This one-of-kind guide for crafters and artists of all kinds teaches you how to alleviate pain and strain while working in the studio through active and passive stretching, strengthening, and massage techniques that are easy to incorporate into your daily routine. For all makers and artists, this helpful guide teaches you that your body is your most valuable tool and empowers you to create more-healthful movement patterns that build strength and longevity. As the founder of Wellness for Makers, Ballone knows the challenges that makers face in finding time to focus on their body rather than their creations. The repetitive tasks that artists and crafters take on every day can lead to strain injuries and pain. By following the 40+ exercises outlined in this book with detailed photos, you will learn the best ways to sit, stand, walk, and lift to reduce your risk of injury, relieve pain and strain, and improve your posture and overall well-being. Use this as a resource to learn the actions, movements, and best practices that will allow you to move in a way that strengthens and repairs your body. Exercises & tips to improve workdays: . Reducing injury . Improving posture . Gripping . Strengthening . Avoiding and relieving pain . Sitting . Standing . Walking . Lifting . Squatting AUTHOR: Missy Graff Ballone is the founder of Wellness for Makers, an organisation dedicated to empowering artists through education, mindful living, and movement. She is licensed in bodywork methods and passionate about helping artists locate and share wellness resources. SELLING POINTS: . Learn the actions, movements, and best practices to help your body - your main craft tool - perform its best . For artists and craftsmen of all ages to reduce their risk of injury in the studio . This is the only wellness book geared specifically to craftspeople 75 colour and b/w photographs