The following websites are excellent resources to find out more about the benefits of massage therapy and yoga established by medical research.
www6.miami.edu/touch-research/massage.html
www6.miami.edu/touch-research/AdultMassage.html
www6.miami.edu/touch-research/ChildMassage.html
www6.miami.edu/touch-research/yoga.html
www.nccam.nih.gov/health/massage
www.nccam.nih.gov/health/meditation
www.nccam.nih.gov/health/yoga
www.bidmc.org/YourHealth/HolisticHealth/AlternativeTherapies.aspx
www.dukeintegrativemedicine.org/research
www.cdc.gov/exposurereport
The following readings are excellent resources for learning about the human body.
Calais-Germain, Blandine 1993 Anatomy of Movement
Calais-Germain, Blandine and Lamotte, Andree 1996 Anatomy of Movement:
Exercises
Juhan, Deane 1987 Job's Body: A Handbook for Bodywork
Kaptchuk, Ted J. 1983 The Web that has No Weaver
Montagu, Ashley 1986 Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin
Moyers, Bill 1993 Healing and the Mind
Roizen, Michael F. and Oz, Mehmet C. 2005 YOU: The Owner's Manual