AFI

Throughout my career as a massage therapist as I have consistently been receiving massages and bodywork sessions, and taking continuing education classes. Every once in a while I would observe that an instructor’s or therapist’s touch was different, extraordinary.

I reasoned that part of this phenomenon could be explained with passion for the work and advanced training. However, I sensed that there was more to it than talent and education.
As I progressed with my training in the TRAGER® Approach I experienced this quality of touch more frequently with instructors and practitioners in advanced classes.
Contemplating the origin of this quality of touch I came to the conclusion that the secret to this additional dimension is awareness, focus, and intention with awareness being the first step, the foundation, and gateway to this special quality of touch.

Self-awareness is the key to being present and able to focus on the work at hand and instantly perceive responses from the client’s body. Acting upon these responses with intent can lead us to the intrinsic cause of a physical issue, resulting in longer lasting changes faster and more effortlessly.

By shifting awareness to what’s going on in our own body and mind we can take care of our own potential issues, resulting in highly effective self-care while we are working and in our daily life. In TRAGER Approach Mentasics® we address this process extensively. Like in a moving meditation we gently and playfully move our bodies in a way that emphasizes effortlessness, softness, freedom, lightness, and joy.
Once we experience this sense of comfort and freedom in our own body, we are able to be present and work with greater focus. Much of the relaxation that is happening in the client’s body is achieved by example through our touch. A gentle, comfortable touch transmits softness and ease to the muscles and nerves resulting in an almost immediate response from the client’s body. We are able to perceive the changes in our client’s body as they are happening, and we can advance with our work directing our attention and intention accordingly and therefore work more effortlessly, effectively and efficiently.

Once we master self awareness, awareness of the client’s body, focus, and intention, we find that we can trust our intuition on where the root of a client’s physical issue lies. This is what takes our work to a new dimension of excellence and renders longer lasting results faster. It also allows us to work in a way that is more sustainable for us as we understand the importance of taking care of our own well-being.

AFI can be applied to any massage and bodywork modality and to everyday life:
No matter what type of massage therapy and bodywork we favor, by using Awareness, Focus and Intention/Intuition our work becomes more focused, purposeful and effective, effortlessly resulting in faster and longer lasting physical improvements.
Using self-care in our daily life, on the job and off, allows positive changes in our own bodies to happen. By adding this method we are not just preventing work related injuries, but we are potentially allowing our bodies to heal persistent existing physical issues we may experience.

The TRAGER® Approach to Psychophysical Integration is a gentle, compassionate modality that (re)educates the body-mind being to function on a more effective, yet effortless level.

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