The approach
Pression Dirigée is a gentle therapeutic technique. Precise, directional pressures are applied to different areas of the body to support the nervous system and the body’s natural capacity for self-regulation.
Tension, stress, postural habits, physical or emotional shocks, and more demanding periods can affect how we feel in our body. Pression Dirigée offers an attentive, personalized approach, adapted to what the body needs during the session.
No abrupt manipulation and no cracking. The pressures are light, precise, and pain-free.
Each session is adapted to the person’s needs and to what the body is showing at the time of the care.
Pression Dirigée considers the body as a whole and can support different needs related to tension, stress, fatigue, or recovery.
École de Pression Dirigée — Julie Proulx
Pression Dirigée as practiced in Quebec draws on Richard Van Rumpt’s non-force technique and applied kinesiology. It was developed and taught in the late 1990s by Michel Couture, and is now taught by Julie Proulx.
The approach does not seek to force or rush the body, but to accompany it with gentleness and precision.