Why Well-Trained Human Senses Are The Most Mathematically Rigorous Wellness Approach
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Not molecules or mechanical measurements
As I learned bodywork after 5 years of study in academic math and a two-year run as a machine learning engineer at Meta, I was surprised at how trainable my sense of touch was. Now, in bodies, I can essentially echolocate to stuck spots in people’s fascia, by gently tugging on the intricate connective membranous web and following subtly uneven lines of pull. But before I put in the hundreds of hours of training, I didn’t feel any of that. And moreover, I thought my untrained touch felt all there was to feel - when really it was only the smallest sliver of what was possible. Most people,…
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