Massage Books
Kinesiology | Movement Work | CranioSacral | Somatics & Psychology |
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Robert Frost, Applied Kinesiology: A Training Manual and Reference Book of Basic Principles and Practices This book is an in-depth introductory manual for students and practitioners of Applied Kinesiology (AK), developed originally by George Goodheart. Official training in AK is limited to those with a degree studying in the institute, now this manual makes AK accessible to all therapists. This manual provides complete with professional photos and graphic diagrams, explains: a short history of AK, detailed theoretical principles, precise "how to" of the fundamental procedures, advanced techniques, 33 muscle tests with specific correction techniques, step by step plan in a therapeutic session, and case histories. Frost has developed a comprehensive guide, mapping out the basic principles and applications whereby the muscles of the body act as indicators of deeper stresses and discomforts that often have their root in muscle weakness. |
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KINESIOLOGY (ENHANCED EDITION) The
Skeletal System and Muscle Function By Joseph Muscolino, DC This complete, full-color atlas of bones and joints contains over 900 illustrations and explains how muscles function as movers, antagonists, and stabilizers so readers will truly understand how muscles function in the human body. It includes the bones, landmarks, and joints, as well as an introduction to the basics of how muscles function. Kinesiology (Enhanced Edition): The Skeletal System and Muscle Function also provides readers with clinical applications of key kinesiology concepts and important anatomical and physiological terminology that is needed for work in the musculoskeletal field. Plus, this enhanced edition includes a DVD with over 60 minutes of video demonstrating all the major joint motions of the human body with an explanation of names, motions, as well as planes and axes in which motion occurs.
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The Wisdom of the Body Moving, An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering by Linda HartleyThis comprehensive guide introduces Body-Mind Centering, the internationally recognized field pioneered by dancer and occupational therapist Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. Devoting thirty-five years to a systematic investigation of the relations between bodily experience and the anatomical maps of science, Bainbridge Cohen independently discovered many of the principles that underlie Feldenkrais work, cranial osteopathy, Rolfing, dance therapy, and Zero Balancing. Experienced BMC practitioner Linda Hartley demonstrates the basic philosophy and key elements of Body-Mind Centering. Drawing on animal and infant movements, she takes readers through the wondrous realms of Bainbridge Cohen’s pantheon—from the 'minds' of the skeletal and muscular systems to the quite different inner lives of digestive, lymphatic, urinary, respiratory, vocal, circulatory, endocrine, and reproductive organs. Her choreography ultimately brings us into the states of consciousness of skins, cells, blood, fat, cerebrospinal fluid, nervous system, and brain. Hartley’s explorations of the images, feelings, sensations, and intuitions of the diverse organs and cells lead to exercises that gently guide students in ways of discovering and integrating their bodies’ multidimensional aspects.
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Ideokinesis, A Creative Approach to Human Movement and Body Alignment. By Andre Bernard, Wolfgang Steinmuller and Ursula StrickerMabel Elsworth Todd pioneered ideokinesis in the 1920s. Her book, The Thinking Body, described new ways to use all the senses as well as inner feeling and imagination to retrain the body to move with ease and balance. The system became an invaluable tool for generations of dancers, actors, and performance artists, thanks largely to one of its most important teachers, André Bernard (1924-2003). This book presents an introduction to the practice as well as a lengthy interview with Bernard and two meticulously detailed workshop protocols illustrated with 52 photographs and line drawings. |
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How Life Moves Explorations in Meaning and Body Awareness by Caryn McHose and Kevin Frank, Foreword by Hubert Godard This comprehensive movement program uses the story of biological evolution as a tool to increase strength, flexibility, and body awareness. Readers learn to "unlearn" inherited bodily habits by embodying the many forms that life has expressed on Earth--from the single cell to the human being--and shifting their perception. Through this evolutionary movement, the body's native intelligence is revived and new movements can be learned, enabling the body to overcome chronic musculoskeletal complaints such as lower back, shoulder, and neck pain, and to meet whatever challenges it is faced with. |
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The New Rules of
Posture, How to Sit, Stand, and Move in the Modern World By
Mary Bond A manual for understanding the anatomical and emotional components of posture in order to heal chronic pain Many people cause their own back and body pain through their everyday bad postural and movement habits. Many sense that their poor posture is probably the root of the problem, but they are unable to change long-standing habits. In The New Rules of Posture, Mary Bond approaches postural changes from the inside out. She explains that healthy posture comes from a new sense we can learn to feel, not by training our muscles into an ideal shape. Drawing from 35 years of helping people improve their bodies, she shows how habitual movement patterns and emotional factors lead to unhealthy posture. She contends that posture is the physical action we take to orient ourselves in relation to situations, emotions, and people; in order to improve our posture, we need to examine both our physical postural traits and the self-expression that underlies the way we sit, stand, and move. The way we walk, she says, is our body’s signature.
