drawn into the emotional ups and downs like before.” I noticed this in myself too lately and I have also lately started doing Connective Tissue exercises, I just hadn’t made the link yet but I am sure it is there. These exercises are truly wonderful in what they support me with in all areas in my life.

  64. Being present with the movements that incorporate my early morning exercises, is life changing, it sets a precedence for the movements for the rest of my day. As a swimmer, I liken it to the push and glide that one does at the start of a length of front crawl. This gliding movement is the core to the Front Crawl stroke, so by starting with this we are consolidating this core position into our cellular memory, so that it remains steady once starting with the arms, legs and breathing movements.

  65. Thank you Kim for sharing your experience, I can totally agree with all you have said about Connective Tissue exercises, I love then and do them quite often, they are so powerful in their gentleness bringing me back in tenderness to my body.

  66. “The more I develop and enjoy the connection with my body, feeling the gentleness in my movements, the less emotional I naturally become.” – This is huge Kim! Something that should be a part of psychology for sure…

    1. I agree – that comment is massive – imagine if this was studied and the power of movement was truly understood. Our whole approach to our health and well-being would change.

  67. Connective Tissue exercises are so simple and powerful, I cannot help but do them sitting in a meeting, or on a bus, or wherever I am. They assist me to reconnect to myself while the craziness of the world goes on around me.

  68. One of the things I love about Connective Tissue is how the effects of it last for days after the treatments and deepen if you allow them to. So it is not just a quick fix but rather an on going surrendering that supports you to go deeper within yourself, which itself is very empowering.

  69. “Each connective tissue exercise movement is like the most amazing oil change my body is receiving, and in such a gentle flowing way.” I love how you describe this Kim, and yes I can absolutely concur that Connective Tissue exercise movement is the way forth – it is the nurture and honouring that our bodies are so craving in today’s world.

  70. This is something I need to bring more dedication too, I often neglect the quality in which I move and allow anxiousness to drive my movements. I find with the connective tissue my body is able to deeply surrender.

  71. Thank you Kim for sharing your story. I have recently started a program of Connective Tissue Therapy exercises and it’s been very powerful. It’s amazing how much benefit the body receives from such gentle exercises that don’t require a lot of movement, nor repetition of movement. I have found a reduction in stress and tension as well, and my body feels gently revitalised afterwards. My aim is for all of my everyday movements to eventually feel like the Connective Tissue exercises.

  72. In connecting to our bodies, with the awareness connective tissue delivers, yes surprisingly there is a skeleton in there and connective tissues that communicate. But even more surprising with the connective tissue exercises we can support the tissues to support our body. Such an incredible discovery and loving connection to a body that’s far more than flesh and blood

  73. “…I had no idea there was another way to be with my body.” – This is why it’s so powerful to have the reflection of someone who is living differently, who is being truly in-tune and respectful of their body, showing a level of wellness that is real.

  74. Reading your blog again, made me realise how we can actually use exercise to abuse our body if we are using it to release anger, frustration, in hardness and pushing our bodies to extreme pain. Interesting how society celebrates exercise as a healthy way of life, which I agree it can be but I feel if we are using it in an abusive way, then it is harming our body. It is like anything really, we can use them to support healing or to abuse ourselves and others. It is not so much the tools but it is all about the intention and energy behind how we apply these tools that is the difference. If we are not willing to be aware of this, then it is easy to hide behind something that has been labelled as ‘good’ or ‘healthy’ but can be in fact harming to us.

  75. Connective Tissue Exercises are a tremendous benefit, so gentle and unimposing yet allow us to reconnect to our bodies with a deeper awareness and sense of connection and oneness, and then we find that our bodies can actually communicate quite loudly what is true for it and what is not. No amount of thinking has ever helped to control my mind or anxiousness, but rediscovering and reconnecting to the body has been a powerful tool in changing everything, my way of being in life.

  76. The world, or rather everyone on it, is spinning out of control and losing connection to who they are and to the body they inhabit. Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy is a beautiful gentle way to reconnect to the rhythm and movement of our physical body and feel the stillness within.

  77. Thank you Kim for sharing your experience and love of connective tissue, I really love it too, it allows me to come back to my body in such a gentle way, no more push or drive, just a gentle movement confirming the love and warmth held within my body, very beautiful.

  78. It seems we have created a world that seemingly thrives on nervous tension, stress, raciness, competitiveness, high pressure workplaces and over-achieving, and yet the statistics on depression, burnout, breakdowns, and given-upness / withdrawal would indicate that perhaps it is not so beneficial to our wellbeing. Perhaps we could consider a paradigm shift into making our lives about the quality of our well-being first and foremost, and from there the quality of our work would naturally be an extension of that. If workplaces made this the focus, we could have the same or greater productivity, and far less illness and time off work- but most importantly the way we would be at work would be completely different, supportive and potentially evolving for all.

  79. Funny how as kids we had quite strong awareness that things felt harsh and brutal to the body, but we did them anyway, then as we grew up, that awareness dulled as we learned to push our bodies more and more, trashing it with reckless behaviour, extreme ‘fitness’, alcohol, cigarettes etc. Our innate sensitivity has never been lost, we only need to reconnect and live in a way that allows it to bring its truth to us once more.

  80. There is no denying the power of the Connective Tissue modality when embraced like you have. A great reminder of what is possible when we commit to bringing it into our rhythm and the transformational effect this can have on our lives.

  81. To me Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy it is a great gift too Kim. Every time I exercise the ECTT I do connect on a deep level with my body and in that connection I cannot else then adhere to how my body wants me to move, instead, when I have not established that deep connection, I run my body from my head, without even considering the impact or repercussion it may have on my body and everybody I am with.

  82. I too used to dread the harsh exercise that was demanded of me at school and it turned me off doing exercise for a long time. Connective Tissue exercises are the direct opposite to anything that I ever learned in school. What I love about them is that they ask me to be in a partnership with my body rather than push it and pull it into shape!. It asks me to work with my body every day to feel how it is that day and then to exercise accordingly. My body always knows exactly what it needs at any given time and it can be trusted. Connective Tissue exercises help us to regain our trust in our body again.

  83. Likewise Kate Greenaway and the Connective Tissue exercises that she has imparted have transformed my relationship with my body, and my life. How I exercise, how I move has changed enormously from the years of competitive rowing or soccer, the constant injuries, and feeding that ill behaviour into other physical activities like gardening or labouring (and more injuries). Now I take the time to feel what I can and can’t do, to notice when the body gets tired, to move in a way that supports and does not undermine my physicality. It feels about 1000% better!

  84. I’ve been doing some connective tissue exercises and I love what you say Kim about it being like an oil change, that is certainly my experience. I can also see how in committing to doing the exercises it lessens our emotional state, as the more in flow we are in our body the less anxiousness and nervous tension can take hold. If our body is in alignment and we are allowing ourselves to be gentle then it is much easier to be relaxed and at ease with our thoughts.

  85. The body, the body. the body, when we keep bringing ourselves back to the body then the body is able to re-balance itself. The further away from our bodies we are then the more out of whack we are able to get.

