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Massage
Therapy Cards: Learn How to Give a Full Body Treatment by Fiona Harrold
Paperback: 16 pages ISBN: 1859061672
Connections Book Pub Ltd; Bk&Cards Ed (July 30, 2005) |
Massage Therapy Cards are 10
five-panel cards that display complete sequences for all major parts of the body. Each
fold-out card contains a color photo with clear captions explaining the massage technique.
By working with the cards in sequence you will learn the techniques necessary to give full
body treatment.
The accompanying book details the power that touch has had in modern healthcare. The
effects of massage on the autonomic nervous system and the mind as well as how it helps
relax and destress the body are also described. Finally, the book teaches ways to create
the right environment for massage and how to prepare yourself and your partner. |
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Total
Aromatherapy Massage: The Practical Step-by-step Guide to Aromatherapy
Massage at Home by Jennie Harding
Paperback: 144 pages ISBN: 1844831140
Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers (March 12, 2005) |
The benefits of massage -
pleasure, relaxation - are well established. Adding carefully chosen aromatic oils to the
process can enormously increase those benefits with a range of therapeutic effects, from
easing tension, anxiety, and aching muscles to generating a positive mood, whether
energizing or mellow.
Total Aromatherapy Massage is a well-illustrated practical manual that allows anyone from
interested novice to skilled practitioner to safely and effectively use aromatherapy
massage techniques on themselves and others. Including over 200 color photos, 100
aromatherapy recipes, and in-depth profiles of 48 massage oils, this book gives simple,
step-by-step instruction on all the basic massage strokes - from cupping and hacking to
feathering and stroking - along with suggested routines for specific areas of the body.
Also addressed are important topics such as what aromatherapy is, how it works, what
constitutes an essential oil, and safety in aromatherapy. |
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Qigong
Massage: Fundamental Techniques for Health And Relaxation by
Jwing-Ming Yang
Paperback: 380 pages ISBN: 1594390487
YMAA Publication Center; 2nd edition (October 25, 2005) |
| Massage is one of the most common
practices in Chinese medicine and Qigong training. This second edition presents additional
Qigong massage techniques and updated training theory for the practical use of massage on
a partner or on yourself. |
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Dr.
Wu's Head Massage: Anti-Aging and Holisitic Healing Therapy
by Bin Jiang Wu
Paperback: 140 pages ISBN: 1594390576
Publisher: YMAA Publication Center (October 25, 2005) |
This book is a comprehensive yet
easy to follow guide to healing the whole body with a simple head massage sequence. These
massage techniques have profound anti-aging and cosmetic effects that were once the
guarded secrets of the Imperial Palaces of China.
Wu’s Head Massage is rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine's basic theories of
Yin/Yang, Five Elements, and the Meridian System. The basis of TCM is to activate and
supplement the body's innate healing capacity to restore biological balance and harmony. |
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Thai
Massage Manual: Natural Therapy for Flexibility, Relaxation, and Energy
Balance by Maria Mercati
Paperback: 144 pages ISBN: 1402728514
Publisher: Sterling (August 28, 2005) |
Thai Massage is the touch that
enhances health, happiness, and wholeness--and with more than 150 expertly demonstrated
sequences unfolding on these pages, everyone can enjoy its benefits.
Sometimes called "yoga in action," Thai massage has worked its relaxing wonders
for more than 1,000 years. Explore its secrets with a detailed program that includes ten
complete lessons, each concentrating on a particular part of the body. Like other forms of
massage, it employs a flowing sequence of stretches, but instead of using only your
fingers, pressure is applied with the thumbs, palms, elbows, knees, and feet. Full-color
photographs of every move match still shots with superimposed artwork that indicate the
direction of the movements. Each technique is clearly explained and its benefits--from
improved flexibility to increased vitality--detailed. |
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Thai
Massage
by Nicky Smith
Hardcover: 128 pages ISBN: 0754814742
Publisher: Lorenz Books (April 25, 2005) |
| This is a relatively new practice
outside Thailand, now rapidly gaining popularity in the West, and there a very few books
to date aimed at a mainstream Western reader. |
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