In this elective workshop for students and practitioners of the Trager Approach, we explore the various "minds” of the body, and work with clients from these states. In each system mind, we ask questions like: "How do I move? How is my touch? How do I feel the weight? How do I pause? What is the quality of my connection to my client?" Easy access to a richer pallet of feeling "colors" give us more range and depth in reaching a broader variety of clients.
When we focus our personal Mentastics on the skeleton with its bones and joints, it leads us to loose freedom of movement, mental playfulness, and an articulateness of touch. When we allow the organ system to come into the foreground of our Mentastics experience, it leads us into roundness and buoyancy of movement, and a more full and encompassing touch. A focus on the nervous system brings detail and precision to both touch and movement communication. The connective tissue as guiding image brings length and volume to our own movement, and powerful supportiveness to our touch as well as an ability to handle our clients’ weight more easily. The muscle system gives density and meatiness to our dialog with the tissue. Our fluid systems inform the many rhythms of ripples and waves, and invite boundary-less floating for our clients.