About Structural Balancing
Think of your body, for a moment, as a series of segments stacked on top of each other, like a stack of blocks. If the stack is lined up you can press on the top (gravity) and the stack stays intact. If the segments are out of alignment, when you press down on the top the stack becomes wobbly. The sections with the greatest variation in alignment are the places in your body which have to work the hardest to stay up. They also take the brunt of the impact in walking, working and generally staying upright.

Re-aligning your body works best as a gradual unwinding of the holding patterns that are pulling you out of alignment, rather than adding new holding patterns on top in order to look "right". The goal here is a more supple, moveable body, which gets to work less to get more done.

It is important to have patience with the journey. In a way you are taking your body back in time, unwinding a lifetime of work, play, injuries, stresses, healing etc. As you unwind from what has become your familiar shape in space, even the subtle changes can seem huge, and take a while to integrate.