LMT Support Group begins Jan 5, NW Tucson

Is being a therapist/healer more challenging than you thought it would be? This group is NOT about how to avoid or sidestep challenges, but how to embrace them, to "make them better for having happened." Once you are on the other side of a challenge, you see that it was a gift. Of course, that's not so easy to see on the front side.

 

By working with others in service and healing, certain issues will very likely arise for you. This is the place to share with others who have had, or will have, similar issues. You may be able to help them or they may be able to help you. It's always good to talk.

 

Are there are certain people you work with--employers, other therapists, or recipients--who sort of drive you crazy?
Do you get unwanted "vibes" from some people?
Do you ever wonder why similar "lessons" keep happening to you? Would you like to finish those lessons and move on?
Do you feel you are "heard?"
Would you like to share your "stories of challenge" and "stories of healing" with others?
Would you like to teach or mentor other therapists/healers?
Have you "grown out of" your current work situation but you don't know how/where to go next?
Do others treat you as equal?
Are you receiving compensation equal to what you are giving in service?
Would you like it if everyone would treat each other more equally?

 

This is a light hearted, good humored, non-judgmental "peer supervision" group. "Supervison" does not mean that someone is the authority supervising you, but that you arrive willing to both offer support to those who you may assist, and receive support from those who may assist you. Support does NOT mean advice. People need to tell their stories and be heard, without being fixed. If they want suggestions, they will ask! If you habitually give advice without being asked for it, you will receive support in changing that pattern :) We maintain confidentiality within the group both by withholding names and indentifying information of the people in our personal stories, and by not sharing what others in the group share with us.

 

January 5 is the first group. Space is limited so please register through the following link which allows me to count RSVPs:

 

http://www.meetup.com/Massage-Therapist-Training/calendar/11992656/

 

After the first group will meet monthly on a Tuesday evening at Rich Experience.

 

Location: A Rich Experience on Oracle Road btw Orange Grove and Ina. http://arichexperience.com ...

 

$10 fee (please pre-write checks to Patrick Moore or A Rich Experience) for 90 minute group, occasional handouts by your presenter, Patrick Moore LMT BA.

 

Patrick cell: 623-670-0442
more about patrick http://meltingmuscles.com

Sept CE at A Rich Experience

Location: A Rich Experience, Oracle Rd btw Orange Grove and Ina, E side, please register through http://arichexperience.com  

Name: Length&Strength Series: Shoulder

Dates/Times:  October 24, Saturday: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm with one hour break for lunch.

 

Cost/Credit: $108.00 / 6 CE hours

 

Course Description: You may be familiar with the common complaint of tight rhomboids.  Massaging the rhomboids only makes them longer, which is not helpful in the long run.  A better solution is to a) massage the pecs so they lengthen and b) strengthen the rhomboids so they can "hold their own" when stress tightens up all the muscles. You may not be familiar with similar battles between other antagonists.  We will examine the battles and show how the path back to balance for scapula elevators (levator, upper traps) vs. depressors (lower trapezius), and for inward rotators (subscapularis plus pecs, lats, and teres major) vs. outward rotators (only the infraspinatus and teres minor).

Please give your email address when registering early so that we may email you the included .pdf e-handouts on lengthening shoulder muscles using a) massage and b) Hold-Relax Stretching, and strengthening shoulder retractors and rotators.

A brief introduction to Tendinitis (course offered Sep 5 and again in 2010) will be given.

 

Instructor Biography:  Patrick Moore worked from 1979 to 1994 as a construction worker and math teacher, including geometry, algebra, aviation math, surveying, reading blueprints, machine operator, crane rigging, temporary scaffolds, and concrete forming. He also advanced in Scouting mastering knots, lashing, first aid and outdoor survival.  He successfully rebuilt several four- and two-stroke engines from the crank up. This hands-on background prepared him well for his 1994 career change to massage therapy, in understanding how muscles act upon bones at various angles. 

 

Prerequisites:  none

 

Preparation:  Please review your origin/action/insertions for: 1) Levator Scapula, 2) Upper Trapezius, 3) Lower Trapezius, 4) Subscapularis, 5) Infraspinatus, 6) Teres Minor, 7) Pectoralis Major, 8) Pectoralis Minor.   Please wear tank top, loose T-shirt or exercise clothing that allows palpation of the shoulder blades.

