Physical Benefits Specific To Hospices
by Dawn Nelson With the influx of advanced medical technology and the great variety of drugs available, we tend to forget that the simple, careful touch of the human hand is one of the most ancient and effective means for relieving discomfort in the body. Pain control...
Skeletal Illumination
There are two ways that bones are experienced. On the one hand, they feel like solid things inside us connected by joints. On the other hand, when we experience them more deeply, we feel them to live at the very core of our being – as when we say, that chilled me to...
A Mother’s Touch – Loss and The Feminine Archetype in Massage
On April 15th my wife and I said goodbye to our Golden Retriever of 13 years who has been thankfully suffering for not too long with cancer. Her name was Phoebe. She was the only dog I’ve had as an adult. I’m sure many of you can imagine the pain we are in at her...
The Dimensional Massage approach for short upper arms!
by Nancy Dail Often in a practice we run across individuals with similar problems that can sometimes be blamed on the season or weather. Certainly clients with back issues will come to us after over-exertion or during gardening season. For whatever reason though,...
You Haven’t Heard of Ben Benjamin?
I am sometimes amazed that many massage therapists are not familiar with some of the greats in our field. Ben Benjamin is a case in point. Ben has had a practice in sports medicine/muscular therapy since 1963. He is the founder of the Muscular Therapy Institute in...
How confident do you feel about Pregnancy Massage?
by Hannah Ford Massage school introduced you to the basics of pregnancy massage, but how confident do you feel about your ability to support a woman and her baby with bodywork through the birth year? If a pregnant client walked into your office today seeking a...
Lauterstein-Conway Massage School celebrates 25 years in Austin
Austin is called the Live Music Capital of the World. It also is the Relaxation Capital of the world - largely due to the work, for the last 25 years, of Lauterstein-Conway Massage School in Austin. Lauterstein-Conway Massage School celebrates its 25th year in...
YOUR FACE IS A BOOK – ‘notes’ on the face
“Your face is an open book.” The bone and the core of the person holds our deepest levels of experience. When we say, I just know that in my bones, that really means something. One incredible place in our bodies where the bones rest just under the surface is the face....
Bodyworkers Wanted – to Change the World!
SOCIAL SUBLUXATION As bodyworkers, we naturally want to help with misalignment. Slight dislocations of the sacroiliac joint, the tarsal bones, the suboccipital region – addressing these well can re-balance the entire system. So if they're "out" or stuck in place, we...
HOMEWARD BOUND
Perhaps the most serious energetic imbalance is the excessive, upward displacement of attention to the upper half of the body. In our culture the face and head get an exorbitant amount of focus. We tend to identify ourselve...s with and by our facial appearance. Plus...