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Can anyone give me a description of this, or point me to where I can find a detailed description of it? I'm doing a business project for school, and one of the massage modalities I mentioned is Qigong Massage. I've tried some googling, but almost everything i get is for Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming's book and video. Some help?
Don't know if this might help, but:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kymus
http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/qigong/qgsm.htm
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Try doing searches on Acupressure and Tui Na.
You don't get anywhere the chi affect with a self massage.Quote:
Originally Posted by couch
I feel it would be best to purchase some books on the subject.
I'm hijacking this thread for massage in general, and may someday delete 'qigong' from the current thread title.
As a side note, you can see Madonna get needled (both the TCM way and the William Dafoe way :eek:) in the film Body of Evidence (1993). Actually, you'll see a bodacious amount of Madonna in that film. ;)Quote:
Seven of the world's weirdest massages
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Taiwanese meat cleaver massage
Yes, if you haven't spent enough time being stabbed in the back at work or home, you can now pay for the pleasure with your local Taiwanese street vendor.
Known as daoliao or "knife massage", the process involves being lightly struck with the sharp side of two meat cleavers. It's most popular in Taiwan, but knife massage has been practiced for hundreds of years on the Chinese mainland.
The blades are dull, but that doesn’t quite distract from the fact that you're still paying to be very, very lightly stabbed. For 10 minutes of sheer terror stress-relieving bliss, a knife massage will set you back around $7.
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Hakali cactus massage
Yes, why have a relaxing, warm and soothing massage when you can be repeatedly prodded with a plant that's renowned for being t*****? Because you've got money to burn and a need to impress your friends on social media, that's why.
Despite the name, a cactus massage really isn’t painful at all – mostly due to the fact that the "needles" are removed from the plant beforehand, meaning it's more like being rubbed down with lily pads than rose stalks.
Cactus is used because the gel inside is soothing and restorative for the skin, just like aloe vera. It’s taking the world by storm, and is even available here in Australia in some high-end hotels like the QT hotel on the Gold Coast.
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Thai face slap massage
Yes, it's not a weird massage unless it involves some moderately painful gimmick, like getting slapped in the face.
Tata is a Thai-American who's bringing the traditional art of "face slapping" to San Francisco. She claims that the gentle, rhythmic slapping of her hands against your face helps to remove wrinkles, tighten up pores and even reverse aging.
And it’s not just your face that's getting a beauty beat-down, Tata also claims that she can add inches of size to a ladies bust, all with the magic of a well-timed backhand.
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Snake massage
Are you deeply terrified by the thought of lying in a pit of snakes, ala Indiana Jones?
Then perhaps the snake massage at the Bali Heritage Reflexology and Spa in Jakarta is not for you. For about $60, you can have the pleasure of several pythons writhing and squirming all over your semi-naked body. Although that sounds very Samantha from Sex In The City, it’s very much more Bindi at Australia Zoo.
The spa only uses pythons that are non-venomous, and all of the snakes have their mouths taped shut to avoid them chomping on any errant dangly bits. Which makes the whole process seem totally fine.
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Fire cupping massage
It seems that in China, anything that can make a massage a little more dangerous to your health and safety is seen as a good thing. Case in point: fire cupping.
Fire cupping is an ancient technique whereby glass cups are heated over a flame and then placed on your body. As the glass cup cools, it sucks your skin up into the cup, pooling the blood and "detoxifying" your body.
Cupping looks painful, but many recipients say that it's relaxing and eases stiffness from long days at the desk. It's even become an Instagram sensation in its own right, appearing in the feeds of celebrities like Madonna and athletes like Sonny Bill Williams.
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Tickle massage
What can be described as one person's hell on earth is another's cheeky afternoon relaxation, and that fits the description of a tickle massage perfectly.
Practiced in Spain by a group of "tickle aficionados", a tickle massage involves standard procedure – you take of your garments, change into some paper underwear and lay face down on a table hoping that the masseuse isn’t a murderer.
The masseuse then begins to lightly tickle you, both with their fingers and variety of implements including feathers and cold fabrics. For those of you squirming in your seat, the goal of the massage isn’t to make you laugh, but to conquer your fear of being tickled.
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Snail massage
Somehow, having slimy molluscs crawl up and down on your face seems like one of the more appealing treatments on this list.
Signing yourself up for a snail massage is the next big thing in the world of beauty treatments, and is (apparently) a process that dates back as far as ancient Greece.
The reasoning behind the massage is that the snail's slimy excretion is believed to help protect your skin from cuts, bacteria and UV damage. At least you can say it’s not the first time you've had a snail trail pressed up against your face.
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Go you remember what you posted a decade ago, kids?
Gene knows.
I think Gene's the Pepperidge Farm guy...
Gene's like the TimeHop of KFM :P :P
Y'all can poke fun but a study in 2009 found "that treated children had significant classroom improvement of social and language skills and reduction in autistic behavior compared with wait-list control participants." after receiving 20 sessions of Qigong massage.
See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19708471 for the abstract.