This Keep It Simple guide introduces the various forms of massage from around the world, explains how to assess a person's massage needs and shows how to adapt one's technique to the various parts of the body. It aims to help the reader choose the right equipment, from massage couches to essential oils; master simple strokes from fanning to hacking and kneading; and discover a range of therapies that complement massage.
The Ultimate Illustrated Guide
The Keep It Simple Series has set a new standard in how-to publishing. These truly accessible guides inspire and instruct readers and deliver all the information one needs to know about the featured subject. Expertly written with helpful diagrams, full-color photographs and illustrations, these 4 new titles give readers even more opportunity to KISS inexperience goodbye.
"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."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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.
A guide to the relaxing and healing skills of massage, the ancient Japanese art of shiatsu and reflexology. With step-by-step instructions, the book guides the reader through the complete working sequence for each skill and provides detailed descriptions of appropriate strokes for each part of the body. The book also explains what the body can tell you and shows how massage can be used to soothe, to invigorate, to relieve aches and tensions and to help in difficult circumstances, from work to leisure, from pregnancy to old age.
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.