Deep Massage Society

03/14/2026

May we work collectively and individually to root out the origins of our long history of human beings being rigid and cruel to themselves and each other.

Martin Luther King - "There must be a rhythmic alteration between attacking the causes and healing the effects.”

03/11/2026

ZERO BALANCING I and II - July 17-19 and 24-26 AT THE LAUTERSTEIN-CONWAY MASSAGE SCHOOL

I just had the most wonderful, big group for a workshop on the Iliopsoas. The next class I'm teaching is a combination of Zero Balancing I and II in Austin in mid-July. ZB I and II are the core 50 of the 100 hours required for certification in Zero Balancing.

Zero Balancing is, for me, the most advanced and interesting form of advanced bodywork. It works with a deep faith in the client's ability to let go from inside-out. It focuses on the connective tissues of the muscles, joints and bones. It refines your touch and awareness of both energy and structure in ways that will vastly benefit your work and your life!

The Lauterstein-Conway Massage School offers informative and enriching workshops to complete your massage therapy continuing education hours.

03/02/2026

Democracy means "strength of the common people." This poem by Lucille Clifton reminds us of this - born from her strength and the bones whose common form we share.
Another way that Zero Balancing speaks to the deepest, important level of our being.

02/22/2026

Great ida Rolf quotes:
“This is the gospel of Rolfing: When the body gets working appropriately, the force of gravity can flow through. Then, spontaneously, the body heals itself.”

“Go around the problem; get the system sufficiently resilient so that it is able to change, and it will change, It doesn’t have to be forced. It’s that forcing that you have to avoid at all costs.”

and a quote that presaged Zero Balancing -
“When the pelvis is not balanced, we do not have the upward thrust that creates zero balance, the sense of weightlessness that can be experienced in the body. When the pelvis is aberrated, it does not allow this equipoise, this tranquillity in experience that a balanced pelvis shows. The combined forces acting on a balanced pelvis are in a moment of inertia near zero. It is always in dynamic action, but the forces balance out to near zero.”

02/18/2026

ROOTS AND BRANCHES

was recorded live in the studio and accompanied three of my favorite graduated therapists doing massage in the studio simultaneously. So, as far as I know, it is the only recording actually made while accompanying massage. Because of that it works incredibly well to be played while doing massage or bodywork or just for relaxing.
I called it "Roots and Branches", among other reasons, because it gently draws on all my roots in my life and in music: blues, Indian music, classical, and the "experimental folk music" done particularly by Robbie Basho and John Fahey.

Reminding you all that my recording is free on youtube and spotify.

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02/18/2026

Lynette Brannon (1947-2026)

The Austin massage and bodywork community has lost a long-time pioneer and advocate. Lynette Brannon was, among other things, an early Trager practitioner and a deep soul. I'm lucky to have known her and respected her work and her self since the late 1980's!
Lynette, thank you so much for making the world a better place!

View Lynette Brannon's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

02/11/2026

Always love Gil Hedley and the programs he sponsors or hosts. A short one's coming up with the great Benny Vaughn. Plus announcement of a new program for yogis!

Integral Anatomy for Yogis starts next week! This 6-month program is for yoga teachers and movement professionals seeking curated and systematic exploration through the whole human body. Includes monthly live meetings with me and my partner in all things, Rachel! Find out more here.

02/10/2026

My book, "The Deep Massage Book: How to Combine Structure and Energy in Bodywork" is published by Redwing Book Company. They have been a great publisher and distributor of healing literature since the early 1970's.
I see they are having a sale - check it out and the vast array of books they carry. Let's honor and support a pioneer in the field of wholistic health!

02/06/2026

I'll be teaching a special workshop this summer in England. It'll be "Deep Massage - The Lauterstein Method" (covering the entire protocol in this one class), adding in Zero Balancing integrations. August 6-9. This might be my last time to go to the UK to teach, so I invite you most enthusiastically! Book early!

Advanced CPD workshops in Bristol, designed for massage therapists to expand skills, experience and creative possibilities. Open to practitioners of massage and other bodywork disciplines. Join the BCMB massage and bodywork community. 1hr of any workshop accumulates 1 CPD point. Participating in one...

02/02/2026

Just dropped some more of the "Deep Massage Book" and "The Memory Palace of Bones" to Bookpeople here in Austin. I love these books and I hope you will too!

02/02/2026

Doing ZB with someone last week, she said something I think is quite beautiful (if you know ZB it makes even more sense):
She said as she stood after the session - "I feel more weighty without feeling heavy."