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Healing Arts Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Provides detailed and accurate anatomical drawings, zone and reflex maps, and muscle tables. Offers extensive basic pathology of all body systems, including case studies. Ideal for students of reflexology up to levels 2 and 3; exceeds the curriculum requirements of all the major awarding bodies. Includes a study outline for each chapter as well as review and multiple choice questions"--
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Heal Your Mind, Body, and Soul with Massage Therapy by Katherine E. Smith is a comprehensive guidebook that explores the profound benefits of massage therapy for overall well-being and personal transformation. In this illuminating book, Smith, a renowned Massage Therapist, shares her expertise and insights to help readers embark on a transformative journey toward optimal health and inner balance.
"Heal Your Mind, Body, and Soul with Massage Therapy"...
7) Reflexology
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Reflexology is a form of therapeutic foot massage based on the tried and tested theory that the human body has its own internal energy lines, or acupuncture meridians. In this clearly written introduction to the subject, Inge Dougans shows how to find and use the reflexology points and the associated meridians on the foot in order to restore the body to its state of natural balance, prevent ill health and assist relaxation. Learn how reflexology and...
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It is heartening to see how the modern age is rediscovering the beneficial effects of massage. In fact, right down the ages it has been regarded as one of the most effective therapies for de-stressing. It is unfortunate that the art of massage, which was so intricately woven in our custom, is slowly dying a sad death while the western countries have woken up to the magic of massage. This book brings you all the different kinds of massage techniques...
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Starting with a simple setting that can easily be accomplished with few special preparations, readers will learn, step-by-step, how to make a deep and meaningful connect with their partner's body. Using a combination of strokes from the most time-honored massage traditions, they will learn to be mindful of where their partner holds stress and tension. As the massage continues, readers will enter into a profound nonverbal dialogue with their partner,...
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Español
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Una guía enteramente dedicada al masaje aromático-energético curativo, que contiene consejos de aplicación práctica útiles para todo el mundo. El masaje resulta siempre muy beneficioso, pero si se lleva a cabo con las esencias oportunas multiplica su potencia y consigue resultados extraordinarios. El cuerpo se revitaliza y tonifica, las defensas del organismo se refuerzan y todas las funciones de los órganos alcanzan un nivel óptimo. Cómo...
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A user-friendly, easy-to-follow book meant to give hot stone massage habitué more insights on this ancient treatment. The book covers the most important aspects for giving a hot stone massage including the different accessories needed, basic massage techniques, along with the most common ailments that hot stone massages can help to solve. The appendices complete this book with a description of the different types of strokes used in a hot stone massage...
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If you're one of the many massage therapists who love your profession but continually struggle with finances, you need this book… Although massage therapy is a wonderful healing profession it tends to have a distinct disadvantage over other healthcare providers. Studies show that more than 50% of therapists must supplement their income by working at another job and many are forced to leave the profession entirely just a few short years after graduation!...
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Imagine giving your clients massage therapy and bodywork all day, and you're the one, the massage therapist, that gets injured. That's author Karina Braun's experience in " Creating Peace with Your Hands: The Therapist's Survival Guide for a Healthy Career " (ISBN 978-0-9816199-1-0), a personal account of her experience with a work-related injury. She experienced an injury to both her ankles and lumbar spine while performing barefoot compression massage,...
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Español
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El masaje es una técnica ideal para relajarse y recuperar la energía. ¿Quiere conocer algunos de los masajes que se practican en el mundo (sueco, californiano, ayurvédico...) y las técnicas específicas empleadas en las diferentes regiones corporales, como el tórax, la espalda, las manos, los pies e, incluso, el rostro? Los autores describen los preparativos esenciales de una sesión de masaje (entorno, ambiente sonoro, posición correcta...),...
16) Massage
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Massage is one of the oldest and simplest therapeutic arts and its benefits have been long known. This Gem provides an accessible and practical guide. Published in flexibinding, combining the durability of a hardback with the flexibility of the paperback, this Gem provides a valuable addition to the very successful range of Mind, Body, Spirit Gems. Massage is a broad concept, spanning several different, sometimes complementary, touch-related therapies....
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RLD is a relaxing and enjoyable treatment for reflexology lovers. The step-by-step guide to the original protocol is beautifully illustrated and easy to follow.
RLD can be used as a stand-alone treatment and the techniques are easily integrated into your reflexology practice for clients with many presenting problems, symptoms and side effects, including non-cancer related, inflammatory and auto-immune conditions. RLD has great potential as a non-invasive...
18) Pain Erasure
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English
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After twenty-five years in print, this book has been a godsend for hundreds of thousands of readers. When trigger points are released (and this book teaches how it is done) relief comes immediately.
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Find out how to give yourself a natural facelift with this illustrated guide to the art of face massage. Discover the revolutionary non-surgical techniques that slow down the ageing process, iron out wrinkles, tone tired skin and leave you feeling relaxed and rejuvenated.
There are over 90 muscles in the face and a regular massage can keep them toned and youthful, helping to totally transform skin tone and condition.
This practical book gives you...
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Español
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El masaje thai o masaje tailandés se practica desde hace más de 2500 años y es uno de los cuatro componentes de la medicina tradicional tailandesa. Este tipo de masaje también integra ciertos elementos del ayurveda indio, la medicina china y algunas posiciones de yoga. El autor expone, mediante sencillas explicaciones, los beneficios del masaje tailandés y los conocimientos que se requieren para su práctica. Además, las numerosas fotografías...
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