There is a common misperception that bodywork therapy and neuromuscular therapy (NMT) or any other serious system of healing is somehow a new age invention of recent times. There is, however, ample evidence that hands-on healing methodologies have been an integral part of the human experience for thousands of years, in the opinion of many authorities, for as long as human beings have been living on the earth.

The ancient history of the Orient, (especially China), Egypt, Rome, North and South America, India as well as most nomadic tribes and shamanistic healers have used some form of bodywork to ease the accumulated stress and strain of physical existence.

Healing traditions have been used by humanity for centuries:
**Nature Worshipers, Goddess Traditions
**Shamanism
**Native, Indigenous Healers, world-wide
**Bush Doctors
***Herbalists
**Yogic
**Egyptian Mystery Schools
**Bone-setters: Northern Europe and Asia
**Hands on healing traditions
**Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine
*Acupressure, Shiatsu, Bare-foot Doctors

Cross cultural theme of all the healing traditions:
**Visualization
**Careful choice of words
**Positive imagery
**Positive expectations
**Clear, focus

As long as my inner nature remains stronger and richer than anything offered by external fortune:

as long as I am inwardly superior to fate:

fortune will always be with me.