Explore the essential principles of Dr. Milton Trager’s Psychophysical Integration and their applications to some of the most common clinical, musculoskeletal pathologies. Through this unique self-care approach founded on a mindful presence and specific body mechanics, you’ll learn to transform touch into a language to dialogue with the nervous system to facilitate lasting neuromuscular change. And you’ll feel great doing it! This system of dynamic mindful movement, Dr. Trager termed Mentastics® forms the basis for your self-care at the table, the foundation of the hands-on table work and informs the very exercises you can teach to your clients to elicit similar muscular responses on their own.
Applications of Dr. Trager’s work to address Trauma (PTSD) related conditions, sciatica, low back and neck pain, fibromyalgia and conditions like frozen shoulder, upper cross syndrome (text neck) or anterior scalene syndrome will be discussed.
IN-PERSON WEEKEND CLASS:
DATES: April 24-25, 2021
LOCATION: Easton, Pennsylvania
CE CREDITS: Approved for 16 continuing education credits towards Trager Training and NCBTMB for LMT’s
TO REGISTER FOR IN-PERSON WEEKEND CLASSES:
Contact: Michael Lear
Email: Michael@michaellear.com
Phone: +1.484.542.0249
About Michael Lear:
Michael Lear and an internationally-recognized Trager® Instructor and Ashtanga Yoga Instructor with a client base spanning five continents and including a few Academy, Grammy and Emmy Award winners as well as many figures prominent in business and industry.
For over 30 years, Lear has been at the forefront of mind-body medicine, yoga and meditation. He has studied yoga with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois during his New York visits as well as with many of Ashtanga's foremost instructors. Holding a Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500 Certification, he teaches Yoga Anatomy for Yoga Alliance Teacher Certification courses and conducts workshops internationally. Lear is also a seasoned Vipassana meditator in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Kin as taught by S. N. Goenka.
He has extensive experience in international health care sector development having worked with many UN agencies and international NGO’s, including the World Health Organization. He has also worked extensively in the criminal justice system developing trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness programs for incarcerated adults and youth and as a lead trainer for trauma-informed yoga instructors. His work teaching Trager to physical therapists in Sri Lanka after the 2004 tsunami was featured as a cover article in Massage Therapy Journal 2007.
As a lifetime professional drummer currently active with his band ITO and the Moonlight Hippies, he has created a web-based yoga program for drummers - www.yoga4drummers.com. Michael also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and International Management and in earlier lifetimes has worked for many years in the corporate world.