Author: Donald Vanhowten
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 282
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120815203
Description
We all have holding patterns that are so habitual, that they literally leave an historic imprint on the membranes of the body. These membranes store our actions, experiences emotions and beliefs. They in turn represent our impressions of life, in a hard copy of flesh.
This book takes the wisdom from the East, specifically from the ancient science of Ayurveda, and combines it with a version of the Western medical model, stirs in large portions of awareness, safety, and support, ads practical visual techniques, and passes this recipe along into capable hands and hearts.
Whether you are a professional in the health field or lay person simply interested in taking better care of yourself and others, you will find Ayurveda & Life Impressions Bodywork a refreshing, insightful, and practical approach to updating our old life impressions.
REVIEWS
Ayurveda and Life Impressions Bodywork adds a new dimension to Ayurveda that all students of this ancient health science should examine. It is one of the most profound and creative additions to Ayurveda to come out of the West.
-Dr David Frawley
Author: Ayurvedic Healings and Ayurveda and the Mind
Donald VanHowten is a natural discover, what I find most valuable in this book is the emphasis on awareness and the self-organizing capabilities of our human system.
-Carl Ginsburg
Feldenkrais Trainer and Former Guild President
This brilliant presentation is a masterful reflection of VanHowten’s subtle hands-on approach to healing.
-Janet Greene MD
Van’s brilliant book made a Life Impression on me-this is a must read for all bodyworkers and Psychotherapists.
-Janice Duval
Certified Social Worker
Contents
FOREWORD BY DR LAD
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
SECTION I
WHO ARE WE?
CHAPTER ONE
The Making of a Life Impression
CHAPTER TWO
The Mother of All Healing
CHAPTER THREE
Changing the Self-Image
CHAPTER FOUR
Membrane Function: Safety and Support
SECTION II
HOW WE CHANGE
CHAPTER FIVE
The Touch of Awakening
CHAPTER SIX
The Components of the Human System
CHAPTER SEVEN
Intervention
SECTION III
TREATMENTS AND RESOURCES
CHAPTER EIGHT
Vital Air Treatments
CHAPTER NINE
Component Treatments
CHAPTER TEN
Elemental Treatments
AFTERWORD
BIBLIOGRAPHY
RESOURCES
INDEX