Trager By Gaetan Desombre


 
 
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Movement is the flow, flow is life. The hands and the mind working together, with lightness, ease and freedom, are deeply naturally healing. Trager is like a wave of calming and revitalizing energy, and it makes me feel good whenever I give or receive it.
 

My interest in body-mind work goes back to my youth. Life’s challenges led me to seek methods for improving my physical, mental and spiritual condition and I learned to do so with practices focused on selfcare. I have studied Meditation, Qigong, Reiki, Taiji, Aichi, Reflexology and more in France, Canada, India and in the US. First working as a designer and artist, I knew the importance of being aware, open and creative in my life. Working later as a CNA and as an activity leader with elders and children (in a palliative care facility) taught me how to develop my attention, touch and empathy. Since then I have completed a training in Trager® Approach which, I think, combines all the interests and skills I have developed in the field of Body-mind work. Trager® Approach helps release deep-seated physical and mental patterns and facilitates profound relaxation, increased physical mobility, and mental clarity. It is pleasurable, gentle, intuitive, effective and has helped me develop more ease, freedom and lightness for myself and for my clients.


 
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The Trager® Approach was developed and refined for over 50 years by Milton Trager, MD.
 

Based on the conviction that physical change follows a change of mind, Dr. Trager developed a unique and highly effective method that skillfully reaches the nervous system by addressing the body in singular ways.

Dr. Milton Trager recognized well before contemporary knowledge on neuroplasticity that new information introduced to areas in the unconscious mind, gently and with skill, activates positive neurological changes which improve movement patterns. He referred to his work as psychophysical integration.

Trager® Approach Practitioners work in a calm, cultivated, meditative state, what Dr. Trager called "hook-up." Using the language of touch and movement they promote sensory awareness and ease of movement. Trager® sessions include gentle bouncing, stroking, elongations and a variety of playful body movements received in a calming, pleasurable atmosphere. Cumulative in nature, this work promotes ease, physical mobility, and a renewed lasting awareness of agelessness.

A mental, emotional and physical education, Trager® sends clients into the world with the physical efficiency and coordination that leads to effortless movement. Milton Trager called this feeling a place beyond relaxation, a place of peace.


 
 
Trager® sessions are designed to be both extremely pleasant and effective.
 

The effects are both cumulative and accelerate with each visit. Sessions are generally 60-90 minutes long. Time and frequency of sessions are tailored according to clients’ particular needs. 

Sessions usually include an interview, assessment, and movement. Clients wear loose clothing or can be unclothed down to their underwear. After sessions, practitioners offer individualized movement suggestions to expand upon the positive effects of the work.


 
 
The Trager® Approach has benefited people with conditions such as pain, stress, injuries, and neuromuscular conditions such as cerebral palsy and Parkinson’s disease.
 

Some of the conditions that can improve with Trager® are:

stress

limited movement

back pain

depression

multiple sclerosis

post-polio syndrome

injuries

carpal tunnel syndrome

muscle spasms

headaches

cerebral palsy

Parkinson’s disease

fibromyalgia

back and neck pain

trauma

anxiety


Gaetan Desombre

(540) 835-9006