Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of photographs, this hands-on guide for mastering a soothing touch outlines therapeutic uses of essential oils, with step-by-step massage techniques and a list of suppliers, to provide readers with detailed advice towards understanding the benefits of aromatherapy. 225 full-color photographs.
A comprehensive guide to massage techniques with clear step-by-step instructions. Fully illustrated for all ages with color and/or black-and-white photographs on every page. 155,000 copies sold-to-date.
This volume demonstrates how to soothe, relax and beautify face and body with essential oils. The first half of the book, a photographic catalogue, profiles the author's own selection of essential oils, from peppermint to ylang-ylang, with complete notes on their sources and scents, properties and uses in massage. Photographs illustrate the part of the plant from which the oil is derived, its therapeutic properties, and a key massage use.
Detailed step-by-step massage techniques from aroungd the globe, including Indian Bridal Massage, Shiatsu, and Swedish massage. Explains the history and health benefits of massage.
DK's new line of paperback titles combines all the qualities of its hardcovers with the advantages of the soft cover format. Each of these already popular books will now be available to a large new readership who will delight in the essential elements of every DK title: clarity, educational value, and visual appeal.Aromatherapy Massage is a hands-on guide to mastering a soothing touch. This book reveals all the pleasures of essential oils, as well as great massage techniques. Includes a list of suppliers.
With your hands you have potential to relieve everyday aches, pains and ailments without taking drugs, to improve your health, and to increase your vitality. Acupressure is an ancient healing art that uses the fingers to stimulate key points on the skin that, in turn, activate the body's natural self-healing processes. With this book, it is a skill you can learn now--and use in your own home. In Acupressure's Potent Points, Michael Reed Gach, founder and director of the Acupressure Institute of America, reveals simple techniques that enable you to relieve headaches, arthritis, colds and flu, insomnia, backaches, hiccups, leg pain, hot flashes, depression, and more--using the power and sensitivity of your own hands. This practical guide covers more than forty ailments and symptoms, from allergies to wrist pain, providing pressure-point maps and exercises to relieve pain and restore function. Acupressure complements conventional medical care, and enables you to take a vital role in becoming well and staying well. With this book you can turn your hands into healing tools--and start feeling good now.
Banish tension and restore your zest for life with a soothing massage using essential oils. A practical illustrated guide to releasing tension and revitalizing body and mind. Twenty instant stress-relieving programs, illustrated with step-by-step photographs, show how to calm frayed nerves and induce relaxation anytime, anywhere, from office to airport. Here are quick-fix massage treatments to do with or without a partner, plus profiles of restorative oils and therapeutic blends to massage away headaches, ease aching muscles, and promote peaceful sleep. Expert advice on choosing and using essential oils to promote relaxation. Practical and portable, "Pocket Massage for Stress Relief is the perfect antidote to stress at home, at work, and on the road.
Touch is our most fundamental sense and the one that has the most profound influence on our well-being. Touch is the most likely of our senses to be neglected, especially in Anglo-Saxon culture such as in the UK, the USA, and Australia. In these cultures, sensuality is usually equated with sexuality, so touch is frequently taboo in all but the most intimate of situations.
Massages energize, revitalize, and renew both body and spirit, and have even been proven to restore and promote good health. But to safely practice massage, you need to understand how the body works. Everyone from new students to experienced massage therapists can benefit from this unique book dedicated to the practice of massage. * The world of massage at your fingertips! This comprehensive book explores seven of the world's best-known styles of massage: Swedish, Fusion, Shiatsu, Thai, River Stone, Reflexology, and Reiki.* Massage Anatomy uniquely combines an understanding of the human body with different massage styles, making it an excellent resource for practitioners of all levels.* Detailed anatomical illustrations and approachable text demonstrate body planes, muscle groups, and crucial areas like the nervous and lymphatic systems. There is also a helpful reference section on massage terminology and a glossary of muscles.* Discover the ancient secrets practiced by Native Americans and Egyptians using warm stones that are applied to the body. Feel the “spirit life force” of reiki, a centuries-old Japanese technique used to promote peace and well-being. And find out how to combine Swedish, deep-tissue, and sports massage techniques for a fabulous massage fusion.* Next to strong hands, this comprehensive guide book is a massage therapist's most important tool--an invaluable resource for new students and experienced therapists alike.* Includes double-sided poster of massage techniques and muscle systems.
