The Bodymind Ballwork Method: A Self-Directed Practice to Help You Move with Ease, Release Tension, and Relieve Chronic Pain

by Ellen Saltonstall

Release stress and tension in the body using only simple rubber balls with this accessible, step-by-step guide to a bodywork system that can benefit people of any age or physical condition, developed by a top yoga and bodywork teacher.

The Bodymind Ballwork Method is an accessible guide to the method developed by yoga and bodywork teacher Ellen Saltonstall--a self-directed, gentle practice to help people release tension and move with ease. The Bodymind Ballwork Method features the use of rubber balls in a range of sizes to support, massage, and stretch the body in specific places, with clear instructions for techniques from head to toes. With 70 black and white photos and 25 drawings to illustrate techniques and concepts, the author offers exercises for spine, head, neck, face, abdomen, ribs, shoulders, arms, hands, pelvis, thighs, knees, lower legs, and feet. An integrative body-mind practice, Bodymind Ballwork works to relieve soft tissue pain as well as emotional stress and trauma, and is also designed to empower individuals to maintain their own health and mobility in connection with any ongoing physical activity they do.

Genres: Nonfiction

184 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 9, 2018

About the author

Ellen Saltonstall has been teaching yoga, anatomy, therapeutics and Bodymind Ballwork to improve wellness for everyone since 1985. Her newest book is "Empowered Aging: Everyday Yoga Practices for Bone Health, Strength and Balance". Her previous titles include "Yoga for Arthritis" and "Yoga for Osteoporosis" (with Dr. Loren Fishman), Anatomy and Yoga: A Guide for Teachers and Students" and "The Bodymind Ballwork Method: A Self-Directed Practice to Help You Move With Ease, Release Tension, and Relieve Chronic Pain".

Ellen’s writings have appeared in Yoga Journal, Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation and the International Association of Yoga Therapists’ Journal of Yoga Therapy. Currently she teaches yoga, anatomy, yoga therapeutics and Bodymind Ballwork to students and teachers internationally, inviting them to discover and explore the majesty and mystery of the human form.

Reviews

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting book that is divided into two sections. The first section talks about the connection between what is going in our minds and how it is connected with our bodies. It read like an easy textbook. The second part of the book moves on the Ballwork Methods. Most of the descriptions were easy to understand and the images were helpful.

[Donna Foster · Rating 4 out of 5]

Goodness this is an in-depth book involving the anatomy of the human body, the mind and ballwork.

[Yen Xi · Rating 4 out of 5]

great textbook on how to use therapy balls to accompany your Tension Release Exercise practice. Referred to this book for my yin yang yoga sequencing.