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- Resume normalized function without persistent pain patterns
- Gain vitality and energy
- Feel calm and relaxed throughout your body
- Increase awareness of bodily sensations and movements
- Meet life's demands with greater flexibility and resourcefulness
- Sleep and digest better
"Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance you must keep moving."
- Albert Einstein
BENEFITS AND SIGNS OF INTEGRATED FUNCTION
BENEFITS
GIGI DEGERLUND WILLETT
MANUAL THERAPY
NEWS
August 2025 -
Qualified teaching assistant for the Barral Institute Visceral Manipulation - Abdomen 1. Barral Institute Profile
This form of manual therapy is not meant to replace necessary medical treatment, nor does it diagnose or imply a cure for any diseases. It works in conjunction with allopathic care.
Upcoming -
Manual Approach to the Brain 2, Barral Institute
Neural Manipulation 3, Barral Institute
THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF ORIGINAL ART ON YOUR BODY
Standing before an original painting offers a moment for the breath to deepen and muscles to soften. It creates space where the nervous system can shift, inviting you to feel alert, open, and at ease, while allowing your emotions the freedom to express themselves.
Science backs this up. A 2025 King's College London study found that viewing original art in person elicited a distinctive multisystem response compared to reproductions. Cortisol levels fell by average 22% in a gallery group compared to 8% for reproductions, pro-inflammatory markers IL-6 and TNF-alpha dropped ~30% and 28% respectively.
Across the immune, endocrine, and autonomic systems, participants showed heightened engagement combined with stress reduction and selective anti-inflammatory effects, a pattern researchers had not previously recorded. It both calmed and excited the body, suggesting cultural experiences promote resilience and wellbeing. This is your body recognizing the energy of something real.
This is the same nervous system shift we work with in manual therapy. Whether through touch or through art, when your body feels at ease, it remembers how to heal
HEALING ENVIRONMENT, BY DESIGN
This clinic space was designed as a thoughtful healing environment - open and intentional. You'll see original artwork in each room, some of which are Gigi's abstract paintings as Gigi Degerlund, kinetic layered paintings, each canvas a living landscape.
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