07/17/2026
This is the O-A & GB 20 Release class.
Here my students at the European Massage Therapy School finished their chair massage class early, and we had an extra day to work on something very very special.
As I've said many times in my classes, if you only have two areas to release on the body, they absolutely are the occipital-atlantic joint and the psoas. We will get to the psoas later. But for right now we are opening up the GB 20 point.
This release includes the occipital-atlantal joint, the suboccipital muscles, and the gall bladder 20 acupoint... and is by far the most psychosomatically liberating gift that you could ever possibly give someone.
This very magical GB20 accupoint is the key to unlocking the entire body for optimal health and cellular rejuvenation. It not only has the capability of balancing the autonomic nervous system, but also gives the body & mind a sort of "bulletproof" immune defense against any and all pathogenic influences.
Whenever anybody talks about the "blue zones"... The areas around the world where everybody lives the longest, this here is the essence of what they're talking about.
This technique initiates a vago-vasal response throughout the body, calming the nervous system, and allowing all of it's restorative abilities to go into action!
In this work, we are first and foremost trying to get the client "reconnected" to his or her body, a concept called interoception, in which they feel systemic genuine sensations, such as chills, goosebumps, vibrations, and streams & waves of energy. And many people will often feel a sense of euphoria during this process.
But certain individuals who are ready for deeper levels of bodywork will feel more intense responses as the meridians truly start to open up, which are heat radiations or cool-menthol sensations throughout their body. The heat is the "yang" energy, and the cool-menthol sensation is the "yin".
This truly is a genuine experience of real chi energy, and it leads to levels of bliss that nobody can deny!
