Pianos strings are “mis-tuned” slightly - on purpose! Why?
Read MoreBone flutes are among the oldest known artifacts of human technological ingenuity.
Read MoreEvery part of your physical body contributes to the biochemistry of your emotional body.
Read MoreOn April 23, our son, Jake, and the love of his life, Lauren, got married. May we all share in the highest blessing of these two creative, wonderful people.
Read MoreExploring our inner world, our soft spots, our presence in teaching capacities, and facing the challEnges of opening our mindsets to more inclusive, sensitive, and equitable ways of relating is the goal we hope we have shared with you. - Misty Rhoads and Mary Murphy , ZB Faculty
Read More“I’ve been reading your philosophical missives with interest but I have a little problem with the last one. “ - Allan Davidson on the key to Ida Rolf’s work.
Read MoreYears ago I saw a colorfully painted wooden sculpture that struck and delighted me. The vision and memory of the sculpture has become indelible over the years. It was sculpture of two great figures: Muddy Waters and Georges Balanchine.
Read MoreIn 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
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