NO HANDS Massage
The Trilogy
by Gerry Pyves

Gerry Pyves' best selling Massage Trilogy is:

NO HANDS Massage by Gerry Pyves £17.50	NO HANDS Chair Massage by Gerry Pyves and David Woodhouse £17.50	In Celebration of Feet by Gerry Pyves £17.50

The Principles and Practice of NO HANDS Massage – Zero Strain Bodywork
by Gerry Pyves

"WOW! Congratulations Gerry. You have done magnificent service. This book belongs on the bedside of every Bodyworker no matter what form their Bodywork takes." Don McFarland (creator of “Body Harmony”)

In his book, "The Principles and Practice of NO HANDS Massage – zero strain Bodywork", author Gerry Pyves introduces an approach that is designed to take all the strain out of your bodywork. This book is a true Massage classic written by one of the UK’s most experienced clinicians. He explains what he believes are the seven postural keys behind all powerful Massage. The unique exercises he has used to train over a thousand Massage therapists are described in clear detail so you can start to use them immediately. Ten of the most powerful NO HANDS strokes are described in great detail. The book is beautifully illustrated throughout with the inspirational drawings of renowned artist, John Coombes.

"There are few health care professions in which wear-and-tear more rapidly manifests itself than in those offering therapeutic massage. Whilst some of this damage may occur through inappropriate self-use, poor posture and inappropriate body mechanics, there is also evidence to show that the practice of massage has changed quite radically since it was first developed by Per Henrik Ling, and that it is these changes which are also causing injury. The rate of attrition is very high...

"The solutions described in this book are not evolutionary; they are revolutionary... since they remove the hands from much of the labour to which they are subjected in standard massage and bodywork environments. The author describes his personal experience of an overused and painful wrist, an experience which has led him to evolve, over a period of years, a series of answers to the damage and injury problems experienced by bodywork therapists."

"These answers are not only sensible but are also essentially practical... The new form of bodywork offers a way for the practitioner to achieve all the effects of the five traditional Swedish movements of Effleurage, Petrissage, Friction, Vibration and Tapotement, without any of the strain inherent in the techniques as codified by Per Henrik Ling over 200 years ago."

Leon Chaitow, (author of Soft Tissue Manipulation and Palpatory Literacy)

NO HANDS Chair Massage
by Gerry Pyves and David Woodhouse

Following the publication of his ground breaking book "The Principles and Practices of NO HANDS Massage", Gerry Pyves has collaborated with David Woodhouse, a leading UK exponent of Chair Massage, to produce yet another bodywork classic: "NO HANDS Chair Massage".

The knowledge and effervescent creativity of these two seasoned experts of bodywork fizzes off every page. Written in the style of a Wild West dialogue between Tonto and the Lone Ranger, you will find this a gripping read.

Covering important issues such as the history and development of Chair Massage, the social and historical role of Chair Massage in the modern world, and the methodology of zero-strain Chair Massage, this book is essential reading for any practitioner or therapist.

Underneath the highly readable and racy style of the dialogue between these two pioneers of touch in the UK there lies a surprising depth of knowledge. The whole issue of nomenclature is raised and the roots of Chair massage explored. As with everything NO HANDS much is challenged – all for good clinical reasons. The dominance of oriental Anma (acupressure) traditions is challenged and for the first time in Chair writing, these authors distinguish between meridian-based Bodywork and muscle-based Bodywork. They discuss how each travels a different path, but seeks the same destination.

What Gerry and David have created is an entertaining and highly informative book that reclaims Chair Massage for all Massage therapists and reclaims the right of every Chair enthusiast to work with health and freedom. This book is a revelation for anyone who wants to take touch out onto the streets and into the offices of the world using the Chair.

In Celebration of Feet
by Gerry Pyves

Gerry has rewritten the rules of Reflexology with the same revolutionary approach as his other two books have rewritten the rules of Massage and Chair Massage. His writing is like a breath of fresh air in a field mostly dominated by dry academic style writing. His style is that of an inspired but down to earth clinician, generously sharing the lessons of over two decades of Bodywork. More akin to poetry, he opens the book with a powerful poem about the feet – here is an excerpt:

So kick those shoes away
Prison wardens to the feet!

And free your feet

Feel the very soul of this Earth
Pulsating through your body!

And when you need that balm
Which only touch can provide

Then carry your feet to this altar
Where your every tissue’s memory
Is honoured

Beautifully crafted in sumptuous brown ink and lovely thick paper, this book is a delight to touch. It is a book to be savoured over and over again - you will cherish it forever. And like all the very best books, it has lots of pictures.

John Coombes’ amazingly evocative drawings of the feet and the body fill almost every page. These outstanding images are done with a true artist’s eye. Unlike most conventional static photos and images of Bodywork, these drawings capture all the complex vectors of Bodywork movement…

Learn about Gerry’s unique 4-stage treatment protocol for opening up the reflexes and read how Reflexology evolved at precisely the same time in history as our feet became imprisoned in clumsily crafted factory shoes.

Learn a practical model for where the reflexes actually live – and why we should re-evaluate our approach to the feet accordingly. Discover how Gerry applies the Seven Postural Secrets that are unique to NO HANDS to empower the work of the whole Reflexology profession. Understand how the Seven Postural Secrets also will now protect the careers of Reflexologists worldwide from an injury pandemic. Find out how it is that

"Nine out of ten clients who have experienced this approach say they prefer it to conventional Reflexology."

The author returns again and again to the original writings of Eunice Ingham and honours her as the only true authority regarding Reflexology. Discover why it is that Gerry believes Reflexologists may be in danger of straying from Eunice Ingham’s simple command to “go and stimulate the reflexes” by becoming ‘quasi-medical’ practitioners. He states:

"I firmly believe that if Eunice Ingham were alive today, she would see the enormous therapeutic potential of the Seven Postural Secrets of NO HANDS and embrace their simple power with the same visionary fervour as she embraced the simple logic of her amazing work.”

For every page of his writings Gerry Pyves has a comprehensive notes section in which he discusses the relationship between his own ideas and those of Eunice Ingham. Written with a surprising lightness of touch the depth of his clinical expertise and practical wisdom often take you by surprise. Like the visionary inventor of Reflexology, Gerry’s mastery of his own art is often demonstrated through unbelievable simplicity. Some pages bear reading over and over again – each reading revealing greater depths.

This book is not simply for Reflexologists, however. Gerry writes: "This book is suitable for any Bodyworker who would understand more of the feet. That is why Reflexology is not in the title. It is a celebration of the soul’s journey contained within the feet. NonReflexologists will gain just as much from reading it"

This final book in the trilogy looks set to put what is being hailed as the UK’s "New Massage" firmly on the world map. This trilogy is already a watershed landmark in Bodywork history.