Download or read book Watsu Therapy Explained written by Dr Melissa Stotler and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curious about how Watsu Therapy can revolutionize your approach to relaxation and healing? Wondering if this unique water-based therapy can provide relief for chronic pain and stress? Looking for expert insights on the benefits and techniques of Watsu Therapy? Eager to understand how Watsu Therapy integrates principles of bodywork and aquatic therapy for optimal results? Watsu Therapy Explained: A Comprehensive Guide to Healing Through Water Unlock the secrets of Watsu Therapy, a groundbreaking method combining the therapeutic benefits of water with the art of bodywork. This book offers an in-depth exploration of Watsu, from its origins to its contemporary applications, providing valuable insights for both practitioners and those seeking alternative healing methods. Inside this essential guide, you will discover: The Fundamentals of Watsu Therapy: Learn about the origins of Watsu, its principles, and how it merges traditional Shiatsu techniques with the soothing effects of water to create a unique therapeutic experience. Benefits and Applications: Explore how Watsu Therapy can alleviate stress, chronic pain, and physical discomfort. Understand its role in enhancing relaxation, improving flexibility, and promoting overall well-being. Techniques and Practices: Delve into detailed explanations of various Watsu techniques, including floating, stretching, and joint mobilization. Gain practical knowledge on how to perform these techniques effectively in different water environments. Case Studies and Success Stories: Read real-life examples of individuals who have experienced transformative results from Watsu Therapy. Learn how it has been applied in clinical settings and personal wellness routines. Practical Guidelines for Practitioners: Get tips on how to become a certified Watsu practitioner, including training recommendations and professional practices to ensure a successful practice. Safety and Precautions: Understand the safety measures necessary for administering Watsu Therapy and how to address common concerns to ensure a safe and effective therapeutic experience. Integrating Watsu into Wellness Routines: Discover ways to incorporate Watsu Therapy into existing wellness programs, enhancing its benefits when combined with other therapies and lifestyle practices. Embrace the benefits of Watsu Therapy and transform your approach to health and relaxation. This comprehensive guide will not only educate you about this innovative therapy but also inspire you to explore its profound effects on mind and body.** Unlock the full potential of your wellness journey with "Watsu Therapy Explained." Dive into the healing waters of Watsu Therapy today and experience the profound benefits for yourself! Whether you are a seasoned therapist, a wellness enthusiast, or simply curious about alternative therapies, this book provides everything you need to understand and implement Watsu Therapy in your life. Don't miss out-make "Watsu Therapy Explained" your ultimate resource for achieving holistic health and rejuvenation.
Download or read book The Heart of WATSU written by Ingrid Keating and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2023-04-21 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WATSU® is an innovative water-based therapy with roots in Japanese Zen Shiatsu. Each chapter in this book enlightens practitioners on the ways in which WATSU® is being used clinically by experts across the globe in a variety of therapeutic settings. Its primary purpose is to provide anecdotal, practical and clinical tools to integrate the heart and science of WATSU® for special needs populations. WATSU®'s unique movements, breathwork, intention, embodiment and heart are steeped in a unifying theme of adaptation across a plethora of therapeutic spectrums. Using frameworks that are within the realms of aquatic rehabilitation, integrative medicine and wellness program models, the authors discuss the current research that is being documented. They explain how therapists can dive into practice with a deep understanding of this unique form of water therapy and use these techniques with clients with PTSD, chronic pain and neuromuscular disorders, as well as in palliative and hospice care and pediatric settings.
Download or read book Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-04-13 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integration of complementary and alternative medicine therapies (CAM) with conventional medicine is occurring in hospitals and physicians offices, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are covering CAM therapies, insurance coverage for CAM is increasing, and integrative medicine centers and clinics are being established, many with close ties to medical schools and teaching hospitals. In determining what care to provide, the goal should be comprehensive care that uses the best scientific evidence available regarding benefits and harm, encourages a focus on healing, recognizes the importance of compassion and caring, emphasizes the centrality of relationship-based care, encourages patients to share in decision making about therapeutic options, and promotes choices in care that can include complementary therapies where appropriate. Numerous approaches to delivering integrative medicine have evolved. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States identifies an urgent need for health systems research that focuses on identifying the elements of these models, the outcomes of care delivered in these models, and whether these models are cost-effective when compared to conventional practice settings. It outlines areas of research in convention and CAM therapies, ways of integrating these therapies, development of curriculum that provides further education to health professionals, and an amendment of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act to improve quality, accurate labeling, research into use of supplements, incentives for privately funded research into their efficacy, and consumer protection against all potential hazards.
