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Shiatsu is a therapeutic practice, it is a relaxing treatment and can be beneficial for back pain, stress, headaches, whiplash injuries, neck stiffness, joint pain and many sports injuries amongst other ailments.
It uses hand pressure and manipulative techniques to adjust the body's physical structure and its natural inner energies, to help ward off illness, and maintain good health.
Shiatsu is a Japanese word meaning “finger pressure”. It is a new name for the oldest form of medicine - healing with hands. Shiatsu follows similar principles to Chiropractic or western massage using the principles of anatomy and physiology. The thumbs, palms, and fingers -(no knees or elbows )- are used to apply pressure to specific areas of the body.
Your Shiatsu practitioner will consider your state of health, the symptoms you are experiencing and, depending on your constitution and general energy levels, will use a variety of techniques to improve your energy flow. These may include gentle holding, pressing with palms, thumbs, fingers, elbows, knees and feet on the meridians and, when appropriate, more dynamic rotations and stretches.
Some Benefits of Shiatsu include:
Shiatsu practitioners will often recommend a change in the diet plan for their customers. Various types of foods differ in their physical, mental, spiritual and emotional effects. This energy is split into two parts known as Yin and Yang. Yin is where energy is expanding and yang is where it is contracting. Food can be divided into three main types-those that are 'balanced', and some that are yin and others which are yang.
Yin Foods:
Milk,alcohol, honey, sugar, oil, fruit juice, spice, stimulants, refined foods.
Yang Foods:
Seafood, poultry, eggs, meat, salt, fish, cheese.
The balance between yin and yang is very important to the body. For example, it plays a major role in the production of hormones such as progesterone, glycogen and insulin and the expansion and contraction of the lungs, etc. A balanced way of eating, mainly from the grains, beans, seeds, nuts and vegetables etc which helps to achieve a balance within the meridians and chakras
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