  86. And Kim on reading that you had ‘no relationship with your body’ made me aware that for most of my adult life I too have had no real relationship with my body, even though as a physically fit woman who also became a yoga teacher, I would have sworn blind that I did. My relationship with my body was in a very gross, superficial way. I often felt very ‘buzzy’ and took this to mean ‘well’, when in fact I was far from well. The endorphin’s that I got from exercise and the lift that I got from caffeine were the things in my body that I felt but I never got to feel what was going on, on a deeper level in my body, that I was choosing to cover up with the exercise and the coffee. It took my body grinding to a halt for me to actually start to truly feel what was going on.

  87. Kim whilst reading how you felt about strenuous exercise at school, I was aware of a certain way of thinking that came up for me to do with kids that ‘woosed out’ of exercise being wimpy. This way of thinking has been around for a very long time and certainly continues today. The effect of this way of thinking on the children that are able to feel the true effect of strenuous exercise on their bodies must feel truly awful. Not only that but the children who have managed to maintain their sensitive ways would feel unspoken pressure by kids and adults alike to push themselves into punishing exercise. It feels to me that the children who are naturally inclined to honour their bodies are not supported to continue with this incredible ability but are almost bullied into the self harming ways that everybody else is in.

  88. I could feel my body smiling deeply the day I was introduced to Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy and it hasn’t stopped smiling since, as the exercises have become an integral part of my day and I have sessions as often as I can. The difference in my body and how it moves is phenomenal, with my 66 year old hips flowing with a gentle ease, something that I have never experienced before. Like you Kim, I love walking and feeling every part of me, and how it is all inter-connected and supported so beautifully in every movement by connective tissue.

  89. Connective Tissue Therapy reawakens all the connections in the body and allows for us to live in a much more integrated way aligned to our body and its requirements. I too spent many years fuelled by nervous energy trying to keep my underlying exhaustion at bay with varying success but from my first session of Connective Tissue Therapy I could feel how positively my body responded and gradually I was able to choose this way more and more and my life became not only much more manageable but enjoyable with a flow to my days that did not drain me.

  90. l would love a group session with Kate Greenaway, they sound exquisite. My one on ones with Kate have always been awesome also.

  91. As the name implies, Connective Tissue Therapy does just that. We can easily get into the pattern of pushing certain parts of our body hard, thinking that we are being healthy or simply because we have checked out. What a brilliant therapy to help us realise that all the cells in our body are interconnected and if we establish a smooth flow and rhythm the ripples effects in our body are immensely powerful.

  92. I agree Monica, Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy is a very powerful modality, and I on many occasions have actually felt myself reconfiguring while on the table. It’s quite amazing the changes that can come about both in your body and life as a result.

    1. Yes it is amazing and it allows us to more deeply understand that the body has a huge capacity to heal if given support and if we live in a loving way.

      1. This is so true Monica, I am only just beginning to truly realise the depth of wisdom the body holds, the messages it sends us, sometimes in the form of illness or pain, to bring us back to a point of healing, usually this means we need to go deeper into our stillness, listen my clearly to the messages and as you say Monica live in a more loving way.

  93. Connective Tissue Therapy is for sure a therapy that will be used massively in the future, in time it will be fully utilised as it will be known by all what an amazing and healing modality this is.

    1. l totally agree Samantha it is just a matter of time as more and more people feel the benefits of this awesome modality, it will surface finally as an incredible support to humanity.

  94. It’s extraordinary to feel the power of Connective Tissue Therapy on the body. Gentle movements at the feet for example can be felt throughout the entire body showing therefore that we cannot treat the body in parts because any one part affects the whole.

  95. Gosh, Kim what you are describing is an amazing transformation! I can feel what it was like for you in the rush of getting to work compared to the beautiful way you prepare yourself now. The magic of connecting to our connective tissues!

  96. I love Connective Tissue too it is an amazing modality , with a few simple moves I can feel my body re-align and come together. It has helped me feel when I am not connected to my body. When I do exercise now I am very aware of how my body moves and the importance of staying with each movement and not thinking ahead or going into auto pilot.

  97. The connection between the gentle exercise you describe and your emotional state is very interesting Kim. It fees like we need to develop school programmes that are more gentle and supportive to young people as it doesn’t feel right at all that there are people put in the situation where they hate PE. Physical activity should be a pleasurable experience and should be more understanding of the feelings that arise in relation to exercising.

  98. Connective Tissue exercises are so completely different to the common understanding of how to exercise which is to push through in hardness with plenty of sweating and effort, definitely goal orientated, with Connective Tissue exercises there is a deep connection and awareness of how the body is feeling with each gentle movement no goal to reach, just the beautiful connection to the flow of the body’s own natural rhythm.

  99. KIm, this is a beautiful testimony to Kate Greenaway and the Connective Tissue modality and I could not agree with you more. To have a CT session is simply divine and deeply felt.

  100. Very inspiring read. There is much I can relate to, the pushing, the striving, the getting oneself exhausted, then having to really learn to feel into where my body is at, after years of neglect, running on nervous energy and adrenaline. My body has been screaming out for a long time, asking me to stop and live life another way. Which I am now doing, but there is a lived momentum in my body, that has been the recipient of many of my unloving choices. This is shifting slowly and with the help of connective tissue and the wonderful Universal Medicine practitioners, a new way of living in my body is unfolding.

  101. When we tick boxes with our focus only being on the end result it easily disconnects us from the actual process that is leading us to that end result. In this disconnected state it is easy to also ignore our body and push it beyond its limits. This is a great blog to remind me that my body and the connective tissue that is throughout my body is always registering this.

    1. It is so simple what you write here Rosemary yet is it is the answer to most of the world’s medical problems.

      1. Yes the simplicity belies the wisdom of the body and the powerful healing that can take place when we listen and take action on what we see/feel.

    2. Beautiful to experience Rosemary and this is inspiring, “l will forever be deepening the connection that I am building in my body.” This will contribute to such healing in the body and in life.

  102. I just love Connective Tissue sessions it feels like all the dots in my body are being connected by a loving flow that allows my body to vibrate with a feeling of joy. I find doing the exercises at home brings a greater awareness of how my body is feeling.

    1. Jill, I too love connective tissue sessions. It’s beautiful to surrender to the deep stillness within and feel the warm pulse vibrate throughout the body, allowing the joints to become more spacious and moveable.

  103. “For the first time in my life I am beginning to feel how much exercise, and what type of exercise, is right for me – instead of following the expectations of someone else telling me what to do.” Kim, this is an empowering step and it applies to many things beside exercise. The more we tune in to what our body needs, the less we give our power to others as the messages become louder and clearer the more often we heed them.

  104. I love this example of how once we accept a more loving way of being with our body and create a new marker, old ways of living that are no longer loving stand out even more.

    1. Yes Simone, and I was amazed at how I never noticed before how running really hurt me. It revealed the level of disconnection with my body.

    2. It is a great example Simone, I had an experience, similar but different in that it was at work. I have had since early in the year a lot slower time work wise, not running from meeting to meeting, loads of deadlines etc. But I am now on a new project and still working on the old one, so overnight I have been really busy again. I could feel yesterday old patterns immediately surfacing, anxiousness, going into a push to get things done, not stopping and bringing my lived experience of calmness, experience and livingness to the table. I corrected myself, but feel that today will be another opportunity to bring all of that livingness, as the environment is set up to pull you into that drama and busyness.

  105. It is awesome how you have described exercise in such a different way here Kim. In the past, I have seen exercise as something that has to involve an increase in heart-rate, sweating and with a need to push myself. As you have shared and from how I now understand it, exercise for me is about connecting with myself first – connective tissue exercises are great for building this awareness and relationship with my body.

