Ep. 3: What is the Trager Approach And How You Can Use It to Help Your Massage Therapy Clients With Ruth Bucher
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What is the Trager Approach? Can gentle massage therapy modalities really help your clients? In this episode, Julie is joined by Ruth Bucher to discuss how massage therapists can use the Trager Approach in their sessions to extend their careers and help their clients too.
Ruth Bucher has been a Certified TRAGER Practitioner since 2000, a TRAGER Introductory Workshop Leader since 2014, and TRAGER Tutor since 2020. She is currently training to become a TRAGER Instructor.
In this episode, Julie and Ruth discuss:
- What is the Trager Approach
- What a Trager session looks like
- Why gentle modalities like Trager are helpful for your clients
- How Ruth incorporated Trager into her massage therapy practice
Best piece of advice from Ruth Bucher:
Take as many classes as you can afford to take, especially the longer ones. Then choose a modality that you want to focus on.
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More About Ruth Bucher, and her Celestine Practice:
Ruth has been a License Massage Therapist since 1995 and Massage Therapy Instructor and Continuing Education Provider since 2009.
At the AMTA TX Chapter Conventions, Ruth led a two-day TRAGER Introductory Workshop in 2018, and taught a 3-day Myofascial Therapy class in 2022.
She is currently holding workshops and Massage Therapy Continuing Education classes out of her home office in Fort Worth. She is also available for TRAGER and massage therapy session at the same location.
To learn more about Ruth Bucher and her classes, head over to https://www.celestinetherapy.com/.
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