 

 

Name: Brain's Good Reasons: the Intelligence of Tight Muscles

Dates/Times:  Sunday, October 25, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

 

Cost/Credit: $72.00 / 4 CE hrs

 

Course Description:  Tension is not something that happens to muscles accidentally, but an effect of the brain commanding muscles to tighten.  Why is the brain doing this?  Has the brain made some kind of mistake?  No, the brain has very good reasons for creating tension.  The brain and body love the person and want only to serve the person.  What are some of the brain's good reasons for tension?  a) to prevent a particular motion or function that is not serving, b) to motivate a change of behavior or perspective, c) to lead to new connections, such as with a wonderful therapist, doctor, or counselor, d) to give an important message to the person through symbolism or other seeming coincidences, e) to assist a loved one and/or a relationship, for example by creating a situation that requires receiving nurturing… The brain is vastly intelligent and even when we cannot discern its reasons, we should trust that it acts only for the person's best well-being.  The brain is concerned with the person's being spiritual, emotionally balanced, and natural, and therefore is sometimes willing to trade temporary suffering and smaller losses if that is what it takes to achieve the person's deeper levels of health and growth.  The brain is capable of a) predicting likely future outcomes of branching life choices, b)n perceiving intuitively and c) holographically, and d) communicating to its host metaphorically, e) symbolically, and f) literally.  You'll receive the rough draft of  the forthcoming book by your instructor, Patrick Moore.

 

Instructor Biography:  Patrick Moore has been fascinated with brain research since High School in the 70's.  22 traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in the 70's and 80's added up to a dramatic drop in intelligence, social, spiritual, and emotional balance.  Patrick's efforts in meditation, tai-chi, craniosacral therapy, reiki and other energy work, group therapy, counseling, coaching, nutrition, and ongoing brain research helped him to recover with accelerating speed.  Having been "there and back," he has much to share from both the inside and outside views of the brain.  His "Melting Muscles" technique uses the cerebellum's assistance to help muscles relax, and has been published in Massage&Bodywork and Massage Therapy Journal with graduates in 12 U.S. States and home-study on four continents.  

 

Prerequisites:  none—this is a discussion-only class with no hands-on bodywork, in the "research and science" category of NCBTMB credits.

 

Preparation:  please register early with email so that you'll be able to receive the email .pdf and read the handouts before class.

 

 

 

Upcoming Classes at A Rich Experience

Here are links to upcoming classes with Patrick Moore at A Rich Experience in NW Tucson:

Unwinding the Atlas and Axis - August 8th

Length and Strength: Hip Rotators and Psoas - August 9th

Tendinitis—Removing Scar Tissue - September 5th

Standing Wave Jostling - September 26th

Length & Strength: Breathing Muscles - September 27th

Balancing Inner with Outer - October 4th

August CE courses in NW Tucson

August CE courses at Patrick Moore Home Office near Tohono Chul Park in NW Tucson. To register please call Patrick at 623-670-0442

Length And Strength: Balancing the Shoulders, Saturday, August 22, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; 5 CEhr; $85.00 half price for students not needing certificate. Our focus is on balance—most people's pecs are already too strong compared with their scapula retractors so we'll learn how to find weak muscles and support greater strength and chi-endurance with Tibetan postures. Balanced strengthening does not leave you feeling sore the next day. You will receive, learn the difference between short and weak muscles, and remedies for both. Muscle groups we will review: inward and outward rotators, scapula elevators, retractors and depressors. Please wear clothing that allows full range of shoulder motion.

Releasing Cellular Memory II—Interviewing Cells and Following Their Directions; Sunday, August 23, 2009, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; 5 CE hr; $85.00, half price for students not needing certificate. Prerequisite: Releasing Cellular Memory I. In Level I we met the cells, which are like citizens of a Nation. In Level II we learn to ask them good questions such as, "which cells are in the greatest need?" "Are the symptoms meant to serve the whole person?" Do you have a message for the whole person?" "What do you need different, to be healthy and productive?" "What can I (therapist) do in the next half-hour with my hands?" By talking with cells and doing what they suggest, we find immediate changes in muscle tension, breathing, and positive comments from the recipient. Becoming trusted with cells enables further conversations with the person's DNA which may harbor this-life trauma, ancestral, archetypal or past-life attachments. Asking is a very simple method that allows any practitioner to have the effectiveness of a specialist, because the part of the person guiding you is the world's foremost specialist in that area of their own body.

