WHO MIGHT BENEFIT FROM A TRAGER?
TRAGER WORK: ESSENTIALLY A FEELING STATE by Megan Eoyang (thanks to The Trager Institute for sharing this article) (“TRAGER” is a registered service mark of the Trager Institute.) What is TRAGER work? • Think about softening, widening! • Think about lengthening, expanding! • Think about light, lighter and lighter still! • Think about a dancing cloud! Now take a moment and notice how your body feels just thinking of these things. TRAGER movement education both creates and operates from a feeling state of pleasureable, effortless, easy movement. Pain, whether long-lasting or fresh and sharp, cause tension or contraction in the body and in the mind. So can pressures at work or home, history, attitudes and serious health challenges like multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsey, Parkinsonism, polio and genetic or accident – caused body differences. Fear of pain and concern about its impact on daily life increases contraction. Often this contraction is beyond the control of our conscious mind. If
