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Reiki Healing Techniques


Usui Reiki Master, Laiya Moniak, demonstrates the techniques and approach for providing this healing art. She discusses how the energy system works, how chakras and auric bodies affect our well being, and how to achieve what is possible. She shows how to remove energy blocks and restore energy flow in the body. Covering the many applications of Reiki, she demonstrates self-healing and meditation, a complete client session on a massage table (back and front), an attunement, and long-distance healing. Laiya addresses all three Reiki levels of attunement (I, II and Master/Teacher) and the associated Reiki symbols for healing. She also covers the history of Reiki, Huiyin breathing, preparation, room set-up, marketing and pricing, and how Reiki can be applied elsewhere in your life. This valuable information benefits both novice and master. Begin your journey today and share the gift of Reiki with others.

(1 Hr. 6 Mins.)

$49.95


Thai Acupressure Massage: Feet, Hands & Face for the Table


Dr. Anthony James, CMT, ND, MDAM, the top instructor in the United States, demonstrates how to provide a complete Thai acupressure massage for the feet, hands, and face; also a Thai reflexology balancing treatment for the feet and hands, all on a massage table. He walks you step by step through the procedures. Dr. James also discusses the origins of these techniques; chakras, lom and marma points, and Sen lines; benefits and contraindications; and, how to market these offerings. With the massage, you can help balance energy, bring a nurturing awareness to the client, and enhance circulation. The reflexology treatments likewise offer rejuvenating benefits from increased circulation. The treatments will help correct dehydration, edema, swelling of the joints, and lack of motion.

(2 Hrs. 41 Mins.)

$49.95


Lymphatic Drainage Massage Therapy: Body

 

Expert massage therapist and instructor, Meade Steadman, demonstrates step-by-step how to provide manual lymphatic drainage massage on the body. He shows the strokes used in lymphatic massage and demonstrates a routine for providing manual lymphatic drainage to promote lymphatic flow and the proper function of this critical system. He also discusses the lymphatic system in detail (including the lymph vessels, organs, and nodes), lymphatic flow, the benefits and contraindications of lymphatic massage, and post-treatment recommendations. These techniques can increase lymph flow by as much as 20 percent.

$49.95


Lymphatic Drainage Massage Therapy: Face & Neck

 

Expert massage therapist and instructor, Meade Steadman, demonstrates step-by-step how to provide manual lymphatic drainage massage on the face and neck. He shows the strokes used in lymphatic massage and demonstrates a routine for providing manual lymphatic drainage to promote lymphatic flow and the proper function of this critical system. He also discusses the lymphatic system in detail (including the lymph vessels, organs, and nodes), lymphatic flow, the benefits and contraindications of lymphatic massage, and post-treatment recommendations. These techniques can increase lymph flow by as much as 20 percent.

$49.95


Craniosacral Therapy Techniques

 

John Hoffmann, CMT, demonstrates the techniques used in a general craniosacral therapeutic session to assess and palpate the fluidity of the craniosacral system which affects the body’s overall health. This holistic, hands-on technique alleviates the restrictions on the craniosacral flow that can cause illness, pain, and dysfunction. In addition to the demonstration, Hoffmann also discusses the benefits and contraindications, origins and theories underlying craniosacral therapy, the craniosacral system's anatomy and physiology, how the system affects the body’s well-being, the anatomy and physiology of fascia diaphragms, how to integrate craniosacral therapy with other modalities, and how to release “energy cysts”.

$49.95


Myofascial Release Techniques

 

Certified massage therapist, John Hoffmann, demonstrates the strokes and techniques for a detailed myofascial release session for the entire body. In this comprehensive DVD, he also addresses benefits and contraindications, warm-up, landmark muscles along their anatomical path, and how to address specific complaints. Through the development of disease or injury, the fascia can become restrictive and a source of tension, exerting pressure, causing pain, and limiting mobility. Myofascial release techniques help to smooth out the fiber, allowing the body to move and function properly. This deep tissue massage, while promoting relaxation, creates change in the physical structure of the muscle and fascia. This three hour DVD is the most detailed Myofascial Release DVD ever produced.

