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  1. Hands of Medicine

    ... 2000. It’s a typical day at the oncology clinic. Several patients distractedly thumb through magazines in ... are warming in small bowls of hot water. One therapist is preparing a tub of warm water and Epsom salts to soak Miguel’s feet. She will ...

  2. Posture, Perception, Breath

    ... & Bodywork magazine, June/July 2007. As the concept of holism gains acceptance in Western culture, it becomes ... posture as an ideal position of the chest, shoulders, and neck. This positioning is so idealized that if you mention posture in public, ... help you adjust your stance accordingly. Or, when you’re preparing to give a massage, your perceptions factor in the room’s ...

  3. Bodywork and Parkinson’s Patients

    ... & Bodywork magazine, February/March 2002. The incidence of Parkinson’s disease in the United States is estimated at 1 ... that Parkinson’s disease typically strikes people who were preparing for retirement or who just became adjusted to the fact they had ...

  4. The Evolution of an MT

    ... I’m resting on my knees, rib cage indenting the soft lip of a plastic pool that could be mistaken for a kiddy pool. ... her eyes, swollen cervix, and physical exhaustion. When preparing to birth with hypnosis, a woman will have learned how to breathe her ...

  5. Hanna Somatic Education

    ... a doctor has recommended medication to free them from the pain they’ve felt for years? Intuitively, as a practitioner, you know ... This gentle motion of lengthening the body’s muscles and preparing them for work moves them into a direction of relaxation and efficient ...

  6. Grief and Degrief, Part 4

    ... Bodywork magazine, August/September 2002. The use of somatic treatments to address grief is both the unique factor and ... sickness in Asia that damaged his organs. He had been preparing all his life to die young and now he was confused. He did not get any ...

  7. Revisiting Our Trauma

    ... magazine, August/September 2006. Grief is the most available, untapped, emotional resource for personal transformation. ... within a teaching. He was exactly the type of client we were preparing to serve, and he was right there as one of us. Although I could do a ...