  106. Your blog echoes my own experiences with Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy Kim. It was initially something that appeared too simple, too subtle and almost like not very much was being done at all, yet in such simplicity lay the power and with each session I am surrendering more and more to a deeper and truer relationship with my body and with life.

  107. Long term nervous energy and anxiousness, and exhaustion certainly do go hand in hand. And it is a vicious cycle to break because of the exhaustion requiring us to find a false stimulus to keep the body running on empty, hence stacking up more nervous energy or other craziness just to get through the day. So it is a conundrum we can get so deeply caught in that it feels impossible to cut the cycle. Enter Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy and esoteric healing, and it’s like the plug gets pulled on the frankenstein electric circuits constantly zapping the body allowing it to quieten down to a deep stillness previously unimagined. From there a true beginning can be offered and a new way of living now there for the choosing.

    1. I love what you have written here Annie – and so true! Because we get so used to the vicious cycle and because it is so prevalent in society, it can be difficult to remember and know that there is another way. Our idea of what is “normal” is derived from how the majority of people live and not from how our bodies are naturally designed to live. The esoteric healing modalities and the Ageless Wisdom teachings are about returning to living from this knowledge and wisdom we each hold in our bodies.

      1. So true Simone, we live in a world which does not value the wisdom of the body and so our ‘normal’ is skewed – thank God for the Ageless Wisdom which offers us the truth that our bodies hold the key, it’s all inside us, ready and waiting to be lived, the love we are.

  108. I am only just beginning to realise the significance and the importance of walking for the body and for being able to connect to and with myself fully. Not just walking, but how I walk, where I am with myself – present? checked out? – when I walk. Walking isn’t just an A to B thing. It plays a crucial part in determining what quality of movement we are in during the journey and by extension and momentum, when we arrive.

  109. A great blog Kim, very inspiring how your health and well-being has turnaround with the support of Connective Tissue Therapy. It amazes me how the Esoteric Modalities are incredibly powerful and truly support people to heal from any ill conditions.

  110. The body certainly has an intelligence of it own that, if we simply be with it, it does support us in many ways.

    1. “The body certainly has an intelligence of it own”. If we take the time to listen to the body it will let us know what it needs and what is not good for it. Many children do not want to do hard sport but they are forced into it often by the fact that others are doing it and they don’t want to be left out. We gradually get into the habit of overriding our true feelings and then we stop listening to the body until it gives us a louder message.

  111. I agree connective tissue exercises are so very gentle and so subtle yet deeply profound. The body responds to the gentle steady rhythm created by releasing tension and hardness allowing connection and a clear path for our natural energy to flow. The level of tenderness equals, if not surpasses the gentle, fluid, motion used to calm and rock a cherished baby to sleep.

  112. Connective Tissue exercises allow me to feel the energy flow through my body and understand that with gentle movement so much can be felt and tensions released.

    1. I have yet to try Connective Tissue Exercises but I do know that receiving Connective Tissue as a therapy is extraordinary beautiful. When receiving this therapy I always feel my awareness expanding and my appreciation for myself and others increasing. The whole world needs this!

    2. They are also so simple to do Mary. l find it a joy. First thing in the morning or last thing at night before sleep, for a deep and restful sleep.

  113. I can feel how living like this would change the world. How beautiful to live in this gentle and connected way. So many aggressive things would just melt away and the connection to ourselves would then translate to connection with others.

    1. So true Amanda. When we are feeling gentle within ourselves the ripple effects flow outwards into all our connections with others. Not only that – we create harmony as we walk around e.g into different rooms, on the streets, past other people and so forth. The impact is huge.

      1. Hi Deborah. And in that we are honouring who we naturally are, deeply caring and loving beings, and we are that not only with ourselves but with everybody that we meet and with all of humanity.

  114. Hi Kim, I so enjoyed reading your blog and how the Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy exercises has helped you re-connect to your body – and to your ‘skeleton’ – I loved that bit.
    I have found also deep appreciation for the exercises that Kate Greenaway showed me, the gentle sliding and gliding techniques that encouraged the connective tissue to be re-awakened in those areas where there seemed to be no real connection at all. These exercises have also become a part of my daily rhythm, and I feel this modality, coupled with Esoteric Chakra Puncture have afforded me a more fluid body which I feel to be my own experience of a miracle.

  115. Dear Kim this is an amazing blog and the first thing I would like to know is – how is the exercise you are doing! It is so inspirational what you share with us. Following sentences got me: “I had moved in such hardness, with no presence and focus, as I had decided my body was a ‘thing’ that just carried me around” I have to admit that I felt the same about my body and until now sometimes I still do. It is so sad that we as human beings are so hard with our body although we only have this one – we are a bit crazy.

  116. This was such a beautiful reminder of the extraordinary healing that can come from Connective Tissue. It is such a gorgeous modality to experience and an equally powerful tool of reconnection and support for living and feeling life from inside the body.

  117. Awsome blog Kim, I used to be the same as you with the morning routine of out of bed ciggies and at work all on automatic. Its great to step back and look at the choices that we have available and choose simple between that barely present unhealthy way and a gentle very present exercise that really sets you up for the day and life.

  118. From my own experience as Connective Tissue exercise and therapy client these are extremely supportive and healing ways to work with the human body.

  119. Kim, I also have experienced deep physical support through Connective Tissue Therapy. My body got much more tender through this therapy. Connective Tissue gave a flow into my body which supported the minerals and blood flow more easily and out of this the fatigue and exhaustion heals. It is a great therapy modality.

  120. Our connection to ourselves is what is missing in the fitness industry…there is so much focus on the outer, rather than focusing inward and feeling what exercise our body needs at that time. I also used to treat my body as a thing – a head with feet – that got me where I wanted to go; busily ‘doing’ anything except feeling, with complete disregard for my body. The only time I chose to feel it was when it ached! However since attending Universal Medicine presentations, esoteric practitioner sessions, and Connective Tissue courses I now have a connection with my whole body and a much more loving relationship with it.
    “…it is possible to be another way with ourselves by connecting with our body with such gentle tender flowing movements – and how effective and powerful this connection can be.” And it feels so yummy too – our bodies love us for it!

  121. What a beautiful story of you return to the loveliness and tenderness that you are Kim, instead of being in chronic exhaustion and emptiness, with the help of connective tissue exercises.

  122. A great sharing Kim; I can relate to not wanting to push my body hard at school and if I did I would find I had a headache after the activity. Connective Tissue Exercises were a complete surprise to me, they are so gentle, that at first I didn’t think they would work! But they work brilliantly, and are so nurturing to our bodies.

  123. Thank you, Kim. I have never had an opportunity to experience Connective Tissue Exercise, and I would love to try it. Through the teachings of Ageless Wisdom, I too am learning to rekindle my connection to the innate tenderness that I am, and this has hugely changed my relationship with my body. My body is not something I use, it is me – and trying to fight/control/tame/ignore it never works.

  124. Caring for my Body instead of punishing it. Wow. Feeling what my body wants rather than pushing a routine that has to be done. Wow. Giving myself time and space to let myself feel what is really there to do in the day. Wow!

    Awesome.