$49.95


Meade Steadman - Massage Super Set

 

Cheaper by the dozen: Get all twelve Meade Steadman massage DVDs and SAVE 20% ($113)! Includes R8D Comprehensive Reflexology & Massage: The Hand, R9D Comprehensive Reflexology & Massage: The Foot, M1D The Art & Practice of Stone Massage, M10D The Complete Guide to Full Body Chair Massage, M42D The Essentials of Swedish Massage, M44D The Ultimate Face, Scalp, Neck & Shoulder Massage, M46D Deep Tissue Massage Therapy: Extremities, M47D Deep Tissue Massage Therapy: Pelvic Girdle, M48D Deep Tissue Massage Therapy: Shoulder Girdle, M51D Therapeutic Breast Massage, M52D Nurturing Pregnancy Massage Techniques I, and M70D Nurturing Pregnancy Massage Techniques II.

12 videos, 21 Hrs. 7 Mins.

$456.00


 

 

Cellulite Massage


Get long lasting results with this “hands on” cellulite massage. Learn the steps and strokes of this intensive work to promote dimensional inch loss, smooth out dimpled skin caused by cellulite, and flush toxins stored in fat cells. Susan Brown shows you the techniques that have yielded an average of 6 to 12 inches lost from the abdomen to the thighs for her clients, over the course of a 6-week program regimen. Before and after photos and documented inch loss verify her results. In this comprehensive instructional video, Susan goes step-by-step through a complete massage session, demonstrating the strokes, pressure, depth, and direction. She also goes over the benefits and contraindications, initial client assessment, client forms (agreement form, medical history form, and client tracking sheet), pricing, setting realistic client goals and expectations, measuring and tracking client progress, and follow-up recommendations for your clients to help maintain the results. Since cellulite plagues most women, regardless of age or weight, this is a great massage to offer.

$69.95


The Ultimate Thai Massage Video - Basic Mat Techniques

If you want to learn authentic Thai massage, hands down the top recognized master outside of Thailand is Dr. Anthony James, CMT, ND, MDAM. His professional development and certification programs have set the standards in the U.S. In this comprehensive video, Aachan ("Master") James lays the foundation for a clear understanding of Thai massage and the spiritual roots and perspectives that have endured for thousands of years. Dr. James discusses benefits and contraindications, origins of Thai massage, different styles (the Southern Royal Method, Northern Style, and Buddhai Sawan School), Ayurvedic anatomy (the primary Chakras and Sen lines), client assessment, and room set-up. He then walks you step-by-step through the therapeutic techniques comprising a complete session. Throughout, he addresses balance vs. structural corrections; steps emulating energy flow; 10 key points for balance; working on position, attitude, relationship, and transition; and, breath, emphasis, and pressure. Beginning with Puja (affirmation), Dr. James demonstrates techniques in the traditional Five Attitudes/Postures: Supine, Side Lying, Prone, Abdomen and Leg Stretching, and Seated. Includes over 19 basic asanas or therapeutic postures. Techniques include gentle rocking; deep stretching; striking; kneading; pinching and rolling; pulling, rotations, and rhythmic compression with thumbs, palms, elbows, forearms, knees, and feet. (1 Hr. 48 Mins.)

$49.95


The Ultimate Thai Massage Video - Advanced Mat Techniques

Take Thai massage to another level. Learn more advanced therapeutic techniques to provide this beautiful, rhythmic healing modality with a step-by-step demonstration of a complete advanced routine on the mat with over 50 asanas (or therapeutic postures). Beginning with Puja (affirmation), Dr. Anthony James, CMT, ND, MDAM, demonstrates techniques in the traditional Five Attitudes/Postures: Supine, Side Lying, Prone, Abdomen and Leg Stretching, and Seated. Techniques include gentle rocking; deep stretching; striking; kneading; pinching and rolling; pulling, rotations, and rhythmic compression with thumbs, palms, elbows, forearms, knees, and feet. For a solid understanding of Thai massage, Dr. James discusses benefits and contraindications, origins of Thai massage, different styles (the Southern Royal Method, Northern Style, and Buddhai Sawan School), Ayurvedic anatomy (the primary Chakras and Sen lines), client assessment, and room set-up. Throughout, he also addresses balance vs. structural corrections; steps emulating energy flow; 10 key points for balance; working on position, attitude, relationship, and transition; and, breath, emphasis, and pressure. (2 Hrs. 56 Mins.)

