About MUNZ FLOOR®
Multi-awarded by the French and American governments, the MUNZ FLOOR® method was created by former Principal dancer Alexandre MUNZ. But make no mistake, those exercises are accesible and beneficial, regardless of your age or level of fitness.
MUNZ FLOOR® CLASSES are entirely voice led. The participants are lying on the floor and follow their coach's vocal guidance, in and out very slow and controlled spiralling movements.
The method works holistically (Fascia, Musculoskeletal System, Central Nervous System...), using specific movements and extreme slowness.
It encourages the production of anti-inflammatory and regenerative substances, decompresses the spine and also strengthens the crossed deep muscle chains of the body which promotes lasting effects, all the while having a calming effect on the nervous system.
It truly has extraordinary effects and the testimonies are endless!
IN A NUTSHELL poeple describe
Increased mobility, elasticity
Decreased pain
Feeling calmer
Faster recovery
Improved sleep
Better digestion
Some participants also reported benefits on divers pathologies such as:
Painful period
Migraine
Fibromialgia
Migraine
Bruxism
(Ref: L’extraordinaire pouvoir des fascias en mouvement / The extraordinary power of our fascia in motion, by Alexandre Munz - Éditions Eyrolle)
Why Choose MUNZ FLOOR®?
How does it works?
Unlock the power of the fascias
The fascias? What is it?
Your fascia system is a gel that is present literally everywhere under your skin, it is around, between and through all your organs, tissues, fibers and cells: this viscous texture is not only what holds and interconnects them, it also governs all your systems, visceral, central nervous, immune...
Their viscous and aqueous texture and continous nature makes the fascia highly transformable. Hence, the beneficial effects of fascia treatment through movement can be felt almost immediately. But the opposite is also true, such texture is both a major asset and a huge weak point: our ‘’mother gel’’ - as Alexandre MUNZ calls them - tends to easily stick, dry out, even sclerose. We now know that many chronic pains and pathologies, including pathologies that were once misunderstood, come from fascia nodes. This is why, it is so important to knead them from the inside, to avoid stickiness, and for cell regeneration, as well as to benefit from that energy boost people love so much.
The fascia system needs to be regularly treated through movement of circular forces and counter-forces: here, it is done from within, by your own movements.
How do we trigger its power?
When your fascia are traversed by circular folding/unfolding motions, dynamic movements yet carried out in an extraordinary slowness, physical and mental phenomena occur simultaneously.
By activating your fascia through movement, they’ll rapidly secrete regenerative proteins with notorious anti-inflammatory effects, often called «proteins of youth» (collagen, elastin, hyaluronic acid, proteoglycans). This explains why MUNZ FLOOR® practitioners around the world talk of a clear and almost immediate gain in elasticity, intramuscular hydration, with fascinating therapeutic effects, to say the least.
These effects are not only physical, they are somato-psychic: since fascia, spine and central nervous system are the levers of the MUNZ FLOOR® method, you’ll find out that your movements are perfectly capable of leveraging on your emotions, your energy, your mental body representation or your sleep.
Spirals
From the microscopic to the macroscopic, from the double helix of a DNA molecule to basic principles of biomechanics, spirals are are the heart of the organic life system.
Osteopaths, physical trainer and therapists know this well: spiral pattern movements are some of the best strategies that can decompress our spine. This is exactly what the MUNZ FLOOR® method has been doing since 2004, fourteen years before the fascia revolution emerged. Chronic back pain is also at the origin of Alexandre MUNZ’s creation, his method allowed him to avoid a surgery that was said to be inevitable after his international dance career.
To perform circular movements like these, you activate your crossed muscle chains - they are muscles responsible for all propulsions, constantly active when we walk, run, do sports, dance... - The body is a genius: when your crossed muscle chains are activated, the straight muscle chains release on the surface. That happens automatically and simultaneously, which makes the body / mind experience even more soothing.
Why do we use spirals?