  125. Connective Tissue Exercise has gradually transformed the way I move my body from being almost obsessed with fitness so I could be strong enough out of fear of dislocating joints especially my hips, knees wrist and ankles due to joint hyper-flexibility which means they move easily beyond the normal range of motion. Connective Tissue Exercise has allowed me to trust the gentle flow of movement, feel and stay connected and enjoy the flexibility and new awareness of movement as I feel steady and solid in my body.

  126. Connective Tissue exercises have helped me immensely because my habit was always to live in my head, and quite frankly my body felt like a bit of an inconvenience. I love the gentle flowing movements and how my body feels afterwards – and especially the well-oiled feeling as I walk.

  127. Thank you Kim for sharing your experience of connective tissue (CT). A timely read. I used to do my CT exercises in the mornings and then I allowed busyness to get in the way and override my morning routine which was supportive me. You’ve given me a gentle kick up the bum to consider that perhaps it’s time to re-introduce it back into my daily rhythm.

    1. Hi Elodie, this brings a big smile to my face as I have experienced many gentle kicks up the bum that supports me being more of me. It feels lovely to return the favour 😊

  128. Dear Kim. I have enjoyed re reading your blog and another reminder the power of connecting with our body. Connective Tissue exercise although they may seem quite subtle are super powerful in their offering. I find that in order to practise Connective Tissue Exercises I need to be still within to be able to connect with the exercise, therefore it immediately required me to stop and come back to me if I have been racy or out. I love the flow of energy that can come to the body through these very simple exercises and the practicality and simplicity of them that can be incorporated into my day.

  129. Inspiring blog Kim – ‘it is possible to be another way with ourselves by connecting with our body with such gentle tender flowing movements – and how effective and powerful this connection can be.’ – so beautifully said Kim, thank you. I have found that Connective Tissue is a powerful modality that allows us to connect to our bodies and feel the stillness that is there to be lived through our movements as we interact with the world. For me Connective Tisssue has been a gift as I continue to develop my appreciation of my connection to me, my body and what I feel by honoring and confirming this through movement.

  130. This was pure magic to read and I love how powerful Kate’s exercises are with such gentle movements. It can solidify the presence with our bodies with such clarity.

  131. Thank you for sharing Kim. It is a beautiful feeling to make choices for yourself instead of relying on others to tell you what you need to do.

    1. I agree Lieke, this is a strong message of personal responsibility and how taking more care delivers more vitality, even if it means you sleep less!

  132. I too discovered how beneficial it was to start my day with me and over time have been developing that presence to stay with me all day which is gorgeous 🙂 I have also found connecting to my body through gentle exercises to be hugely beneficial. I enjoy lifting gentle 2kg weights and sometimes my exercise regime can be quite aerobic but it is still very connected and honouring of my body.

  133. Hi Kim, thanks for sharing your experiences with Connective Tissue exercises. I can relate to a lot of things – especially the one with the pelvic area. It was always a part of my body, which was checked out and the gentle movements in my pelvic area helps me, to reconnect this body part. Connective Tissue Exercises and the support from Kate Greenaway are just awesome.

  134. Awareness of connective tissue and how it works in the body has been such an incredible gift. Connective tissue exercises are so easy to do and, just like the name, incredibly connecting. It nurtures me and brings my body to life.

    1. Beautifully expressed Jenny. I love all that you have shared and whole heartedly agree, both Connective Tissue Therapy sessions and exercises without doubt both nurtures and brings my body to life just as they do for you.

  135. We are taught from a young age that it’s all about winning and coming first, paying no attention to our bodies. I remember when I was in primary school I would rub some ointment into my legs not because it was a loving thing to do but because I wanted to win the races! I was very competitive. Thankfully that has all changed. These days I have a lot more love and respect for my body and when I give my legs a massage, it is for ME.

  136. It was lovely reading your blog Kim, and confirming to the changes I am making to connect my body. Its amazing to start to feel my body and what kind of exercise it needs, after a life time of pushing it in a hard way.

  137. I can relate to much of what you’ve expressed Kim. I am learning and rekindling a relationship with my body, stepping down from my mind and being with myself in all that I do. This is definitely a work in progress and I feel I am just starting out so thank you for the confirmation and support Kim.

  138. Hi Kim, it’s a really interesting blog, I love reading your story and your new relationship with your body and movement. You’ve inspired me to get back into my CT exercises.

  139. The awareness that my body is a sum of thousands types of connective tissues, working together as one whole system, has made it possible for me to connect more to the sacredness of its design and how special it actually is to live in such a body. It is amazing to feel how dedicate my body actually is, something in the past I have never considered my body to be and this also makes it clear to me why I have treated my body from that limited awareness in such harsh ways. Now with this new dimension and feeling, that my body is a delicate body, I do treat it with more respect and care then I have ever done before. Thanks to the Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy modality I have been given the opportunity to become aware of the grandness of our bodies design and to heal on such a deep level in the body all the ill’s that are held in the connective tissue structures.

  140. Kim thank you for sharing this, it is absolutely amazing what can happen when we truly take the steps to listen to what our bodies are telling us.

  141. ‘I had decided my body was a ‘thing’ that just carried me around’, me too, unfortunately. I used to push my body so hard and thought that this was ‘taking care of it’, ‘getting fitter’. Now I view things very differently and am enjoying treasuring my body. The way I exercise now is far more gentle, and honoring of me.

  142. I have always done some form of exercise but can definitely say that I wasn’t in tune with what and how my body was feeling at the time. It was just a case of going through the actions to get through an activity. Thanks Kim for reminding me of the importance of staying tuned in to all that my body is communicating to me.

  143. “Growing up I very much disliked being forced to run and play sports at school, which felt very taxing on my little body. I would do anything to get out of doing high impact sports that did not feel right” – I remember trying to get out of cross country at school, everything about it hurt, my chest, my throat, my joints and my legs would get cold and then start to sting as they warmed up afterwards. I am much more gentle with my body these days during exercise, although I can over-do it at work and over-ride my body when working to time constraints.

  144. “Each connective tissue exercise movement is like the most amazing oil change my body is receiving, and in such a gentle flowing way.”
    This is a great analogy Kim. I have osteoarthritis in my right knee and I have had some sessions with Kate Greenaway and she has given me exercises to heal with my knee which have been very beneficial but I had stopped doing them several months ago. Although I haven’t seen Kate for a few years now, I still remember the feeling I would get during and after a session so reading this blog has inspired me to continue with my knee exercises as it is time for an oil change!!

  145. Wonderful honest sharing and awesome transformation you experienced Kim, from learning to reconnect to your body with connective tissue exercise.
    I too, am now learning to listen to my body re exercise, starting with breathing my own breath, and moving gently according to how my body feels. My body feels more spacious, vital, less sore and I have less racy thoughts running through my head.

  146. It’s lovely to read Kim of how you’ve made the transition back to being able to feel the loveliness of you. Unlike you I loved sport at school – anything to do with movement and I was in but over the years this has taken it’s toll. I exercise more gently these days and I agree – it’s hugely supportive to have connective tissue exercises as part of my daily routine.

    1. Like yourself Deborah I also loved sport, pushing my body to perform, totally unaware of the stresses I was putting myself under. This lack of consideration for myself continued on through the years in many different ways, and looking back I can see how I was living almost totally in my head, either ignoring, or unaware of my body’s communications until my body was screaming so loudly I could no longer ignore it.

  147. Having awareness of how the connective tissue flows through our bodies gives us an opportunity to exercise in a way that is truly honouring for who we are. The messages our bodies tell us are a lot clearer as to the time/duration or intensity that is required without having to rely on something outside ourselves to find the true support that our body requires.

