Jeffrey Maitland

Si alguna vez has sufrido una lesión en la espalda habrás sentido cómo se escapa la placidez con la que llevabas tu vida. Mas no estás solo: son millones de personas las que se encuentran en este mismo aprieto, aunque muchos cometen el error de creer que, cuando les desaparece el dolor, el problema tambien ha finalizado. Por eso la recuperacion y el tratamiento correctos son vitales para recuperar la normalidad.Jeffrey Maitland que cuenta con mas de veinticinco años de experiencia en Rolfing y en tecnicas de tejidos blancos para aliviar el dolor de espalda- nos aporta ahora un nuevo libro, mas fisiologico que los anteriormente publicados por el. Aqui continua estudiando las tecnicas de liberacion miofascial propugnadas por el Rolfing, pero dirige la atencion del lector al problema de las fijaciones articulares que se encuentran detras de muchos sindromes de dolor, atendiendo sobre todo al modo de aliviar el dolor de espalda y de llevar el cuerpo a un alineamiento mas comodo, pues el malestar de espalda es la dolencia mas tratada por los quiropracticos, los practicantes del Rolfing, los masajistas y los fisioterapeutas.Maitland conoce el modo de liberar de manera suave las fijaciones articulares de columna, sacro, pelvis y caja toracica aplicando tecnicas sutiles sobre los tejidos blandos, en vez de las tecnicas de thrust de alta velocidad y baja amplitud que provocan crujidos en las articulaciones.Esta labor de Rolfing individualizada, mas suave, no invasiva, se describe en el libro, donde se explica su base biomecanica con el apoyo de dibujos y fotografias que ilustran las tecnicas y la anatomia.JEFFREY MAITLAND, doctor en Filosofia, cuenta con mas de veinticinco años de experiencia y es miembro diplomado de la American Academy of Pain. Es asesor filosofico y uno de los mas cualificados instructores de Advanced Rolfing en el mundo. Es profesor y jefe de estudios en el Internacional Rolf Institute. Entre otras publicaciones cabe destacar su obra Spacious Body: Explorations in Somatic Ontology."Nuestro objetivo, como terapeutas somaticos, no es conseguir que los clientes se ciñan a algun patron externo que nosotros les impongamos por medio de ideales somaticos y de protocolos preestablecidos, sino intentar descubrir las limitaciones que a los pacientes les impiden llegar a ser quienes son; y, despues, liberar sus fijaciones en el orden debido."(Del texto del libro)

Written by an expert on alternative bodywork, this book presents techniques for manipulating the soft tissues of the back in a safe, simple manner. The method avoids the high velocity, low amplitude thrusting techniques employed by chiropractors. Instead, it utilizes the intuitive sense of somatic bodyworkers combined with the proven theory and technique of Rolfing to provide safe and effective treatment. Maitland shows how to elegantly release joint fixations in the spine, sacrum, pelvis, and ribcage by using subtle soft tissue techniques, rather than the thrusting techniques that "pop" the joints. This gentler kind of individualized Rolfing work is thoroughly described within an explanation of biomechanics, aided by drawings and photographs which depict techniques and anatomy.

In Mind Body Zen, long-time Zen student, world-renowned Rolfer, and former philosophy professor Jeffrey Maitland combines his expertise across the mind-body-zen spectrum to help bridge the East-West gap in spiritual practice.Tackling the prevailing misconception that Zen is a philosophy, Maitland provides an in-depth explanation of why Zen is an eminently practical, grounded discipline. He emphasizes the power of simple, direct experience that lies at the heart of Zen. Maitlands training in philosophy as well as bodywork distinguishes Mind Body Zen from many other books on the market. Drawing on his Rolfing expertise and years of applied meditation practice, he also offers techniques for healers across many systems and disciplines to more effectively work with their clients. Threaded throughout these discussions are the insights of Joshu Sasaki Roshi, founder of Mt. Baldy Zen Center, best known by some as Leonard Cohens teacher, still actively teaching at age 102 but whose work has rarely been published. Mind Body Zen will appeal to the growing number of Western Buddhists and spiritual seekers interested in Zen or meditation. Somatic therapists, psychotherapists, and healers of every persuasion will also find the connection between Zen and healing to be of great interest.

Embodied Being is unique among books on manual therapy, offering an "infrastructure for intuition," a philosophical approach to what is essentially a practical process of diagnosis and treatment with ones hands. Grounded in the authors decades of practice as a Rolfer and Zen meditator, the book offers a first-of-its-kind three-step method for training practitioners how to see holistically, given the enormously important role perception plays in assessing clients. By exposing many of the unconscious philosophical assumptions that occlude our understanding the depths of manual therapy, Embodied Being promises to illuminate the full scope of body-mind healing, from the point of view of both the practitioner and the person receiving the work.Embodied Being states the principles of intervention and shows practitioners how to use them to answer three fundamental questions common to all forms of therapy: What do I do first?What do I do next? andWhen am I finished? Perplexed that most practitioners are unable to answer these questions and simply rely on their intuition, Maitland sets out to define what makes a truly life-altering bodywork session, drawing on his understanding of Goethe, Merleau-Ponty, and other great thinkers. Maitland proposes that the holistic approach in bodywork is capable of creating new possibilities for the future by erasing the patterns that bind us to a dysfunctional past. Such sessions can so profoundly reshape the body that there is no longer any room for emotional torment--thus manual therapy can free bodies of physical pain, releasing the innate joy within the core of all human beings. Ultimately, giving and receiving manual therapy teaches both practitioners and clients how to move with grace, open their hearts, and touch the numinous.