In a world dominated by virtual reality there are two competing hungers. One is for more and more virtual reality - ultimately an unfulfilling inner momentum for escape. The other is the hunger for more and more actual reality. As a massage therapist, everyday I see and help fulfill the hunger for actual reality.
Read MoreEarly reviews of “The Deep Massage Book” convey a sense of the uniqueness of what one learns by studying Deep Massage: The Lauterstein Method.
Read MoreWe ourselves are mostly water, human forms of embodied rain. Rain represents mourning, yet also replenishment and new growth.
Read MoreThere are special places of awe and power where we can rest and be rejuvenated. The book reminds us that we can do this within ourselves. We already know this in our bones.
Read MoreBecause “stress is the condition of living in constant and unsettling change,” it is a form of unremitting grief, what Hegel called, “the highway of despair.”
Read MoreMay our sadness and depressions be transformed into a special kind of tenderness.
Read MoreIn Zero Balancing, we cultivate our ability to sense and to see as equally important as the touch techniques we apply.
Read MoreThe common term for a muscle that is, suspiciously, called the “prime mover,” and its counterpart that does its opposite action - is “agonist” and “antagonist.” “Agonist” comes from the Latin root for “combatant” and of course “antagonist” from the root for the “opponent” of the combatant. So it would seem as though there is a kind of war or cage match at least between these two muscles.
Read MoreA link to the cover article from the Massage Therapy Journal - from about 30 years ago!
Read MoreMusic arises out of silence, like form from emptiness. And the best music, just like the best of poetry and visual art - takes us deeper than words, deeper than its own images and melodies, to a quieter place in the heart.
Read MoreIn Zero Balancing one of the ways of seeing the person's inner response is through observing the breath and its trajectories. So much of our core structure and energy is connected to the breath, its intimate relationship to T12, where the facets suddenly change direction, the nearby psoas, lumbar plexus, etc.
Read MoreWe all have dark nights of the soul during which our former self is dis-integrated. Then we need to go inside. With introspection, insight and inner resolve – we slowly, with help from inside and sometimes from outside, re-emerge, reconfigured in new phases of life in which our latent qualities can take their rightful place in fulfilling our destiny
Read MoreI have been contemplating for some years now the provocative words of Swami Paramahansa Yogananda, “An educational system that does not present Spirit as the central Fact of our existence is offering “avidya,” false knowledge.” And I find this so intriguing because I don’t know precisely how to do it!
Read MoreIn his day as famous as Salvador Dali - Pavel Tchelitchew was a visionary Russian emigré artist who deeply influenced Alex Grey and other people who explore the beautiful form and energy of the human body.
Read MoreThe structure and energy of the evolved skeletal system is something we have inherited that embodies the wisdom, the solutions of countless ancestors in the biological and existential world. When we experience what a sacred gift our life is – that’s when healing is most possible.
Read MoreI asked, “Can anyone tell me what is the opposite of trauma?” And, not to my surprise, not a hand went up.
Read MoreDECEMBER 4th I turned 75. It is science-fiction: a “scientific” fact that I am 75 and a fiction- I don’t experience myself as 75! Please indulge me in reminiscing a bit through a few pictures.
Read MoreOur work aligns and connects us to the vastness of inner and outer space and time itself.
Read MoreThese days aggression is too highly regarded or viewed as acceptable. This holds true in the realm of our culture, our politics, and even in our treatment rooms. How many clients and therapists claim “the deeper the better,” some even weirdly saying, “You can’t hurt me!”
Read More80+% of the vagus nerve fibers are sensory!! You think your “doing” is important - your body tells us your sensing is even more important.
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