Manual Therapies

Manual Therapies or Bodywork
The term bodywork has been used in complementary medicine to describe therapeutic or personal development approaches that involve working with the body using manual therapies, breath work, movement, and energy medicine, to name a few. Bodywork approaches provided by Dr. Durana include, but are not limited to, yoga, acupressure, sensory awareness, Qigong, Tai Chi, martial arts, structural bodywork, dance and movement, postural alignment, and energy balancing. Energy balancing is a bodywork/body-mind technique and is the idea that by working through the body, we can affect our health and have freer and more flexible and balanced lives.
Bodymind or Mindbody



Bodywork exercises shows us that as a result of life experiences, and physical, mental and emotional stresses of daily living, the muscular and fascial tissues of our body tighten and/or weaken causing emotional and physical inflexibility, loss of vitality and quality of life.



Complementary Sports Medicine
Complementary sports medicine complements traditional sports and exercise medicine by offering a holistic approach that focuses not only on symptoms, but also on other factors that contribute to overall health and fitness, as well as the improvement of performance, and the avoidance of injuries. The holistic approach to sports medicine and sports pain management is educational and functional, and it also emphasizes life style, and mental/emotional functioning. Sports medicine practitioners often make use of manual therapies along with other methods. For example, a cyclist with a history of acute and chronic low back problems which may have resulted from long standing postural problems may be treated with body work. In addition, as it was with one of my clients, the postural imbalance that contributed to his chronic low back problem was also a result of a long standing mind body lack of integration. This man repeatedly pushed himself beyond his limits to compensate for an inferiority emotional stance.


Cranio-Sacral Therapy
Migraines & Headaches
Chronic Neck & Back Pain
Stress & Tension Related Problems
Traumatic Brain & Spinal Cord Injuries
Infantile Disorders
Motor-Coordination Impairments
Nervous System Disorders
Scoliosis Central
Chronic Fatigue
Learning Disabilities
Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome (TMJ)
Emotional Difficulties
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Orthopedic Problems
And Many Other Conditions
Cranio-SacralTherapy is a gentle method of detection and correction that encourages your own natural healing through these mechanisms to dissipate these negative effects of stress on your central nervous system. You also benefit from better overall health and resistance to disease. This description of cranio-sacraltherapy was adapted from information provided by the Upledger Institute.

Body-Centered Coaching


About Seasons in Our Life
Dr. Durana has provided practical, integrative, holistic services since 1980 in acupuncture, body therapy, Chinese herbal medicine, life/wellness coaching, and counseling.
Our Locations
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Bethesda, MD 20814
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Reston, Virginia 20191
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Washington, DC 20006
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Reston, VA 20191
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