Awareness of Melting; Friday, August 28, 2009, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm; 4 hr; $68.00, half price for students not needing certificate; Prerequisite: ability and experience feeling muscles melting. In the Melting Muscles and Unwinding Muscles classes, when you felt the recipient's muscle melting you were encouraged to ask, "Do you feel the muscle melting?" This brings the recipient's conscious awareness to a process that is normally subconscious. In this course we take the next step; both giver and recipient aware of melting, aware that the other is aware of the same thing. Three therapeutic benefits of identical awareness are: a) giver can modify instantly for greater effect, b) directions to the roots of the situation are clear to the giver, and c) recipient has undeniable experience that they have changed. àMost of the class time is spent at massage tables: melting muscles with awareness-prompting questions and in-the-moment feedback. Time for questions during and between trades.

Medical Intuition; Saturday, August 29, 2009, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, 5 CE hr; $85.00, half price for students not needing certificate. handouts will be emailed when you register--please read in advance. The human body communicates simlarly to animals, nature, and through symbols and metaphors, as in poetry and literature. Intuitive information arrives and is processed by your brain all the time, it is simply discounted or relabeled by your Left brain. You will learn ways to use your left brain as an assistant rather than the one in control. In partner exercises you will hear, see, smell, and feel intuitive information arriving.

Reiki Level One, Sunday, August 30, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, 5 hr, $155.00, Includes flash cards for hand positions, Level I e-book, and a kanji calligraphy certificate. e-book will be emailed when you register, please read in advance. Rediscovered in 1914 by Mikao Usui, Reiki is an ages-old natural healing method. Reiki is transmitted from teacher to student by an attunement given into your chakras and palms of your hands. Level One is all you need to offer Reiki professionally to the public. In the class you'll practice giving and receive, with time for your questions and concerns, and you'll receive the Level One Reiki Attunement. You'll learn both the hands-upon body and the hands-above body methods, and how to give Reiki to yourself. Because Reiki begins to flow as soon as you think about it, many LMTs add Reiki energy to their existing massage sessions. This course is open to all people regardless of licensing or not, anyone who would like to do provide healing and comfort to friends, family, animals, the Earth, and oneself. Receiving the Reiki attunement is healing and enlightening for the student. Reiki does not replace but complements all medical treatments including chemo, radiation, and makes transition more peaceful. Reiki is very effective as self-care for alleviating physical stresses in your body, and mental, emotional and spiritual resolution of old patterns. Reiki also empowers goals, abundance, starts broken cars, assists first aid, connects you with nature, animals, and boosts creativity. A fun, low pressure class open to anyone, licensed or not, children 7 and up welcome with permission.

