Above, notes before the LNE congress in Paris, 2023.
Projects: Travel and training & currently travel and educateTouch not only in therapy but in interpersonal relationships
But what is also very important? Getting to know unity in diversity of our practice and professional environments. As a massage therapist and also visually impaired person, my presentations and training are also adapted for visually impaired MT.
My name is Piotr Szczotka (aka Peter Brush). I am certificated massage technician, diploma in Medical Professional School, department of Therapeutic Massage for people with visual impairments. Hourly program (2500 lessons with clinical practice) in Poland in 1989. And in the USA Massage School HEC, MI in 1993. Additional courses for example in Denmark, Copenhagen, Italy, etc. Also as active participation as a lecturer in Greece, during the WMF World Massage Federation and lecturer, presentation of my own concept IMBW, and massage at the LNE Congress in Paris KTE Emotional Face Concept. Additional education: a bachelor's degree faculty of health promotion in WSTH and postgraduate university studies, faculty of Psychosomatics and Somatopsychology in SWPS University.
If you need more information about me:
Writer, massage trainer, publicist and, author of hundreds articles, blogs, and five books, promoting: health, massage, psychosomatics aspects in body work, since 1997. The topics of my books range, from working with people after injuries, with scars, after burns, work after plastic surgery, early revitalization after childbirth, health and aesthetic aspects, dynamic modeling, work with the face. On the other hand, psychosomatic aspects, renewal, relaxation for people in chronic stress, work with very sensitive people or with an aversion to touch.
I am first and foremost a massage therapist, this is my professional identity, But my further, additional education is in health promotion and psychosomatics studies in practice. That is why I am interested in meetings with people from our profession, and related ones. Direct exchange of experiences, but also learning about unity in diversity in education and the status of our profession in different countries.
I mean both personal meetings and meetings in massage schools. Where I sometimes have the honor of giving lectures, demonstrations of treatments and sessions.
My training and lectures are based on many years of experience, practice, my own concepts and my published books. And present as a result of observing the real needs and expectations of customers.
Traveling and training Project since 1997, but in 2026 new challenges and program, workshops and courses: Somatic Responsive:
A) Module I Emotional Face Concept: main challenges: tension release, balance, natural lifting and healthy face.
B) Integrating Body Work Massage, Module II challenges: psychosomatic aspects, tension release after deep stress episodes, revitalisation and professional relaxation.
C) DMM Dynamic Manual Modeling, contains: Dynamic Anti-Cellulite Massage and modeling problem areas. Revitalization after childbirth, working with scars after injuries, and treatment after some plastic surgery. Aaccording to the original book program. Challenges: body modeling, lifting, massage in problematic areas, cellulite, etc, challenges in health-aesthetic. Procedures in massage after plastic surgery, reconstructive, and aesthetic medicine, etc. Working with soft tissue: scars, fibrosis, loss of elasticity, Also massage for early revitalization after childbirth: soft, deep, layered, painless concept.
And more. Human worker project based on IMBW Integration Body Work Massage conception in psychosomatic revitalization, working with people in deep stress, chronic tension, post-stress release and also with aversion to touch after traumatic experiences. The role of touch in therapy and interpersonal communication. As a massage therapist and person with visually impaired, I have also experiences with visually impaired massage therapists. Invitation to cooperation, courses available also in your country. (...)
Activities in previous years: Publication the article in French edition LNE and presentation at the congress LNE Congress in Paris, April 15-17 2023. EFC Emotional Face Concept. Below is an excerpt from article in French edition LNE. And a short film with my own music in the background. Earlier in 2020, in Greece, during meeting at WMF World Massage Federation, presentation of my concept Integrative Body Work Massage in psychosomatic renewal. Also: Professional massage applying to aesthetic medicine and after plastic surgery, at: Postgraduate School for physicians of Aesthetic Medicine at the Polish Medical Society in Warsaw, Poland. Guest presentations since 2004, lectures: application of professional massage in aesthetic medicine and health-aesthetic challenge.
Training: Participation in courses for professionals in one of the three main topics above: a, b, c.
And one-day thematic workshops. I rather work in smaller groups, in intimate conditions.
The terms of presentations, lectures or workshops at conferences are negotiable.
Below are three covers from my books, available for download, in their entirety, free of charge in PDF format in Polish edition: 1. "Integrating Bodywork Massage in biological and psychosomatic renewal." 2. "Facial massage in aesthetic medicine, plastic surgery and cosmetology". 3. "Dynamic anti-cellulite massage, massage in therapy and body shaping." 3. My books are no longer available in traditional paper form, sold out, also reprints. But you can get them in another version, pdf document. They are published in Polish, but you can translate them online, use a translator. So write to me and I will send them to you. If you'd like to receive the entire book, free of charge, in PDF format, please email: piotr.jacek.szczotka@gmail.com
My archival blog in english, topics: stress, massage, the role of touch, and massages in health-aesthetics challenges. https://bodyworkpiotrszczotka.wordpress.com/
