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Trager approach

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Trager approach,
service mark for a bodywork technique whose purpose is to train patients to develop awareness of movement patterns that relieve pain and promote relaxation. It consists of two components: tablework, in which the practitioner, in a meditative state, uses touch and gentle passive movement to assist the patient in experiencing new movement patterns, and Mentastics, in which the patient is taught a series of movements designed to relieve tension.
Trager approach,
n.pr founded by Milton Trager, a method of teaching clients to move in the most effortless and intuitive way possible; addresses psychological blocks to free-flowing movement and seeks to remove them to help clients live pain-free and experience release from long-standing patterns of self-imposed physical and mental limitations.
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These questions launched the Trager Approach, the extraordinary work of Milton Trager, a physician who possessed an uncanny ability to help people move with more freedom and ease.
Trager technique: rocking toward freedom by Wozny, Nancy / Dance Magazine
MENTAL GYMNASTICS According to Ormyron, who is also an accredited practitioner of the Trager approach called Mentastics, developed by Milton Trager (1908-1997), its major difference from the Feldenkrais method is that the sensory input is massive, yet it doesn't diminish the pleasure of the experience.
BODY AWARENESS by Swiss News
They range from active therapies, where the dancer is led in a movement form (Pilates, Yoga, Gyrotonics[R], Body-Mind Centering[R], Alexander Technique[R], or Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Technique[R]) to the passive forms, where a bodyworker treats a dancer by using physical touch (Myofascial Release, The Trager Approach, and Cranio Sacral Therapy).
Body work basics: finding the right therapy means asking yourself a ... by Martin, Suzanne / Dance Magazine
 
 
 
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