Posts Tagged ‘David Lauterstein’
Where is the pyramid in your body? – Deep Massage Newsletter #1
In the last months I’ve been intrigued by a little known muscle, the pyramidalis. This muscle lies anterior to rectus abdominis, and is contained within its sheath. Its action is to tense the the fascia of the ‘linea alba”, meaning “white line,” between the two sides of the rectus abdominis. Pyramidalis originates on the superior…
Read MoreWhat Happens When Your Massage Client Disappears?
I have received student sessions for years – it’s a requirement at our school (I know – tough life for us teachers!) I commonly have the experience that, in the best sessions, one forgets the therapist is there. The touch feels so trustworthy and clear that the focus is not on the therapist’s touch, but…
Read More“It Looks Like It’s Dancing to the Rolling Stones”
This morning I took me and my dog, Phoebe, for a walk. I guess the opening of presents brought me back to the biggest present, my own body. I’d been having a little back pain and hoped to relieve it by visualizing the sacrum and its ligaments. I could feel, refreshingly, movement in that area…
Read MoreThe Deep Massage Book – update!
About a year and half ago I wrote about the process of writing The Deep Massage Book, which I’ve been doing, off and on, for a number of years. So here’s an update. I’m done with the writing and the commissioned illustrations from a fantastic local medical artist, Christy Krames, MA. I’ve pasted the table…
Read MoreHelen Keller was Right about Massage (and life)
Helen Keller was right – “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” In some ways every day is an adventure; every day a hero’s journey. We don’t know what will happen. We can see the obstacles and opportunities that arise as part of the incredible journeys, short and long, we take in this life.…
Read MoreHow To Give the Best Massage in the World: Intake
I just got back from the Esalen Institute. This was my first time and I totally recommend it. As you may recall, Esalen, in Big Sur, California is considered the birthplace of modern American massage. When you’re there, you can almost feel the presence of ida Rolf who did her earliest trainings here and Fritz…
Read MoreEngaging the Skyhook
An Anatomy Review with David Find out more information on “Engaging the Skyhook” at our Advanced Clinical Training Open House, click here to register.
Read More“Wisdom of the Body” – Stanley Kunitz on poetry (and massage)
These words are excerpted from the essay “The Wisdom of the Body” from Stanley Kunitz’ book Next-to-Last Things. I’ve found them inspiring my massage therapy again and again over the years. For ages before (human writing), “immense quantities of human experience,” in Alfred North Whitehead’s phrase,”had been accumulating in men’s bodies.” The body, in its…
Read MoreMassage Therapy Hall of Fame (and Self Horn-Tooting….awkward :)
Today I’m being inducted into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame. Thank you to Mike Hinkle, the World Massage Festival, and the world of massage therapy and bodywork for this recognition. So many people spend their whole lives teaching and/or working with clients with virtually no appreciation outside of their immediate circle. So thank you…
Read MoreThe Serrated Edge! Massage and the Shoulder Girdle’s Deepest Secret…
You can lift your arm parallel to the ground – but no higher!!! “What!?” you may say and then show me that you can raise your arm over your head. But you’re not lifting your arm! Wait a minute! What are you doing? Here’s what happens. Your shoulder blade tilts its lower edge up and…
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