Touched by the Goddess: The Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual Powers of Bod

Description: Touched by the Goddess by Deane Juhan The author of the indispensable bodywork classic Job's Body offers a fresh look at the physically, emotionally and socially transformative powers of touch. Backed up by extensive research as well as long hands-on bodywork experience, this collection of fourteen essays (many originally written for Massage Magazine) takes on not only difficult and critical issues facing therapeutic touch, but also its potential to create positive change in all our lives. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A lively collection of essays by the celebrated author of Jobs Body: A Handbook for Bodywork. Juhan illustrates how therapeutic bodywork relates to many psychological, social, political and spiritual issues. Written for an audience of alternative health care workers, it will also be valuable to anyone interested in the positive powers of human touch and contact. Author Biography Deane Juhan was born in 1945 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, and educated at the University of Colorado (BA), the University of Michigan (MA), and the University of California at Berkeley (three and a half years as a doctoral candidate in English literature specializing in William Blake). In 1973 an experience with bodywork at Esalen Institute in Big Sur led to a sudden change in career. Joining the staff at Esalen as bodyworker and instructor (where he remained until 1990), he saw dramatic improvements in a wide variety of conditions as a result of hands-on work and movement reeducation. This quickened his interest in clinical research, and years of study of the physiology of touch and its concrete effects on development, adaption, skill learning, and healing eventually produced Jobs Body: A Handbook of Bodywork, as well as the essays in his latest book, Touched by the Goddess: the Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual Powers of Bodywork. He is currently a practitioner of the Trager Details ISBN1581770812 Author Deane Juhan Short Title TOUCHED BY THE GODDESS Language English ISBN-10 1581770812 ISBN-13 9781581770810 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 615.822 Edition 1st Place of Publication Barrytown, NY Country of Publication United States Residence US Birth 1945 Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9781581770810 AU Release Date 2000-09-05 NZ Release Date 2000-09-05 Imprint Station Hill Press,U.S. Subtitle The Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual Powers of Bodywork UK Release Date 2001-08-01 Pages 160 Publisher Station Hill Press,U.S. Edition Description New edition Year 2001 Publication Date 2001-08-01 Audience General US Release Date 2001-08-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:141525343;

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