BODYMIND HEALTHWORK TECHNIQUES
More or Less Than Meets the Eye?


"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?
Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN


THE MT INDEX. TAKE A LOOK . . .
Every few months (or less), a new book or a new seminar about soft-tissue and energy-based techniques and methods appear on the market. We love to add items to the growing list. Please go over the list, and when you reach the bottom, tell us how you feel about our technique collection.

  1. Accupressure
  2. Acrossage and Inversion Therapy
  3. Active Muscular Relaxation
  4. Active Release Technique
  5. Aikido
  6. Alexander Technique
  7. Amma Therapy
  8. Anma
  9. Applied Kinesiology
  10. Applied Physiology
  11. Aromatherapy Massage
  12. Ahssava (Yemenite) Massage
  13. Aston-Patterning
  14. Authentic Movement
  15. Autogenic Training
  16. Awareness Oriented Structural Therapy
  17. Ayurveda Massage
  18. Benjamin System of Muscle Therapy
  19. Billwork
  20. Bioenergetics
  21. Body Harmony
  22. Body Logic
  23. Body-Mind Centering
  24. Bodywork for the Childbearing Year
  25. Bonnie Prudden Miotherapy
  26. Body Logic
  27. Budzek Medical MT
  28. Callanetics
  29. Cayse/Reilly Massage
  30. Chakra Balancing
  31. Chi Gong
  32. Chi Nei Tsang
  33. Children Massage
  34. Chinese Massage/Acupressure
  35. Chua Ka
  36. Chua Ka Rolling
  37. Connective Tissue Massage
  38. Continuum
  39. Craniosacral Therapy
  40. Cross-Fiber Friction Massage
  41. Cross-Tissue Healthwork
  42. Cryotherapy
  43. Deep Compression Massage
  44. Deep Tissue Massage
  45. Deep Tissue Sculpting
  46. Do-in
  47. Dreambody Work
  48. Egoscue Method
  49. Electrotherapy
  50. Energy Balancing
  51. Esalen style Massage
  52. Eutony
  53. Exercise Therapy
  54. Feldenkrais Method
  55. Gerda Alexander Eutony
  56. Gintuina (The Ginton Method)
  57. Geriatric Massage
  58. Hakomi Integrative Somatics
  59. Hakomi Method of Bodymind Therapy
  60. Hanna Somatic Education
  61. Hellerwork
  62. Hippotherapy
  63. Holotropic Breathwork
  64. Hoshino Therapy
  65. Hydrotherapy
  66. Ideokinesis
  67. Infant Massage
  68. Intrgrative Yoga Therapy
  69. Jin Shin Accutouch
  70. Jin Shin Do Bodymind Accupressure
  71. Jin Shin Jyutsu
  72. Karate
  73. Kinetic Awareness
  74. Knapp Points
  75. Kneipp
  76. Kripalu Bodywork
  77. Kurashova Method
  78. Laban-Bartenieff
  79. Lomilomi Massage
  80. Looyenwork
  81. Macrobiotic Shiatsu
  82. Magnetic Therapy
  83. Maharishi Ayur-Veda
  84. Manual Lymphatic Drainage
  85. Mariel
  86. Mariatsu
  87. Medical Massage
  88. Mensendieck System
  89. Multiincarnational Recall and Emotional Body Balancing
  90. Myofascial Release
  91. Napropathy
  92. Naturopathy
  93. Network Chiropractic
  94. Neuromuscular Therapy
  95. Ohashiatsu
  96. On-Site Massage
  97. Ortho-Bionomy
  98. Parasympathetic Massage
  99. Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy
  100. Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy
  101. Physical Mind Method
  102. Pilates Method
  103. PNF Stretching
  104. Polarity Therapy
  105. Postural Integration
  106. Pranic Healing
  107. Pregnancy massage
  108. Process Acupressure
  109. Qi Gong
  110. Radiance Technique
  111. Reflexology
  112. Reichian Therapy
  113. Reiki
  114. Rolfing Structural Integration
  115. Rolfing Movement Integration
  116. Rosen Method
  117. Rubenfeld Synergy Method
  118. Russian Massage
  119. Sensory Awareness
  120. Specific Human Energy Nexus (SHEN) Therapy
  121. Shiatsu
  122. Soft-tissue Adjustment
  123. Soma Neyromuscular Integration
  124. Somatoemotional Release
  125. Somatosynthesis
  126. Spinal Touch
  127. Sportsmassage
  128. St John Neuromuschular Therapy
  129. Strain-Countertrain Therapy
  130. Structural Integration
  131. Swedish massage
  132. T'ai Chi Chuan
  133. Thai Massage
  134. Taws Method, The
  135. Therapeutic Touch
  136. Touch for Health
  137. Traditional Thai Massage
  138. Trager Approach
  139. Transoma
  140. Trigger Point Therapy
  141. Tuina
  142. Visceral Manipulation
  143. Water Balancing
  144. Watsu
  145. Wetzig Coordination Patterns
  146. Yoga
  147. Yumeiho
  148. Zen Shiatsu
  149. Zero Balancing

WHADDAYA SAY? LEGS OR TAILS?
In the "subject" enter: Techniques. In the "body message" please indicate what you do for a living and how you feel about the proliferation of technique brand names versus generic MT names. Let us know if you're interested in info on a particular technique, all of them, or none. Next, briefly, tell us why you're thinking this way. Oh, and feel free to point out an error or, certainly, to add a technique which we may have left out! Thanks. VOICE YOUR OPINION...!

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