Indian Head Massage: Discover the power of touch. Narendra Mehta

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СКАЧАТЬ Your Neck

       Neck Massage

       Your Scalp

       Scalp Massage

       Chapter 4 Partners and Lovers

       Introduction

       Setting the Scene

       Before You Begin

       Getting Started

       Sharing the Sensual Massage

       Chapter 5 Looking After Your Hair

       What is hair?

       Types of hair

       Common Hair Disorders

       Maintaining Healthy Hair

       Helpful Treatments

       Case Histories

       Chapter 6 Self Massage

       Introduction

       Using Oils

       Preparing Yourself for Massage

       Your Step-by-step Guide

       Neck Stretches

       Chapter 7 Muscular Strains and Headaches

       Introduction

       How Muscles Work

       Easing Muscle Strain or Injury

       Rounded or Raised Shoulders, Concave Chests and Impaired Breathing

       Eye Strain

       Tension Headaches

       Migraine

       Vascular Headaches

       Headaches Associated with Fever

       Headaches Following Injury

       Other Headaches

       Relieving the Pain

       Chapter 8 When to Use Head Massage

       Introduction

       Physical and Mental Benefits

       Indian Champissage

       Words of Caution

       Epilogue: Indian Head Massage and the Future

       Glossary

       Index

       Acknowledgements

       Praise

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       CHAPTER 1 The Art of Indian Head Massage

       One treatment that is guaranteed to lift you out of the stresses of daily life and provide you with a real cure for those aching, tense neck and shoulder muscles is the ancient art of Indian head massage. Sounds different? It is. This book will teach you how to give superb massages to your partners, friends and work colleagues – and to yourself.

       INTRODUCTION

      You are a very special person if you can boast immunity to the pressures of modern-day living. Those who fall prey to stress often complain that tension is stored in the shoulder, neck and head areas. Indian head massage is guaranteed to relieve these feelings. The technique has been practised in India for over a thousand years, originally by women who believed that massaging their heads with natural vegetable СКАЧАТЬ