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Undulation - The book Feel
better fast with Anita Boser's exercises. If you want to age gracefully, staying active and ache-free for decades, you need to keep your body fluid---and undulation is the answer. That's why Anita Boser, a Certified Hellerwork Practitioner and graduate of the Institute of Structural Medicine, has developed a series of exercises that are unique: they build both strength and flexibility. They guarantee a healthier spine for anyone, whatever your work, whatever your body type, regardless of disabilities.
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$35 Outside retail price $43 |
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Jeffrey Maitland, Spacious Body:
Explorations in Somatic Ontology http://www.jeffreymaitland.com/ This book is a phenomenological exploration in somatic ontology, which asked what s the bodily being of human being. Somatic ontology inquires who and what we are. These mysteries are revealed in the bodily transformation. This book is an exploration of the nature of transformation, creativity, freedom, and how we exist as human body-selves. In Spacious Body, Jeffrey Maitland brings his knowledge and personal experience of Buddhism, phenomenology, alchemy, psychoanalysis, and the bodywork system of Rolfing to bear in forging concepts adequate to an understanding of embodied experience. To write of the nature of being, is difficult. Maitland's patient language leads us deeper into our own experience and towards our own orientation in the world - which is the only place worth going. |
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Peter Levine, Ann Frederick
Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma
Nature's Lessons in Healing Trauma... Best Seller.. Over 300,000 copies sold.. Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. It asks and answers an intriguing question.-- why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By understanding the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms, the mystery of human trauma is revealed. Waking the Tiger normalizes the symptoms of trauma and the steps needed to heal them. People are often traumatized by seemingly ordinary experiences. The reader is taken on a guided tour of the subtle, yet powerful impulses that govern our responses to overwhelming life events. To do this, it employs a series of exercises that help us focus on bodily sensations. Through heightened awareness of these sensations trauma can be healed. Peter Levine, Ph.D. is the originator and developer of Somatic Experiencing® and the Director of the Foundation for Human Enrichment. He holds doctorate degrees in both Medical Biophysics and Psychology. During his thirty year study of stress and trauma, Dr. Levine has contributed to a variety of scientific, medical, and popular publications. His book, Waking the Tiger; Healing Trauma is in its fifth printing and receiving wide international attention. Peter was a consultant for NASA during the development of the Space Shuttle, and has taught at hospitals and pain clinics in both Europe and the U.S., as well as at the Hopi Guidance Center in Arizona. He lives near Lyons, Colorado, on the banks of the St. Vrain River. Reviews/Endorsements:
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Bone, Breath, and Gesture: Practices of EmbodimentEdited by Don JohnsonThis book is a collection of writings on principles and techniques by the pioneers of bodywork and body awareness disciplines. Together, they represent a historical record of the field of somatics. Ranging from hands-on workers like Ida Rolf to phenomenologist Elizabeth Behnke, their lives span this century. In these lectures, writings, and interviews, editor Don Hanlon Johnson has sought to revel the unbroken lineage, theoretical differences, and major similarities of these originators. |
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Groundworks: Narratives of Embodiment
by Don Hanlon Johnson Groundworks gives accounts of the actual processes of working with individuals in six major schools of Somatics by either the creator of the method itself or a leading teacher of the method. The creators are Robert Hall of Lomi School, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen of Body-Mind Centering, and Emilie Conrad Da'oud of Continuum. Leading teachers of methods include Michael Salveson on Rolfing, Elizabeth Beringer on Feldenkrais work, and Darcy Elman on F. M. Alexander Technique. Each therapist describes how he or she approaches and diagnoses a patient's problem, how he or she determines what and where to work, and the progress of a session. Each therapist shows the complexity of working with somatic processes and the resulting reward for client and therapist both. |
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Taking Control of TMJ by Robert O.