  148. I love that you took the decision to start the day with connecting to your body. As I often start the day with something on my to-do list, I can feel the difference of quality. A very inspiring decision, Kim.

  149. It is great how connective tissue exercise helps body awareness, so more choices actually come from feeling what is good for our body, including simple ones like how we walk or when to rest instead of push through. The gentle subtle movements really allow space to open up in joints – I particularly notice this in my shoulders. That space brings a quality to movement that feels quite lovely, compared to the movement that I myself normally choose and I notice most other people also when there is no foundation of body awareness to move from.

  150. I too used to exercise and move my body without any regard to it. Only as a gauge to push it to its pain barrier. Treating is as an object telling it what to do. I used to wonder why those harsh routines did not sustain its momentum for too long. What is true is sustainable and feels right/simple. What is not requires a bulling force.The momentum is exhausting needing a convincing mind.

  151. Dear Kim, I am re reading your blog today and I to can confirm how so very supportive doing the connective tissue exercises is. They certainly do connect me to my body and have greatly helped me to also address the constant anxiety that was running my body. Doing the exercises regularly has also supported me to feel that my body is really more steady and solid than I had let my self feel before and that being in my body is by far the best way to spend my days.

  152. I can totally relate to moving without consideration of my body and have exercised harshly without feeling if it was hurting my body or not. So then when I realised that my way of exercising was to be abusive to myself I chose to stop, and now reading this blog I feel inspired to feel more into how my body does want to exercise and what movements will be beneficial.

  153. You would have to say that the majority of humanity may not be present with their bodies when they move from A to B. Most see the body as a ‘thing’ that has an ability to move ‘the head’ to different places. I myself have been of that view but fortunately connective tissue exercise has united me with my entire body and I love the feelings of connection with the all of me in motion and also when at rest.

  154. For years I had no relationship or connection to my body and as you mentioned, it is a horrible lonely feeling, and it is also how I could leave myself only 15/20 minutes in the morning to get ready, which was always a rush, rush, rush to get to work, and have no awareness at the time how this was impacting my body. Super to read how connective tissue exercise has supported to have a deeper connection with your body.

  155. I love re-reading about your experience Kim. The first time I read this I had not yet experienced Connective tissue exercise, and could only imagine the profound difference you were describing. Just 6 group online sessions changed my whole relationship with my body in a very lasting way – more space and more choice. Can’t wait for more. I love where you say: “Each connective tissue exercise movement is like the most amazing oil change my body is receiving,”

  156. I used to be the same way with exercise, employing the hard and fast technique to get through it. I enjoyed the aggressive nature of a boxing class and a game of netball.
    I’ve since become more sensitive to aggression and don’t choose that anymore. I’m more aware of how I feel and more able to deal with things as they arise as opposed to suppressing them the way I used to and then take it out on my body via the excuse of exercise.
    Connective tissue is a modality that I really enjoy, although definitely don’t do enough of. It’s so lovely to lie on your mat and do the gentle movements, slowly waking up all the joints and muscles and bones.

  157. Its hard to imagine just how different our body can feel after some Connective Tissue exercises without actually experiencing it. We are so used to how our body feels – and this modality introduces a whole new ballgame. Look forward to it being more widely available!

    1. So true Heather, its one to experience to know how unimaginably gorgeous it feels.

  158. “Each connective tissue exercise movement is like the most amazing oil change my body is receiving, and in such a gentle flowing way.” I love this sentence, it is such a beautiful description of what Connective Tissue Exercise feels like in the body. I too, love practising Connective Tissue Exercises daily. I love doing a few in the morning when I wake up and including them in my day such as little pelvic rocks in standing when I’m waiting in a line at the supermarket, or extending my legs and working with the kidney energy when I am at my desk. I love tuning in with how my body is feeling and if there are area’s where energy feels stuck and offering my body the support through CTE.

  159. I love how practical these Connective Tissue exercises are which brought about such dynamic changes to your energy levels, the anxiety you were experiencing and the feelings of raciness in your body. “just stopping and taking time to apply some of the simple connective tissue techniques helps ease this”. So accessible and simple but which make a huge difference, thank you for this great example.

  160. Awesome Kim, it is a beautiful feeling to reconnect to the body via its connective tissue – and its quite profound in what it can show us; how we are holding the body, and what is there that makes us hold in that way, where there is tension, pain – it has so many things to tell us if we just stop to listen. I am gaining a far deeper appreciation of my body and what it can show me in how I live.

  161. Connective Tissue exercise is an incredible modality to support deepening the connection to the body. The body is wishing to communicate with us all the time and so these exercises have helped bring my body to a stillness so this communication can be heard. The support it offers me during my day to not succumb to stress and tension has been tremendous and this is continuously being developed.

  162. Thank you Kim – this blog is lovely to read! It has made me reflect much on my past relationship with exercise and how I too used exercise as a way to numb myself out more and hence feel less of my body – how strange is that! I used to run a lot, several times a week just to ‘keep fit’ but in the process it was always forcing myself to go out and do it so that I could feel good afterwards for having done it. There was no enjoyment in the exercise or run itself (other than perhaps the connection with nature that I saw during exercise). I also used to play tennis and trained hard for competition, and later on switched to yoga. But these things were all not there to support me to feel my body. Even the yoga, I got to discover was something I did to punish myself rather than build myself lovingly and with presence. These days I am learning to have a completely different relationship with exercise. I love my walks and my weights and though I am still working on building a consistent rhythm with these activities, it is never something that feels forced and is always there to support me with my day and my connection and care of my body. This feels so much more loving and supportive than ever before, and I feel there is more to explore for me with that too, and take it deeper.

  163. ‘I had no idea there was another way to be with my body. I had no relationship with my body…’ These words express what so many feel Kim. I have, since my teens, been fascinated by and appreciative of the anatomy and physiology of my body, however have not truly appreciated how it supports my every move, thought and very presence. Kate Greenaway has also taught me such simple ways of supporting myself that years of aches or regular twinges have disappeared almost immediately.

  164. Loved reading your blog Kim. I know I neglected my body for many years, not just in terms of treating it as a ‘piece of flesh’, which feels awful to write now, but in that disregard I was not appreciating, not only the sweet beauty and tenderness that lay within, but the absolute wisdom my body is constantly offering me.

  165. Connective tissue therapy is amazing in how it connects you back to your body. I do it when at work sitting at my desk, stuck in traffic and at home.Its amazing, thank you Kim for what you have expressed in this blog.

  166. “I set up my day with ME and to take my gentleness wherever I go”. What a way to start and live each and everyday Kim. A good reminder to stay within our body and feeling it to fully express in every moment.

  167. This is beautiful Kim, and I really got to feel my body and how I am sitting when I read it. The way we hold and move our bodies really is so crucial to everything in life. It’s amazing to me how choosing to move in simple certain ways can change how we feel in an instant – from locked and protected to tender and free-flowing. I too have loved Esoteric Connective Tissue therapy and Kate Greenaway for bringing more of my awareness to this.

  168. Thanks for this blog, Kim. I also know what it’s like to use exercise to abuse my body and numb myself. I used to say that a run would always ‘make me feel better’ – but in truth all it did was numb what I was feeling. When I stopped running it was as though everything I had stuffed down came up to the surface for me to feel. I too now love what it feels like to walk with my body and feel that flow.

