David Lauterstein
Funny Story / True Confession
Sometimes we reinvent the wheel and think it was our idea…. I grew up in the 60’s. So it may not surprise you to know that many years ago I “inhaled”. (I have exhaled also many times since then.) So In what must have been 1966, after “inhaling”, I was thinking. (I’ve also done…
Read MoreAccuracy – The Art of Massage #4
Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars — William Blake One of the legs we stand on is the knowledge the biological sciences give us. If we can’t find a love and fascination for anatomy, we probably have no business being massage therapists. All the modalities bandied about to great…
Read MoreThe Art of Meeting and The Art of Massage #3
Today I took a walk at dawn. I took a walk just where the night meets the day. The philosopher and teacher, Martin Buber, said it is not the educational intention but it is the meeting which is educationally fruitful. In therapy we can say also it is not the therapeutic intention, but it is…
Read More“The Fact of the Matter is” – Don’t Make Me Puke
These days whenever I hear someone say, “The fact of the matter is” it makes me nauseous and suspicious. I read somewhere, “A fact is a social agreement to stop thinking.” Even if that’s not a completely true fact, I like it – because the part of it that is true, is really important. When…
Read MoreWhat is Better Than a Guitar? – The Art of Massage #2
For the first thirty years of my life, I was a musician and composer. Among my first loves was the guitar and its music made through the wonderful composition of metal strings, wood, and open space. I am still thrilled with the sight and sound of the guitar and all the variants that have been…
Read MoreDon’t Try So Hard!
“That we have to strive after goodness with an effort of our will is one of the lies invented by the mediocre part of ourselves in its fear of being destroyed. Such an effort does not threaten it in any way, it does not even disturb its comfort – not even when it entails…
Read MoreWHAT THE HANDS TELL ME – The Art of Massage #1
“A Symphony must be like the world – it must contain everything”. – Gustav Mahler Mahler, the great composer, in his Symphony #3 gave titles to the various movements: · “What the Flowers in the Meadow Tell Me” · “What the Animals in the Forest Tell Me” · “What Man Tells Me” · “What…
Read MoreWhat My Place of Worship Looks Like
I was raised Jewish. Now I say I’m a “touchist”, maybe a member of the Church of the Living Hand! In any case, these days my church is along the walk I take each morning with my golden retriever, Phoebe. We walk west down my street, 39 ½ Street, to Shoal Creek, a boulevard named…
Read MoreIN YOUR FACE!
OK, here’s the link to my Vlog #3 – In Your Face! Thank you “September” class, Saturday section at Lauterstein-Conway Massage School for your participation! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S6uZEfcJyc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Read MoreMassage Therapy and Teaching – Beyond our Imagination?
Capturing the imagination and the bodymindspirit of a client or a class, let it be said, is not always easy. It is a large part of the art and the mystery of what we do. What words will enlighten, what gestures muscle-to-muscle, bone-to-bone will make a needed or long-for difference in their pain, posture, psychological…
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