of the spleen
32. Einreibung of the liver
Variation of the liver Einreibung:
33. Einreibung of the heart
The calming heart Einreibung
The stimulating heart Einreibung
34. Einreibung of the kidneys
Variation of kidney Einreibung:
35. Einreibung of the lungs
36. Einreibung of the forehead
37. Einreibung of the bladder and reproductive organs
Substances for organ Einreibung
Einreibung for pregnancy
38. Whole-body Einreibung (in lateral position):
Einreibung for new mothers
39. Touching the head
Einreibung for infants and toddlers
Einreibung for infants
40. Touching the head
41. Two-handed warmth circles on the lower limbs
42. Two-handed warmth circles on the upper limbs
43. One-handed circles on the stomach
Variation of the abdominal Einreibung:
Einreibung for infants and toddlers
44. Two-handed circles on the back
45. Two-handed warmth breathing on the lower limbs
46. Two-handed warmth breathing on the upper limbs
APPENDIX Preparatory exercises
47. Two-handed circles on the back
48. One-handed circles on the calf
49. two-handed circles on the thigh
Questions and answers about Rhythmical Einreibung
Oils and indications
The Autors
Bibliographic Information of the German Library
Translators’ Note:
Bibliography
Introduction
This book was written at the suggestion of seminar participants from the Rhythmical Einreibung training at the Carus Academy in Hamburg. It is the result of more than 30 years of practical experience and intensive engagement with this treatment method.
It is based on Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophical understanding of the human being. The book aims to give the reader a deeper insight into the living essence of this new technique by providing a detailed description of the individual treatment steps with numerous illustrations.
Clearly the content of this introductory volume cannot replace actual training. I therefore mention only a small section of the entire range of indications alongside the effects of Rhythmical Einreibung we can experience ourselves.
I would like to thank Alexander Holtappels and Prof. Dr. Volker Fintelmann for their encouragement and support in making this textbook a reality.
The book is the result of the joint work of the Trainers' Group. I would especially like to thank Helmut Hilberer for his tireless work on the composition of the texts and Nadja Holland for her professional illustrations.
I would also like to thank Susanne Dengler who worked with me on this second edition.
Eva-Marie Batschko, Hamburg, Spring 2010
A supplementary volume of this book with essays and lectures is available through the Carus Academy Hamburg.
Carl Gustav Carus Akademie, Theodorstraße 42-90, Westend Village, House 3, 22761 Hamburg. Phone +49 40 81 99 80-0 Fax +49 40 81 99 80-20 www.carus-akademie.de [email protected]
History of Rhythmical Einreibung
Dr. Ita Wegman (1876-1943) founded the Clinical and Therapeutic Institute in Arlesheim near Basel on 8 June 1921.
This was the beginning of her intensive collaboration with Dr. Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) in the course of which ‘rhythmical massage therapy’ was developed out of ‘Swedish massage’ (as developed by Per Henrik Ling, Stockholm, 1813).
Ita Wegman liked to practise this form of manual therapy herself – whereby the nurses watched and learned by imitation.
Rhythmical massage therapy was one of the subjects taught in the nursing courses at the Clinical and Therapeutic Institute alongside the theoretical and practical understanding of the human being. These courses were initiated by Rudolf Steiner but could not be carried out until after his death.
In twelve years of collaboration with Dr. Wegman, Dr. Margarethe Hauschka deepened the basics of rhythmical massage therapy, rendering it more teachable. In 1962 she founded the ‘School for Artistic Therapy and Massage’ in Boll, at the foot of the Swabian Alb.
In addition to physiotherapists and massage therapists, she also trained nurses here. The question began to arise in the latter about a method by which the effect of the applied substances (ointments and oils) could be enhanced and supported. Margarethe Hauschka responded in 1967 with the first course for Rhythmical Einreibung.
When the community hospital was opened in Herdecke in 1969, it was the nurses who welcomed this method and integrated it into their nursing practice. Rhythmical Einreibung became an integral part of further and advanced training not only in Boll, but also at the Further Training Institute for the Nursing Professions founded in Unterlengenhardt in 1980 (since 1982 ‘Haus Sonnenblick’).
Meanwhile it is taught and practised worldwide in anthroposophical institutions specialising in the fields of therapy, nursing and special needs education.
The designation ‘Rhythmical Einreibung, as developed by Wegman / Hauschka’, which has been officially used since 1999, reaffirms both its origin and its connection with the anthroposophical view of the human being. There are meanwhile training centers for this treatment method worldwide. In Germany it is available at the Margarethe Hauschka School in Boll near Göppingen, the Carl Gustav Carus Academy in Hamburg, the Herdecke Community Hospital, the Filderklinik near Stuttgart and the Havelhöhe Community Hospital in Berlin, among others. Information and further contact addresses can be obtained through the Association of Anthroposophically Oriented Nursing Professions (Verband anthroposophisch orientierter Pflegeberufe) in Filderstadt.
Even though different areas of focus have developed in these training centres, they have all sprung from the same source. The training centre for Rhythmical Einreibung in Hamburg at the Carus Academy has been awarding recognised certificates since 1999. Since 1998, the Working Group for Training in Rhythmical Einreibungh has also been located there. In 1998, Edelgard Große-Brauckmann started a pilot project to train teachers in Rhythmical Einreibung. In 1998, Eva-Marie Batschko founded the Working Group for Rhythmical Einreibung Instructors at the Carus Akademy in Hamburg.
About the teaching method
Our training seminars for Rhythmical Einreibung at the Carus Academy in Hamburg each start with an introductory evening lecture on the nature of the human being.
The participants then review this lecture using a learning method for adults developed by Coenraad van Houten (1) in collaboration with Bernard Lievegoed. Rudolf Steiner's research on the life processes forms the basis for this approach.
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