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Experience the Healing Power of Massage
With more than 650,000 copies sold, The Book of Massage is the classic guide to the relaxing and healing skills of the hands. Featuring both Eastern and Western methods, it presents step-by-step, beautifully illustrated instructions on everything from traditional massage to shiatsu and reflexology. The Book of Massage offers easy-to-follow techniques for giving the perfect massage, including advice on creating the right setting and suggestions for using aromatic oils and lotions. In the comfort of your own home, you can
Now revised and updated with fresh color photos and drawings throughout, The Book of Massage is a simple and comprehensive handbook that reveals how you can experience the myriad benefits of giving and receiving a soothing massage.
With more than 650,000 copies sold, massage therapist Lucinda Lidell's Book of Massage has been updated with new photos and instructional drawings. Not for the prudish, as the subjects in most of the photos are completely in the buff, the book presents an intense, information-packed, step-by-step guide to traditional massage, shiatsu, and reflexology.
No matter which method you choose to focus on (you're advised to choose one at a time), Lidell is thorough in her explanations of the strokes and techniques necessary to give relaxing, therapeutic massage in the privacy of your own home. Detailed drawings, diagrams, and photographs help to further demonstrate how to address each individual body part.
Divided into distinct chapters for each of the three methods, The Book of Massage also includes several sections that Lidell stresses are fundamental to all types of massage. The first is "Beginning," with information such as creating the right atmosphere (a warm room and soft lighting), applying oil, and finding a comfortable position. Additionally, Lidell suggests that everyone should review sections on the human touch and anatomy, both of which oddly come at the end of the book.
As thorough as The Book of Massage may be, do not expect to walk away from it an expert. As with any skill worth learning, giving good massage takes time, study, and practice, practice, practice. --Bree Altman
UsefulReviewed by Martin V. Ribe Kolendowitz, 2010-01-30
A very useful book for beginners. When learning massage, practise is far more important, but this book explains very clearly the different techniques and sequences. The drawings may look a bit outdated but are self-explanatory and useful.
Good strategyReviewed by M. Al-dhaen, 2010-01-13
Good book to start with, but you need the practice on different people to get different feedback. Try to find those people who are hard to please.
Badly dated material, pretentious, hard to followReviewed by Sonia Margolis, 2009-10-10
This book appears to have been created many years ago and now looks its age. The techniques are disorganized and the book includes many pages of questionable and hard to figure out "options." The author was showing off and we readers must wade through page after page of needlessly difficult massage instructions. The art seems dated too and is poorly done. Much of the book is devoted to "Shiatsu" a Japanese therapy that can be very painful and doesn't belong in a massage book. To summarize: a little useful material her and there but really not worth your time.
A "Nice" Intoduction to MassageReviewed by MassageM4M.com, 2009-04-17
As a connoisseur of massages and a practitioner I thought to get
this book for a friend of mine who is beginning their own massage
practice. Although the title promises alot, it really just gives
you the following information:
-Basic Western Massage (Basic Body rub techniques)
-Shiatsu
-Reflexology
There are many of other disciplines I would have liked to see
covered, but for fundamentals it is a good beginners book. It gives
you the basics and some common sense advice on creating an
environment and why human touch is so important. The illustrations
are easy to understand, and the artist conveys the sensuality of
touch very well. If you want an introductory book this is one to
get, especially for the novice and beginning
masseur/masseuse.
A great place to start learningReviewed by Dreamerchild, 2009-03-09
Lucinda Lidell touches on many various techniques for massage. While she doesn't go into great detail, she does lay a foundation for a person to find the technique that works best for them. It is a great resource for a person to use as they begin to explore massage therapy and its benefits.
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