| Intention and Non-Doing in Therapeutic Bodywork Contributor(s): Pike, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1787758982 ISBN-13: 9781787758988 Publisher: Singing Dragon OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Allied Health Services - Massage Therapy - Medical | Allied Health Services - Physical Therapy - Medical | Alternative & Complementary Medicine |
| Dewey: 615.822 |
| LCCN: 2022276123 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.06" W x 9.08" (0.89 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Exploring the Buddhist/Taoist concept of non-doing and intention in relation to bodywork, this book focuses on how the therapist should approach their client without agenda and meet them where they are at. This requires the therapist to pay attention to their own surfacing intentions and leave assumptions behind so they may focus on simply 'being', which is a profoundly active, non-reactive expression of presence, rather than a passive state of resignation. The ramifications of sub-conscious doing and wilful intention can negatively impact expressions of health and so the author explains how therapists may skilfully navigate between intention, attention and embodied non-doing whilst treating clients, and how this creates the foundations for safe relational touch. |