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Japanese Hara Abdominal Massage | Ampuku
Hara in the Japanese language stands for the abdominal region. It’s a word frequently used in both Japanese Traditional Medicine (JTM) and in the Ja [ ... ]

Deep Tissue Massage | For Muscles, Tendons, Ligaments and Fascia
Deep Tissue Massage is a type of massage that aims at working on the deeper layers of muscles, tendons, ligaments and connective tissues (fascia), spe [ ... ]

What to Expect of Watsu Aquatic Massage?
Watsu — also called Watsu Massage or Watsu Therapy — was developed by Harold Dull in California, USA, in 1980. Harold brought Zen Shiatsu [ ... ]

Massage Therapy for Back Pains
In our one-way-of-life global world, back pains have become one of the most common complaints after colds and flus. Lower back pain or lumbago occurs [ ... ]

Craniosacral Massage Therapy Explained
Craniosacral Therapy (CST), also called Craniosacral Massage, was developed in the 1970s in the USA by John Upledger, an osteopathic physician. It’s [ ... ]

Russian Massage Treatments – What to Expect?
Massage in Russia has a history of centuries and although the label Russian Massage is widely used (outside of Russia), there is in fact no specific R [ ... ]

Bowen Massage Therapy
Bowen Massage Therapy (Bowen Technique or Bowen Therapy) was developed by the Australian Thomas Ambrose Bowen. Although Thomas Bowen didn’t document [ ... ]

Traditional Malay Massage | Urut Melayu
Traditional Malay Massage, called Urut Melayu in Malaysia, is one of the branches of indigenous Traditional Malay Medicine. As a recognized alternativ [ ... ]

Full Body Massage versus Partial Body Massage Therapy
A Full Body Massage — also called Whole Body Massage — is exactly what it says to be, a massage of the entire body, that is, it includes m [ ... ]

Polynesian Floor Massage | Kahuna Bodywork
On Hawaii, Polynesian Floor Massage (also called Polynesian Floor Treatment or Polynesian Floorwork) is part of the Kahuna healing arts and a form of [ ... ]