Posts Tagged ‘Austin’
Lose Frustration Now – Ask Me How!
or I’m Frustrated. You want to know why? Hell if I know! When it comes to emotions, we might say the only thing that’s frustrating is frustration! Therefore, when it comes to the emotional impact of massage, we might say our first concern is often the relief of frustration. Anger itself doesn’t feel bad at…
Read MoreHow Zero Balancing work will benefit your clients!
The Advanced Program at Lauterstein-Conway begins with Zero Balancing. The reason for this is Zero Balancing is a revolutionary touch therapy approach that works with the entire musculoskeletal system. It will result in your work immediately having greater clinical benefits for your clients. Zero Balancing focuses on the skeletal aspect of the musculo-skeletal system. If…
Read MoreGO WHERE THEY’RE NOT / GO WHERE THEY ARE
“Thought is the welling up of unknown life into consciousness.” D. H. Lawrence One of the first and most powerful ways we evoke the mind, is we touch the person and they then naturally bring their awareness to what and where we’re touching. Immediately they are : aware of HAVING a body aware what they feel…
Read MoreMINDWORK MORE THAN BODYWORK?
Much research is disproving or not yet supporting our assumptions about how we affect the body through massage. Circulation – we may not affect venous return much, even though it’s been a hallmark assumption of Swedish massage Fascia – it’s been shown that fascia doesn’t change nearly as much or as lastingly as we’ve thought Muscles…
Read MoreWhat’s great about hot stone massage?
by Rima Star Hot stone massage joins the benefits of heat with massage, using natural riverbed lava rocks, heated in water in the therapy room. Hot stones are a tradition that has been used by Native Americans and other indigenous cultures around the world for centuries. Bringing these natural elements into the massage therapy experience…
Read MoreEnding the Energy Debate – Moving Forward with High Quality Education and Therapy
There have been many recent on-line discussions in our field about “energy” and the role it may or may not play in our work and education. Many people have noted regretfully that some of the discussions have given rise to divisiveness somewhat uncharacteristic in our field. Partly this may be a function of “social” media.…
Read MoreExplore Deep Massage
The Deep Massage: Lauterstein Method I workshop coming up January 24-26 at Lauterstein-Conway Massage School in Austin may change your work more than any other class you’ve ever taken. You will learn all the theory and every hands-on technique in The Deep Massage Book. This will add 30 new techniques from this one class –…
Read MoreThe study of massage
Various T.V. shows have depicted massage as something kind of weird or funny. And that’s fine. But I see that as people making fun of things they don’t understand or are embarrassed about. Massage and the study of massage is actually one of the most profound professions and realms of study that there is. So…
Read MoreSenior Massage – Not Just for Old People
by Mary Duval The seniors are coming – be prepared! The baby boomers started turning 65 in 2011. Every day since then more than 7000 baby boomers have reached 65 and this will continue until 2030, when all baby boomers are 65 or older. This is a growing population and even if you do not plan to…
Read MoreIs massage/bodywork a science?
Is massage/bodywork a science? Is it a form of non-verbal psychotherapy? Is it a fine art? a form of holistic healthcare? an allopathic medical practice? a wellness modality? a liberal art? a spiritual practice? Massage and bodywork in the U.S. have been regarded as healthcare practices and, increasingly, beginning in the 1960’s, epitomized at the…
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