Bodywork: What Type of Massage to Get, and how to Make the Most of itW. Morrow, 1995 - 440 pages Not 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 254
... energy system in dynamic interface with the environment . Energy enters this system , circulates throughout , then exits . This principle is founded on the ancient Hindu concept of prana ( the vital energy that is the Indian equiva ...
... energy system in dynamic interface with the environment . Energy enters this system , circulates throughout , then exits . This principle is founded on the ancient Hindu concept of prana ( the vital energy that is the Indian equiva ...
Page 258
... energy has con- gested . The purpose of unruffling is to release this blocked energy with a gentle downward motion of the hands , from the top of the client's head to his feet . It is as though the healer were ironing out a wrinkled ...
... energy has con- gested . The purpose of unruffling is to release this blocked energy with a gentle downward motion of the hands , from the top of the client's head to his feet . It is as though the healer were ironing out a wrinkled ...
Page 330
... energy permeates the universe in unseen , subtle energetic currents that comprise the electromagnetic fields that surround us . These currents envelop us in a three- dimensional interplay like the currents of the ocean , intersecting ...
... energy permeates the universe in unseen , subtle energetic currents that comprise the electromagnetic fields that surround us . These currents envelop us in a three- dimensional interplay like the currents of the ocean , intersecting ...
Contents
How to Use This Book | 3 |
Introduction | 9 |
Swedish Massage at a Glance | 19 |
Copyright | |
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acupressure Alexander teachers Alexander Technique approach to healing aromatherapy asks associated Awareness Through Movement BACKGROUND AND TRAINING balance become aware body bodywork practices bones breathing Center certified chest chronic client conscious CONTRAINDICATIONS CranioSacral Therapy deep developed emotional energy field essential oils exercises experience fascia feel feet Feldenkrais Method fingers flow of energy function hands head Heather holding Holotropic Breathwork imbalance individual Institute Integration lessons low back manipulation massage table massage therapists ment Mentastics meridian minutes Moshe Feldenkrais move muscles Myofascial Release neck P.O. Box patterns performed physical Polarity Therapy pressure professional reflexology Reiki Reiki practitioners relaxation Roger Rolfing Rosen Method Rubenfeld Synergy session shiatsu shoulder spine stress strokes student Swedish massage Synergist tension Therapeutic Touch Thomas tight tion tissue traditional traditional Chinese medicine Trager Approach TRAINING OF PRACTITIONERS treatment trigger point TYPICAL unconscious Upledger Vicki York