Remedies for these corrosive effects of modern life are not easy to come by and it would be naïve to think that some day there will be a world without violence , exploitation and sociopaths in management and public office . For example , here in Australia one in 6 Australian women and 1 in 16 men have been subjected , since the age of 15 , to physical and / or sexual violence by a current or previous cohabiting partner . This is now , 2023 . If we are to put this knowledge of the nervous system to its best use , then let ’ s hope the skilful methods developed by Porges , Levine , Ogden and so on are not just about more navel gazing for the already privileged but find their way into the real and fundamental world of community health and veterans ' health , and can be applied to reducing the suffering of survivors of torture , and domestic and institutional abuse .
Michael Stanborough is the director of Stanborough Educational Group and SI Australia . He trained at the Rolf Institute in 1981 and has been doing , and teaching , that work since . Michael ’ s text Direct Release Myofascial Technique was published by Churchill Livingston . He has a Master of Arts from Victoria University as well a Graduate Diploma in Education . Michael has taught myofascial release in various hospitals , universities and clinics in the USA , Canada , Singapore , South Korea , Ethiopia and Japan as well as all around Australia .
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