The Book of Shiatsu: Vitality & Health Through the Art of TouchWith shiatsu (a Japanese word meaning "finger pressure") you can release and stimulate the energy flowing through your body -- using just your hands and fingers -- to awaken your body's natural healing modalities. The Book of Shiatsu is the authoritative, step-by-step guide to this uniquely effective therapy. The techniques offered are simple and can be used to treat a variety of health problems, particularly: • Arthritic conditions • Backaches • Emotional stress • Headaches and migraines • Intestinal disorders • Menstrual and reproductive problems • Muscular pain and tension Here you'll find more than 240 color drawings and photographs in a brand-new, accessible format, demonstrating how to give both whole-body and specialized massages, diagnose specific conditions, and work with the body's energy meridians to promote sustained health and well-being. |
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Page 11
... muscles and circulatory systems of the body . Shiatsu , by contrast , uses few techniques and to an observer it would appear that little is happening - merely a still , relaxed pressure at various points on the body with the hand or ...
... muscles and circulatory systems of the body . Shiatsu , by contrast , uses few techniques and to an observer it would appear that little is happening - merely a still , relaxed pressure at various points on the body with the hand or ...
Page 21
... muscles , the active body tissue that enables us to move , are both Yang . The bones , the deepest , hardest , and most stable of the structural tissues , are Yin . So also are the internal organs , protected within the ribcage and the ...
... muscles , the active body tissue that enables us to move , are both Yang . The bones , the deepest , hardest , and most stable of the structural tissues , are Yin . So also are the internal organs , protected within the ribcage and the ...
Page 25
... Muscles ( flesh ) Skin Bones Tendons Manifestation Nails Body Hair Head Hair Fluids Tears Sweat Salliva Sounds Shouting Laughing Singing Mucus Weeping Urine Groaning Emotions Anger Joy Pensiveness / Worry Grief Fear Spiritual Aspects ...
... Muscles ( flesh ) Skin Bones Tendons Manifestation Nails Body Hair Head Hair Fluids Tears Sweat Salliva Sounds Shouting Laughing Singing Mucus Weeping Urine Groaning Emotions Anger Joy Pensiveness / Worry Grief Fear Spiritual Aspects ...
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... muscular system is engaged from the outset in the effort of raising up the head , wriggling , crawling , and eventu- ally learning to stand and walk . This process develops the secondary curves of the spine - in the neck and lumbar ...
... muscular system is engaged from the outset in the effort of raising up the head , wriggling , crawling , and eventu- ally learning to stand and walk . This process develops the secondary curves of the spine - in the neck and lumbar ...
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Contents
| 8 | |
| 15 | |
| 27 | |
Chapter Three | 43 |
Chapter Four | 57 |
Part | 71 |
Chapter | 81 |
Chapter Seven | 103 |
Chapter Eight | 127 |
Part Three | 149 |
Chapter | 167 |
Index | 187 |
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The Book of Shiatsu: Vitality & Health Through the Art of Touch Paul Lundberg No preview available - 2009 |
Common terms and phrases
ankle Blood bone breathing buttocks centre Channel pathway chest Chinese medicine circulation comfortable Dave Thorp diagnosis diaphragm disharmony Earth elbow emotional energy exercises exhale eyes face feel feet fingers Five Element flow fluids foot forward front functions Gall Bladder Channel gently give pressure giving shiatsu Hara headaches Heart Channel heel hips influence insomnia keep Kidney Channel knee Kneel Large Intestine Channel lean limbs Liver Liver Channel lower Lung Channel Makko Ho stretch massage mid line move movement muscle neck nourishes Oriental medicine outer pain palm partner's head partner's shoulder Pericardium points position region relax rotations sacrum seiza shoulder blade side sitting Small Intestine Channel spine Spleen Channel stiff Stomach and Spleen Stomach Channel supine position support hand Tanden Tao Yin technique tendons tension thigh thumb traditional Chinese medicine Triple Burner Channel tsubos upper weak wrist Yin and Yang Yin Channels Yin Organs Yin-Yang Zen shiatsu
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Page 25 - strengthen the Heart and the Liver governs the eyes. The eyes see the darkness and mystery of Heaven and they discover
Page 23 - That which soaks and descends (Water) is salty that which blazes upwards (Fire) is bitter that which can be bent and straightened (Wood) is
Page 76 - Lu Lung LI Large Intestine St Stomach Sp Spleen H Heart SI Small Intestine
Page 112 - with your hands over the upper shoulder blade area. Allow a moment to tune in to your partner's condition.
Page 63 - Then place the foot on the floor, toes pointing slightly inward. Move to the other side and repeat
Page 143 - .Palm the outer arm from the shoulder muscle to the wrist. Then kneel back slightly to thumb the
Page 113 - one hand at a time or both together. Then thumb along the inner line of the Bladder
Page 54 - principle borrowed from Aikido, is a way of conveying the energy of the ground through your
Page 12 - the Huang Ti Nei Ching (The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine).