Book Recommendations for Massage Therapists

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The best books for learners

Here is a curated selection of books on healthcare, the human body, and the experience of pain.

A Guide to Better Movement: The Science and Practice of Moving With More Skill And Less Pain. Todd Hargrove.

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst. Robert Sapolsky.

Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance. Alex Hutchinson.

Neurocomic: A Comic About the Brain. Hana Ros.

The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science. Norman Doidge.

The Secret Language of Anatomy: An Illustrated Guide to the Origins of Anatomical Terms. Cecilia Brassett.

The Senses. Matteo Farinella.

The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Culture. Antonio Damasio.

The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease. Daniel Lieberman.

Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding. Daniel Lieberman.

The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos. Leonard Mlodinow.

Touch: The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind. David Linden.

Understanding Pain: Exploring the Perception of Pain. Fernando Cervero.

Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body. Jo Marchant.

Pain is Really Strange. Steve Haines.

Touch is Really Strange. Steve Haines.

Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World. Vivek Murthy.

Here is a curated selection of books to help develop a learners mindset.

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. Daniel H. Pink.

Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change. Leonard Mlodinow.

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. Angela Duckworth.

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Carol Dweck.

Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking. Richard E. Nisbett.

Principles: Life and Work. Ray Dalio.

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy. Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant.

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. David Epstein.

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. Carl Sagan.

The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life. Shawn Achor.

Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide. Yana Weinstein, Megan Sumeracki, Oliver Caviglioli.

Together is Better: A Little Book of Inspiration. Simon Sinek.

Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning. Patrice Bain & Pooja Agarwal.

Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World. Cal Newport.

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World. Cal Newport.

The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data. David Spiegelhalter.