  169. Thank you Kim, I enjoyed reading your article. The words that stood out for me today were “I have been deeply inspired by Kate Greenaway, her dedication to the Connective Tissue exercises and what these exercises have to offer in teaching and reflecting back to us that there is another way to exercise.” for this has been also my own experience. I am learning to listen more to my body, and as different pains may come to the surface of my body for me to feel a little more deeply into, my response now is to give myself permission to spend a little time being in stillness and practising the Esoteric Connective Tissue exercises and I immediately find the gentle rhythmic movements very supportive, almost as if the tiny filaments of connective tissue are conversing with one another.

  170. It made me laugh Kim to read how you said “recently I have discovered there is a skeleton in my body”. The skeleton in our cupboard as people is that we move, as you say, in such abusive ways..as if our body was indestructible. I have experienced Connective Tissue Therapy too. It’s remarkable how such subtle gentle movements can have such powerful effects. It truly is a modality like no other.

  171. Thank you for sharing this Kim. I have certainly found receiving connective tissue therapy that the tiny movements are very powerful, and you have inspired me to explore this form of exercise.

  172. It’s truly amazing what the Connective Tissue exercises can do to our overall wellbeing. They are literally a fail-safe way to reconnect and bring the body back into harmony before or after a busy or intense day.

  173. In my experience too being tuned in with my body and feeling what it needs with regards to exercise, how much and what kind, is key.

  174. I know the feeling of rushing in the morning and by the time you get to work or uni in my case; I have totally forgotten about my body. And its not until the end of the day when I am tired that I reconnect. Like you I have been getting up earlier and being more present and honest with how my body feels. Then I have a marker for when I am out and about and I can check in on my ow my body feels then.

  175. Kim it’s amazing how changing the way we move our bodies changes everything. The connective tissue healing modality is a blessing in supporting us to find a more loving way to be with our bodies.

  176. Connective Tissue Exercise has for me also been an absolute ‘game changer’ – in no way though do I treat the relationship I have with my body a game (anymore). Since attending classes and working with Kate Greenaway in private healing sessions, each and every time more is revealed, all communicated from the body to allow for evermore awareness to take into everyday living. As you say Kim, ‘forever be deepening the connection that I am building in my body.’ A beautiful way of being in the world.

  177. You are a living miracle Kim. I hope you are in full appreciation of this. What a transformation you have made from living a life of being completely checked out of your body to now, where you are learning to live in awareness and support of the amazingness that is the human body. Inspiring blog, thank you.

  178. Kate is such an amazing support with Connective Tissue therapy and her understanding of the body. Imagine if all had access to her wisdom? I have loved learning about and experiencing connective tissue therapy also – and can’t wait to learn more! Thank you for your sharing Kim.

  179. Kim I have experienced the care in teaching gentle exercise by a practitioner in Melbourne. At no time was there any pressure. The emphasis was on listening to our body and if at that moment it did not feel like going through a particular motion, that was fine. I was establishing a relationship with my body not being driven by an exercise expert. It gave me back the ownership of my body!

  180. I, too am forever inspired by the teachings of the ageless wisdom, there seems to be no limit to what can be revealed to us about our true beauty and divinity. Thanks Kim for sharing some of yours with us.

  181. The connective tissue exercises are a great way to bring awareness to the way we move our body. Whilst I would say it is true that most exercise helps us to feel our body, we are not taught to feel the quality of the way in which we move our body. Sport especially teaches us to treat the body as a machine, to disconnect from what we are feeling, to train the body to move how in accordance to how we want it to in order to achieve our goals – mind over matter as they say. But connective tissue exercises give us a different foundation from which to relate to the body. For they teach us to understand what is actually harmonious for the body first. From there, we can then develop exercise regimes and a way of moving/walking/swimming that honours the natural impulse of the body, and in turn train our minds to listen to how the body wants to move – which is the complete opposite to what we are taught to do, where the mind is meant to be the master, often at the expense of the body.

    1. I love what you have shared here Adam, that connective tissue exercises give us a different foundation that we can relate to our body. Through Connective Tissue Exercises we can learn to be so tender, gentle and loving with ourselves as we listen to our body and how it responds to even the tiniest of movements. And how these ever so gentle and subtle movements can have such a profound affect on the body. I love it when I do CTE that I can work on one area of the body and feel the affects in other area’s. I find that the connective tissue only responds to gentleness and tenderness. If I try and do the exercises in disconnection or with any hardness, then I don’t feel anything. When I do them in honouring and absolute connection with me, I feel divinity flow through me. Connective Tissue Exercises are a gift from heaven.

  182. Love feeling the tender way you are with your body now which just oozes through your blog.

  183. So beautifully expressed Kim, and inspiring to hear how connective tissue exercises have helped you reconnect more deeply to you, and therefore bring all your loveliness to everyone you meet.

  184. I do connective tissue movements regularly and it supports me hugely in my vitality. The exercises with Kate Greenaway was a great inspiration for me as well.

  185. A very inspiring blog Kim, connective tissue is a wonderful way to connect back to our bodies. I too am deepening the connection I am building in my body.

  186. What I love about connective tissue exercises is that my responds so quickly. Because of this I find I am regularly doing these exercises as a way to support my body during the day. At my desk, in my car, waiting in lines – so practical and versatile.

  187. After reading that all I can say is sign me up to the next course that is running, what a beautiful way to feel ones body.

  188. This is great, Kim. I fully agree with “the more I develop and enjoy the connection with my body, feeling the gentleness in my movements, the less emotional I naturally become”. Thank you for writing this.

  189. Thank you for sharing this amazing way to exercise, which really inspires me! I somehow still fall for the belief that more achieves more especially when exercising. But I know from my own experience and your blog confirms this, that doing gentle exercise in deep connect with myself can support significant shifts in the body and really strengthen it.

  190. I have come to feel how well the connective tissue in the body responds to delicate movements so it is no wonder that our bodies respond so well to gentle exercise.

  191. An awesome sharing Kim. Exercise does not have to be exhausting and hard work to be good for us. A great belief to let go of on the road to well being. I have been experimenting really being present with my body when exercising and not just doing the moves to get a result. Such a different approach but super rewarding on so many levels.

  192. Gentle exercise is the way to go. Staying connected with my body throughout the movements, unlike my old habit of wanting to get them all finished as soon as possible, and having my mind in total disconnection from my body.

  193. Every time I do connective tissue exercises I am blown away by the effect this has on my body and how they leave me feeling. This then reminds me that all my movements can have this same quality and depth.

    1. I feel the same way Vicky. Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy is absolutely divine and its effect has been profound in both my body and my life too.

  194. Wow we use some clever techniques to abuse ourselves, this line made me stop and realise this.. “Sports and intense exercise had felt abusive to me when I was younger and so I used it to abuse my body..” I can see that we do this with so many other things too. Makes me realise what we choose for one aspect in our lives becomes a well grained pattern and a well trodden, familiar path for everything else in our lives too.

  195. Awesome Kim. Connective tissue exercises and therapy is amazing. They gave me so much support when I was having a difficult time at home and with relationships. Now that you have pointed it out, I was less emotional when doing them too.

  196. Thank you for this sharing Kim, there is no doubt that Connective Tissue Therapy rocks! It allows you to sink deep into your body and feel how deeply connected you actual can be leaving you to wonder why you would ever want to stray from this connection .

