Acupressure and Reflexology For Dummies by Bobbi Dempsey (PDF)

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Features healing routines and illustrations to guide youEase your aches and find relief through the power of touchSearching for alternative treatments for pain? This friendly, do-it-yourself guide introduces you to the basics and benefits of acupressure and reflexology, showing you step by step how to nurture your emotional and physical well-being and that of someone else. You’ll see how to target specific body parts to address your ailments and improve your emotional as well as your physical well-being.Understand basic healing principlesRelieve your specific aches and painsBoost your immune systemAddress age-related ailmentsFind professional help

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Editorial Reviews: From the Inside Flap Features healing routines and illustrations to guide youEase your aches and find relief through the power of touchSearching for alternative treatments for pain? This friendly, do-it-yourself guide introduces you to the basics and benefits of acupressure and reflexology, showing you step by step how to nurture your emotional and physical well-being and that of someone else. You’ll see how to target specific body parts to address your ailments and improve your emotional as well as your physical well-being.Understand basic healing principlesRelieve your specific aches and painsBoost your immune systemAddress age-related ailmentsFind professional help From the Back Cover Features healing routines and illustrations to guide youEase your aches and find relief through the power of touchSearching for alternative treatments for pain? This friendly, do-it-yourself guide introduces you to the basics and benefits of acupressure and reflexology, showing you step by step how to nurture your emotional and physical well-being and that of someone else. You’ll see how to target specific body parts to address your ailments and improve your emotional as well as your physical well-being.Understand basic healing principlesRelieve your specific aches and painsBoost your immune systemAddress age-related ailmentsFind professional help About the Author Synthia Andrews has been a message and bodywork therapist for 25 years. She is an authorized teacher of Jin Shin Do Bodymind Acupressure, has been on faculty at the Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy for 16 years, and was a four-year faculty member at the Kripalu Yoga Institute. She is licensed in the state of Connecticut, where she maintains a private practice, and is currently a forth-year student of Naturopathic Medicine at the University of Bridgeport. Her Real love is using acupressure to help abused, neglected, or injured horses. You can find classes with Synthia and other qualified professionals at bodymindeast.com and jinshindo.org. Bobbi Dempsey is a freelance writer for many major publications including The New York Times, Muscle & Fitness, Family Circle, Parents, Men’s Fitness, and many others. She is also the author of numerous nonfiction books on topics ranging from diabetes to homemade ice cream. Read more

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⭐This really is an excellent book. It’s easy to read and follow because it’s so organized and written in a style that is easy to comprehend. I haven’t read through the whole book yet because I’m only working on the multifidus and piriformis muscles of my lumbosacral area of my back. That’s where my main health issue lies. The chapter on relieving backaches helps you understand how and where in the body you may have gotten the back pain and how to treat it. There are a multivariate of conditions in the body that may lead to pain in this area that are considered.For years I practiced foot reflexology on friends, family, and myself, but I got away from it, for whatever reasons. But now I’m back and plan to stay with it. There are pressure points in the feet and hands that help to relieve back pain, and sometimes even eliminate it. But I won’t get into that here because the book is the true guide with illustrations and directions that shows how to work the feet and hands to locate the pain in the body and then treat it with massage and other modalities. Diet can also lead to health problems that manifest themselves in the body.Something else that is excellent about the teaching methodologies in this chapter is the exercise regiment. Actually the exercises are a combination of stretches and postures and breathing. And some you can do sitting in a chair which is so helpful if you are having trouble bending over or getting up and down off the floor. I’ve been doing these stretches for seven days now and I haven’t had one back ache. And usually I have shooting back pain in my right lower lumbar the minute my feet hit the floor when I wake up in the morning. I mean I couldn’t get through a day without wearing my copper fit belt.Along with the gentle stretches and rubbing pressure points on my hands and feet, I also use two different roller bottles of essential oils along my spine. One bottle has Deep Blue EO and the other has a combo of Marjoram and Peppermint EO. And I’ve been going barefoot around the house. I think that has really helped me, too. It is a form of acupressure. I know for sure that all these modalities are working together to help me. I’m positive because I feel better.This book is more or less an introduction to the field of acupressure and reflexology and I’m really glad I bought it. It’s already helped me a great deal and I know when I study the whole book very thoroughly, I’ll reap the benefits even further. I don’t expect to be a master on the subject. Nor do I plan do enter this field as a private business. But I do expect to take the responsibility to learn how to treat my body holistically and this book offers a good starter course.

