by davidl | Jun 12, 2013 | David Lauterstein
Plato identified three absolute values – goodness, truth and beauty. It’s easy to see how massage therapy utilizes truth. We endeavor to be, when possible, evidence-based. We rely on the complex and fascinating truths of anatomy and physiology. And goodness is...
by davidl | Jun 1, 2013 | David Lauterstein
Are you considering enrolling in massage school. Here’s a unique perspective! Whether you know it or not, when you enroll in massage school, you are on a classic Hero’s Journey. If you ever get the chance to read Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces,...
by davidl | May 25, 2013 | David Lauterstein
If you will take your left leg up, placing the ankle on your knee and look at the bottom of your foot, there is a number 7 in the sole of your foot, looking back at you! When, long ago, our ancestors descended from the trees, more and more distinctness grew between...
by davidl | May 11, 2013 | David Lauterstein
There are two ways that bones are experienced. On the one hand, they feel like solid things inside us connected by joints. On the other hand, when we experience them more deeply, we feel them to live at the very core of our being – as when we say, that chilled me to...
by davidl | May 8, 2013 | David Lauterstein
On April 15th my wife and I said goodbye to our Golden Retriever of 13 years who has been thankfully suffering for not too long with cancer. Her name was Phoebe. She was the only dog I’ve had as an adult. I’m sure many of you can imagine the pain we are in at her...
by Bethany | Apr 15, 2013 | David Lauterstein
I am sometimes amazed that many massage therapists are not familiar with some of the greats in our field. Ben Benjamin is a case in point. Ben has had a practice in sports medicine/muscular therapy since 1963. He is the founder of the Muscular Therapy Institute in...
