Niall O'Siochain, one of our EI and PI trainers, never misses a chance to inform his colleagues and students about new literature of interest to bodymind integrators. That's why the Council has opened this page to anybody who wants to inform colleague or student about their latest flash on an article or a book. If possible write a short review about the book or article you like to recommend and send it to Dirk at the secretariat: icpit@posturalintegration.info.

Basic Clinical Massage Therapy.Integrating Anatomy and Treatment. James H. Clay and David M. Pounds. (ISBN  0-683-30653-7. Sterling 29,00 pounds.An LWW Massage Therapy & Bodywork series.)
In its text, the basic techniques of structural massage therapy are brought to life by embedding superb illustrations of internal structures directly into photographs of live models. This produces a stunningly realistic text that provides an overview of individual muscles that are essential to understanding basic massage therapy teachniques.

Approximately 450 vibrant, full-colour images create a complete perspective by showing each muscle or muscle group along with surrounding structures, surface landmarks and the therapist's hands.

(Niall's insert: illustrates practically all PI-strokes)

Nonviolent Communication, A Language of Life, Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D., (Puddle Dancer Press, 2003. isbn 1-892005-03-4);
Healing without Freud or Prozac, David Servan-Screiber (Rodale London, 2004, isbn 1-4050-6718-7),
Jung to Live By, A Guide to Practical Application of Jungian Principles for Everyday Life, Eugene Pascal, 1992, (Souvenir Press London, 2004 edit. isbn 0-285-63150-0).”

Jack recommended the following book in Mexico 2003:

• Sex, Time and Power, How Women’s Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution (Viking) by Leonard Schlain
  
  This is the most unusual book I’ve read in many years. Written by a medical doctor, who has a keen interest in anthropology, it is filled with unusual facts and references to interesting theories. But most unusual is his development of his own theory: that in the transition from homo erectus to homo sapiens there was a mutation which saved the developing hominid from extinction. The female mensus became timed to the moon’s cycle which led her to realize she had power over her sexuality, a great advantage when there were grave dangers in having too many children, too frequently. But this new mensus was also dangerous and meant she needed lots of iron, so she bestowed her sexual favors on the men who where able to bring her meat. Men quickly learned to hunt with planning and resource and participated in a new sense of planning and time. For Schlain this thesis has consequence for many issues in our society: patriarchy, modern woman, death, Anima and Animus, gays and lesbians, mother and father, husband and wife, death...
  I highly recommend it.
  
  

Marco recommended the following books in Zürich 2004:

• Energy Medicine, The Scientific Basis, James L. Oschman (Churchill Livingstone, Toronto 2000);
• Spirituelles Heilen und Schulmedizin, Eine Wissenschaft am Neuanfang (Lokwort, Bern 2002); Nebscgebneduzubm(????)
• Von der Vernunft der Vernetzung, Christian Hess Annina Hess-Cabalzar, (R&R Sachbuchverlag. Zurich 2001);
• Kurzes Lehrbuch der Psychiatrie, Das Basiswissen mit Repetitoriumsfragen, Daniel Hell, Jerome Endrass, Juerg Vontobel, (Verlag Has Huber, Bern 2003, isbn 3-456-83982-0). This last book is simple, comprehensive, basic psychopathology (you don’t have to agree with all its conclusions but is a good basis, relevant to our work.)”
  
  
  

Marco and Doris Guidon wrote a book about PI, which was shortly reviewed in 2001

Dirk Marivoet has published a long list of recommended books for bodypsychotherapists on his website: http://www.bodymindintegration.com/literatuurlijst.html

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