Leading specialist publisher of books for manual therapists, bodyworkers and movement teachers.
Handspring publishes across the entire range of bodywork and manual therapies, including movement – from yoga to fitness. We publish for professionals – for teachers, therapists, and the trainers who run courses for them – as opposed to lay ‘consumers’.
13/08/2025
Have you had a chance to visit our offers page on our UK website? Here we showcase any live discount offers and also showcase all of our available bundles. These bundles have been expertly curated by us-you won't find them anywhere else!
The Head and Neck: Theory and Practice by Roger Kerry and Barbara Cagnie. Edited by Jeremy Lewis.
Master the complexities of the head and neck with this interdisciplinary book.
The book provides practical frameworks for clinical assessment and features patient voices to give you a full overview of how to manage head and neck pain.
Out 21st October 2025
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Musculoskeletal neck and head pain is a one of the highest health burdens faced globally. Management of people with this pain is complex, multi-factorial, and challenging. Scientific evidence continues to grow in this area but can often be confusing or contradictory. This multi-contributed compendiu...
17/06/2025
Adaptive Osteopathic and Chiropractic Techniques for Manual Therapists: Utilising Drop Tables, Speeder Boards and Gonstead Manipulation by Giles Gyer and Jimmy Michael at OMT Training
Based on the latest clinical research and evidence-based knowledge, this resource guides manual therapists on how to safely integrate adaptive spinal manipulation into their practice using commonly used equipment.
Written by an internationally renowned author team, this is an essential book for a wide range of therapies, including osteopathy, chiropractic care, massage therapy, and physiotherapy.
Evolved to Move: Using the Alexander Technique to Reduce Pain and Improve Fitness by Richard Brennan
Based on the pioneering work of Frederick Matthias Alexander, this book shows movement professionals how to use the Alexander Technique to free up clients' movement and reduce pain caused by unbalanced posture.
"In layman's terms, Richard Brennan explains the Alexander Technique and how it can benefit people whose ailments are exacerbated by detrimental postural habits. This easy-to-read book is a useful resource for healthcare professionals and their patients who are looking to improve comfort, balance, breathing, mobility, and emotional well-being through a practical, long-lasting, and empowering supplement to medical treatment."
Diane Gaary, mAmSAT, faculty Temple University and Arcadia University
On the 14th June we will be welcoming Ana Barretxeguren (Moving Fascia) and Joanne Avison for our first in-person event of 2025.
We are collaborating with these two profoundly knowledgeable and skilled teachers to bring you a day full of learning and "Aha!" moments! Jo and Ana call it The Fascial Spine: from Head to Heart to Hara.
The focus of the day will be an embodied exploration of the fascial spine as the central axis of our inner cosmos. Spend time with two of the leading UK teachers of living, tensegrity-informed, integrated movement. You will take your personal development and somatic awareness to the next level and deepen your understanding of the logic behind the fascia matrix and its powerful role in self-organisation, with particular emphasis on the spine as a profound source of our energy.
As an exclusive, in-person event, numbers are limited. Also, the content will not be available to watch back afterwards; no streaming or recording, so don't miss this opportunity!
Tickets are now available for all to buy, with just a few early bird tickets left. Take a look at this exciting, informative and nurturing event here - https://bit.ly/TFH-TFS-25.
31/03/2025
Yoga Therapy for Healing from Long Covid and Fatigue
Are you looking for effective tools to support clients dealing with stress, burnout, or chronic fatigue? This practice-based guide addresses the symptoms of fatigue and Long Covid directly and offers adapted techniques to help yoga therapists and health professionals work with clients struggling with their symptoms.
Did you miss our Fascial Voice event last weekend? If so, you missed out! It was a truly phenomenal day. But luckily, you can get access to the recordings until the 22nd April. Just visit https://bit.ly/3OsVsAS to purchase your ticket now, and watch at your leisure until the 5th May.
Here's just a little snippet from 'Myofascial Magic in Action', by Joanne Avison, that encapsulates just some of what we discussed on the day -
“Once recognized that the tongue is literally and physically continuous with the heart (it is really one tissue!) it is possible to settle into knowing that seeking our own voice is seeking to speak from the heart. Embryology is a heart-centred sequence.”
Fascia Hub members – remember you get 20% discount off all Handspring and Singing Dragon books – the code is in the Affiliate section of your Members’ Area.
Want to know more about the power of voice? Watch our recordings back now!
20/02/2025
Now available for pre-order - Pilates Applications for Health Conditions Volumes 1 and 2 edited by Madeline Black and Elizabeth Larkam. Publishing 21st April 2025.
Movement is recognized as a positive contributor to lengthening health span and supporting vitality. However, optimal movement practices for the individual needs of different health conditions have not yet been thoroughly explored.
Volume 1: The first volume of this pioneering book examines multi-system health conditions, including Ehlers-Danlos, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's, Lyme Disease and Long COVID, illustrating in detail how movement sequences improve gait, balance, efficiency, and quality of life.
Volume 2: The second volume of this pioneering book examines locomotor system health conditions, including scoliosis, kyphosis, hip joint dysfunction, diastasis recti abdominis, and congenital muscular torticollis, illustrating in detail how movement sequences improve gait, balance, efficiency, and quality of life.
Movement is recognized as a positive contributor to lengthening health span and supporting vitality. However, optimal movement practices for the individual needs of different health conditions have not yet been thoroughly explored. The first volume of this pioneering book examines multi-system healt...
16/01/2025
Have you ever considered the connection between dance and Chinese Medicine?
Zuna Vesan Kozánková, is the author of the newly published, The Tao of Movement: Chinese Medicine Principles for Movers. In this podcast episode, she sits with Matan Levkowich to discuss her newest book which focuses on the applications of traditional Chinese medicine in dance and other movement-related professions.
Matan and Zuna also explore:
- the Taoist perspective on health
- the physical, energetic, and conscious bodies
- the role of energy in movement
- strategies for health prevention
- the influence of nutrition and seasonal changes on wellbeing and more!
When Jan Trewartha, Director of The British Fascia Symposium, and The Fascia Hub describes something as “exquisite” - it sends a glow!!! Thank you my friend - I am so glad you felt empowered to step into this 21st Century wisdom with some kind of lantern to light the way forward!!! God bless you.
👉 Links in my bio! Pre-order from my US or UK publishers now! Or if you prefer Amazon it’s also available there too. Enjoy! ✨
11/12/2024
Out very soon - Myofascial Magic in Action by Joanne Avison.
Myofascial Magic in Action is the first of five books explaining how fascia relates fundamentally to human movement and changes all that we thought we knew.
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Handspring Publishing produces high quality professional level books to serve bodywork and movement therapy professionals, teachers and practitioners, across the full range of specialisms. Our publications are:
Highly accessible - making educational content ‘live’; ensuring that our products are as easy as possible to learn from.
Easily applied - ‘How does this relate to me in my practice?’ Our product contains material that helps our customers achieve better outcomes with their clients.
Research-based - this is reflected in the way our books are written, with clear emphasis on current research and evidence.
We operate globally, from a base in rural East Lothian, Scotland, UK. Our customers and authors are all over the world; we believe that technology and enthusiasm make distance irrelevant; and enable small, focused organisations to offer a more effective service than many of their larger competitors.