Message from Luther...
Working with individuals in private sessions has been one of my primary ways of serving others for the past twenty years. I offer specialized hands-on training that provides the body with supramaximal eccentric loading through all ranges of motion while targeting the pathways of greatest resistance. Through this practice, my body serves as an exercise machine to provide the force necessary to exceed the tensile strength of accumulated dense fascia and scar tissue within your body. I work to provide your body with a level of feel, sophistication, and customized movement that goes beyond traditional exercise equipment and personal training.
The immense force exerted through eccentric contractions presents a unique challenge to providing this service at scale. I offer a limited number of sessions to ensure that I have enough stamina to provide a high quality training experience. I also train others how to develop my body in order to boost my health and remove the occupational stresses from this physically demanding activity.
I am to develop and disseminate knowledge, techniques, tools, structures, and machines that allow people around the world to have the mechanical advantage necessary to eccentrically train at the highest levels of accuracy, efficiency, and frequency.
While my capacity for private sessions is limited, I am more freely available through online and group trainings. Please reach out to me with any questions. I am happy to support you in your health journey to the best of my ability.
Consultation Session
This is a session designed to discuss your goals and determine where your body is at in terms of its strengths and weaknesses. This will allow us to determine the length and frequency of future sessions and create a plan to achieve your goals.
Hourly Rates
Studio – Santa Barbara – $350
Outcall – Santa Barbara, Los Angeles – $500
Assisted Sessions
This is your time for hands-on flexibility and strength training tailored to your body, needs, and goals. We assess you in numerous positions and use concentric, eccentric, and isometric contractions to problem-solve your issues. Together, we create immediate and cumulative improvements to your physical/physiological, psychological, emotional, and spiritual health. Through this process, we develop an analysis of your biomechanics and review exercises you can practice in between sessions to continuously upgrade your health.
Sessions may include one to three assistants in order to target all vectors of movement with optimal leverage and to add a variety of different skill sets to your treatment program.
One-on-one assisted work provides results several orders of magnitude greater than what you can achieve through solo work. Two-on-one, three-on-one, and four-on-one assisted work provides even greater benefits in less time. The more people available to assist, the more you can resist and generate tension, the greater the level of precision and sophistication of movement, and the more stable you will be in all planes of motion (adduction/abduction, flexion/extension, and internal/external rotation).
Session duration and frequency depends on your goals and recovery. The duration is anywhere from one to two hours. Some individuals get one to three sessions per week. Professional artists/performers, Olympic/professional athletes, and business executives may receive multiple sessions daily, especially during performances, competitions, and periods of high stress. Some individuals schedule an intensive every few months to receive multiple hours of training a day for a week or more.
Semi-private sessions are also available. Bring a friend or two and learn how to assist each other. This is a great way to experience the benefits of a private session at a shared cost with more hands on deck for greater results.
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Rates
Studio Session Rate – Santa Barbara
Starts at $400 and is determined by number of assistants and duration.
Outcall Session Rate – Santa Barbara, Los Angeles
Starts at $600 and is determined by location, number of assistants, and duration.
Day Rate – Worldwide
Starts at $1,500 and is determined by location, number of assistants, number of sessions per day, and session duration. Plus business or first class transportation (air and ground), accommodations, and food.
Please contact us for more information and scheduling.
Mashing Sessions
Mashing is a therapeutic practice of manipulating the body's soft tissues using the feet. Nearly every area of the body can be mashed to increase circulation, improve posture, and relieve chronic tenseness, knots, and adhesions within the muscles.
Hourly Rates
Studio – Santa Barbara – $250
Outcall – Santa Barbara, Los Angeles – $350
Please contact us for more information and scheduling.
Solo Sessions
This is a time for you to experience a guided self practice to address your concerns. We will assess your positioning, flexibility, and strength to create a routine designed just for you.
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Hourly Rates
Studio – Santa Barbara – $250
Outcall – Santa Barbara, Los Angeles – $350
Please contact us for more information and scheduling.
Intensives / Personal Retreats
Immerse yourself with a comprehensive and concentrated training experience of solo, assisted, and mashing sessions along with nutritional advice over the course of several days. The number of days for your retreat, number and duration of sessions each day, and other details are all customizable to suit your desires and achieve your goals. Available in Santa Barbara and by limited availability at your location.