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The seven articles below were published in the Massage Therapy Journal. Together they explore how massage affects us physically and more than physically. The physical world is three-dimensional. But massage and bodywork also affect one's state of mind, one's emotions and spirit...how so?
Contact - The First Dimension of Touch
This article explores the observation that it is not the therapeutic intention, but rather the conscious contact of two beings, that is therapeutically fruitful.
Movement - The Second Dimension of Touch
When we contact someone, then move our hand, we explore living pathways of the body and mind...
Breath - The Third Dimension of Touch
Article from Massage Therapy Journal (Spring 1996) on the central structural and energetic role of breath in touch therapies...
Massage and the Vertical Truth - The Fourth Dimension of Touch
Graceful verticality is not just good body mechanics but is a way to qualitatively enhance the energy fields of the client and therapist.
The Role of the Heart in Bodywork - The Fifth Dimension of Touch
In the work of health care, there is much focus on the details of health, but not so much on the details of care. What role may love play in healing? How can we develop this skill further?
The Mind in Bodywork - The Sixth Dimension of Touch
For all of human history, until this century, medicine has had an essential connection with spirituality. Until the twentieth century, virtually all hospitals in the world were affiliated with a church, temple, or religious order. During this century medicine and spirituality have stood somewhat farther apart. Though many medical practitioners ...
Alchemy - The Seventh Dimension of Touch.
In which your erstwhile bodywork/philosopher explores the downside of the culture of speed, the social and biological importance of resting and stopping for a change, the grace-ful capacity for bodywork to help us choose new paths.
Below is a shorter version of the Seven Dimensions published in Kindred Spirit, England's main New Age magazine. Finally two articles from the Massage Therapy Journal are reprinted.
The Seven Dimensions of Touch, Part 1
from Kindred Spirit, England's main New Age magazine, on the important ways in which touch essentially involves more dimensions than just the usual three. For instance, high quality touch involves emotion and understanding and can be a transformative force...
The Seven Dimensions of Touch, Part 2
from Kindred Spirit magazine in England, this article summarizes David Lauterstein's explorations of the fourth through the seventh dimensions of touch - graceful verticality, heart, understanding, and alchemy.
Massage and the Inner Reptile
The inner child meets Godzilla! No seriously, how can touch help reconcile our higher and "lower" selves? Help! Here's a little help. The Art of Massage
It is often said that massage is an art and a science. This article begins to explore the question - precisely how is it an art form?
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