Uppgaard, DDS
Your Total Wellness Program for Recovering from Tempromandibular Joint Pain, Whiplash, Fibromyalgia, and Related Disorders. If you are among the millions of people affected by TMJ disorder, then you may know what it's like to have your problem be undiagnosed or go untreated. Perhaps you've undergone unnecessary and costly treatment to no avail. This book will help you understand this painful condition, prevent its recurrence, and possibly avoid surgery. This comprehensive guide also explores the connection TMJ disorder has to fibromyalgia and whiplash. This is an indispensable guide for TMJ (temporomandibular joint pain) sufferers and their caregivers. With a comprehensive study of symptoms - from locked jaws, severe headaches, and joint pain to nausea, dizziness, and even loss of hearing - this book is a must for people who want to take an active role in their healing. This book discusses TMJ and how to understand the pain, relieve its symptoms, prevent its recurrence, and avoid unnecessary surgery. It explores the connection between TMJ, fibromyalgia, and whiplash. |
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An Introduction to Cranosacral Therapy This is a complete introductory guide to anatomy and the practice of craniosacral therapy. This book discusses the craniosacral environment, structure, and function, and how stress and memory are stored in the spinal membranes. It describes development of the specific skills that train the care giver to access and attune to the craniosacral system for healing. Grounded in ancient hands-on methods of diagnosis and treatment while encompassing the innovations of early experimental osteopaths, craniosacral based treatment is now one of the most successful and fastest-growing approaches to mind/body healing. |
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Hugh Milne The Heart of Listening, A Visionary Approach to Craniosacral work Vol.1 : Origins, Destinations, Unfoldment The Heart of Listening is a must for Craniosacral students and therapists. Designed for the layperson, Volume 1 emphasises the importance of bodywork as an art, a dialogue, and a collaboration between client and practitioner. Osteopathic physician Milne gives a history of human evolution, vignettes in a history of shamanistic and bodywork healers, honing down to material for the therapist on sensitive touch, the healer’s contract, and the craniosacral paradigm. Hugh Milne then discusses how to initially approach a client and stresses that learning about the client is an essential part of the care-giving process. Famous writings and case examples complete his discussion of this unique style of bodywork. |
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Hugh Milne The Heart of Listening, Vol.2 : Anatomy, Technique, Transcendence Hugh Milne is a rare combination of being highly skilled healing practitioner and biomedical theoretician along with manifesting a profound spiritual vision. Volume 2, this book is a combination of of careful anatomical analysis and instructions on how to do skilful hands-on manipulations, always in the context of knowing that we are engaged in a work of the sprit. This book explains the structures of the human craniosacral system as understood by osteopathy and energetic work. How a practitioner uses anatomy, pathology, physiology, and energetics to gain insight into symptoms. This volume gives readers a solid foundation in the anatomical and physiological aspects of craniosacral bodywork. Milne provides detailed information on how the body is manipulated, and intricate illustrations and vivid photographs offer clear visual guides to accompany the text's straightforward descriptions. Also included are techniques for helping people with brain tumors and bad backs as well as infants and headache sufferers. |
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Roger Gilchrist Craniosacral Therapy and the Energetic Body: An Overview of Craniosacral Biodynamics http://www.wellnessinstitute.net This useful book discusses craniosacral therapy’s history and present situation as well as its spiritual implications and practical contributions in the world of healthcare. Gilchrist demonstrates how the subtle patterns of this practice become a dynamic force in the body, and how this influences overall functioning. What most sets the book apart is Gilchrist’s discussion of the relationship of the craniosacral system and biodynamic functions to the human energy system. Though dealing with a complicated topic, the book provides a grounded, progressive approach that is both specific and insightful. |
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Michael Kern, Wisdom in the Body: The Craniosacral
Approach to Essential Health
Accumulations of life stresses — physical injuries, emotional and psychological stresses, birth traumas, and toxicity — can become imprinted in the tissues, acting like a videotape that is replayed whenever stimulated. Biodynamic craniosacral therapy aims to resolve the trapped forces that underlie and drive these trauma-based patterns of disease and suffering in body and mind. Wisdom in the Body teaches practitioners to develop finely tuned skills of hands-on palpation and perception to sense the body’s subtle rhythms and patterns of inertia or congestion, with the goal of ending trauma and facilitating the expression of the breath of life. A comprehensive introduction to this practice, the book draws on the insights of pioneers like Drs. W. G. Sutherland and Franklyn Sills to explain the key principles about the body’s natural intention to heal and how this capability can be encouraged. |
