what is shiatsu?
Shiatsu is a traditional Japanese healing treatment that uses a hands-on system for
the whole body. It developed from the Traditional Chinese Medicine approach to health
and follows the same pathways and points on the body that you find in acupuncture.
Instead of needles shiatsu involves a ‘leaning in’ to the body using palms, finger
pressure, even elbows and knees – sometimes quite deeply, sometimes very lightly.
Shiatsu has a holistic approach to how a person is feeling and views any conditions, illnesses or pain as symptoms of an imbalance. In this way tiredness, stiffness or specific ailments are seen as signals of a need in the body to redress the balance of vital energy (or Ki). So seemingly unconnected physical experiences may be linked from a shiatsu perspective. This holistic approach is at the heart of energy work – and is the cornerstone of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
what is shiatsu?
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