Bruce Burger

Esoteric Aantomy offers a spiritual approach to massage, bodywork, and somatic psychlology, demystifying an ancient transpersonal model for understanding energy in nature and working with consciousness in the healing arts.

'When I hold this text, I feel as though I am holding one of the more important documents of our time--an extremely comprehensive and extraordinary map of our subtle anatomy...Bruce has mindfully woven insights from the wisdom of ancient India to create a unique approach for understanding and working with life force, the healing prescience of the soul.

'The first section of this book, Loving Hands are Healing Hands,' contains a series of energy-balancing sessions based upon Polarity Therapy. While quite simple and easy to learn...(they) are profoundly effective. Then, through a holistic approach to healing, Bruce presents a system of somatic psychology for cleansing trauma from the cellular memory of the body.'-Richard Gordon, Author of Your Healing Hands

'Esoteric Anatomy is a thorough and scholarly exploration of 'Energy in the Healing Arts.' Bruce Burger's long experience in the field and sincere dedication to integrating spirit with physical and emotional health are reflected on every page. This book is a significant addition to holistc-health literature, and the Polarity Therapy community.'-John Chitty, R.P.P., President, American Polarity Therapy Association

'With Esoteric Anatomy, Bruce Burger integrates profound levels of Oriental wisdom and Ayurvedic theories of creation and transfomation in a new and convincing way. The implications are completely transforming for every type of body therapy as well as the healing arts in general.'-Paul Pitchford, author of Healing with Whole Foods: Oriental traditions and Modern Nutrition

Bruce burger, M.A., R.KP.P., is the founder of Heartwood Institute, one of the world's leading centers for professional training in massage and somatic psychology. Located on 240 acres outside Garberville, California, Heartwood is now in its twentieth year as both a utopian community and educational institution. Burger holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the New School for Social Research. He has been a member of the faculties of the University of Nevada and Rutgers University. Since he left academia in 1972 he has travelled widely and studied in Asia and India.

Contents

Introduction by Richard Gordon
Blessing by Mathaji Vanamali
Introduction: Actualizing your compassionate nature
Part I Loving hands are healing hands
1 What is polarity therapy?
2 The practice of polarity therapy
3 Transformational body therapy
4 Hands-on energy balancing protocols
Sattvic session
Rajasic session
Tamasic session
Foot reflexology session
Core session
Spine session
Perineal sessin
Pelvic session
Sacrum session
Diaphragm and heart session
Joint session
Part II Essays on esoteric anatomy
5 Polarity therapy: A transpersonal approach to natural healing
6 The theory of Theomorphic Resonance
7 The evolutionary cycle
8 The golden spiral: A key to understanding energy in nature
9 Purusha: The omnipresent cosmic person
10 Sound is the temple of the spirit
11 Babbit's atom: The key to the secret teachings of all ages
12 Breath and the cosmos
13 Intelligence fixed in the breathing spirit is the hub of being
14 Archetypes of founts of creative intelligence
15 Conclusion: The evolutionary perspective
Part III The practice of somatic psychology
16 Somatic psychology
17 Elemental imbalance and character disorders
18 The ultimate medicine
Part IV Resources
Appendix A Conscious sound vibration as a healing technique
Appendix B Body reading: Every wrinkle tells a story
Appendix C Polarity cleansing diet
Appendix D Right livelihood: Your career as a polarity therapist
Appendix E APTA Standards for practice: Theory and basic principles of polarity therapy
Glossary
Bibliography
Index… (lisätietoja)