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What is Shiatsu? Shiatsu is a bodywork therapy
that has originated within the Oriental Healing Arts. It incorporates
the theory of acupuncture which proposes that energy, known
as "Chi" ( or "Ki") moves through the body
along well defined passageways called meridians. Balance of
these energy flows is considered to be essential for health
and well-being.Shiatsu which also utilizes acupressure, or pressure
points along with other manual therapy techniques, has been
found exceptionally effective for stress-reduction, reducing
fatigue and alleviating a wide spectrum of symptoms such as:
back pain, shoulder & neck problems, headaches, constipation,
cramps, etc...
International School of
Shiatsu
The Development of Shiatsu
The originator of Shiatsu therapy was a young boy named Tokujiro
Namikoshi. he was born on November 3, 1905 on the Japanese Island
of Shikoku. When Namikoshi was 7 years old he and his family
moved from the warm Southern climate to a more harsh one on
the northern Island of Hokkaido. Once there, Namikoshi's mother
began suffering from what is known today as rheumatoid arthritis
in her joints. To alleviate the growing pain and in the absence
of a village doctor Namikoshi began stroking and pressing the
afflicted parts of her body. This reduced the mother's pain
and allowed Namikoshi's hands to develop a sensitivity to the
stiffness, temperature and skin condition of the body. Soon
the young therapist realized the greatest healing benefit was
achieved when he pressed the body 80% of the time and rubbed
it 20%. In time he cured his mother's condition.
This experience sparked Namikoshi to study the human body and
eventually he systemized his thumb pressure method known as
SHIATSU, ("shi" means finger and "atsu"
means pressure in Japanese). In 1925 he opened the first Shiatsu
Institute of Therapy on Hokkaido. Once accepted and operational,
Namikoshi then moved to Tokyo to infect the Japanese capital
with the genius of his new founded therapy. After years of perseverance
the Japan Shiatsu Institute was founded on February 11, 1940.
After years displaying the unique affects of shiatsu and thus
gaining country wide acceptance, the Japanese Minister of Health
and Welfare officially licensed Namikoshi's school under its
new name: The Japan Shiatsu School. To this day Shiatsu is wholeheartedly
promoted and regulated by the Japanese government and there
have been over 20,000 graduates from the school. Some of these
graduates are responsible for transmitting the therapy world
wide with special western proliferation in the 1970's to the
1990's. It was in 1953 that Shiatsu was exported as a Healing
Art form from Japan and introduced to North America when the
Palmer Chiropractic School in Iowa, USA invited Master Tokujiro
Namikoshi Sensei and his son Toru (author of The Complete book
of Shiatsu Therapy) to teach the art. Over 4 decades later,
Shiatsu has become internationally accepted as one of the most
effective natural healing art forms. Yet Master Kensen Saito,
Director of SAT, remains one of only three original students
that Master Sensei had personally mentored.
Shiatsu Academy
of Tokyo
Books
International
School of Shiatsu - .S.S. carries various books on bodywork,
acupuncture, chinese philosophy, cooking, etc... You can also
purchase titles on bodywork and the energetics of healing, written
by I.S.S. founder Saul Goodman
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