Bodywork: What Type of Massage to Get, and how to Make the Most of itNot a how-to book, Bodywork is a guide for the 20 million Americans who receive massage therapy each year. Claire takes readers through a typical session of more than fifteen different massage therapies from around the world--including Swedish massage, Reflexology, Aromatherapy, the Rolfing Method, and Shiatsu/Acupuncture--and highlights other therapies, giving the history and theory behind each. |
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Page 136
In order to enter into a deep level of touch communication involving his own
unconscious as well as that of the client, the practitioner enters a state Trager
describes as "hook-up." In this state, which resembles a meditative state, the
practitioner ...
In order to enter into a deep level of touch communication involving his own
unconscious as well as that of the client, the practitioner enters a state Trager
describes as "hook-up." In this state, which resembles a meditative state, the
practitioner ...
Page 301
About this time, I notice that I take a very deep involuntary breath, much deeper
than my initial forced inhalations. Thomas's hands are working on my middle
back. I now concentrate on his hands and my breathing. Thomas positions his
hands ...
About this time, I notice that I take a very deep involuntary breath, much deeper
than my initial forced inhalations. Thomas's hands are working on my middle
back. I now concentrate on his hands and my breathing. Thomas positions his
hands ...
Page 320
The music begins and Nancy starts her deep, fast breathing. Like me, she is a
quiet breather. She does not make many overt physical movements with her body
, but I sense a deep intensity of emotion below her still, calm face. It's as though I
...
The music begins and Nancy starts her deep, fast breathing. Like me, she is a
quiet breather. She does not make many overt physical movements with her body
, but I sense a deep intensity of emotion below her still, calm face. It's as though I
...
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Contents
How to Use This Book | 3 |
Introduction | 9 |
Traditional Western Massage | 19 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Bodywork: What Type of Massage to Get, and how to Make the Most of it |
| Author | Thomas Claire |
| Publisher | W. Morrow, 1995 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 15 Mar 2011 |
| ISBN | 0688125816, 9780688125813 |
| Length | 440 pages |
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