$49.95


The Ultimate Thai Massage Video - Basic Table Techniques

Learn the therapeutic techniques for providing Thai massage on the massage table. Dr. Anthony James, CMT, ND, MDAM, the top instructor in the United States, walks you step-by-step though a demonstration of a complete basic routine adapted for the table. Beginning with Puja (affirmation), Dr. James demonstrates techniques in the traditional Five Attitudes/Postures: Supine, Side Lying, Prone, Abdomen and Leg Stretching, and Seated. Includes over 19 basic asanas or therapeutic postures. Techniques include gentle rocking; deep stretching; striking; kneading; pinching and rolling; pulling, rotations, and rhythmic compression with thumbs, palms, elbows, forearms, knees, and feet. For a solid understanding of Thai massage, Dr. James discusses benefits and contraindications, origins of Thai massage, different styles (the Southern Royal Method, Northern Style, and Buddhai Sawan School), Ayurvedic anatomy (the primary Chakras and Sen lines), client assessment, and room set-up. Throughout, he also addresses balance vs. structural corrections; steps emulating energy flow; 10 key points for balance; working on position, attitude, relationship, and transition; and, breath, emphasis, and pressure. (1 Hr. 28 Mins.)

$49.95


The Ultimate Thai Massage Video - Advanced Table Techniques

Learn more advanced therapeutic techniques to provide this beautiful, rhythmic healing modality on a massage table. Dr. Anthony James, CMT, ND, MDAM, the top instructor in the United States, walks you step-by-step through a complete advanced routine on the table, covering over 50 asanas. Beginning with Puja (affirmation), Dr. James demonstrates techniques in the traditional Five Attitudes/Postures: Supine, Side Lying, Prone, Abdomen and Leg Stretching, and Seated. Techniques include gentle rocking; deep stretching; striking; kneading; pinching and rolling; pulling, rotations, and rhythmic compression with thumbs, palms, elbows, forearms, knees, and feet. For a solid understanding of Thai massage, Dr. James discusses benefits and contraindications, origins of Thai massage, different styles (the Southern Royal Method, Northern Style, and Buddhai Sawan School), Ayurvedic anatomy (the primary Chakras and Sen lines), client assessment, and room set-up. Throughout, he also addresses balance vs. structural corrections; steps emulating energy flow; 10 key points for balance; working on position, attitude, relationship, and transition; and, breath, emphasis, and pressure. (2 Hrs. 57 Mins.)

$49.95


 

 M52D  Nurturing Pregnancy Massage Techniques I

 

Expectant moms experience unique physical and emotional changes that occur as a result of increased weight, shifting posture, and adjusting hormone levels. Massage can allow pregnant moms to unwind during this time. It can also alleviate the resulting discomfort and other pregnancy-related symptoms. Expert massage therapist and instructor, Meade Steadman, demonstrates step-by-step how to provide therapeutic massage techniques that focus on the special needs of the mother-to-be as she goes through the different trimesters. He demonstrates a full body massage in different positions: prone, supine, semi-reclined, and side lying. Meade also discusses benefits and contraindications, postural analysis, bolsters, positioning and draping, and fetal development. (DVD - 2 Hrs. 17 Mins.)

$54.95


 

M51 Therapeutic Breast Massage

 

In this instructional DVD, expert massage therapist, Meade Steadman walks you through the technique for providing massage on the upper torso and the concerns surrounding breast massage. Massage on the breast area and underlying musculature is necessary for providing full body work on a woman, and it provides for better alignment, posture, and relaxation, as well as helps address back pain. Meade demonstrates how to provide draped and undraped massage on two models, one with natural breasts and one with augmented breasts. He also discusses breast physiology, musculature, lymphatic drainage, cancer, client preparation, client comfort, and legal considerations. (1 Hr. 48 Mins.)

$54.95


 

M46D Deep Tissue Massage Therapy: Extremities

 

Go to extremes with deep tissue massage techniques on the arms and legs. Expert massage therapist and instructor, Meade Steadman, demonstrates how to provide therapeutic deep tissue massage on the arms and legs with hour-plus demonstrations on the anterior and posterior. With in-depth discussions of physiology and anatomy, Steadman walks you through routines for warming up, establishing client communication and trust, performing advanced massage and stretch techniques for specific areas and complaints, determining primary pain versus opposing distortion, balancing, and flushing toxins. From myofascial release to deep compression techniques, you will learn it all with this indispensable guide on deep tissue massage for the extremities. (2 Hrs. 9 Mins.)

