Amma Therapy
Integration of Oriental Medical Principles, Bodywork, Nutrition and Exercise
$104.70
- Paperback
426 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1997
Summary
The word Amma, which means “push-pull” in Chinese, was applied to a form of Oriental massage dating back five thousand years to the period of the Yellow Emperor. Founded and developed by Korean-born Tina Sohn, Amma Therapy is a highly refined and complex system of bodywork whose techniques and treatment strategies combine the use of traditional Oriental medical principles and a Western approach to organ dysfunction. It utilizes a variety of techniques, sometimes paralleling those found in maj…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780892814886 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0892814888 |
| Author: | Tina Sohn |
| Publisher: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Imprint: | Healing Arts Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 426 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1997 |
| Weight: | 1.36kg |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 279mm x 33mm |
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Critics Review
“Amma Therapy delivers exactly what the title says: this is the most comprehensive textbook for Oriental bodywork therapists in the English language.” * EastWest *
“Amma Therapy presents Oriental medical theory in a clear and logical manner, detailing its philosophical and physiological bases from Eastern and Western points of view. It also gives a philosophical overview of wholistic health care and contrasts it to the Western scientific ‘disease-care’ system. A section on professional development, which is emphasized in the Sohns’ program, includes a beautiful description of the stages of proprioceptive sensitivity that are available to the dedicated therapist. A detailed protocol addresses hand strengthening, full-body conditioning, and training in proper body alignment. In addition, the book examines ethical behavior, a timely subject for our profession.” * Massage Therapy Journal *
About The Author
Tina Sohn
Born into one of the eight hundred traditional ruling families of Korea, Tina Sohn (1943–2007) came from a line of Oriental physicians and masters of the martial arts. Legendary for her intuitive ability to sense and cure disease, she instructed others in the healing arts for over twenty-five years.
Robert Sohn (1939–1997) used his life’s studies in Eastern and Western philosophies and medicine to help engineer the development of the wholistic health movement in America. He was founder and former president of the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and in 1986 was awarded the honor of Acupuncturist of the year.
In 1976 Robert and Tina Sohn founded the Wholistic Health Center in Manhasset, New York, one of the largest wholistic health centers in the United States. In 1981 they founded the New Center for Wholistic Health Education and Research, now a state-accredited college of wholistic medicine. Located in Syosset, New York, the New Center College serves as a model for wholistic health care and a school for future generations of wholistic practitioners.
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