July CE NW Tucson

Five Courses in Seven Days!
Friday, July 24,
Science for Relaxation Therapists Series: Intelligence of Muscle Tension
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM; 4 CE Hours, $68.00* Includes handouts by Instructor, Patrick Moore.
Is tension a mistake of perception that can be fixed by a skilled therapist? Or does the brain design tension "knowingly?" In this discussion we'll talk about theories of what causes cranial motion including the theory of brain cells expanding, hydraulic pressure of cerebrospinal fluid, and muscles varying contraction, how cranial motion acts in ideal conditions (flexes and extends every 20 seconds in nice cycles), and how it acts under stress (motions pull away from neutral and remain there without cycling). We'll also talk about proprioception (the sensation of movement) including the Strain-Counterstrain principle of "signal gain."
This talk will not be over your head—the discussion is tailored to match the preparation of the day's participants. Those students who would like to challenge the teacher more may study in advance of the class may view these or other links: by Warren Hammer P 550-553:
http://books.google.com/books?q=%22the+return+to+neutral%22+%22must+be+done%22+%22slowly+at+least+for+the+first+30%22&btnG=Search+Books and two references to cranial motion responding to muscular influences in Leon Chaitow: http://books.google.com/books?q=%22cranial+motion%22+%22response+to+muscular%22+%22influences%3F%22&btnG=Search+Books
Saturday, July 25
Unwinding Muscles with Cranial Motion Series: Unwinding the Spine in Sidelying Position; 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM; 4 CE Hours; $68.00*; Includes handouts by Instructor Patrick Moore; Prerequisite: any Melting Muscles course, any craniosacral course, or "Intelligence of Muscle Tension" (held the day before).
This is a hands-on class at the massage tables. With your partner lying on his or her side, you will touch spinal segments with each hand to discern the motion between any two vertebrae. We'll experiment with two hand placements; over the Transverse Processes or by softly pinching the Spinous Processes. In the Thoracic region, we will experiment with one hand on the ribcage to sense rotation. Unwinding muscles provides the spine the opportunity to relax its long-standing twists and bends.
Preparation: please wear loose or stretchy clothing.
Sunday, July 26
Unwinding Muscles with Cranial Motion Series: Unwinding Atlas & Axis
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM; 5 CE hours; $85.00*; Prerequisite: "Melting Atlas & Axis," or "Intelligence of Muscle Tension (offered two days before).
Cranial muscle motion shows you how to prioritize and release the person's tensions. This slow motion contraction of muscle shows you which way the joint is imbalanced by guiding you into the safest, most comfortable treatment positions. So guided, you may discern which muscle is most shortened and add muscle work to your slow motions. When you've learned how to "listen," cranial muscle motion will also "tell" you when the guarding begins to release, when the contraction is less than antagonist contractions (because the head will begin to move back toward neutral), the satellite contractions of antagonists, and give you an accurate foretelling of how much more treatment, if any, is necessary for a full resolution. What you'll gain: àExperience feeling cranial muscle motion acting to rotate the head. àAbility to assess whether the head "wants" to tighten into L or R rotation. àAbility to follow cranial muscle motion into the safest, most comfortable position. àFeel muscles relaxing, and àFeel the motion of resolving tension as the head "wants" to move back to balance.
Wednesday, July 29
Equal Relationships in Therapy and Business
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM; 6 hr Ethics (incl. Standard V); $102.00*; Preparation: Upon registration, you will receive the Equality Questionnaire—please fill out before class. Rather than a list of "Do's" and "Don'ts" this ethics class shows you how to adjust professional relationships to be more equal. Equality feels friendly to both people and takes the pressure off. Because therapists (and teachers) are often placed on a pedestal, we'll learn ways to empower the patient or student, (which also accelerates their healing/learning). Sometimes it is the massage practitioner who enters the relationship with less power (for example, in a ritzy spa where the practitioner must call the guest by their last name and only speak when spoken to). In this case, we find ways to empower therapists to rise to equality. Equality dissolves power differential, transference and dual relationship; well-studied factors influencing unethical behavior. The teacher is not above but demonstrates equality with students, as a model to demonstrate how therapists may interact with clients. We will cover your written questionnaires, group discussion, and time for volunteers to share their work situations with feedback for equalizing.
Thursday, July 30
Touching the Brain—Left and Right Balance
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM; 5 CE hours; $85.00*; Recommended Advance Study: If I Only Had A Brain Injury by Laura Bruno, Cell Talk by John Upledger pp. 129-179 , and view 20 min video by Jill Bolte Taylor
As we see in Jill Bolte Taylor's video, the left and right brains have very different values, definitions of self, approaches to doing and being. Jill felt at peace without a functioning left brain though she was unable to speak or move, only to embrace all beings as oneself. She did decide that the left brain was worth saving and now she has the best balance of both. Through hands-on we may negotiate between both sides for balance in regard to coordination, strengths, values, definitions of self, doing, being, and any other needs the brain communicates.
You will learn: --to feel the motion of the brain within the cranium --to feel the motion of the brain stem and spinal cord within the spine --techniques with recipient both face up and face down --how the brain communicates and understands through symbols -- how to gain the brain's blessing so that a) any mistakes you make are forgiven and b) it actually coaches you how to heal it --Parasympathetic responses, Sympathetic reactions, and how to inspire the brain to choose rejuvenation --In addition to work with our hands, we will begin learning how to speak with the recipient in a way that stimulates him to reprogram and restructure his own neural pathways.
Location: Patrick Moore's Home Office near Ina Road and La Canada. Address is given upon registration. please reply by email or call 623-670-0442—Patrick's cell phone.
Policies: $25.00 non-refundable deposit guarantees your place in class. Payment by check or paypal. The home office has a maximum class size depending on the type of course. When a larger space is needed, you will be notified of the change in location, within 10 miles of the original location. No minimum class size, maximum of 14 unless we have a student-teacher assisting. I also teach CE at Rich Experience and Cortiva, where the prices are different and discounts do not apply.
* Normal CE price is $17 per CE hour at the home office. Discounts available:
a) those not needing a CE certificate may participate for $8.50 per hour.
b) Graduates of any class are welcome to repeat that class for $5 per hour; no certificate is given for repeating.
c) You may take 5% off for full payment two or more weeks in advance of the class
d) you may take 10% off any five courses paid two or more weeks in advance or 25% off ten.

