Unwinding the Belly: Healing with Gentle Touch [Paperback]

Allison Post (Author), Stephen Cavaliere (Author), Robert P. Turner M.D. (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 10, 2003

Addressing a wide range of conditions, including digestive problems, anxiety, and depression, this handy guide helps readers reclaim basic health by using proven techniques to reconnect with their bodies. The authors show how to tap into the body/spirit's intuitive center and perform simple, quick exercises to heal. Twenty-seven line drawings and 11 photographs simplify the process, and gentle humor offers encouragement.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This gem of a book contains many of the fundamental techniques of esoteric Taoist Healing. Yet despite this, and despite the authors’ extensive experience in it, they explain things clearly, naturally, and entertainingly. This information can be used by healing arts professionals and anyone interested in getting in touch with the principles and practices of holistic health."- Gilles Marin, author of Healing From Within with Chi Nei Tsang and founder of the Chi Nei Tsang Institute of Berkeley"To heal is to make whole. This book offers us a vision and practice of healing as wholeness. Allison and Stephen understand the power of the universal contemplative principles of intention, awareness and love."- Eugene Cash, meditation teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and founding teacher at the Insight Meditation Community of San Francisco"I have waited years for a book like this to refer to my clients, friends, and students...Drawing from years of study and experiental application, Allison Post and Stephen Cavaliere offer a knowledgeable, simple, practical, and inspirational hands-on belly guide for all of us to enjoy. Excellent!"- Lucy Rush, Massage Therapy Instructor

About the Author

Allison Post and Stephen Cavaliere present Unwinding the Belly in a refreshingly straightforward and heartfelt manner. They have taught Eastern and Western Healing Arts, including Unwinding, during a dynamic partnership of eighteen years. It is their mission to teach the skills of self-directed healing to anyone interested in improving his or her life. They lead workshops nationally and maintain a private practice in San Francisco, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books (September 10, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556434782
• ISBN-13: 978-1556434785
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.4 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Please visit unwindingthebelly.com for Allison and Stephen's new MP3-- Skills of Emodiment: Breathing, Feeling, Healing.


Allison Post and her husband Stephen Cavaliere have shared a creative collaboration in the exploration of movement and alternative health for over twenty-five years. They have taught Chi Nei Tsang (Internal Organ Massage) Japanese Shiatsu, Thai Massage, and Asian Foot Reflexology at their own institute and for world-renowned spas. Their book, Unwinding the Belly, presents a healing practice that can be applied by anyone seeking to enjoy the rich experience of embodiment. They mentor privately in Movement Qigong, and Mutual Touch Craniosacral.

Customer Reviews

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deep and Peaceful Sleep, January 17, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Unwinding the Belly: Healing with Gentle Touch (Paperback)

After reading Unwinding the Belly, I use the exercises each time I wake up at 3 or 4 am. I have a habit of waking up, thinking about problems, and trying to solve them. I lay there uncomfortable and in my head for 1 or 2 hours. Usually I do not get back to sleep. Now I do the breathing and belly exercises from this book and fall back to sleep quickly and peacefully. I'm able to be relaxed and focused on my body. I no longer feel tired or depressed during the day. I wake up refreshed and happy to be alive.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Intuitive Unwinding, February 6, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Unwinding the Belly: Healing with Gentle Touch (Paperback)

This is a very practical and simple sounding book, but it offers a profound modality to heal one of the most common ailments of our stressed out lifestyles.. that of our digestive system shutting itself down and literally going into knots. This book teaches very simple techniques to un-knot our very complex visceral systems.

The diagrams are very graphic and useful in understanding the techniques. I highly recommend this book to anyone interetsed in natural healing.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Healing, January 10, 2004

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"todalesb" (Bay Area, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unwinding the Belly: Healing with Gentle Touch (Paperback)

This book is an absolute gem for anyone wanting to learn or to guide others in a process of self knowing and healing. Allison Post and Stephen Cavaliere make their unique approach readily accessible, especially for those who have little or no prior training in body work. The book is well documented with easy to follow instructions, wonderful illustrations, and helpful personal stories. They teach us to be with our bodies in all aspects and help us to look closely and be with those parts of our bodily experience that we might rather avoid. As a healing practitioner I would recommend this book without reservation to my clients. In my own life, being with my body in these new ways has created in me the ability to really notice and experience my body, finding healing and wholeness in the process.