The Spiritual Dimension of Therapeutic Touch or Spa Bodywork

The Spiritual Dimension of Therapeutic Touch

Author: Dora Kunz

HEALTH

Therapeutic Touch is a powerful technique for rebalancing the body’s energy through touch, visualization, and spiritual acceptance of life’s inevitable cycle. Developed by Dora Kunz (1904–1999), medical intuitive and fifth generation clairvoyant, and Dolores Krieger, pioneer researcher on the dynamics of healing, this extraordinary method has put authentic healing into the hands of health care providers. It has been taught in hospitals and at universities to tens of thousands of health care professionals since 1972.

This book examines the dynamic interrelationship between healer and patient and the vital role of expanded levels of consciousness as they relate to the healing process. It provides an intimate glimpse into the life work of Dora Kunz in an engaging series of her never-before-transcribed lectures and case studies, accompanied by insightful commentary from Dolores Krieger. During their years of shared research and healing practice, the authors found illness to be rooted in specific subtle energy imbalances. They developed a transpersonal energetic approach to healing physical pain using centering and self-awareness practices. The practices and exercises they share in The Spiritual Dimension of Therapeutic Touch will help practitioners achieve the sensitivity and spiritual empathy necessary to effectively access and respond to energy imbalances in themselves and in their patients, to promote physical healing as well as mental and spiritual peace.

DORA KUNZ, former president of the Theosophical Society of America, was the author of The Personal Aura, editor of Spiritual Aspects of the Healing Arts,and coauthor of The Chakras and the Human Energy Fields. DOLORES KRIEGER, Ph.D., R.N., is the author of The Therapeutic Touch, Accepting Your Power to Heal, and Therapeutic Touch Inner Workbook and is a professor emerita of nursing science at New York University.

Dora Kunz, former president of the Theosophical Society of America, was the author of The Personal Aura and Spiritual Aspects of the Healing Arts and coauthor of The Chakras and the Human Energy Fields.

Dolores Krieger, Ph.D., R.N., is the author of The Therapeutic Touch, Accepting Your Power to Heal, and Therapeutic Touch Inner Workbook and is a professor emerita of nursing science at New York University.

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Spa Bodywork: A Guide for Massage Therapists

Author: Anne Williams

The ability to deliver an exceptional and satisfying spa treatment is a special skill for which massage therapists are particularly well suited. Knowledge of spa treatments not only allows massage therapists to offer their clients more options; it gives them a competitive advantage when seeking work in the spa industry. This textbook guides the massage therapist through each step of delivering a treatment--from a consideration of the indications and contraindications to scope of practice issues, the supplies needed, how to set up the room and practical tips on the specific steps involved. It also provides ideas for massage therapists on how to integrate massage techniques, spa products and enhancing accents, to create and deliver unique services. While wet-room equipment and techniques are discussed throughout the book, the focus is on the delivery of spa treatments in a dry-room setting. This approach allows for the use of spa services in a variety of settings such as a classroom, private practice, and massage clinic or day spa without the need for expensive wet-room equipment.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Overview of the spa industry	3
Ch. 2	Preparation for spa treatment delivery	15
Ch. 3	Foundation skills for spa treatment delivery	39
Ch. 4	Water therapies	61
Ch. 5	Introduction to aromatherapy for spa	73
Ch. 6	Exfoliation treatments	101
Ch. 7	Body wraps	121
Ch. 8	Spa foot treatments	145
Ch. 9	Fangotherapy	171
Ch. 10	Thalassotherapy	193
Ch. 11	Introduction to ayurveda for spa	209
Ch. 12	Stone massage	243
Ch. 13	Treatment design and the signature spa treatment	265
Ch. 14	Careers in spa	283