Trager Method
The Trager method is a psychologically grounded physical approach to muscle relaxation which is induced when a practitioner and patient achieve a state of mind called hook-up.
Hook-up is described as a connection to a state of grace or a powerful and nourishing life force. It is the opposite of strain or effort. Trager psychophysical integration therapy, also known as the Tragerwork system of physical integration, is a combination of hands-on tissue mobilization, relaxation, and movement re-education called Mentastics.
The underlying principle of psychophysical integration is that clients learn to be lighter, easier, and freer by experiencing lightness, ease, and freedom of movement in their bodies. Based on the theory that patterns of stiffness and aging exist more in the unconscious mind that in the tissues, this method reeducates the body/mind to release old holding patterns that limit us physically and mentally. Rhythmic movement and soothing rocking is used.