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(For this item please quote stock ID 4168) ISBN: 9789742105082

(For this item please quote stock ID 6683) ISBN: 9780722539408

Explore the powerful secrets of Thai massage - a vigorous technique that will enhance your health, happiness, and wholeness, and create a fresh, stimulating, giving-receiving relationship between you and your partner. Like other forms of massage, you employ a flowing sequence of stretches, but instead of using only your fingers, pressure is applied with thumbs, palms, elbows, knees, and feet. It has been called 'yoga in action,' with its emphasis on relaxing your mind, restoring your energy, and conditioning your body. A detailed program for complete body massage covers ten lessons, each concentrating on a particular part of your body. Full-colour photographs of every move match still shots with superimposed artwork that indicates the directions of the movements you make. Each technique is clearly explained and its benefits detailed. Many have names as calming and as invigorating as the actions: Spiraling Arms, Opening the Energy Gates, Rainbow Dance, Flying Wild Goose, and The Longest Yawn and Stretch in the Universe. More than most massage techniques, Thai massage enhances the bond between partners, with its unity of mind and body, and its harmony of body and body. As you become familiar with the sequences, you'll experience the coming-together of the precise positions and postures to create a cumulative impact. Besides the principal program, there's a section on ways to devise your own approach for addressing specific healing needs such as stress, chronic pain, postural problems, and insomnia. Another feature: brief sessions for busy days. 144 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 11. (For this item please quote stock ID 10796) ISBN: 9781859061466

With the system of Thai massage as its main theme, the book illustrates individual manipulation with photographs, diagrams and descriptions explaining the techniques in a succinct manner. Each photograph and drawing is well presented and their accompanying explanations (in Chinese characters and English) are easily understandable. The book, containing 227 photographs and 196 illustrations, is intended primarily for anyone involved in bodywork, professional or otherwise. (For this item please quote stock ID 13989) ISBN: 9789622383098

An authentic guide to Thai yoga massage, a unique therapy that combines stretching, breath work, assisted yoga postures, and pressure point therapy. >Includes more than 80 illustrations, 30 charts, & a complete series of postures for a two-hour full-body massage >Author Kam Thye Chow has taught massage in Thailand & throughout Europe and North America. Until recently Thai yoga massage was virtually unknown in the West. It has its roots in both the ancient healing traditions of Ayurveda and Thai Buddhism. In this unique practice, the therapist gives a full-body massage that combines palming and thumbing along the Thai energy lines and pressure points with gentle stretching, movement, and breath work reminiscent of tai chi. Using his or her own hands, feet, arms, and legs, the practitioner gently guides the recipient through a series of yoga postures, creating a harmonious and therapeutic 'dance' that leads to greater physical awareness, grace, and spiritual energy. In this comprehensive guide for practitioners, Kam Thye Chow leads readers through every aspect of this dance - from its history and philosophy to a detailed presentation of a complete Thai yoga massage session. This important reference includes more than 80 illustrated postures, 30 charts and drawings, and a complete series of postures for a two-hour full-body massage that focuses attention on both the upper and lower body, which receive equal stress in the Western lifestyle. Information on contraindications, anatomy, and physiology integrates Western medical knowledge and theory with this ancient tradition. Massage therapists, physical therapists, nurses, and other medical professionals will find Thai Yoga Massage an important and innovative complement to their practice. (For this item please quote stock ID 18384) ISBN: 9780892819379

This is the first illustrated treatment of this famous and increasingly popular relaxation discipline. Kum Nye promotes emotional and physical well-being through three strands of discipline: sitting exercises and breathing techniques connect us with the vitality of our energy centres, or chakras; self-massage and movement integrate our mental and physical selves; stretching exercises induce deep relaxation on three levels - physical, mental and spiritual. More than 70 exercises progress from basic breathing and self-massage to a selection of advanced techniques. We learn to relieve tension, increase energy levels, improve concentration and enhance the experience of the senses. Lama Tarthang Tulku was educated in Tibet in the Buddhist tradition and is internationally known as an innovative teacher and a visionary thinker. In 1973 he founded the Nyingma Institute in California, where he created the exercises presented in this book. (For this item please quote stock ID 21880) ISBN: 9781844830190

This beautifully illustrated, large format text recalls the saying, "a picture is worth a thousand words. ?Looking at the vast number of beautifully rendered full-color pictures in this book may give some idea of its richness of presentation. What we have here is a very affordably price book that combines excellence in text as well as image. The author, who is a founding member of the Traditional Thai Yoga Massage Association in the UK and who has studied extensively with Asokananda and Piched Boothumme (two highly regarded teachers and practitioners in the field) provides a clear and helpful perspective on what Thai massage is. on understanding preparation of body and mind. It also presents a complete body routine according to the traditions of Thai massage. Sections on Thai massage and pregnancy, Thai massage for older people, and post-massage routines using relaxation techniques, yoga, and qi gong are thoughtfully included (For this item please quote stock ID 24941) ISBN: 9780754814740

Traditional Thai massage is the manual medicine branch of 2500 years of Traditional Thai medicine. It combines elements of yoga, shiatsu and acupressure, working with the energy pathways of the body and the therapy points thought to be located along these lines. This practical and highly illustrated introduction to the principles and techniques of Thai massage discusses the theories of Thai medicine and its Chinese and Ayurvedic influences. It offers clear and easy-to-follow descriptions for all Thai massage techniques accompanied by full colour photographs and drawings, with arrows to indicate direction of movement. Basic explanations describe how massage therapists can use elements of these techniques and apply them immediately in their own practice. The book includes a DVD with 45 minutes of video showing techniques and routines in real time, to demonstrate appropriate pacing. (For this item please quote stock ID 7498) ISBN: 9780323041386