I grew up in France in a quiet suburb near Paris. As a child, my father was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Over the next 40 years, his cognitive and physical abilities decreased gradually. He progressively lost the ability to walk, talk, feed himself, and his stiff and painful body seemed as if it were frozen in a cast. In contrast, I was studying ballet at the Conservatory of Paris and later at the renowned Opera House. While exploring freedom of movement and attempting a daily push beyond my physical limits, my father became trapped in his own body.

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     I moved from France to Los Angeles in 1996 and worked towards obtaining my massage therapy and physical trainer certifications. In early 2000 - and as part as my continuing education - I attended a one-week Gross Dissection course hosted by Gil Hedley, Ph.D. (Somanautics) in Pomona, CA. Exploring the human inner space and its fascial network was a humbling experience that has deeply impacted my understanding of the body and transformed the path of my career in many ways. Ten years later I attended the same course again along with my eldest son. This experience had a life-changing impact on Julien as well. Today, Julien is pursuing his residency program as an orthopedic surgeon at UCSF.

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     Aside from the myriad of other health issues contributing to my father's health deterioration, I realized many years after he passed away that Dad and I both experienced the power of fascia in diametrically opposed fashions. How could this connective tissue allow me to move so freely and at the same time impose such drastic physical restrictions on my father's body?

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     There are no doubts that his quality of life would have been greatly enhanced if, at the time, the severe myofascial restrictions in his body had been properly addressed. Unfortunately, little was known about fascia at the time, and only a handful of contemporary visionaries started to receive the well-deserved interest of the medical and bodyworker communities for their research and teachings about fascia back in the 60s. Today, the term myofascial pain syndrome is widely used to describe a variety of conditions resulting from the dysfunction of this complex and still mysterious connective tissue.

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     Both my personal life experiences and professional encounters with fascia have naturally led my 20 years-long career towards helping individuals affected with chronic myofascial dysfunctions such as impaired range of motion, tissue adhesions, chronic stiffness, or referred pain.

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