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Franklyn Sills Craniosacral Biodynamics. Vol. I : The Breath of Life, Biodynamics and Fundamental Skills Craniosacral therapy is based on the belief that functions of the human system are maintained and integrated by a biodynamic force known as “primary respiration,” or the breath of life. Found in the brain, spinal cord, and bodily fluids, this rhythmic pulse promotes healing and health. Volume 1 established a foundation in the basic theory and practitioner skills of CST. Written for students and practitioners but accessible to lay readers, this text presents the fundamental concepts and techniques of a method that redirects the cerebrospinal fluid to areas of imbalance, thus enhancing overall health. Craniosacral Biodynamics is an approach to work in the cranial field which has its roots in the later work or Dr. William Garner Sutherland, the founder of the the cranial approach. These two volumes are geared to be text books for students and practitioners which outline a particular biodynamic outlook within the cranial field. The work within these volumes is different from most foundation course books currently available. Dr. Sutherland emphasised that the human system is not just a mechanism, but is ordered by the deepest spiritual sources. He called the Creative Intelligence in action within the universe, the Breath of Life. |
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Franklyn Sills Craniosacral Biodynamics. Vol. II : The Primal Midline and the Organization of the Body In this book, Franklyn Sills extends the concepts and skills covered in his first volume to the specific structural membrane and tissue dynamics of the human form, demonstrating the connection between craniosacral therapy and osteopathic healing. Topics include pelvic and vertebral relationships and birth dynamics. Sills’s attention to the healing of trauma brings to bear powerful tools that can help people access deep healing resources. Craniosacral Biodynamics is an energy medicine which attempts to align us to the deepest wellspring of life. It takes a biodynamic approach in that the intentions are to clarify our relationship to the Breath of Life and its ordering processes, and to function clinically as a servant to the healing processes it unfolds. Our work is clearly seen to be one of supporting these intentions, we do not "do" the healing, we listen to and support its unfoldment. This work strongly de-emphasised the CRI level of action.This book focuses much more on the deeper tidal rhythms within the human system. These are called the mid-tide and Long Tide. It is within these slower and deeper rhythms that the resources of the system are found and within which our unresolved experience, be it traumatic or pathological, is centered. |
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Richard Gordon, Quantum Touch. The Power to Heal (3rd Edition) Quantum-Touch is the touch-based healing technique that uses the chi of both practitioner and client, bringing them into harmony to allow the body to heal itself. Quantum-Touch differs from other healing techniques because it does not require long years of study and presents none of the common hurdles of understanding or application; anyone can learn to use it to become a healer, both of others and of self. In this new edition of his best-selling guide, Richard Gordon leads the reader step by step, clearly explaining how to use breathing and body-focusing techniques to raise one's energy levels. Once that is achieved, the healer can correct posture and alignment, reduce pain and inflammation, help balance emotional distress, and even heal pets. Above all, Quantum-Touch can be used in tandem with all other healing modalities, including Western medicine, and its efficacy has been attested to by physicians, acupuncturists, chiropractors, and other healing professionals. |
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Supercharging Quantum-Touch, Advanced TechniquesAlain Herriott, with foreword by Richard Gordon
A companion volume to Richard Gordon's
bestseller on healing, Quantum-Touch
Quantum-Touch teaches ways to focus and amplify life-force energy (chi) through simple breathing and body awareness exercises. The result stimulates the subject’s biological intelligence to do whatever healing it deems necessary in everything from major immune disorders to chronic pain to emotional disturbances. In Supercharging Quantum-Touch, prominent teacher Alain Herriott takes students and followers of Quantum-Touch beyond the basics, sharing the techniques used by the best, most effective practitioners. |
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Soft cover, 424 Pages, 236 Illustrations, with CD-ROM full texts & videos |
Cranial Manipulation, 2nd Edition -
Theory and Practice with CD-ROM By Leon Chaitow, ND, DO This expertly authored book is a valuable clinical manual for therapists interested in cranial manipulation, a fast-growing area of manual therapy practice. The new edition presents the latest thinking on the use of this valuable approach, supported by the most up-to-date research evidence related to its use. Osteopathic biomechanical and biodynamic concepts are thoroughly examined, in addition to chiropractic and dental approaches involving cranial and cranio-facial manipulation. The book's unique approach explores both soft tissue and osseous applications, and provides guidance on which option to select in different clinical situations. Descriptions and explanations of techniques are supported by high-quality illustrations, a CD-ROM containing actual video demonstrations, and practical exercises integrated within the text. |
