Biostretch – to be strong is to be flexible

Biostretch is an exercise system that encourages reconnection with the body through conscious movement. For this, it uses a very powerful tool, accessible to everyone, attention.

Biostretch combines Somatic Education Methods and Dance Techniques. It treats the body as an intelligent and integral system. During practice, we perform natural, simple movements slowly, smoothly, and effortlessly, with focused attention.

This is the way to reconnect with the body. Relearning movements and postural habits is the key to allowing the body to reorganize itself and find new ways of moving that are more efficient and pleasurable.

The Biostretch practice invites you to relax the body and focus your attention on simple movements and the sensations they provoke.

The apparent simplicity of the movements hides a powerful and subtle work, where it is possible to perceive the habits of the body’s functioning and the movements that we automatically repeat without realizing it.

Biostretch rebalances the nervous system, the one that commands and organizes all the functions in the body. It does so in a gentle and loving way, through slow and smooth movements.

Releasing tensions is the way to renew and reorganize your body. You will notice results immediately. You will regain confidence in your body’s innate intelligence and rediscover the pleasure of movement.

Anyone, of any age, skill level, or physical condition, can practice the movements performed in Biostretch.

This is because each individual explores movement sequences within their own comfort range. Biostretch does not involve correcting the body or adjusting it to some externally imposed form. Instead, it focuses on empowering individuals to discover how their own body works, feel their movement potential, and apply the work in their daily lives.

Breathe, stretch, and bring awareness.

This is the key to your well-being.
The classes aim to release movement blocked by unnecessary tension, reduce joint limitations caused by very tight muscles, and cultivate awareness of movement. Synchronizing the breath with the movements during the exercises is essential. It is an important part of the practice and fundamental to bringing greater depth and awareness to the movements.

The work is systematic. It allows you to reorganize your posture, make your muscles more resistant and malleable, reduce tension and back pain, relax your neck, shoulders, and muscles, prevent repetitive strain injuries, and develop your body perception.

Biostretch can be practiced at work to help maintain a healthier, more relaxed, and more functional work environment.

Systematic practice can improve the quality of life for all employees. Because Biostretch is based on natural human movements, it is accessible to everyone, regardless of age or fitness level.

If the job involves sitting in front of a computer for long periods, it is important to relieve muscle tension resulting from poor posture or overexertion.

Conversely, if people work long hours on their feet, it is beneficial to work on flexibility and muscle endurance.

Biostretch is designed to meet the needs of each corporate environment. It offers a variety of exercise sequences that focus on bringing awareness to how we move in our daily lives. These sequences include coordination, balance, and concentration exercises, as well as postural correction, stretching, and breathing exercises.

Biostretch can be performed in groups or in individual sessions within the company. We offer workshops at the frequency requested by the company, as well as online support to help employees continue developing their skills between workshops.

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Do you have muscle pain? Do you experience tension in your shoulders, lower back, or neck? Do you spend a lot of time sitting? Does sciatica bother you sometimes?

Do you experience stiffness or limited mobility?

Come practice Biostretch and discover a new way to exercise and care for your body!

Testimonials

The classes bring me a greater knowledge and awareness of my body. They help me relax and breathe better. My spine has benefited, it is healthier, more flexible and I feel less pain. I’m gradually learning to identify, recognize and compare the effects of practice on the body and this gives me pleasure, joy and a good feeling of being well, as if I had a great night’s rest

Márcia de Mello

Yesterday I took this class and it left me light, happy, full of energy, at peace with the world. Thank you Safia for the excellent opportunity, the result of a beautiful journey.

Adriana Dorfman

I started out a little suspicious. An hour of that boring part that all sports practices mechanically repeat!? None of that. The awareness of movement and the possibilities of relaxation increased the quality of life in my daily life.

