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Bob McAtee
Trina McAtee
Teaching Philosophy
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Bob McAtee
has taught numerous massage-related seminars over the last ten years,
throughout the U. S., England and New Zealand. His seminars consistently
draw rave reviews for their depth of information, hands-on learning, and
for Bob's teaching style.
Bob owns Pro-Active Massage Therapy in Colorado Springs, CO. A massage
therapist since 1981, he was certified in sports massage in 1986 through
the Sports Massage Training Institute, is a member of the AMTA and is Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage
and Bodywork. He was chosen to be one of only 130 massage therapists assigned
to the Medical Services Team for the 1996 Summer Olympics.
He the author of Facilitated Stretching a "how-to" book on PNF
stretching, published in 1993 by Human Kinetics Publishers. The book contains
copious photos and line drawings to simplify learning, and the text is
written to make it easy to understand. He has also published numerous
articles in a variety of magazines.
Bob is a former sports massage instructor at the Colorado Springs Academy
of Therapeutic Massage in Colorado Springs and the Massage Training Institute
in Encinitas, CA.
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Trina McAtee uses
her background in movement and massage to create a kinesthetic learning
experience for every participant in her classes. She has an uncanny ability
to provide just the right image for students to embody the techniques
and principles she is sharing.
Trina's dance background includes
study with Hanya Holm at Colorado College and graduating from CU Boulder's
Dance Dept.at age forty.
She received her massage training
in San Diego in 1983 at the Institute for Psycho-Structural Balancing,
helped initiate and was the Supervising Therapist for a muscle therapy
department in a chiropractic trauma clinic in Del Mar, California(1984-87),
and worked at "The Spa at The Peaks" in Telluride, Colorado
as a massage therapist and movement instructor (1993-95). Trina completed
her Reiki Mastership in 1989. She has intensively studied and used the
Alexander technique, tai chi, and yoga throughout her career.
Trina has been a professional mime, dancer, singer, and actress since
1972. She has traveled globally, performing and teaching in Russia, England,
Switzerland and Australia.
"My goals as a teacher of pantomime, drama, massage, Reiki and therapeutic
movement are to facilitate and enlighten people to their own creative
spirit for personal transformation, so we can come to a deep awareness
of ourselves, biomechanically and energetically - becoming vessels for
the honoring of everything and everyone we touch."
Bob and Trina began teaching workshops together in 1988.
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Teaching Philosophy
No matter what the topic, in all of the classes we teach, our emphasis
is on providing an atmosphere conducive to learning and creativity. We
don't want the students to learn only by rote, to become cookbook technicians.
We strive for them to understand the principles, the why and how of the
material, so that they can feel confident in using their newly-acquired
skills in creative and adaptive ways once the seminar is over.
We design our classes to present the material to each of the channels
of learning: visual, auditory and kinesthetic. We make use of visual aids,
a minimum of lecture, and plenty of supervised, hands-on practice. We
place a strong emphasis on good biomechanics during all hands-on work,
based on the concept that if the therapist is moving with personal integrity,
biomechanical effort is decreased and a deep sense of connection is available
to and from the client.
We offer technique correction in a positive, affirming way, and encourage
the students to critique each other in the same way.
We maintain an atmosphere of "controlled chaos" which allows
the students to relax and enjoy the learning experience, thereby allowing
them to absorb more material than they realize. Learning occurs easily
in this way.
In all of our classes, we remind the participants that the material presented
is only the jumping-off point, a new beginning for their own journey of
development as massage therapists and bodyworkers. The techniques are
a foundation on which to build other skills: listening, palpating, treating.
We encourage them to be creative with the work and to be thorough and
specific in their treatment. Their ability to achieve results rests solely
on their dedication to learning and using techniques accurately, intuitively,
and creatively.
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