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John E. Upledger Jon D. Vredevoogd Craniosacral Therapy Craniosacral Therapy is the most practical, comprehensive textbook in this rapidly growing field of therapy involving the cranial bones, meningeal membranes, cerebrospinal fluids, and whole-body connective tissues. Craniosacral Therapy defines the physiology and anatomy of the craniosacral system, its function in health, and relationship to disease processes. It provides practical instruction in developing and extending palpatory skills which will greatly benefit all forms of manipulation, as well as basic physical diagnosis. Two hundred drawings and photographs illustrate the mechanisms underlying the craniosacral system, and vividly demonstrate how to perform craniosacral techniques in the clinic. |
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John E. Upledger
Craniosacral Therapy II: Beyond the Dura Craniosacral Therapy II: Beyond the Dura marks yet another step in understanding the craniosacral system and its significance in the clinic. Building on concepts set forth in his pioneering work Cranioscacral Therapy, Dr. Upledger further explores the anatomical and physiological bases and clinical implications of several important aspects of the craniosacral system. The first chapter looks at the cranial nerves and how they can be effectively influenced by craniosacral therapy. In the second chapter, the author, through words and pictures, dissects the fascial anatomy of the neck from the perspective of the craniosacral system. Chapter 3 scrutinizes the temporomandibular joint and TMJ syndrome. The final chapter focuses on those concepts and discoveries which have unfolded in Dr. Upledger's clinical practice since the publication of his first book. Rounding out this volume is an extensive glossary of technical terms and concepts related to the theory and practice of craniosacral therapy. |
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Alain Gehin
Atlas of Manipulative Techniques for the Cranium & Face With more than one hundred illustrated techniques, Atlas of Manipulative Techniques for the Cranium & Face is one of the most comprehensive sources of cranial techniques available. Organized by bone, each technique is illustrated through remarkable drawings which graphically depict the placement and movement of the practitioner's hands on the patient's head. Accompanying text systematically describes the purpose of the technique, the position of both patient and practitioner, the points of contact, and the movement of hands and fingers in relation to the cranial motion.
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Hard Cover
214 pages, 134 new colour illustrations & photographs
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Jean-Pierre Barral, Pierre Mercier Visceral Manipulation (2006 Revised Edition) Osteopathy and other systems of manual medicine have developed a variety of models for understanding the mechanics of proper and improper motion of the musculoskeletal system. In this important and pioneering work, that same structural vision is applied to the visceral system. The central premise of Visceral Manipulation is that the interrelationship of structure and function among the internal organs is at least as strong as that among the constituents of the musculoskeletal system; and that, like the musculoskeletal system, manipulation of the viscera can be beneficially used in the treatment of a wide variety of problems affecting any of the body’s systems. In this revised edition, over a hundred-and-thirty new illustrations and photographs, many of them in two colors, graphically depict the ideas in the text. Minor updates have also been made to the original text. See also Visceral Manipulation DVD |
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Visceral Manipulation II (Revised Edition)In this book, Jean-Pierre Barral further develops the concepts, techniques, and approaches first described in his pioneering work Visceral Manipulation. While that text focused on the fundamental anatomical and physiological background of this approach to treatment, along with the basic manipulative techniques, Visceral Manipulation II is centered around clinical signs, diagnostic methods, emotional connections, and more advanced techniques. The first chapter introduces the concept of lesional chains and reflexogenic zones that are crucial to the utilization of visceral approaches in the context of osteopathy. There is an in-depth discussion of such unique diagnostic methods as general and local listening, proper uses of the Adson-Wright and other orthopedic tests, the relationship between the emotions and the organs, techniques for restoring proper visceral viscoelasticity, and strategies for treatment, including some special problems associated with manipulation in children. Other chapters discuss such structures as the peritoneum, spleen, and pancreas that were not covered in Visceral Manipulation. There are also discussions of the gastroesophageal junction, stomach and duodenum, liver, gallbladder and bile ducts, jejunoileum and colon, and kidneys. Each of these chapters complements and expands upon those in the first book by providing fresh and more detailed perspectives on important aspects of using visceral manipulation in the clinic.