  197. Beautiful blog Kim, I loved reading how you have connected back to your body again and how much you enjoy being with it now.

  198. Kim this is very inspiring and very timely, I have been reawakening my own relationship with exercise for the last 9 months and it has been a very revealing journey, I am fine as long as someone else is taking the lead, just the checking in with how your body feels I avoid on my own, I just want to get on with it! Just in the last few days I have been doing gentle exercise on my own with no prompts or class but me for me, it is very revealing again and I look forward to it developing and with inspiration like yours it’s something I very much value as a tool back to living fully with my body in connection.

    1. Vanessa this is awesone and has high lighted something I have conveniently missed as you have felt for yourself. Instead of checking in constantly how I am feeling I don’t want to at times as i just want to get on with it and go in the ‘doing’ instead of feeling.

  199. Thank you for the reminder to also do my connective tissue exercises and connect back to the loveliness within and that I can choose to move with. I already began as I read your blog 🙂

  200. I agree Kim how powerful Connective Tissue Exercises are. I have just completed a five week course and it has changed the way I am with my body. I was mostly living in my head before and now I can feel the loveliness in my body. I feel like I am walking on air and the spaciousness around my hip area is amazing. I love that we can do the exercises at anytime during the day, wherever we are, and connect back to the tenderness in our body.

    1. Irene, you have named one of the grandest things that connective tissue exercises can support us to feel: Spaciousness… Our connective tissue responds instantly to any harm registered by the body, such as forceful exercise, stress, even protecting ourselves from getting hurt. The connective tissue becomes tight and hard. When we release the connective tissue through these gentle movements we get to feel it open and become more fluid and feel the natural spaciousness in our body. This feels timeless and effortless and I can feel how I am a part of everything.

  201. A beautiful sharing Kim I can relate to the way that you have in the past not even been concerned with the body we live in ‘…I would walk into work without even realising how I got there as my body was still in bed!’ So many of us live this way, which is incongruent with how our bodies are naturally ordered to be.

    1. I am sure nearly everyone on the planet has expereinced not knowing how they got to work. After driving home from night shift I would also have no recollection how I got home. I had auto pilot button constantly switched on to check out zombie mode. What a horrible way to live until we choose differently.

  202. I recently had a discussion with a friend, who use to be a personal trainer and I was totally shocked to learn that some of the men he worked with asked to be pushed to the extreme, to the point of vomiting. If this is not abuse I don’t know what is, but even at a level below this, intense exercise is accepted as healthy. What an incredible breaking of accepted behaviour (in the way we exercise & treat our bodies) you have made Kim with the assistance of Kate Greenaway and connective tissue exercise, truly inspirational.

    1. Zoe reading your comment I felt much sickness on how I use to push my body to the point of pass out. These abusive sessions in my own home I used to torture myself as I could not handle to be in my own skin due to total disconnection to myself as a woman. I soon replaced abusive exercise behavior with more abuse called drugs to not feel anything.
      Your sharing reminded me of a ‘loosing weight’ TV show that the participants are pushed to pass out stage with much yelling in their face by the personal trainer all in the name to loose weight makes my hair curl. The trauma and abuse the participants choose to put themselves through I wonder what is driving them to be apart of something that feels so abusive to me in every way physically and mentally?
      Being taught how to exercise my body in a way I never thought was possible has been the biggest life changing bomb ever for me to exercise now in a loving gentle way that feels loving and nourishing to my body. The more I feel wonderful in my own skin, less and less the comfort eating becomes and naturally the access weight falls off – sounds too simple.

  203. Kim it does indeed “deepen my connection with my body more and more each day.” 4 months ago I had a shoulder reconstruction to repair torn tendons and rotator cuff – all connective tissue. It’s a long period of having to be very careful and gentle as the healing and rebuilding proceed. Connective Tissue Exercise has been the most amazing support, not only for the healing process but also for greatly increasing my awareness of hardness vs tenderness in my movements, and tuning in to my body in general. In my recent followup appointment with the surgeon, he was impressed with how much mobility I had regained, well ahead of others who’ve had the same operation. This speaks volumes for itself.

    1. Wow Dianne, the power in such gentle ever so slight movements blows me away more and more every time I hear stories like what you have share with us. How Connective Tissue is supporting your recovery certainly speaks volumes for itself and can’t help ask why this super powerful modality is not used in the medical field supporting people in all sorts of areas in rehabilitation?
      I know someone who has a server shoulder injury and is in much pain. After trying every deep massage under the sun, nothing has worked but only has made things worse for this person. It got me thinking about how ingrained we are on no pain, no gain belief in our healing. After introducing maybe trying a Connective tissue session it was dismissed due to the ideal that slight gentle movements were not going to change anything even after the fact deep massage therapy has made things heaps worse for recovery.
      It feels it is about time we move our head set and be opened to the possibility to the power in such slight gentle movements Connective Tissue has to offer is what the body responds and heals too?

  204. Kim hello, thank you so much for your post. I also have been going to classes with Kate and feel the magnitude of difference that these classes are having on my body. I feel so much more connected to my skeletal frame, like you share, and the gentle flowing movements do support me also within my day… exponeintially. It makes me so sad to feel the way I use to treat my body and dishonour my body and push my body when our bodies are such delicate and beautiful vehicles that are able to express the most tender amounts of love.

    1. Dear Natasha, thankyou for your sharing and how Connective Tissue is supporting you throughout your day.
      I recently have returned home from nearly spending a year in the Kimberelys where I previously spent the last 10 years of my life. It was horrifying to walk back into my past to see and feel the total disregard and abuse I was choosing for myself, but sadly thought that was a ‘normal’ way to live.
      Like you, I also felt much sadness, the way I treated myself in such mega hardness when our bodies are so naturally tender and delicate which Connective Tissue very much supports this in our bodies. I still get choked up on the lovelessness I was choosing for myself and treating my body like some army tank but I now have many tears of joy and appreciation of the different choices I make that has allowed me to feel just how naturally tender, delicate and loving we all are including myself. Much sadness comes up now and then but tears turn into laughter in celebration of how different my life is today making loving choices (far from perfect). I would not have been able to turn the table and choose differently from my terrible behaviours if it wasn’t for Universal Medicine practitioners and Serge Benhayon living the love that we are and walking their talk – this would never have been possible for me without their forever ongoing loving support.

  205. What a great way to describe the connective tissue exercises Marcia – as nourishing for our bodies. Over the years of experimenting with moving gently and these flowing exercises – like Kim, my entire attitude to exercise has changed. I enjoy what I do and how I move and my body is not hard and tense anymore from me pelting out 30 laps of the pool or walking fast up steps until I’m gasping for breath. Leaving my head behind and feeling how my body wants to move and exercise has been a relief from the old and a returning to the love and curiosity I had of my body when I was a young.

    1. I agree Kate, it astounds me as to what I use to push my body through in ‘thinking’ that’s what was needed so I could tell that ‘I had worked it’. But really it was like I was punishing myself rather than loving myself. I was working out from my mind and not from my body.

  206. Thank you Kim, such a power-full but true story. I relate to every aspect, as at times my many activities in life had put me in similar positions. One of the most power-full aspects I have discovered, is how the body realigns and or starts the healing process from such simple movements. The Teachings of The Ageless Wisdom as presented by Serge Benhayon have revolutionised the way I go about every activity on a daily basis. Kate Greenway’s dedication to Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy as a practitioner and a presenter of exercise programs is legendary.

