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  1. Hurts So Good

    ... without doing—the secret of contentment. In the right hands, massage releases much more than our muscular tension. It allows us to ... and distant. It must have a heart, but at the same time be free of emotional attachment. In a way, it is the perfect relationship. ...

  2. Why Does Touch Feel Good?

    ... some people have more tactile acuity than others? (Smaller hands have a keener sense of touch because sensory neurons are closer ... pumping, one beat per minute for four minutes, can increase free white blood cells from a normal range of 50–150 cells up to 800.8 As a ...

  3. Handle with Care

    ... a saving grace—the caring touch of a therapist’s hands—to ease pain and anxiety for children on the difficult path of illness ... physical therapists, and nurses. To qualify for the free Heart Touch training, a volunteer must first already be certified to ...

  4. A Day in the Life

    ... of its accomplishments lies within the gentle, healing hands and hearts of the center’s practitioners and their relationship with ... the unit is 11 days and for the most part, his patients are free of attached tubes and other paraphernalia. Describing the treatments ...

  5. Active Isolated Stretching: The Mattes Method, Part 2

    ... disappear with this type of stretching, especially in the hands and feet. Another benefit is that by simultaneously stretching the muscle ... After I’d been using AIS for some time, I offered a free session to an acquaintance of mine with multiple sclerosis, whose symptoms ...

  6. Face of Grace

    ... and its components, greatly influenced the development of my hands-on therapeutic Exerssage. Sometimes it may be something as clear-cut ... Resting Pose (see box) has become a comfortable, stress-free posture to assume and it’s becoming familiar after all the practice. ...