Words that Touch

Nick Pole has performed a real service by showing how Clean Language is something everyone can use. It is a pleasure to see my late friend David Grove's work receiving such practical explication and application. This is a how-to manual suitable for anyone who wants to be better at working with the wisdom within each of us. -- Ian McDermott, founder of International Teaching Seminars and UKCP certified psychotherapist For all their skills in working with the body and its energies, few complementary practitioners pay careful attention to the language they use with their patients. With the help of this clear and compelling book they will be better able to practise the mind body medicine which they espouse. -- John Hamwee, acupuncturist and author of Zero Balancing, Intuitive Acupuncture and Acupuncture for New Practitioners Words that Touch gently balances the Ying and Yang of language and body, theory and practice with hundreds of stories, examples and personal anecdotes. Nick Pole's delightful book shows how Clean Language questions can transcend technique to become a way of being with another person's body and mind. -- James Lawley & Penny Tompkins, authors of Metaphors in Mind: Transformation through Symbolic Modelling Nicholas Pole offers bodyworkers a new skill in this clear and elegant book, showing that the words we use directly affect our clients' Qi as much as our touch. With simple clean questions we can help them reach into and resolve the origin of their own condition. A valuable resource. -- Carola Beresford-Cooke, author of Shiatsu Theory and Practice and co-founder of the Shiatsu College UK Nick Pole has written an important and convincing book. Spoken language and body language have drifted apart. Words that Touch introduces how to make dialogue an integral part of bodywork. Without any doubt many therapists and teachers of bodywork will find inspiration and practical guidance in it. -- Peter den Dekker, Chi Kung instructor, acupuncturist and author of The Dynamics of Standing Still