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About the Trager® Approach

Milton Trager

The Trager® Approach is the innovative approach to movement education, created and developed over a period of 65 years by Milton Trager, M.D.
There are two aspects of the Trager® Approach; one in which you, the client, are passive and the other in which you are active. The passive aspect is usually referred to as the tablework, and the active aspect is called Mentastics®. Utilizing gentle, non-intrusive, natural movements, the Trager® Approach helps release deep-seated physical and mental patterns and facilitates deep relaxation, increased physical mobility, and mental clarity. These patterns may have developed in response to accidents, illnesses, or any kind of physical or emotional trauma, including the stress of everyday life.

During the table work session the client is passive and lying on a comfortable padded table. The practitioner moves the client in ways they naturally move, and with a quality of touch and movement such that the recipient experiences the feeling of moving that effortlessly and freely on his/her own. The movements are never forced so that there is no induced pain or discomfort to the client. To see a demonstration video of the table work, please see the link below.

Once the table work is completed, the process can prolong itself in the Mentastics® movements. These are simple, active, self-induced movements which you, the client, can do on your own, during your daily activities as well. They have the same intent as the table work in terms of releasing deep-seated patterns.

For many people, Mentastics® becomes a part of their life in taking care of themselves, and relieving themselves of stress and tension.

Helpful Links

Please browse the videos and articles at www.tragerus.org for more information on Dr. Milton Trager and the following topics related to the Trager® Approach:
• Trager® for athletics
• chronic pain & illness: chronic spinal pain and dysfunction
• fibromyalgia
• breast cancer
• headache remedy and Trager® Approach for chronic headache
• TMJ
• multiple sclerosis
• muscular dystrophy
• Parkinson disease
• stress and aging

For general information about Trager®, please visit www.trager.com

For Trager® education, please visit www.trager.nl

To see a demonstration video of the table work, please visit
www.tragerquebec.com/zone-videacuteo.html

Testimonials

The sensation was fantastic and I felt at peace with myself. Satsavya's gentle touch brought me more awareness of my body and the feeling of peace and happiness. The body movements were very gracious and natural. A reminder to be more aware of my body in my busy life!

P. Alvito - Biologist

The self-motivation gets provoked by recalling the memory in the brain of the cells. Tapping into wisdom already present in the body. Nice, especially with gentle manipulation, the effect was great!

G. Stein - Social Assistant

Trager® behandelingen en Mentasticslessen bij Satsavya. Een eye opener!!! Door in de Mentastics-lessen weer op een natuurlijke manier te leren lopen, zitten en staan, is mijn kwaliteit van leven aanmerkelijk verbeterd. Ik ben dolgelukkig dat Satsavya op mijn pad kwam en wil daarom haar Trager behandelingen en Mentastics-lessen van harte aanbevelen aan mensen met pijnklachten.

Jeannette Wolf - Wilhelminadorp

My Trager session with Satsavya was a very relaxing and nourishing experience. It also brought me more easily in connection with myself. She has a natural talent.

S. Peloquin - Co-Founder Rebalancing

I noticed that I rarely experience back pain now!! That certainly comes from my attention to standing my shoulders wide apart. Furthermore I feel more and more relaxed in my jaws, because my head found its natural position on the atlas again! Feeling clarity, softness and yet firmness after I move every time is such a surprise and very nice!

Marian - Yoga Teacher

It was in the beginning quite confronting to discover how difficult it was to feel ! I learned to slow down in order to feel more inside of me. Mentasics brings me so much more (body) consciousness. It brings me back home - so i do not run over myself anymore and I go not so easily over my borders. Just because I can feel beter and beter. I experience more peace and energy. I have been running faster than was good for me and so I became sick.Trager came on my way and without realizing it in the beginning - it is my medicine! I am so happy that I am finding myself back! !

Mildred G.

We move freely with Trager-Mentastics again!
The warmth, playfulness and simplicity experienced during the Mentastics lessons had such a deep impact on me. The pleasure to feel free again, to become more aware of my body posture, the flexibility… Every day I experience relaxation! Our first lesson was a trial lesson, since then we never stopped. Thank you Satsavya!

J & C Wagemakers - Retired

The Mentastics exercises were very simple - shaking legs with little kicks, yet the effect was astonishingly profound. After the table session I felt more at ease, lighter and the world looked quite different. Thank you!

Jordis J. - BodyMindCentering Teacher

Mentastics made me physically stronger. I almost never experienced any back problems again. I now recognize my limits easier by feeling my body again! I integrate Mentastics in my work on a daily basis so I have a lot less physical discomfort. I feel stronger, have more confidence in myself and I feel more open. It also affects your psyche.
I would recommend it to anyone.

V. Ricky - Nurse

I experienced immediately this pleasant feeling of gentle and effortless movement producing impressive changes in my body. The most remarkable thing was the enhanced awareness I felt all over my body.

Lara B. - Voice Dialogue Counselor

The Trager sessions and Mentastics gave me greater awareness of my body. From "must" and "want" I moved to more playfulness, enjoying myself and just being. I will integrate this renewed quality in my work so that it becomes more enjoyable and less tiring.

H. Devree - Social Worker

The sessions taught me to be more lovable towards my body, to be more soft in body and spirit. After a Mentastics class, you feel lighter, more grounded and happier!

E. Vanklinken - Housewife

Merci merci... No mind fut vraiment une benediction pour moi Big Gift!
Je me sens tellleeeeeemmmmeeeennnnt bien! Feel good!
Et le Mentastics… Je suis plus consciente de me tenir avec 50 pour cent moins d efforts et ....Ca marche, je deviens plus fluide, ma demarche en tout. cas!
Au plaisir de te revoir bientôt!
Love light energy!

M. Punita - Montreal

Mentastics with Satsavya has given me flexibility and relaxation. Earlier, I had strained back muscles after working in the garden. Now that I learned to work in a Mentastic way, I have no more trouble! Since I started to play with Mentastics I feel my body wider, softer and more balanced. I am more aware about the way I move. Satsavya teaches in a nice relaxing and playful way. "To perform is not in our dictionary," she says. Merci!

R. Lauwers - Nurse

The Mentastics and sessions with Satsavya have taught me that I have the tools to relax in my own hands. I learned to find the way to relax during my performances - (piano and violin). Great! Thank you.

H. Van Ieerzen - Piano Teacher

I am very surprised and struck by the simplicity and the outcome of the "play" with our body weight in Mentastics. The deep relaxation and lightness I experienced was sublime. It feels as if coming home to myself. In this way the entire daily life becomes a play. I feel more and more connected with myself and the life energy around me. Fun!

K. Kooiman - Physiotherapist

Mentastics brought me again in connection with my body and my natural way of moving. Old traumas which cause lifetime conditionings such as anxiety and negative coping strategies are now making place for openness, lightness and space. I have started just recently with Mentastics but my experiences of it are clearly very positive. My quality of life has improved.

R. Vonk - Social Workster

Mentastics with Satsavya has helped me in my golf practice. Standing back in my natural position, now weight-conscious, I perform much better. It is so simple that it is almost unbelievable. Less is more.

A. Rothing - Rebalancer

About ZipZen

Zip reflects movement and Zen stillness. While antagonistic in meaning by themselves, the two words put together allude to the complexity of health and embody Satsavya Mertens' approach to healing.
As described by Dr. Milton Trager, founder of the Trager® Approach, man is governed by two interactive poles: Body and Mind. Joining these two parts in a healing process, like a zipper (hence the word Zip) performed in a non-invasive, non-doing way (hence the word Zen) represents the vision I focus on helping others. …MORE

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