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Includes 150 hands-on photos and illustrations!
Knead your way to relaxation and wellness with this easy guide to the art of massage. From Swedish to Shiatsu, sports massage to self-massage, expert authors Steve Capellini and Michel Van Welden show you move by move how to harness the healing power of touch. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
About the author
Steve Capellini: You may be thinking to yourself, "What makes HIM so special that he should write this book on massage?" Perhaps what most specifically qualifies me is the inordinate amount of time, amounting to many thousands of hours, I've spent cooped up alone in a room with just one other person, touching them all over their bodies and getting paid for it.
What could be more fun? Or more weird? I hope I've got the communication skills to get across to you the reasons why an otherwise sane human being would spend such a large percentage of his life in such a strange manner.
And in addition, to give you an idea of some more specific qualifications, here's a rough chronology of my life in touch:
1977: Received first massage ever, from high school girlfriend Grace, and knew that something important had just transpired.
1983: Attended 108 hour massage class in Los Angeles and became certified. Had to take V.D. test at local health clinic in order to receive license (a local prostitution ordinance).
1984: Massaged members of the cast and crew of a movie being filmed about Ernest Hemingway in Pamplona, Spain, during the famous running of the bulls. Yes, I ran.
1985: First regular massage job, at a spa in Florida, giving 25-minute full body oil rubdowns to cigar-smoking "good ole boys" for $4 an hour.
1986: Rethought career choice. Started working at a friend's landscaping company.
1987: Was called into work at a new spa in Miami, the Doral. Massaged Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who gave me the "secret" of aphrodisiacs.
1988: Became supervisor of the massage and spa treatments department at the Doral, in charge of 40 therapists.
1989: Became a traveling spa trainer, hiring staff and overseeing openings of spas in Vermont, Jamaica, on cruise ships, and more.
1992: Started teaching workshops to massage therapists and business owners. Massaged Red Cross volunteers and army personnel in aftermath of Hurricane Andrew.
1997: Began publishing books on massage and spas (this is the third one).
1998: First child born. Waiting until he's a year or two old before teaching him how to massage Mommy and Daddy.
1999: Continuing to rub, teach, and write. ;
Steve Capellini: You may be thinking to yourself, "What makes HIM so special that he should write this book on massage?" Perhaps what most specifically qualifies me is the inordinate amount of time, amounting to many thousands of hours, I've spent cooped up alone in a room with just one other person, touching them all over their bodies and getting paid for it.
What could be more fun? Or more weird? I hope I've got the communication skills to get across to you the reasons why an otherwise sane human being would spend such a large percentage of his life in such a strange manner.
And in addition, to give you an idea of some more specific qualifications, here's a rough chronology of my life in touch:
1977: Received first massage ever, from high school girlfriend Grace, and knew that something important had just transpired.
1983: Attended 108 hour massage class in Los Angeles and became certified. Had to take V.D. test at local health clinic in order to receive license (a local prostitution ordinance).
1984: Massaged members of the cast and crew of a movie being filmed about Ernest Hemingway in Pamplona, Spain, during the famous running of the bulls. Yes, I ran.
1985: First regular massage job, at a spa in Florida, giving 25-minute full body oil rubdowns to cigar-smoking "good ole boys" for $4 an hour.
1986: Rethought career choice. Started working at a friend's landscaping company.
1987: Was called into work at a new spa in Miami, the Doral. Massaged Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who gave me the "secret" of aphrodisiacs.
1988: Became supervisor of the massage and spa treatments department at the Doral, in charge of 40 therapists.
1989: Became a traveling spa trainer, hiring staff and overseeing openings of spas in Vermont, Jamaica, on cruise ships, and more.
1992: Started teaching workshops to massage therapists and business owners. Massaged Red Cross volunteers and army personnel in aftermath of Hurricane Andrew.
1997: Began publishing books on massage and spas (this is the third one).
1998: First child born. Waiting until he's a year or two old before teaching him how to massage Mommy and Daddy.
1999: Continuing to rub, teach, and write. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
