The Healing Massage: A Practical Guide to Relaxation and Well-Being (Paperback)

by Susan Mumford (Author) "The dictionary gives a good definition of healing; to restore to health or to cure..." (more)
Key Phrases: medium pressure stroke, vital energy field, thumb spreading, Neck Stand (more...)

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Massage feels goodit also reduces stress, eases back pain, relieves depression, reduces high blood pressure, boosts the immune system, and stimulates the mind. Now Healing Massage shows how you can tap into the physical, spiritual, and emotional benefits of healing touch, whatever your previous experience. With handsome full color photographs and clear, user-friendly text, Healing Massage introduces the traditional holistic concepts of the ancient art of touch. Following a careful, graduated program, this comprehensive guide teaches the skills of massage strokes and pressures, then shows how to combine them in a personalized regimen for overall health, or to treat common ills like stress, headaches, muscle cramps, pain and fatigue. This beautifully designed book:
Combines the spiritual benefits of touch with the healing practice of massage
Includes a short course on chi, energy fields, chakras, and the body's energy centers
Demonstrates all of the basic massage techniques, including kneading, circling, and effleurage
Provides specific massage programs to relieve common ailments
Is illustrated with more than 150 full color photographs
Makes the perfect follow-up to the author's Complete Guide to Massage (Plume), with 40,000 copies in print and a backlist pace of nearly 1,000 copies a month.
For every part of the body and for every level of skill, Healing Massage provides the key for soothing the body, invigorating the mind, and attaining a total sense of well-being.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Plume (May 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452279941
• ISBN-13: 978-0452279940
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,858,517 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money, July 11, 2000

By	Melissa Alexander "exquize" (Riverside, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

90% of every page is just a big picture. This book is a waste of money unless you like to look at pictures. If you really want to learn how to massage, you are better off getting another book that actually explains it with a small picture showing how the technique works.