by davidl | Aug 9, 2016 | All Articles, Deep Massage, Types of Massage
by David Lauterstein There are structural theories and therapies relating to our anatomy. And there are energy theories and therapies. So far the two have been evolving in parallel, without much conscious interconnection. Yet since people are both structure and...
by davidl | Aug 4, 2016 | All Articles
My wife and I got massages at a very nice spa last night. We each signed up for 1.5 hour deep tissue. What we got is about 60 minutes on the back, relatively little work on the rest of the body. Therapists, maybe some clients, want only back, shoulder and neck work....
by davidl | Jun 24, 2016 | All Articles, Deep Massage, Types of Massage
Last weekend I was teaching a Deep Massage Teacher training and we traded each day. On the second day, after receiving, I stood up, walked around, and was amazed at how free my shoulder girdle felt – primarily because my partner hadn’t worked on my shoulders! Neither...
by davidl | Mar 2, 2016 | All Articles
Suzuki Roshi: ‘Sometimes a flash will come through a dark sky…The sky is never surprised when all of a sudden a thunderbolt breaks through. And when lightning does flash, a wonderful sight may be seen. When we have emptiness, we are always prepared for watching...
by davidl | Jan 5, 2016 | All Articles, Deep Massage, Types of Massage
Your mind naturally wanders, but, as it says in the Lord of the Rings, “Not all who wander are lost.” When we do Deep Massage, we cultivate healthy “psycho-mechanics,” We attend as much to the movement of awareness as to the movement of our...