Dear Tucson LMT,

Dear Tucson Massage Therapists and Healers,

I’ve been a full-time therapist and bodywork trainer since 1994 when I graduated from the Brian Utting School of Massage in Seattle. Teaching has been my aim since I began tutoring high school math in 1979 and later taught college and middle school algebra. When I came to teach at Cortiva Institute last July, I fell in love with Tucson. By November, my wife, Traci, and I found the ideal house in northwest Tucson with a separate office for my classes and services, which I’d like to tell you about, in order of ascending individual attention:

NCBTMB CE Provider: for teachers, assistance with your application, including appeals.

Live Literary Magazine: Traci and I host monsoonvoices.wordpress.com open to the public where you will hear poetry, fiction, memoir, and original music with reverence for life. The site includes links to services we provide for writers including submission, editing, and coaching.

CE Classes are listed in the calendar above where you’ll see some of the 42(and growing) courses that I offer at Cortiva, A Rich Experience, and my home office. Students say my classes are fun and immediately applicable to their practices.

Group Trainings custom-designed in advance for a specific group including church groups, corporate, and nonprofits, then tailored again in the moment to meet the needs of each person participating.

Discovery Groups: Thursday evenings I present a two-hour workshop called “the Power of Asking,” described at meetup.com/Great-Questions-Discovery-Group . Open to all curious people, those in service professions will be able to apply great questions to assist their clients and students.

Advanced Certification: I certify Healers and Teachers in four major areas: Natural Energy, Muscle Therapy, Healing Relationship, and Brain/Cellular Healing. You’ll receive accelerated training, fresh handouts, process and content beyond what you can get from books and academic classes.

Tutoring: You may bring one of your clients over for a teaching appointment and I’ll demonstrate how the two of you can make more balanced progress in your sessions together.

Body/Brain Healing Sessions at my NW Tucson office match your therapeutic goals. I see my job as reacquainting parts of yourself with yourself. Parts of your brain and cells remember being fully functional and know the steps to resolve your symptoms once and for all.

Creativity and Service Coaching is for dedicated Artists, Educators, Healers and Service Professionals who aim to embrace the essence of their practice. A Natural Philosophy approach helps you discover bits of your big picture which inform your next practical steps.

I hope to learn more about you, as we discover more connections in Tucson.

Warmly,
Patrick

After-Class Review: Touching The Brain

The Importance of Gradual Transitions

Last Sunday I presented Touching The Brain at Cortiva. This is the second time I have taught this class, the first was at Rich Experience a couple months ago.

I was hesitant to begin teaching this class. It is my version of what I imagine Dr. Bruno Chikly and Dr. John Upledger are teaching in their brain classes. Their classes require tons of prerequisites and mine has none. I wondered if students would really come away from a 5 hour course feeling they could really touch the brain, could really learn something useful for their practice. I asked this at the end of Sunday and every one of the 5 students said a confident, “Yes.” Feedback forms all put 5 out of 5 in every category, the only suggestions for improvement were to make the class longer. I am very excited to continue providing this class in Tucson! I won’t make the class longer but you may repeat as many times as you want for only $25 as a repeater (no certificate given for repeaters), space permitting.