Download or read book Tantsu written by Harold Dull and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Watsu Basic and Explorer Paths written by Harold Dull and published by . This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces Watsu(r), the world's first Aquatic Bodywork, and the newest forms of Explorer and Tandem Watsu, as well as Tantsuyoga which brings Watsu's unconditional holding and the movement of water onto land. Watsu is the practice of floating and stretching people in warm water in a way that creates enough safety in our arms for them to access whatever level of being they need to free and heal. Watsu has taken the lead in aquatic therapy and stress reduction in clinics and spas around the world. This book's new Basic Watsu is both a path in itself for exploring new ways of being with family and friends and a possible first step to a professional path. It is based on a simple progression of moves that follow and deepen the connection of your breathing, and moves that awaken and engage the movement within. This progression, and how to maintain someone comfortably supported and aligned (as well as yourself) can be learned in two days of instruction. Once learned, the more you share on this Basic path, the more you will find your connection to others reaching new levels. This book also introduces the moves of the next step on the professional path, the Transition Flow, which is the rest of what is taught in our Watsu 1 intensives. Another path introduced in this book complements both the Basic and Practitioner paths. Instead of a progression or a form it presents a format for meetings in which three from any level of Watsu explore its potential together. This book presents themes, one of which each brings to a meeting. Sharing feedback and suggestions, the three explore as a team the principles and the applications of each's theme, which is usually a move or a way of using one's own body. Then each enjoys receiving a complete session in a Round in which the first of the other two starts from the first side incorporating his theme into the flow, the second continues from the second incorporating her theme. Then the two float and stretch the receiver between them. This last part was so powerful that it led to new form of Watsu, Tandem Watsu, that is now introduced in this book. Being floated between two, whatever is released by the now fully supported stretches is contained and circulates within to wherever it is needed. The power of three discovered in this book's Explorer and Tandem Watsu is now brought onto land in its Tantsuyoga. Besides introducing how to share with one other, this fifth edition presents all the steps of the new Flower Rounds in which the support of the third allows the holder to keep his eyes closed and engage his breath so deeply he can celebrate seven stages of union (Yoga means union). See Tantsuyoga.com. This book also introduces how to bring Tantsuyoga into Yoga classes. Our goal is a world in which everybody can unconditionally hold each other. Harold Dull started developing Watsu over 30 years ago, floating and stretching his Zen Shiatsu students in a warm pool in Northern California. At that time he started Tantsu(r) (Watsu on land) which has evolved into the Tantsuyoga in this book. A poet in the San Francisco Renaissance, Harold enjoys continuing to share how this book's forms evolve through its five editions. Harold has taught in more than 25 countries. Students from more than 60 countries have studied Wa
Download or read book Aquatic Exercise for Rehabilitation and Training written by Lori Thein Brody and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2009 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DVD contains demonstration of basic stroke problems and corrections discussed in the book.
Download or read book Dolphins A Wing written by Michele Ethier and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-10-27 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This true story involves five lifetime girlfriends who decide to go on a magical retreat to a far away tropical island. They find themselves swimming with wild dolphins in their natural habitat. In addition to ocean adventures, their ever-changing activities include discovering their personal guardian angels, eating healthy, organic foods, daily yoga stretching, and learning a variety of powerful meditation practices--all reaching toward spiritual enlightenment. This unpredictable vacation takes on a life of its own with twists and turns that leave each of them wondering what they have gotten themselves into, then embracing the unpredictable with one another’s love and support. In addition to these challenges, their days are filled with sunshine, sunsets, moonlight and laughter that leaves their cheeks aching. As the vacationers build profound, lasting memories, the love and respect they feel for each other surpass’ anything they have experienced before, Your heart will share the connectedness of all women, including our grandmothers, mothers, sisters and daughters. Such friendships are everlasting.
Download or read book Comprehensive Aquatic Therapy written by Andrew J. Cole and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2004 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multidisciplinary reference reviews the biologic, medical, and rehabilitative research that underlies aquatic therapy and applies these scientific findings to current evaluation and treatment techniques for a broad range of problems and disorders. Contributors from physiatry, physical therapy, occupational therapy and sports medicine take a practical, evidence-based approach to therapy, discussing the effects of the aquatic environment on human physiology, as well as goal setting and functional outcomes. They also address related issues such as facility design, management and staffing to senior wellness programs and associated legal considerations. The completely revised and updated 2nd Edition features new chapters on wound management, pediatric aquatic therapy and the use of aquatic therapy for common orthopedic problems.
