David Lauterstein
Muscle-specific Deep Tissue Massage: The Sacro-Iliac Joint
What a fascinating world that of the sacro-iliac is! By David Lauterstein The SI Joint is the transitional joint from the axial to the appendicular system. On a deeper level, the axial system is, in a sense, who we are and the appendicular can be viewed as how we interact with the world around us.…
Read MoreHow CranioSacral Therapy Activates the Listening Cure
WHAT CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY AND MIKE TYSON ILLUMINATED FOR ME By David Lauterstein Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. – Mike Tyson This somewhat shocking quote from Mr. Tyson is nonetheless important to all of us, as individuals and as therapists. Each person has a time they recall, sometimes just a…
Read MoreFour Things to Develop In Your Massage Therapy Practice
MASSAGE THERAPY IS A PRACTICE – NOT JUST A PROFESSION By David Lauterstein To do massage therapy genuinely, requires the cultivation of virtue. And to accomplish that requires some discipline and practice. Like yoga, fine arts, and meditation, massage works as a practice. These deeper practices have many things in common. Perhaps most important is…
Read MoreNEW! Advanced Program Information Kit
Are You Considering Advancing Your Career in Massage Therapy? Lauterstein-Conway Massage School is the only school in the Austin area that offers a 250-hour advanced massage training for licensed massage therapists: our Advanced Program for Clinical Massage and Bodywork. But what does that mean? While we already have a comprehensive outline of our advanced training,…
Read MoreMassage and Yoga and “Medical Gymnastics”
By David Lauterstein Why is it that massage and yoga have become part of the lives of millions of people? This is certainly one of the best pieces of good news in our troubled time! Slow touch, slow movement, and care of the therapist for the client, care of the yoga student for themselves, are…
Read MoreAre You Considering a Career Change? Consider Massage.
Superb writing from Keith Eric Grant, reprinted here with the author’s permission, that discusses some of the many advantages and benefits of a career in massage therapy. Originally published in Massage Today, October, 2001, Vol. 01, Issue 10. -David Lauterstein The Life It Brings By Keith Eric Grant, PhD, NCTMB “Human beings live in bodies…
Read MoreLESSONS FROM GROUCHO
By David Lauterstein Whether you are a therapist, an educator, a business person, or, a politician, if you let money be your first priority you are making a mistake. Money does not make us happy. “Love flies out the door when money comes innuendo.” -Groucho Marx As Groucho says, when it’s overvalued or sneakily dominates…
Read MoreGrad Stories: Every Day is a Learning Day
A Letter From a Massage School Alum, Cassandra De Anda I am excited and proud to say that I am a Lauterstein-Conway Massage School alumni. I graduated in July of 2016. At the time I was attending massage school I was also finishing my Bachelors of Science in Athletic Training at Texas State University. As…
Read MoreHISTORY MATTERS
The Often Overlooked Importance of the Intake Process By David Lauterstein It has become commonplace that massage employers, for the most part, do not allow sufficient time for their therapists to “take a history”. I think this is horrible. It effectively prevents the therapist from being a healthcare professional. You cannot understand a client’s problem…
Read MoreNOW IS THE TIME TO DO WHAT YOU LOVE
“If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.” -Marc Anthony By David Lauterstein Studying massage is the deepest form of learning. The reason is, unlike so much schooling, this is a learning and a work that includes your body as well as your mind and it does not leave…
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