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ALL MOTION ORIGINATES FROM THE NAVEL

ALL MOTION ORIGINATES FROM THE NAVEL

It has been described that a Samurai is not holding the sacred sword with the hands. The samurai is holding the sword with the navel. The same abdominal prerequisites and subordinations are true for the instruments of the archer and the implements of the calligrapher. Previous to initiating their graceful actions, tea and flower ceremonies also require preliminary access to the viscera region’s contributions. 
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No Need to Always Go and Get It

No Need to Always Go and Get It

However, the holding persuasion is frequently by-passed.

A practitioner will incorrectly feel that they are not entitled to this superb condition of simply  pausing and holding. A practitioner will also incorrectly feel that this exquisite condition of simply holding and pausing falls into the therapeutic category of uselessness, laziness or ineffectiveness.

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Four Healing Options of a Shaman-Therapist

Four Healing Options of a Shaman-Therapist

Surprisingly upon arrival, and in substitution of your eagerly anticipated expectation, the therapist-shaman, with the best interest of your health at heart, has included in his or her therapeutic evaluation, an alternative option and has summarily dismissed you to return home. 
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WHAT IS THE DISTRACTION METHOD?

WHAT IS THE DISTRACTION METHOD?

What is The Distraction Method [DM]?   WHAT IS THE DISTRACTION METHOD USED IN BODYWORK THERAPY? The Distraction Method DM is a simple technique used in manipulative physical therapies, including Vedic Massage and Yoga Assists, and for the purpose of...

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Percussion as a Therapeutic Tool

Percussion as a Therapeutic Tool

Despite the cupping technique and other percussive techniques being quite simple to apply, a therapist’s educational and developmental years, unfortunately, omitted the distinct details, the importance and the value of percussion as a refined therapeutic procedure.
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The Art of Therapeutic Compression

The Art of Therapeutic Compression

Find the Epicenter - Insert your Thumb Tack - Feel for the Grain of Rice

‘Discovering the Epicenter’, ’Inserting the Thumbtack’ and ‘Feeling for the Grain of Rice’ are craft metaphors which successfully describe aspects of compression techniques.

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PUSHING / LEANING

PUSHING / LEANING

PUSHING / LEANING During a body-work treatment, there is a significant therapeutic difference between 'pushing' and ‘leaning’. I have discovered that when I push into a recipient, then I feel that I’m accessing only the sensitivities or ‘computer-proprioceptors’ positioned in...

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