30 Jul

Massage is not just for Adults

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Massage Your Baby

Infant massage is a great way to form intimate bonds with a baby. It can help improve sleeping and eating habits; aids a colicky baby; and enhances communication. It’s something that anyone can learn to do. It’s a positive shared experience.There are just a few basic massage techniques. It’s most important to get comfortable, breathe calmly, and honor the baby’s sense of security. Every baby is unique - so make eye contact with the baby and relax.


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22 Jun

Yoga Sessions and Muscle Soreness

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Increase the Benefits of Yoga Sessions

Muscle soreness after Yoga practice may tell you that you’ve pushed yourself too much the day before or that your positioning was not quite right. There is one thing you can do after the session to ready yourself for the next session – self-massage.

Massage is a natural complement to yoga. Massage after your yoga session not only helps you relax and stave off subsequent soreness, it also can improve the hormonal, lymphatic, circulatory and energetic benefits of the poses. The coupling of these two health practices can provide more benefit than either practice on its own. A simple, quick self-massage which focusing on your joints, lymph nodes and pressure points can be done by anyone regardless of where or when your yoga session is held..

 

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18 Jun

Shiatsu Reading Resources

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Shiatsu Reading Resources

 

Shiatsu Reading Resources

Masunaga, Shizuto and Ohashi, Wataru.
Zen Shiatsu: How to Harmonize Yin and Yang for Better Health,
Tokyo, Japan Publications, 1977

Namikoshi,Toru. Complete Book of Shiatsu Therapy.
Tokyo,Japan Publications,1983

Ohashi, Wataru. Do -it-yourself Shiatsu
London, Allen & Unwin, 1977

Ohasi,Wataru with Tom Monte.
Ohashi’s Book of Oriental Diagnosis
Penguin Arkana Books, 1991

Chris, Jarmey and Gabriel Mojay
Shiatsu :the Complete Guide,
Thorsons Publications, London, 1999

Shizuto, Masunaga Translated by Stephen Brown
Meridian Exercises: The Oriental Way to Health and Vitality,
Japan Publications, Tokyo, 1987 (1996).

Masunaga, Shizuto, Zen Imagery Exercises,
Japan Publications ,Tokyo, 1977


OTHER RECOMMENDED READING

Lietchi, Elaine, The Complete Illustrated Guide to Shiatsu : The Japanese Healing Art of Touch for Health and Fitness , Element Books, 1998

Yamamoto, Shizuko. Barefoot Shiatsu,
Tokyo, Japan Publications, 1979

Dawes, Nigel. The Shiatsu Workbook.
Thorson Publications, London, 1991

Thompson, Gerry with Elaine Liechti as consultant,
The Shiatsu Manual : Step by Step Techniques for a full body treatment
Headline Publications, London 1994

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18 Jun

Resistance by Therapists

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Resistance by Therapists to Self Massage

Deep tissue massage and pressure-point work are gaining increasing recognition as powerful healing modalities. At the same time, the current focus on containing health care costs has combined with the rise of holistic awareness to create a growing movement toward patient education and self care.

Given these facts, one might expect that health professionals would be eagerly exploring the possibilities of patient self-massage. Most practitioners of soft tissue work, in particular, probably feel that many of their patients really need more than they can possibly give them in once or even twice a week sessions.


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