Download or read book Watsu Basic and Explorer Paths on Land and in Water written by Harold Dull and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1980 Harold Dull began Watsu by floating friends in a warm pool applying the principles and stretches of the Zen Shiatsu he had studied with its creator on land in Japan. Today a hundred authorized instructors teach the Watsu that, with the aid of many, has evolved to help millions of all ages in clinics, spas, and backyard pools around the world. This book illustrates what is taught in their first 50 hours of classes, a simple but complete Watsu that you can share with family and friends. It also introduces Tantsu (Watsu on Land) and an adaptation of Watsu for a home spa. When Harold saw, and experienced, how much Watsu benefits both the holder and the held, he started developing ways these benefits can be accessible to everybody. Tantsu and Tantsuyoga brings Watsu's way of working with the body as a whole and its deep connection through the breath to those without pools. Harold found that helping each other in threes accelerates learning while adding a new level of benefits. This book presents the stages and step-by-step instructions for joining and leading two friends through the complete-in-itself Watsu Round, and/or Tansuyoga. This book introduces the Explorer Path on which watsuers from all levels join and explore moves and themes in teams of three, and in rounds that encourage spontaneity and creativity. In this book's Tandem Watsu, float a third between you. Take turns being the one who supports and the one who explores the powerful stretches the other's support facilitates. Contained between you, whatever the stretches release often finds its way up their spine. A Tandem Tantsuyoga that can be shared anywhere is also introduced. This book also includes the many discoveries made at each stage of Watsu and Tantsu's long development.
Download or read book The Water Kite Journey written by Debbie Torrellas and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy the very personal journey and passion with water from the healing point of view and personal experiences while coaching and motivating people. The journey is based on a fun perspective of flying a kite as the vehicle in life. You will enjoy and watch as the Author describes health success from over or above water, which brings a different way to draw parallels in life. Have a close encounter with daily health issues and menacing ones that may affect quality of life. In a hilarious and entertaining way the Author describes the health predators, from the gossiping of a medical office to surf health conditions in the net. Meet the pandemic creatures of health which stops people from evolution and transformation. Explore alternative ways to approach the body as water creatures and in a fun way create a love relationship with the self. Open the heart and just listen to the out loud liquid language of the body in the water, through positions, movement and quality of tissue. Experience the uncorking sensation of healing, even when it does not seem to be real. Embrace the liquid success in health easier and faster than imagination, when water is the catalyst to balance the energy which ignites our daily life success. Meet the health challenges of real testimonies of Latin Americans who getting deep in water have balance their brain to work on their benefit and not against them. Share the extraordinary success stories of the healing power of the liquid that brought us to life: water! The proposal of the Water Kite Journey is a simple invitation to get wet and heal. It is the journey of dedication and love transferred in the water to change the lives of people. No matter the condition caused by stress and external circumstances, there is always water to heal all around the Island, and in the ocean of life. It is a personal invitation to personal empowerment of liquid prosperity in health. For those who love helping others to get inspired, and get wet to heal their people. The Water Kite Journey is an invitation for individuals, to explore the amazing healing power of water from an evolutionary and personal transformation perspective. It is an invitation to live in perfect love with the self and keep pain on the beauty side of life, understanding the amazing healing power of water. It is an invitation to enjoy the amazing personal journey while engaged in real anecdotic testimonies of healing presented in the book.
Download or read book Watsu written by Harold Dull and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about water, about our bodies in water and how, floating and stretching one another to our shared breathing pattern, we achieve new levels of peace and oneness. Many consider Watsu the most significant advance in bodywork in our times. While other forms are based on touch, Watsu creates a more profound connection through the holding and the deep connection with the breath that being in water facilitates. The trust established combines with the relaxing effects of warm water and Watsu's moves and stretches to create a modality of extraordinary depth that has both specific therapeutic results and healing on many levels. Besides having countless applications in therapy, it brings new depths of 'connection' into the lives of the many sharing its simpler moves with family and friends. This third edition completes the first 25-year evolution of what came into being when Harold Dull started floating people at Harbin Hot Springs in Northern California, applying the stretches of the Zen Shiatsu he had studied in Japan. It illustrates, step by step, the major positions and forms of Watsu. It introduces Watsuchanics (the body mechanics of Watsu) and other developments that help students learn Watsu. More than sixteen therapists and practitioners have added contributions detailing the use of Watsu with all ages and the growing number of conditions that Watsu is proving to alleviate in clinics and spas around the world. New chapters feature Watsu with children and a form of Watsu that can be used in home spa/hot tubs. Also illustrated step by step is a complete form of Tantsu which brings Watsu's nurturing power back onto land. More than a thousand images have gone into this book to give as clear an illustration as possible of the movements and forms of Watsu and Tantsu.