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Trauma: An Osteopathic Approach
by Jean-Pierre
Barral and Alain Croibier
This well-researched, richly illustrated book begins with an overview of the biomechanics of trauma. The authors demonstrate how an osteopathic-based mechanical approach to trauma can be applied to the entire body, with a special focus on the phenomenon of whiplash. From here they move on to a functional-anatomical approach, focusing on the skull and other aspects of the central nervous system, as well as the structures that surround and protect it. Finally, they view trauma from the perspective of how it affects the different tissues and systems of the body, including the osteoarticular, visceral, and vascular systems, and the various sequelae that can occur in each of these systems. Having presented an osteopathic interpretation of trauma, the authors apply some of their own unique methods of osteopathic diagnosis, particularly with regard to those structures that are often affected by trauma: the dural tube, cranial sutures, craniofacial membranous junction, mediastinum, and spleen. The book concludes with a description of manual techniques devised by the authors to treat some of the more recalcitrant sequelae of trauma.
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Healing With Whole Foods. Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition by Paul PitchfordUsed as a reference by students of acupuncture, this is a hefty, truly comprehensive guide to the theory and healing power of Chinese medicine. It's also a primer on nutrition--including facts about green foods, such as spirulina and blue-green algae, and the "regeneration diets" used by cancer patients and arthritics--along with an inspiring cookbook with more than 300 mostly vegetarian, nutrient-packed recipes. The information on Chinese medicine is useful for helping to diagnose health imbalances, especially nascent illnesses. It's smartly paired with the whole-foods program because the Chinese have attributed various health-balancing properties to foods, so you can tailor your diet to help alleviate symptoms of illness. For example, Chinese medicine dictates that someone with low energy and a pale complexion (a yin deficiency) would benefit from avoiding bitter foods and increasing "sweet" foods such as soy, black sesame seeds, parsnips, rice, and oats. (Note that the Chinese definition of sweet foods is much different from the American one!) |
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Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Massage by Dr. John
Douillard Five thousand years old, Ayurvedic massage has been shown to still the mind and body by lowering metabolic rates and inspiring feelings of peace and calm. Often administered as a part of a three-, five-, or seven-day program, these treatments are an integral part of deep cleansing, rejuvenation, and life-extension Ayurvedic programs called panchakarma or kya kalpa. This book by a noted practitioner features more than 15 of these treatments, each described in step-by-step detail and some synchronized with two therapists for up to two hours in length. It provides the reader with all the tools necessary to begin Ayurvedic treatments as a part of a spa menu or massage therapy program. |
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Understanding the Messages of Your Body. How to Interpret
Physical and Emotional Signals to Achieve Optimal Health by Jean-Pierre
Barral Fears, anxieties, traumas, and physical and emotional shocks imprint on the body and remain dormant in its vast memory store until they are roused by an event or encounter. They may manifest in a different form or place—a fearful incident may transform itself into a stomachache or a headache, or even a chronic disease. Pain creates its own path. In particular, psychological and emotional stresses affect the functioning of the internal organs. In Understanding the Messages of Your Body, Dr. Jean-Pierre Barral explains the relationships that exist between internal organs and emotions, to allow us to free ourselves from the effects of present and past tensions and traumas. The book opens with an explanation of the body-mind relationship and goes on to show how physical-emotional therapy works based on examples from Dr. Barral’s clinical practice. The second part of the book offers detailed analyses of various “types” of human personality and the physical-emotional complexes and related organ dysfunctions that accompany them. The author offers advice and encouragement to improve physical, psychological, and emotional health, and recommends physical exercises, psychotherapeutic approaches, and dietary plans that can be used by both professional therapists and the average reader. |
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See Ilkay's website http://www.cuppingtherapy.co.uk/ |
Ilkay Zihni Chirali, Cupping
Therapy This unique reference explores all aspects of cupping-- an ancient, predominantly Eastern technique in which heated cups are applied to the body for beneficial healing effects. Guidelines are applied to the treatment of common medical conditions, with answers to readers' questions concerning safety and outcome. Cupping therapy treatments described for common disorders ranging from abdominal pain, stroke, and asthma, diarrhea, and back pain. Each method is well illustrated, with differentiations between cupping practice on adults and children. Ilkay Chirali is a Member of British Acupuncture Council and Member of Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine, London, UK. |