  207. One of the sweetest revelations, that Universal Medicine brought to me, was to allow myself to feel the real effect of sport on my body. That doesn’t mean to be anti-sport. Just for my body it is not it! Cracking the ideal of: ‘Sport is necessary to maintain a good health.’ allowed my body to truly heal. I now do some simple walks, I dance and do some stretches.

  208. Kim, I so relate to your reference of the body as a thing to drag around. That is how I was until Kate Greenaway introduced me to the notion of connecting with the body and then moving the body in an extremely gentle way, in harmony. It never ceases to amaze me that I feel I have done a work-out, as my body feels deliciously invigorated and ‘well-oiled’ afterward.

  209. I have also attended the Connective Tissue exercise classes with Kate Greenaway, These have assisted me in not only to develop a deeper connection with my body in the way I move throughout the day but also to create a gentle exercise routine that supports me at the beginning and end of the day, I too enjoy feeling the ease and flow in my body as I move

  210. Connective Tissue is so very gentle yet immensely powerful. It is incredible that what feels like are very passive movements are so unlocking and freeing to the physical body. True power is not forceful but comes in Stillness.

  211. Thank you Kim, it was lovely to feel how beneficial you have found the connective tissue exercises. I too have always found exercise a chore, but look forward to exploring this new way of moving with connective tissue exercises as it feels so supportive.

  212. I have also been fortunate enough to experience the Connective Tissue modality and the difference in how my body moves and feels before and after still amazes me. Such subtle movements, how can they make any difference? But they do and to feel that connection to my body, the gentleness and tenderness that I always knew was there but I dare not allow it to be seen or felt is a truly beautiful experience.

  213. Dear Kim,
    Connective tissue exercises have been a great support for me too. What I love about them is that I can do some at any time of the day, as they are so simple, they can even be done at my desk, and they always bring me back to my body. Love them.

  214. Kim, It feels beautiful to feel your body to a level you’re describing. How wonderful to feel that in your body.
    I just love how you used the analogy of an oil change.. “Each connective tissue exercise movement is like the most amazing oil change my body is receiving, and in such a gentle flowing way.”
    A connective tissue session or exercise makes my body so connected and flowing – its like all the Lego jigsaw pieces are fitting perfectly and moving smoothly.

  215. Kim the positive spin offs that you are experiencing from the connective tissue exercises and so prolific and profound ! I, too have gone from exercising aggressively to a much more gentle connected approach and couldn’t imagine going back to my old style of self harm. When I do connective tissue exercises it often feels like a loving caress and that caress then flows into whatever I do with my body next.

  216. Wow, I could talk all day about the awesome experiences I have of Connective Tissue Therapy it is truly a wonderful healing modality. “I have experienced that Connective Tissue exercise helps me deal with the anxiety and raciness that I have been entrenched in – just stopping and taking time to apply some of the simple connective tissue techniques helps ease this”. Thank you for sharing.

  217. I’ve also had sessions with Kate Greenaway and loved how truly supported I felt within my body and the ease of movement was brilliant. A greatly supportive tool to have for our daily loving life.

  218. I haven’t done that much connective tissue work, but I have been amazed at the tenderness I have been able to feel in my body. A delicateness that I didn’t even know was there. Gorgeous.

  219. Connective tissue sessions allow the body to melt and feel like a baby does, soft, free and naturally expressive. My body loves feeling like this which then reminds me to be in my day and make choices that allows this flow to stay with me.

  220. I have also had great experiences with the connective tissue sessions with Kate Greenway. Always they have shown me how fluid my body actually is, and how tightly and hard I hold this fluid body, and how this does not make any sense. After a session with Kate Greenway, I notice how my hips loosen up, and in general my body is much more relaxed and subtle, as it should be. From her sessions, it has become hugely apparent to me that the way we hold our bodies in tension in life has to contribute in some way to ill health. Certainly I always understood this from a sporting level, that when I held my body in tension, it was not free to act the way I wanted it to. It always performed better when it was relaxed. But the connective tissue sessions have shown me that even what I was experiencing in these moments was hard and locked up in comparison to how my body naturally can be. Walking when the body is in this subtle state is a beautiful experience.

  221. Kim, I have never had Connective Tissue Therapy but after reading your blog, I definitely want to now! I could just feel the flow and harmony coming through as I read your words. Awesome!

  222. So true Rob ~ what do we truly learn that will support us to be vital in our bodies where we actually experience all this learning! Being the marker of truth which I am understanding more and more that my body is, how arrogant not to treat it with the most tender love and respect all there as shown in Connective Tissue Therapy. Yay Kate Greenaway and Universal Medicine!

  223. Over some years now I have also had Connective Tissue Therapy sessions with Kate Greenaway which have been so supportive in my healing not only for the physical body but also the emotional body. I love the Connective Tissue exercise classes which Kate joyfully demonstrates and explains how we can do them for ourselves and as others have stated the movements are so subtle, so gentle, yet so profound. As Kate explains the body loves sliding and gliding movements, they feel so graceful and beautiful.

  224. I really appreciate the connection you have made with Connective Tissue Exercise Therapy and how it has supported you to explore other forms of exercise in a new way – how it has connected you to your body when you walk and allowed you to feel just how much exercise you need……for you. Connective Tissue Therapies offer us a way back to feel our exquisiteness within – thank you Kim for making that so obvious through what you have shared.

  225. Great point Stephen, the way exercise is being offered at most schools is far from gentle and in line with the tenderness of our bodies. How amazing if we could offer the connective tissue exercise as a form of connecting to our body and learning from there how to be fit and take care of ourselves. This could even bring a whole new perspective on sports.

  226. Some amazing points Fiona! Growing into a young adult I’ve definitely noticed a change in both my behaviour and that of those around me – often when doing something that isn’t in line with how I/my body feels, I use the excuse of, ‘well everyone’s doing it, so it’s ok’.

  227. I love reading your blog Kim. It’s inspiring me to be more aware and connected with my body in everything I do. Thank you.

  228. Thanks Kim for a great read , so amazing to feel how far you have come and the joy you have just being in your body ,what an inspiration to others.

  229. Gorgeous Kim, I can totally attest to the beauty of Connective Tissue Exercises, and how these can support us in the day to stay connected. When I was at school, Kate Greenaway also supported me with exercises to stay connected with my body, ‘check-in’ and stay open, not shut down 😉 … helping to release the stress and stay present in the body.

  230. Thank you for sharing your experience Kim. It is amazing that we can be born in to a body that is to carry us through this life and yet spend most of our time trying to ignore what it tells us. When we connect to our body and treat it will love it is amazing how responsive it is. Connective tissue treatments have been hugely supportive in my life.

  231. I have been very inspired by Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy too. It helps me to really sink into my body and come out of anxiousness and raciness as you describe Kim. It is such simple slow minute movement that really helps me change the way I feel to a more relaxed easy state.

  232. Connecting to your body and what you are doing has become an essential part of my day as well.

  233. Such a powerful modality Connective Tissue with the most subtlest techniques i’ve ever felt. It simply proves that the energy we allow in to run our bodies actually does exist and that there is an energy that has a pulse going through the cells. The power of what Connect Tissue offers is aligning those cells back to the divine design they were created in or an expansion of what is already being lived.

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