We totally recommend this book to all massage therapists, trainers, coaches, or doctors wanting to know more of this body of knowledge. Most athletes will benefit from this valuable and easy to follow resource as well, enjoy life!

"This book can be for beginners to doctors, as the information can be used by most people. The basic workings of the systems, organs and muscles the technology is easy to learn, and designed for immediate application. If you are a trainer, Physical Therapist, massage or body therapist this will take your work to a new level. If you are a medical doctor wanting to know more about sports medicine, this is an easy to use book. I wish there was a book like this thirty-five years ago when I started out, it would have saved me lots of time and searching in other books.

For you elite athletes if you are serious about your sport you will know about muscles like any specialist. I worked for years on athletes and I love working on them as well as dancers they are the best; their bodies are beautiful to work on and they really appreciate good therapy. I was a jock too, most of my life, which is what got me into health in the first place see my story in book or web page."

The book is designed for two people to do a correct massage with the ultimate result of relaxation. There are specific rules to follow and techniques to use to accomplish this with the least amount of effort. The book is simply written with photos (with arrows or circles on them) depicting the direction the person doing the massage should go. There are even pages where the person doing the massage could write some notes so the next time he/she does the massage they can refer to them. In most people the same muscles tend to be tense every time.

The best oils to use are peanut, olive, or sunflower only because the skin will absorb them easily. The massage should be done on a firm surface. The book says to repeat a move 3 times and hold pressure on an area for 30 seconds and then move on, because this will usually begin to relax the muscle area. The book is not designed for anyone to try to do it all at once but if you are adventurous be my guest. Normally you would pick the chapter dealing with whatever muscles are sore and go from there. This writing is designed to help you relax, not to replace seeing a licensed therapist.

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.

This is a short, easy course in self-knowledge. Followed carefully, it should lead to a personal style of physical relaxation, an exploration and rediscovery of your body, and a tool you may share with others is you wish.

"ME"-ssage® is a simple, natural and very effective method of full-body self-massage, covering the entire body in about 10 to 15 minutes.

This method is instantly available at any time, at no cost, for the relief of muscular tension, headaches and sleeplessness. On a physical level, it leads to improved circulation, body tone, and release of habitual muscular tensions, which in turn may lead to improved body restructuring in posture and breathing.

Regular use leads to heightened awareness of the union of body and mind, an appreciation of being at all time available to one's self and participating effectively in one's own care and nurturing.

"ME"-ssage® will help you care for your most precious possession, your own body.