$54.95


 

M45 Couples Massage: The Therapist's Perspective

 

Couples massage is a great massage offering that's not just about technique, but about the experience. Whether offered to the couple in tandem by two therapists or offered as a two-handed instructional massage, the focus is for both to receive a professional massage and to feel luxuriously pampered. Judy Rupel, LMT, demonstrates how to provide an experience that brings back couples time and again for this offering that is both financially and emotionally rewarding for you. This indispensable all-in-one video covers it all, from room setup and ambience, modalities, professionalism, marketing, and approach and techniques to the final touches to ensure the experience is enjoyed from beginning to end. (1 Hr. 56 Mins.)

$54.95


 

M44 The Ultimate Face, Scalp, Neck & Shoulder Massage

 

Expert massage therapist, Meade Steadman, demonstrates simple and easy-to-follow massage strokes that will relieve tension, improve posture and restore natural beauty in the face. This jam-packed, vibrantly illustrated program explores the physiological principles behind massage and features a comprehensive demonstration on the face, scalp, neck and shoulders. This must-have video for massage therapists shows how to work the muscles of the face to provide a youthful glow from the inside out. (78 minutes)

$49.95


 

M42 Essentials of Swedish Massage with Meade Steadman

 

In the Essentials of Swedish Massage, Meade Steadman teaches and demonstrates everything from body mechanics, preparing your workspace, and the essentials of a full body Swedish massage from the head and face all the way down to the ankles and feet. You will learn the five strokes of massage, Effleurage, Petrissage, Friction, Tapotement, Vibration, and how to perform these strokes on both men and women. Learning the steps to Swedish massage from this video will allow you to perform a professional and beautiful massage on all your clients while maintaining a proper balance and flow of energy with your own body. This 135 minute video is the most comprehensive Swedish massage video ever produced. Welcome to your future as a professional massage therapist. Meade Steadman is a licensed massage therapist and an instructor for the Myotherapy College of Utah and the Myotherapy Institute of Massage. The courses he teaches include Swedish massage, Sports Massage, Reflexology, Hydrotherapy, Spa Specialties, and Tai Chi. In addition to being an instructor, he has worked at a day spa in Salt Lake City, Utah for five years.

$49.95


M10 The Complete Guide to Full Body Chair Massage

 

In this comprehensive guide, learn from expert massage therapist, Meade Steadman, the in’s and out’s of full body chair massage: techniques, equipment, and how to generate business. With detailed discussions of musculature, Meade demonstrates a general full body massage from head to toe, as well as techniques for addressing specific client complaints: headaches, kinked necks, aching shoulders and back, and carpal tunnel. Massage is demonstrated on male and female models. Meade also touches on different chairs, tools and setup, dealing with business attire, and tips for marketing and building your professional practice. Contraindications are included. This thorough guide covers it all. (2 Hrs. 17 Mins.)

$54.95


M6 Lymphatic Massage: The Body

 

Let Eva Mileski, renowned European aesthetician and licensed massage therapist (LMT), guide you through this 70-minute instructional demonstration of lymphatic drainage massage for the abdomen, chest, arms, legs, and back. As a licensed professional, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to enhance the health and well being of your clients through lymphatic massage treatments. This all-in-one video teaches you the basics about lymph and the lymphatic system, and shows step-by-step how to stimulate lymphatic drainage using both manual and vacuum lymphatic massage techniques. This video discusses the physiological effects of lymphatic drainage massage and demonstrates step-by-step manual lymphatic massage. (70 minutes)

$49.95


M5 Lymphatic Massage: The Face

 

Noted European trained aesthetician and licensed massage therapist (LMT) Eva Mileski offers a complete guide to lymphatic drainage massage for the face and neck. This all-in-one video explains the physiology of the lymphatic system, and shows step-by-step how to stimulate lymphatic drainage using both manual and vacuum lymphatic massage techniques. (50 minutes)

$49.95


M1 The Art & Practice of Stone Massage

 

Licensed massage therapist, Meade Steadman, illustrates how to incorporate the use of hot and cold stones in full-body massage. Steadman, who is also an instructor, demonstrates how to perform the strokes (petrissage, effleurage, and edging) on the different muscle groups from head to toe, while explaining the physiological effects of thermal and cryo therapy, which include stimulating circulation, relaxing musculature, and reducing inflammation. The use of stones for healing dates back thousands of years. In this comprehensive, beautifully filmed video, Steadman discusses the history, selection of stones, placement of Chakra stones, and preparatory grounding for focus, as well as equipment, client comfort levels, and contraindications/precautions for such conditions as heart problems and pregnancy.  (1 Hr. 44 Mins.)

$49.95


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