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master template | TouchAbilities®
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Who is it for? Why use this book? TouchAbilities is a multifaceted framework for teaching touch. By identifying a universal common language, TouchAbilities serves as a master template and presents fundamental ways to connect with and shift the body. These are called skills and incorporate physical manipulation of soft tissue as well as dynamic interaction with the body’s mental and energetic fields. Twenty-six skills. A veritable alphabet of touch, are organized into 8 Component categories. More and more...
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book cover | TouchAbilities®
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Who is it for? Why use this book? Designed by InMotion Interactive.
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why use this book? | TouchAbilities®
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Who is it for? Why use this book? Why use this book? Why use this book? WHY USE THIS TEXTBOOK? Features of the text:. Lays out fundamental concepts. Identifies a common core skill set. Introduces a new BodyWork lexicon. Highlights universal body mechanics principles. Discusses ergonomics, effects, and presence. Presents SenseAbilities – a sense awareness vocabulary. Links and correlates TouchAbilities skills with over 30 modalities. Includes writings by leading practitioners and teachers.
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key words | TouchAbilities®
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Who is it for? Why use this book? An intricate multidimensional complex of systems and energy fields associated with an organism including and extending beyond the physical plane; incorporates physical, mental, emotional and spiritual essence integrating anatomy, physiology and energy; a living form that is defined and animated by its amorphous, ever-changing energetic nature and the vibrating, pulsating, dynamic mechanisms of its physicality. A general approach through which to see a body. An interactiv...
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starting up | TouchAbilities®
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Who is it for? Why use this book? We have sourced and created a comprehensive test bank which dovetails with the TouchAbilities text and more. We’ve written the questions and structured the exams to be part of the process to embed the lesson. There are thousands of questions in various forms -short answer, matching, fill in the blank, multiple choice, true and false, essay and picture labeling – all with answer keys. Designed by InMotion Interactive.
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mission | TouchAbilities®
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Who is it for? Why use this book? Our mission is to disseminate information and start a movement to globally change the essence and quality of touch education;. To revolutionize and integrate the touch field by encouraging all healthcare educational institutions to include in their curricula a foundational program for developing touch skills;. To awaken people to the delight and excitement of conscious touch with caring intent;. Designed by InMotion Interactive.
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explanation | TouchAbilities®
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Who is it for? Why use this book? Because there are so many of them we have variety, options, choices, growth and moment-to-moment uniqueness of experience. All the different approaches bring us different dances, different rhythms, different moods, different textures, different options. What Is a Modality? Designed by InMotion Interactive.
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components | TouchAbilities®
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Who is it for? Why use this book? The breath is a carrier wave of aliveness, movement and flow. The mechanics of breathing involve muscles, tissues and organs. The movement of these structures during breathing creates waves that impact every system of the body. This impact translates to pulsation, excitation, movement, vitality, motility and connection. There are 3 primary skills that can be applied when using the breath as a therapeutic tool: Tracking, Directing and Pacing.
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contributors | TouchAbilities®
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Who is it for? Why use this book? Avi-Khadir Aberman, RPP, LMT. Dale G. Alexander PhD, LMT. David Allan, DC, CCFC. Bruce Baltz, LMT. Mark F. Beck. Ben E Benjamin, PhD. Jack Blackburn, MTS-SD, LMP, CTP. Steve Capellini, LMT. Judith DeLany, LMT. Patrick Fay, DC. Sandy Fritz, MS, NCTMB. Jill Goldman, LMT, NCTMB. Rose J. Griscom, LMT. Paula Hamelik, LMT. Kathryn Hansman-Spice, MS, LMT. Bodhi F. Kocica, LMT. George Peter Kousaleos, LMT. Bob Lunior, LMT, MSW, LCSW. Aaron L. Mattes, LMT, CK. James Waslaski, LMT.
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brief history | TouchAbilities®
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Who is it for? Why use this book? BodyWork incorporates massage as well as other healing modalities. From the beginning of human history, BodyWork as therapy was used for self-care and to assist others. It might have involved rubbing a tired muscle, squeezing a cut, holding an aching belly or nurturing a wounded spirit. This has not changed over time. In the current trend of integrative therapy, the body is perceived as a multidimensional field extending beyond the physical plane. This field incorpor...
