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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 MoreFor a Regular Massage to Turn into a Deep Massage
“If one works well in a potato field, potatoes will grow. That’s reality. The rest is smoke.” –Danilo Dolci Yesterday I received a very good massage. Afterwards, I felt smoothed out, muscles more relaxed and my nervous system was decidedly more parasympathetic dominant. Yet I still didn’t feel deeply affected. It was like she’d massaged…
Read MoreHow Are Deep Massage and Zero Balancing Related?
I began teaching what I call Deep Massage in 1982. This was after studying extensively with Rolfer, Daniel Blake, studying cranial work with early students of John Upledger, and teaching anatomy and deep tissue massage at the Chicago School of Massage Therapy. I realized that “deep” has more to do with quality of touch and…
Read MoreDeep Massage and the Two-Sides of the Iliopsoas
I believe an important opportunity is missed when people work with the iliopsoas only unilaterally (one-side at a time). The “crura” (meaning “legs”) of the diaphragm interdigitate with the origins of the psoas. The feeling of standing in a balanced way on two legs is supported by the bilaterality of the psoas’ structure and function…
Read MoreGifts from TLC – New! The Deep Massage Book (and CD – Roots and Branches)
Are you a massage therapist? Get the best book and the best music CD for massage for your therapist/friends this year! If you’re in Austin, drop by our school! To order on-line – The Deep Massage Book – from http://www.redwingbooks.com/sku/DeeMasBoo Roots and Branches – from http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/davidlauterstein Here are just a few of the many lovely…
Read MoreDeep Massage for the Sacro-iliac Ligaments
For lower back pain, some of the most important structures we need to address are the ligaments. Of particular interest are those running “horizontally” – from the levels of S5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and L5 to the ilium at each vertebral level. The sacroiliac and iliolumbar ligaments are, in other words, running at 90°…
Read MoreREFLECTIONS ON ANGER AND DEEP MASSAGE
REFLECTIONS ON ANGER AND DEEP MASSAGE Anger’s just the natural, healthy vibration that happens when we encounter an obstacle – like water vibrating against a rock in the middle of a flowing stream. It’s no accident we so often say “damn” when we encounter obstacles! We have three choices: 1. To aim the anger against…
Read MoreThe Two Mothers of Deep Massage
the skin of this planet must be stretched, the sea of its whiteness must be ironed and the hands go and go, the sacred surfaces are smoothed and that’s the way things are made: hands make the world each day. — Pablo Neruda My mother, Faye Markin, was a deep thinker and feeler, and…
Read MoreDeep Massage Book – updates
The Deep Massage Book has just been out for three months! It’s interesting to me that a Continuing Education Coordinator suggested to me that I use its subtitle as the title for my workshops – I never thought of it! The subtitle is “How to Combine Structure and Energy in Bodywork”. Well that is what…
Read MoreThe Deep Massage Book – It’s Here!
Today we received our first shipment of my new book The Deep Massage Book: How to Combine Structure and Energy in Bodywork. You know, the best things we do – like raising children, starting a practice, facilitating lasting benefits for our massage clients – these are things that have their own life independent of us.…
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