Job's Body: A Handbook for Bodywork
by Deane Juhan
"Nutrients, oxygen, hormones, antibodies and other immunizers, and of course water, must be delivered to every single cell continually if it is to survive and respond the way it should, and all kinds of toxic wastes must be borne away. There is no tissue in the body that cannot be weakened and ultimately destroyed by chronic interruptions of these various circulations."
"Why should a few sessions of bodywork, often accompanied by a minimum of verbal dialogue, affect so dramatically these people's symptoms, their relationships with themselves, and their relationships with others? The usual impression is that the client is being gentled and pleasured, not being 'fixed' or 'cured." By what possible mechanisms, then, could something so simple as soothing touch alleviate painful and long-standing physical conditions, quell anxieties, foster more productive attitudes?"