This book is filled with philosophy and detailed techniques to empower massage therapists to help clients establish a fully conscious connection with their own body and unlock powers of self-regulation. It invites you to embark upon your own somatic journey to discover how to employ these holistic principles to an ancient form of healthcare.
Using the Integral Movement Method, this book provides movement practitioners and therapists with essential knowledge for working with clients with hypermobility conditions and connective tissue disorders.
A Practical Guide to Enhancing Flexibility and Movement Quality throughMyofascial Movements?
This book explores how mindful, myofascial-based movement practices can profoundly enhance the quality and efficiency of everyday movement. It uniquely integrates myofascial anatomy with practical movement techniques, bridging the gap between scientific insight and hands-on application. Johansson, an internationally recognized physiotherapist and ......
Embracing Female Physiology for Performance and Wellbeing
This detailed, yet approachable guide distils the latest research studies on female physiology and its effects on physical performance and psychology. Using these new findings, it provides a framework for optimizing physical training with the natural cycles of the female body, helping your clients make the most of their individual body-mind ......
Musculoskeletal neck and head pain is a one of the highest health burdens faced globally. Management of people with this pain is complex, multi-factorial, and challenging. Scientific evidence continues to grow in this area but can often be confusing or contradictory. This multi-contributed compendium is a much-needed resource for all healthcare ......
Understanding Breathwork and the Science of How and Why we Breathe
As humans have evolved, so has the way we breathe. The Evolving Breath explores this evolution in a comprehensive way to help practitioners improve their clients' wellbeing. The authors uniquely combine evolutionary biology, anatomy, physiology, assessment, technique and psychology, to develop current concepts regarding the mechanics of human ......
Written for movement professionals of all kinds, this book is packed full of research, practices and information to allow you to work confidently with your pregnant and post-natal clients. Taking a whole-body approach, master movement educator Jennifer Gianni gives readers the tools to educate and empower their clients throughout their ......
Using the Alexander Technique to Reduce Pain and Improve Fitness
The human body is designed to move naturally and freely, without forced tension or conscious effort. But modern life is full of factors that push people out of sync with their bodies natural balance.