Cristina Carvalho

I spend most of my day sitting, working, for years. Lately the pain in my lower back has become intense and I have been recommended the classes by Safia. I’ve been doing it for a few months, and with the relaxation and stretching practices, I gained body awareness and considerably reduced lower back pain.

Josie Mozer

Breathing and stretching practices are very good and promote well-being and relaxation. I learned to get rid of some tensions that caused me discomfort, realizing that they were unnecessary for the movement and that I overloaded certain parts of the body because I didn’t pay attention to these points. By synchronizing the movements and breathing in the classes, I was able to perceive the limits of my body and also try to explore and expand them. In addition, on a daily basis I also started to pay more attention to the movements and postures that overloaded some points that I reproduced because I was already used to it and trying to improve them.

Leonardo Vargas Wainstein

Excellent class! During class I am always impressed when I analyze the area of the body that has already been worked on and the area that still needs to be worked on. I leave the class feeling light and satisfied. I recommend!!

Sandra Halmenschlager

I am so thankful for your workshops Safia. You are one of the loveliest person I have met. Your Biostrech work is Great. Your way of instruction is gentle and so is your help with the exercises. The way of breathing and doing thing slow, was an eye opener to me.

Nina-Hélen Horne

I felt a deep relaxed and calm state in my body during and after the workshops. Safia helped guide gently whenever needed, and the work we did with our body brought awareness to parts of myself I have neglected. After a few weeks with practice on my own, I now feel gradual relief of tension, specially in my neck and shoulders.

Stig Andreas Lindsveen

Attending the workshops has made me more aware of my movements during the whole day. From the small things as being more relaxed in neck and shoulders during breakfast. My movements while brushing my teeth, how to relax neck and shoulders at the desk during work hours. These workshops are absolutely for everyone to enjoy and learn from.

Ann Katrin Engebretsen

Your guidance in the sessions is very effective and loving, it brings a lot of clarity about the way I am used to move, and something really relaxes, giving space to more awareness and, ultimately, change in my posture.

Asmita

I am so happy with the session and all your inspiring perspectives! My body feels different, more at ease and I feel so much less anxious- like my body can take more care of my fears… really makes me wish to continue explore new ways of being at ease in my body.

Maria Myre

Safia provides a truly safe space, to explore the parts of your body that needs to be seen and respected.

Wilhelm Loennechen

This is so good! Safia is pleasant and warm in addition to that competence! Been to a workshop with this lady who teaches recently. Now I know what it means to relax, know your body, be present, exercises that felt good without pain did good for me. Highly recommend!

Gerd Mary Mathisen Natz

Safia, the weekend workshop was really cool! The attentive and gentle way you conduct the practices stimulates an intense and deep connection between body and consciousness. In addition, the generosity and kindness with which you share your experience makes the moments of conviviality and learning very enjoyable!

Miriam Brusntein

Safia’s workshop is simply medicine! I had the joy of attending several sessions with her in Ibiraquera/SC, and in doing so I became aware of several “bad habits” in my body, beginning to walk in the direction of seeking awareness and change. Because of this precedent, I participated in her workshop in Porto Alegre last week. It has been an experience, a small journey of healing. I am very grateful!

Lizzi Neuzeit

I broke my tibia and fibula almost two years ago, and since then I have had a lot of difficulty with the flexibility of my ankle, which greatly interferes with the way I position myself on the floor in my favorite meditation posture, the lotus. It became extremely uncomfortable.
On my first day of the workshop with Safia, I finished the class already feeling an incredible difference in relaxation and, consequently, in the flexibility of my traumatized ankle, allowing me to remain quite stable in the lotus position. I had forgotten what it felt like to be in such a comfortable place…
And all this thanks to the deep and sensitive conversation we established with our body, based on Safia’s meticulous and extremely competent guidance in this universe of micro movements of the body, which tell us so much about what we carry and somatize from our life experiences. A fundamental work that guides us on the path of self-care, self-knowledge, self-love, tolerance, acceptance, and healing.

Alessandra F. Calor

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