⭐All Dummies books are actually very well written. And relevant informations are presented thoroughly to readers who are new to a topic like Acupressure.Of course a book can only contain so much information.I’ve found author Michael Reed Gach the best on acupressure. He has one book like this For Dummies about general acupressure. Then he divided his publications into various groups like arthritis, back pains, energy and love making.I recommend his books after you’ve finished reading Acupressure for Dummies.

⭐Really well written book on Acupressure and Reflexology

⭐Excellent enlightment for the “I hurt all over person”. The simple instructions bring relief, teaching where to apply pressure to a hurting area of ones own body. Thereby breaking up lactic acid that builds up around nerve juctions limiting blood flow carrying oxygen to whatever part of the body that is hurting. Trigger points of pressure are mostly similar to Acupunture. Not only does it provide rapid pain relief, the cost factor is often a barrier to those who have limited funds, or, no free time to get an appointment. Most professionals are booked which can delay treatment for immobilizing pain. Reflexology primarily used for the feet, has the same trigger points that will rlease pain all over the body’s nerve pathways, however, the technique is used likewise as Acuppresure. Having a learned skilled knowledge of either technique is almost as good as a professional in ones pocket. BB

⭐The book is more or less like all other dummies books, informative easy to understand. I’ve only looked through it briefly but am happy with my purchase.Kudos to the seller the book is practically brand new, it was on time, the price was good. I would recommend this seller! Thank you

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⭐Reflexology is my first love in my industry. It is how I came to be in my profession. I am always happy to have a variety of tools, equipment and knowledge to assist myself and clients.

⭐Have to say all the ‘Dummies’ books I have gotten, they have really helped me to understand the concept. This book helped me in an area that is way out of my comfort zone.

⭐This is a good DIY introduction to the topic of acupressure and some of the procedures described really do work. Although it works in much the same way as acupuncture, it’s cheaper in that you can perform it on yourself and you do not have to employ an expensive acupuncturist.It falls down in that it uses a rather mystic way of explaining how it works in terms of chi and yin and yang. It makes no attempt to describe what these and the so-called meridians are in terms of modern western science, which would make it more acceptable to the Western scientific community. If you are interested you can find an excellent explanation of acupuncture in terms of modern science at[…] .

⭐I have to admit to being a little disappointed with this book. Usually I’m a great fan of the ‘For Dummies’ down to earth approach, and I had hoped this would be useful to me as a student of reflexology. However, the way this book mixes information on acupressure with reflexology is annoying and distracting. The two fields, although similar, are different enough to warrant separate chapters in each, if not separate sections. Filtering paragraphs on acupressure from paragraphs on reflexology is a pain and prevents me from recommending this book.

⭐If you are interested in the benefits you might be capable of offering, this book is for you. It takes you through the moves in the simple and clear manner which is the hallmark of all the “for Dummies” series of books. Acupressure and Reflexology is a discipline that demands attention and practise, so be prepared to dedicate some good time into developing your techiques and the results will be sure to follow.

⭐Perfect for what I need, so much information. Great Book

⭐Agreat book, a great price and a great service. This book has everything you need to know on the subject, written in plain english. Fantastic for beginner or experienced therapist. I would really recommend it. The title makes it sound frivolous, but it is not. It includes everything that you would wish to know on the subject.

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