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Kam Thye Chow, Thai Yoga Massage Thai massage is an energetic bodywork, with the aim to restore the energy moving through the body in lines or meridians called "sen". Discover Thai Yoga massage from master massage therapist, teacher and author, Kam Thye Chow. Massage therapists, physical therapists, yoga practitioners and anybody interested in expanding their knowledge in the somatic arts will find this video (and the companion book) a great addition to their instructional video library. Kam Thye Chow leads readers through every aspect of this ancient bodywork therapy using more than 125 detailed, step-by-step photographs. In the accompanying DVD, Kam Thye presents all the fundamental techniques for performing a 1-hour massage, demonstrates effective body mechanics and methods for moving with a gentle steady flow. Information on contraindications and anatomy and physiology integrates Western medical knowledge and theory with this ancient, temple-based healing tradition. This invaluable tool will provide you with a foundation in Thai Yoga Massage and teach you the following techniques: Sitting techniques, Foot & Single Leg, Back, Double Leg, Abdomen & Arms, Face, Thai Yoga Massage Stances, Rhythmic Rocking Dance, Transitional Flow, Palming and thumbing, Location of sen Kalathari (Thai energy line). |
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Richard Gold Thai Massage. A Traditional Medical Technique This practical and highly illustrated introduction to the principles and techniques of Thai massage discusses the theories of Thai medicine and its Chinese and Ayurvedic influences. It offers clear and easy-to-follow descriptions for all Thai massage techniques accompanied by full color photographs and drawings, with arrows to indicate direction of movement. Basic explanations describe how massage therapists can use elements of these techniques and apply them immediately in their own practice. The book includes a DVD with 45 minutes of video showing techniques and routines in real time, to demonstrate appropriate pacing.
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The Foundations of Shiatsu by Chris JarmeyShiatsu works by stimulating the body's vital energy flow in order to promote good health. The practitioner uses palms, thumbs and fingers, elbows, and even knees and feet to apply pressure and stretching to the energy lines or "meridians." This text written by a renowned practitioner, has been designed as a comprehensive guide to the basic principles and methods of this practical healing art. The book provides a description of how and why shiatsu works and the ways in which to apply it. A straightforward explanation of the basics underlying shiatsu forms the starting point, followed by detailed advice on how the practitioner or student can prepare both body and mind for giving shiatsu. A discussion of the principles of applying techniques leads into practical, step-by-step instruction on a wide range of technique sequences, all accompanied by clear, explanatory line drawings and color photographs. These help beginners maximize their understanding of how to relieve stress and promote well-being through shiatsu.
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Seated Acupressure Bodywork, A Practical Handbook for
Therapists by Andrew Parfitt On-site massage has exploded in popularity since the 1980s, with therapists performing massages in shopping centers, airports, and workplaces. This comprehensive manual details a 20-minute sequence, developed from traditional Anma and Shiatsu techniques, that enables the practitioner to move around the client’s body in a flowing and highly effective way. With 150 colour photographs and 20 color illustrations, the guide explains meridians and acupressure points, and offers advice on ethical considerations and tips for preparing the client for massage. Andrew Parfitt qualified in acupuncture from the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine and in shiatsu from The European Shiatsu School. He now teaches shiatsu and seated bodywork courses within the European Shiatsu School.
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Atlas of Chinese Tongue Diagnosis
by Barbara Kirschbaum
Tongue diagnosis is a vital instrument
used in Chinese medicine both for assessing the current health of a
patient and providing a basis for prognosis. It also informs the
practitioner about the underlying strength or weakness of the patient’s
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Chinese Pulse Diagnosis: A Contemporary
Approach (Revised Edition) by Leon I. Hammer
Pulse diagnosis, one of the jewels of traditional Chinese medicine, is a profoundly subtle instrument for the early diagnosis and prevention of disease. Yet far too often, in the haste of modern education and practice, it has become a neglected art. Chinese Pulse Diagnosis: A Contemporary Approach offers a clear and practical path toward a much deeper understanding of this traditional diagnostic method, while recasting its interpretation in the context of our own times. The book is organized in seventeen chapters, which are presented in an advancing hierarchy of complexity. The early chapters consider such general issues as terminology, classification of pulse qualities, historical comparisons of positions and depths, the effects of age and gender, and a methodology for taking the pulse. The middle chapters provide an in-depth look at each of the individual pulse qualities, identified by felt sensation based on such characteristics as rate and rhythm, stability, volume, depth, size, and shape. The types of pathology associated with each of the qualities are also discussed. Later chapters examine the significance of the qualities when found across the entire pulse, or large segments of the pulse (left or right side, across the burners), and at different depths. The relationship of the various pulse qualities to psychology and prognosis are addressed in separate chapters. A final summary chapter on interpretation, supported with case histories, draws everything together to show how this information can be formulated into a rational diagnosis.
