ALL I REALLY NEEDED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN MASSAGE SCHOOL
The Astonishing Benefits of High Level Massage Education “EVERY ONE SHOULD KNOW THIS!” I have been teaching massage therapy since 1982, teaching all around the U.S. and in England. In every single class I hear a voice in my head loudly saying, “Everyone should learn massage therapy.” And they should. Because the lessons we learn through…
Read MoreAcceptance Speech for Educator of the Year Award
by David Lauterstein First I want to thank the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education, Biofreeze and Bon Vital for this award. This is a certainly one of the greatest honors of my life. Thank you for your generosity! Every teacher of value has themselves had many great teachers. I want to thank Herbert Brun, my…
Read MoreAnatomy Trains Comes to Austin!
Anatomy Trains is a unique map of the ‘anatomy of connection’ – whole-body fascial and myofascial linkages. The Anatomy Trains concept joins individual muscles into functional complexes within fascial planes – each with a defined anatomy and ‘meaning’ in human movement. Anatomy Trains leads to practical new holistic strategies to improve stability, coordination, and resolve…
Read MoreA DEEP look into Lomi Lomi massage
by Jason Bratcher Lomi Lomi massage is a return to the inner self, a tracing back through the generations to your “Family” of origins. connecting, self-transformation, weaving your heart-centered intentions into this present moment. Working from your Heart and transmitting that out to your shoulders and into your arms and embracing with your hands. This…
Read MoreANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA
When the Bell Telephone System started doing commercials saying, “reach out and touch some,” I was disappointed, a little offended and kind of disoriented. Because it was us massage therapists who, much more than the telephone companies, were actually reaching out and touching people. That phrase belonged to us! The same now goes for so-called…
Read MoreWhat is Massage for Seniors?
by Mary Duval I have found that when I tell people I do senior massage, they immediately equate “senior” with “frail old person”. Sometimes people think I’m brave to work with this population and they don’t know that they’d feel comfortable doing it. What I have experienced, however, is that senior does not mean old and frail. Many…
Read MoreBuilding your toolbox
by Marc Frazier When therapists build their own toolbox, they generally add and refine things they learn in workshops. And, one of the best tools I have found is studying cadavers. The reason is simple – serious cadaver study helps a therapist more fully understand what it is to be human. There are, of course,…
Read MoreCranial Sacral Therapy helps baby Julie see more and fuss less
by Liz Hoffmaster Julie was a healthy 8lb baby when she was born via C-section. Her head was perfectly round and her face was scrunched up as though she was squinting. A baby delivered vaginally has its first cranial manipulation as it is squeezed through the vaginal canal and is more likely to have an…
Read MoreHow Working With Hospice Patients Differs From Other Practices
by Dawn Nelson Relating to the seriously ill and the dying through the intimacy of conscious touch differs in a number of ways, compared to massaging relatively healthy, mobile and active people. Hospice patients may be in shock from receiving a diagnosis of an incurable illness, or traumatized by the effects of various invasive procedures,…
Read MoreDON’T BE SCARED OF BEAUTY!
Plato identified three absolute values – goodness, truth and beauty. It’s easy to see how massage therapy utilizes truth. We endeavor to be, when possible, evidence-based. We rely on the complex and fascinating truths of anatomy and physiology. And goodness is eminently part of our work. Massage is perhaps the most direct application of kindness…
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