nightraker Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Has anyone ever tried Shiatsu? (dunno if Ive spelt it correctly either before you all start picking on me!). What does it involve and how did you react to it? Ive been asked if Id like to indulge and Im not sure what to say as Ive heard it can make you come over all unneccessary!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I've had a "taster" short treatment at one of the Natural Health Shows that periodically come to Sheffield. I've found this on the internet which describes it better than I could! "Shiatsu is a Japanese word meaning “finger pressure”. It is a new name for the oldest form of medicine - healing with hands. Everybody has the healing power of touch and responds to touch. It is a natural ability that people are now beginning to recognize again. Shiatsu 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 characterized by its great simplicity. It grew from earlier forms of massage, called Anma in Japan (Anmo or Tuina in China) which use rubbing, stroking, squeezing, tapping, pushing, and pulling to influence the 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 thumb, an easy leaning of the elbows or a simple rotation of a limb. It almost seems a lazy activity and, to the extent that it conserves one's energy, it is. But underneath the uncomplicated movements much is happening internally to the body's energy on a subtle level". I had a short treatment on my neck and shoulders and it was quite gentle and very relaxing. It released a lot of tension in my neck and shoulders, so afterwards I felt much better. I'd recommend it but each to their own! You may be relieved to know that I didn't come over all unnecessary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightraker Posted December 12, 2006 Author Share Posted December 12, 2006 Thanks for that Lou...good to know you came out of it unscathed! The reason I asked is that Ive seen people come out of the treatment rooms at the Cavendish Centre after a Shiatsu session, they were all wobbly and shaky and had to sit down with a glass of water!! Id also been told it can be a very intense experience. Reading your post it seems to be something of a spiritual experience...or am I just reading too much into it?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepcarowl Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I thought a Shiatsu was a dog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Well I'm not an expert on it but I would say it falls under the category of a complementary therapy and so could be said to have a spiritual element to it. I think it's based on balancing the energy flowing along the meridians in one's body to enhance your well being. Are there any Shiatsu practitioners on here who could explain this better than me?! I'm a bit concerned about you saying that about people being wobbly and shaky afterwards. I don't really know what might cause that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I thought a Shiatsu was a dog! There's always one who can't resist, isn't there?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snippysnoo Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Hi there, I too have had several shiatsu sessions and they were fab. I suffered from what can only be described as feeling like I had been asleep with a heavy weight on my chest, my ribs were sore but I could not figure out why. My G.P thought it was a muscle strain. I went to a shiatsu practitioner who thought it could be stress ( I had at that time got a lot going on in my life ) they treated me accordingly for stress and the pain vanished over night never to return and that was about 4/5 years ago so I can highly recommend it from experience. I did not come over all uneccessary after, if anything I felt very relaxed and calm. Please find details below of a good practitioner I know. Northern School of Shiatsu 32 Wynward Road, Hillsborough Sheffield S6 4GE Tel: 0114 231 6131 E-mail: caroldeanat33@ukonline.co.uk Website: http://www.northernschoolofshiatsu.co.uk Contact: Carol Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightraker Posted December 15, 2006 Author Share Posted December 15, 2006 Thanks to you for that info, much appreciated. Maybe its something I might try after all, and thank you snippy snoo for the address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snippysnoo Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Thanks to you for that info, much appreciated. Maybe its something I might try after all, and thank you snippy snoo for the address Glad to be of some help. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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