David Lauterstein
Massage and the Impact of Touch: Inspiration
This beautiful passage was written by the French philosopher Jacques Lusseyran in his book, And There Was Light. At the age of seven, Professor Lusseyran lost his sight due to a childhood accident. This passage has become a classic in the understanding of the deeper impact of touch. Inspiration When I had eyes, my fingers…
Read MoreAnatomy Review: Lymphatic System
When I first heard of Manual Lymph Drainage, the product Liquid Plumber came to mind! And being a manual plumber was not appealing to me – I’m a holistic healer, not a mere lymph drainer! But the healer in me will find a way. And where does the word “lymph” come from? From the Latin “lympha” which…
Read MoreZero Balancing: Special Donkeys
By Zanna Heighton Zero Balancing has been my inspiration for over 25 years. There’s not much you can’t work out with the Zero Balancing principles that its originator, Dr. Fritz Smith, teaches alongside the manual skills. When I started looking at the principles closely, I came to the conclusion that they resonate with the…
Read MoreMassage in the Recording Studio
For years, I’ve enjoyed playing guitar to inspire students even more when they practice. My background and degree before massage was in music composition and improvisation. And for years people have asked me, “Do you have a recording”? I didn’t. I enjoy what gets spontaneously created in the moment in the classroom. But then I woke up one morning…
Read MoreAnatomy Article: Quadriceps
By David Lauterstein Origin:Rectus femoris: Anterior inferior iliac spine; Vastus lateralis and medialis: Linea aspera; Vastus Intermedius: Lateral and anterior surface of femur, Insertion:Tibial tuberosity (via patella ligament), Action:Rectus femoris: hip flexion, knee extension (Excessive: compression of hip) The“Vasti:” knee extension (Excessive: patellar subluxation), Antagonist: Hamstrings The quadriceps always have struck me as being rather…
Read MoreI Saw the Angel In The Marble And I Carved Until I Set Him Free
“I saw the angel in the marble and I carved until I set him free.” – Michelangelo Each person has his or her own shadows and lights. Everyone has some chronic tension. Everyone is conditioned by familial and genetic challenges, and by recent stressors. We live in a restless culture, ever-changing and sometimes not for the better. …
Read MoreMy School’s Logo: The Secret of its Origin.
Tonight in his speech, President Barack Obama said, “For in our hands lies the ability to shape our world.” And it took me right back to the origin of our school’s logo. Years ago I visited a potter’s studio in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. His work was brilliant and inspiring and I left with his brochure.…
Read MoreNo One Knows How to Give a Great Massage
The great painter and sculptor, Alberto Giacometti, after years of doing abstract art, said he wanted to do a little life-drawing. “I had to make (quickly I thought; in passing) one or two studies from nature, just enough to understand the construction of a head, of a whole figure, and in 1935 I took a…
Read MoreHow to get 57 Massages in 6 Months
The other day we began a new class. One of the teachers welcomed the students saying, “This course is going to be the best time in your life. Because you will get, in the next months, the most massage you will ever get in your whole life.” And I thought, “Yeah, he’s absolutely right!” Massage…
Read MorePhysiology of Bliss, Part One
“Our most sacred convictions, the unchanging elements of our supreme values, are judgments of our muscles.” Nietzsche Muscles aren’t mostly for movement. We sense with them. We sense with our muscles and their nerves. Through them we’re aware of the location of our body parts in space; we sense pressure; we sense the amount of…
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