We began the class gradually by touching the cerebellum while the person was prone in a face cradle. All the students felt this was non-threatening to give or receive and I think they were not challenged enough. So I speeded up the pace a bit with a circle exercise, where each person was working on the brain of the person seated in front of them, sending healing forward, while sensation went rearward. This definitely woke everyone up.

One thing I emphasized at both Saturday’s and Sunday’s class was that soon you therapists will have enough tools and skills that you can help a person move very fast, releasing lots of issues and becoming more of their true nature. You can move a person too fast for their lifestyle to accommodate. While a person is lying on a massage table feeling safe in your kindly presence, they may agree to move very quickly through a lot of stuff. The parts that open and shift and change are then scrutinized by other parts of themselves, and the culture they accept. If the “majority” of inner and outer influences “vote” that the new changes are too radical, there will be a reaction. A person experiencing this may feel worse the next day, even though you did really good work. Another evidence that the person is moving too fast is that they have an emotional reaction on your table. If you are moving at a comfortable pace for the person, you will sense emotions arising and moving on, perhaps cleansing breaths, and maybe a single tear. The person will feel calm and the change is not so much that when they go back into their normal world, they are shocked. Over a course of years or a lifetime, a person will make more progress with these more gradual shifts and have more fun and less suffering in life, than if they jerk forward and have reactions, three steps forward and two steps back. The jolting jarring effect tends to make people not want to progress any more and they give up.

People make more progress in the long run if their transitions are gentle. The peak of progess should be in the middle, then coasting the second half of the treatment, to give time for assimilating the experience. Steps should be well-defined (verbally explaining what to expect and checking-in to see where the person is in regard to the steps) and gradual.

During the third exercise we touched the Amygdala, for about five minutes with hands-on then gradually lifting the hands off the head a few inches. Some people preferred to do their treatments silently while I demonstrated keeping a running conversation (about what they were feeling) going with the people I worked on.

This third exercise was after I gave the little talk about gentle transition and making small changes, and wouldn’t you know, there was an emotional burst during this session. The giver did a great job providing support, safety, and grounding. I do not think the giver was moving the recipient too fast, just that this recipient was very ripe for the shift and just popped with little warning. We had enough time after the session for the giver and recipient to talk together and then for the group to provide a transition back to what is normal life. While the person who changed shared that it was very intense, the person had no regrets, in fact I thought looked lighter after the exercise. This person wrote on the feedback form that they gained intuition, skills, and balance.

A Note to All Therapists Regarding the Pace of a Session:
Most therapists who have worked on me in the last 17 years seem to save their most precious maneuvers (like reiki or craniosacral) for the end, as if they had to “talk me into” receiving the good stuff. So with five minutes to go, I feel, Wow, this is great! and suddenly its over and we’ve said goodbye. It was too confusing for me to accept these healing gifts.
I think a therapist should start with his best stuff, rising to a peak of change about halfway through, then sort of coast through the second half using more traditional maneuvers like Swedish Massage and Jostling.

Most massage therapists tend to create a silent, meditative space for the recipient. This is good. Still, checking-in verbally is very important in the first few minutes to see how the recipient is responding to “the good stuff.” Then about 30 minutes of silence in the middle is fine, if that’s what the person wants. With 15 minutes to go, the therapist should again ask a few questions because this causes the recipient to do some brain processing, perhaps open her eyes once or twice. You might think this would disturb their peace, but the interruption serves the recipient in several ways. You’ll get more feedback about what you could do differently, and guess what, there’s still time to give them some more treatment based on this feedback! Secondly, as they speak about what is happening, they begin to assimilate the changes with the other parts of self that were “out of it.” The inner negotiation and balancing begins here, while you are still around to help, rather than beginning once they step out into the street with no nice person to help. Your speaking begins to gradually shift their body back from delta and beyond to an alpha awake state in a nicer transition. Transitions that are too quick lead to reactions, “two steps back.”

By asking her a few “check in” questions with 15 minutes to go, she will be able to assimilate and keep more of what has just occurred than if she were comatose up to the last minute and then rushed out the door.