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Bruce Berger Esoteric Anatomy: The Body as Conciousness Esoteric Anatomy offers a spiritual approach to massage, bodywork, and somatic psychology, demystifying an ancient transpersonal model for understanding energy in nature and working with consciousness in the healing arts. The author presents his vision of a comprehensive health care system based on an understanding of the body as a field of conscious energy. Polarity therapy, which uses patterns of body anatomy as understood in the esoteric traditions of the Far East, in particular the Ayurvedic and mystical traditions of India, encompasses a spectrum of profoundly effective resources for healing, health building, and self-actualization, and forms the foundation of the work. Part I explores the nature and practice of polarity therapy, including 11 session prototypes. Part II describes new models for understanding Esoteric Psychology, Esoteric Anatomy, and Energy Medicine, based on archetypal understandings of the healing arts, the five elements, and the body as consciousness. Part III describes the practice of somatic psychology. In all, this is essential reading material for students of healing, yoga, and Eastern spirituality, and for anyone involved in the study or practice of polarity therapy. |
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Franklyn Sills, The Polarity Process: Energy as a Healing Art In this thorough award-winning explanation of the theory and practice of polarity, cranial osteopath Franklyn Sills guides the reader through Dr. Randolph Stone’s mapping of humans’ subtle energies. Popular in Europe, polarity incorporates holistic health, diet, exercise, massage, and spiritual practice. This is an approachable introduction to a form of bodywork that therapists and lay individuals interested in alternative health practices will find useful. Author Biography: Franklyn Sills is Co-director of the Karuna Institute, a respected post-graduated Institute for Craniosacral Biodynamics and Core Process Psychotherapy. Throughout his career, he has been in the forefront of pioneering a biodynamic approach to work within the cranial field. His training includes medical research, Osteopathic work, and an in-depth study of the work of Dr. Randolph. Stone. |
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The Polarity Therapy Workbook by John
Beaulieu, N.D., Ph.D This book provides step by step instructions, lavishly Illustrated with 500 photographs and illustrations, covers the full scope of Polarity Therapy bodywork, exercise, theory, and evaluation. The Polarity Therapy Workbook organizes Polarity Therapy into sixteen learning protocols beginning with fundamental skills and systematically progressing through to the advanced levels of practice. Included are detailed Protocols for: general session, each of the five elements, reflexology, exercise, structural alignment, and special protocols. Evaluation information and a synthesis of attributes of each element are also included. Practicing these protocols will help you to develop a feel for the moves and a sense of the flow and timing vital to the practice of Polarity Therapy. Throughout the workbook, ample space is provided for your notes and comments. All the protocols are referenced to Dr. Randolph Stone's books and the American Polarity Therapy Association's Standards for Practice. |
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Geraldine Tay, Eu Hooi Khaw Father Josef's Foot Reflexology Foot reflexology was brought into Asia by Father Josef Eugster more than 20 years ago (in the 1980s). This method is called Rwo Shur method of Foot Reflexology, which is one of the more popular schools of foot reflexology. Due to its effectiveness, its popularity has spread throughout the world. Father Josef's Foot Reflexology is the first book written in English about his experiences and his unique foot reflexology method, which he initiated, researched and advocates, based on western and eastern cultural perceptions. |
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Geraldine Tay & Eu Hooi Khaw The Rwo Shur Health Method - A Self-Study Book on Foot Reflexology The Foot reflexology developed by the Chinese school is called Rwo Shur Health Method. This book is designed for self-study of foot reflexology. This is the first comprehensive book revealing the secret of Chinese foot reflexology. The book traces the History of Rwo Shur from Father Josef Eugster. Then provides Theory Analysis of the principles of the Rwo Shur Health Method, The Reflex Principle Theory of Circulation, and Theory of Yin-Yang Balance. This is followed by Basic Techniques, and techniques for various reflex zone. Finally, List of Illness, and Testimonials. |
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