Touch is commonly used to relax muscles, stimulate circulation, reduce stress, or rebalance energy flow. The Grinberg Method® uses touch as a language — a way to teach through the body. The practitioner communicates with the client’s body using many different types of touch. The purpose is to teach the person to bring attention to a specific area of the body and to the sensations experienced there. In the Grinberg Method®, touch is used as a language to direct attention where it’s needed in order to learn a specific lesson. Even though it may resemble a massage, a Grinberg Method® practitioner does not perform massages.
Types of Touch and Other Tools for Teaching with Body Attention
Over the course of the three-year training, students learn four basic types of touch and around 100 techniques.
Each technique combines different types of touch, directions, intensities, and speeds — mixed intentionally to convey a specific lesson.
Verbal instructions and descriptive language are also used to guide the client’s attention to a particular area, allowing them to fully experience what is happening in that zone and to do what the body would naturally do without interruptions or interference from the mind or the past.
Going Through the Experience
The goal is for the client to become able to choose whether to react to what’s happening — or to go through the experience, no matter what sensation it brings.
As a result, the practitioner — by using touch as a language — teaches the client (and does not treat, heal, fix, or massage them) how to reach the ability to go through the experience and fully live it.
During sessions, the person trains to pay attention, to experience without separating mind and body, without interpreting. This process leads to greater energy and awareness, which can then be applied to daily life to improve its overall quality.
You can learn more about touch as a language on the professional training page of BeYourBody Academy.