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  1. Comfort Touch

    ... Bodywork magazine, December/January 2004. "The tiger is ready to go. That was grrrreat!” These are words spoken by an ... body, as well as major motor points of the muscles. • Principles and intentions of Comfort Touch: This work is characterized by the ...

  2. essential skills

    ... rights reserved. Attitudes toward touch affect us all. The way a culture understands the role of touch in human lives has a profound ... enough to cope with a hard, cruel world. These basic principles remained popular, especially among the upper classes, until around ...

  3. Waves of Energy

    ... as an engineer comes in handy when he’s explaining the concept of energy. “Conceptualize the word air,” he says. “The ... application in everyday life. Lee has brought together the principles of taijiquan, qigong and yin-yang to create his unique taikyo style ...

  4. Misunderstood Modality

    ... 2008. When Thai massage came on the American scene some twenty years ago, it seemed strange and daunting to ... The reasons for this have to do with fundamental principles of Thai massage: All work is performed with a neutral spine. ...

  5. The Table and the Mat

    ... massage and massage therapists and bodyworkers need yoga. The two arts are sisters. Therapists’ knowledge of yoga informs their ... It involves all the layers of the body according to yogic principles. These layers, or kosas , include the energetic body ( pranamaya ...

  6. Chakra Man

    ... I feel is important for gay men.” —Tom Sherman The Chakra Man was designed as a quilt by Tom Sherman, in preparation for his ... of the impact of shock and trauma. By using the principles of this awareness and continuing to address the shock and trauma in ...

  7. Thai Yoga Bodywork

    ... Thailand, a city famous for its exotic offerings, is also the site of Wat Pho’s Traditional Medical and Massage School — a center for ... as Ayurvedic doctors, but rather to integrate some general principles within our work.” Chow likens this to shiatsu massage, where ...

  8. Hands of Medicine

    ... 2000. It’s a typical day at the oncology clinic. Several patients distractedly thumb through magazines in ... yet how interesting that she has discovered similar principles through her experimentation with the stones. Canzone first used ...