Download or read book Cerebral Palsy written by Freeman Miller and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006-05-08 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a child has a health problem, parents want answers. But when a child has cerebral palsy, the answers don't come quickly. A diagnosis of this complex group of chronic conditions affecting movement and coordination is difficult to make and is typically delayed until the child is eighteen months old. Although the condition may be mild or severe, even general predictions about long-term prognosis seldom come before the child's second birthday. Written by a team of experts associated with the Cerebral Palsy Program at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, this authoritative resource provides parents and families with vital information that can help them cope with uncertainty. Thoroughly updated and revised to incorporate the latest medical advances, the second edition is a comprehensive guide to cerebral palsy. The book is organized into three parts. In the first, the authors describe specific patterns of involvement (hemiplegia, diplegia, quadriplegia), explain the medical and psychosocial implications of these conditions, and tell parents how to be effective advocates for their child. In the second part, the authors provide a wealth of practical advice about caregiving from nutrition to mobility. Part three features an extensive alphabetically arranged encyclopedia that defines and describes medical terms and diagnoses, medical and surgical procedures, and orthopedic and other assistive devices. Also included are lists of resources and recommended reading.
Download or read book Naturopathic Physical Medicine written by Leon Chaitow and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2008-05-30 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATUROPATHIC PHYSICAL MEDICINE provides a philosophical naturopathic perspective, as well as practical clinical applications, for manual and physical approaches to health care. A wide range of bodywork and movement approaches and modalities are evaluated in relation to their ability to be appropriately used in naturopathic treatment and rehabilitation settings. The model of care emphasised in this text recognizes that naturopathically oriented therapeutic interventions usually focus on achieving one or all of the following: enhancement of function so that the person, system or part, can better self-regulate in response to adaptive demands; modification or removal of adaptive load factors; and symptomatic relief without creation of significant additional adaptive changes.
Download or read book Introduction to Massage Therapy written by Mary Beth Braun and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2008 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory textbook instills the skills and knowledge needed to become—and excel as—a professional massage therapist. Enhanced by full-color illustrations and photographs, the text integrates functional anatomy, physiology, and pathology with massage therapy techniques and offers extensive 3D anatomical information. Communication, documentation, safety, self-care, and business practices are also covered. This edition features expanded coverage of hydrotherapy, Eastern techniques, sanitation and hygiene, HIPAA, and key topics tested on the National Certification Exam. Other new features include critical thinking exercises and boxes highlighting contraindications to massage or specific strokes. A bound-in Real Bodywork DVD features outstanding video clips of massage sequences.
Download or read book Medical Hydrology written by Sidney Licht and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Massage Therapist s Guide to Understanding Locating and Treating Myofascial Trigger Points written by Leon Chaitow and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describing the background to the evolution of Rnon-specificS backache as well as the assessment and treatment methods ideal for use in combination with massage therapy, deriving from physical therapy, osteopathic, and chiropractic sources, this book describes these methods individually and then integrates them into a detailed description of a massage session focusing on the person with backache.
Download or read book Sports Medicine written by Ramon Hines and published by Scientific e-Resources. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phrase Sports Medicine is not specific to one career/profession. It instead, encompasses a group of professionals from various disciplines whose focus is the heath of an athlete. Athletes can be all ages and play on all different levels. A person interested in becoming an orthopedic sports medicine specialist must complete four years of medical school. After their undergraduate schooling is completed, training continues with a five-year residency in orthopedics. In order to sub-specialize, which is the case with an orthopedic sports medicine, another two to four years of training is required. This book is a practical guide to the field of sports science and the treatment of sports injuries. Written for students in sports science and medicine, trainees and specialists in sports medicine and related disciplines. The book presents the clinical management of both acute and chronic sports injuries and medical problems alongside the background and basic science of sports medicine. Hopefully the present book will be useful for the students of physical education and sports sciences and other related courses.
