by Ristine Williams | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
Dear Alumni, I just want to share some excitement re new recognitions and developments around here. My book’s coming out in a month! The Deep Massage Book arises from all the lessons you’ve contributed to over the years – THANK YOU, alumni! The...
by Ristine Williams | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
“The element most grossly omitted from treatises on harmony up to the present is the element of time. The question of the time-interval that must elapse between one sound and another if the two sounds are to produce a pleasing consonance or an interesting relation,...
by Ristine Williams | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein, Deep Massage, Types of Massage
In the last months I’ve been intrigued by a little known muscle, the pyramidalis. This muscle lies anterior to rectus abdominis, and is contained within its sheath. Its action is to tense the the fascia of the ‘linea alba”, meaning “white...
by Ristine Williams | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
I have received student sessions for years – it’s a requirement at our school (I know – tough life for us teachers!) I commonly have the experience that, in the best sessions, one forgets the therapist is there. The touch feels so trustworthy and...
by Ristine Williams | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
This morning I took me and my dog, Phoebe, for a walk. I guess the opening of presents brought me back to the biggest present, my own body. I’d been having a little back pain and hoped to relieve it by visualizing the sacrum and its ligaments. I could feel,...
by Ristine Williams | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein, Types of Massage, Zero Balancing
If you wanted to massage your soul, how would you do it? We all want to feel healthy – not just in our bodies. We want to enjoy clear thinking, emotional vibrancy, spiritual inspiration – things more commonly more associated with soul than with body....
