Unwinding the Belly: Healing with Gentle Touch by Allison Post and Stephen Cavaliere

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Developed by the authors in a dynamic partnership of 18 years, Unwinding the Belly integrates their experience in massage therapy, shiatsu, yoga, qigong, and the Eastern healing practice of chi nei tsang ("internal organ energy transformation").

This book is subtitled healing with 'Gentle Touch. Unwinding uses gentle touch, breath and awareness to release internal patterns of tension. Co-author Allison Post first developed this work to address her won chronic health concerns. "I developed Unwinding the Belly because I found that everything I needed to heal was there, within my belly, my center," writes Post. "I only had to unwind the tissue and release the stress to find that the pattern of health, the blueprint, had always been there, waiting to reveal itself to me."

Unwinding the Belly presents a simple and clear way of contacting the intuitive and emotional center that lies in the belly, using breathing practices and gentle abdominal massage techniques to release tension. The authors maintain that unwinding can help ease physical and emotional stress, aid a wide range of digestive ailments, tone the internal organs, support optimal functioning of the immune system, and promote renewed energy and peace. Post and co-author Stephen Cavaliere present five phases of unwinding, beginning with belly breathing and massaging the surface of the belly, then progressing to such stages as lateral breathing to release the abdomen, as well as the torso and back. They provide inspirational client accounts, and pose and answer pertinent questions.