Download or read book Do It Yourself Shiatsu written by Watari Ohasi and published by Plume Books. This book was released on 1976-04-22 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Do it yourself Shiatsu written by Wataru Ohashi and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Practice of Shiatsu E Book written by Sandra K. Anderson and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2007-09-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be prepared to answer certification questions about shiatsu, and develop the skills you'll need to become a successful practitioner! This comprehensive, easy-to-use textbook covers foundational information and methods, followed by more complex theory and practice. You'll learn how the channels (meridians) affect clients' health, how to conduct assessments, how to maintain proper body mechanics during practice, how to address imbalances in each of the Five Elements, and much more. Workbook-style exercises and questions at the end of each chapter improve your understanding and retention of the material. A title in the Mosby's Massage Career Development Series. Comprehensive textbook introduces you to all the essentials of shiatsu, offering a complete background on the history of shiatsu, relevant Eastern philosophies and Asian bodywork concepts, the channels (meridians), and proper body mechanics. A separate Theory and Practice section explores various assessment methods and how to evaluate assessment information, techniques and positions to address imbalances in each of the Five Elements, and advanced techniques. Includes all of the helpful learning features you expect from a Mosby's Massage Career Development Series title, such as a vibrant, full-color design, chapter outlines and learning objectives, key terms, workbook sections, and a companion DVD. Authored by a leading expert and certified practitioner with a background in shiatsu education and instruction. DVD packaged with the book contains over 90 minutes of video showing specific applications and techniques performed by the author, such as qigong, basic shiatsu techniques, jitsu and kyo, basic kata, including the hara techniques, and a standard treatment session. Each video clip on the DVD is referenced in the textbook with numbered icons that direct you to particular clips on the DVD. Over 330 full-color illustrations visually represent concepts and techniques. Special quote boxes interspersed throughout each chapter, contain thoughts and proverbs from Buddha, Eleanor Roosevelt, the Dalai Lama, Helen Keller, and many others.
Download or read book BodyWork Shiatsu written by Carl Dubitsky and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 1997-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the art of finger-pressure massage.
Download or read book Baby Shiatsu written by Karin Kalbantner-Wernicke and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2013 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Munich, Germany: K'osel-Verlag, c2011.
Download or read book Shiatsu Japanese Finger Pressure Therapy written by William Shultz and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1976 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shiatsu, the ancient art of health, is the oldest known form of physical therapy. Together with acupuncture, acupressure it is considered a miraculous way to well-being. This book offers a release from the acute tension syndrome.
Download or read book Taoist Foreplay written by Mantak Chia and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexual techniques and traditional Chinese medicine for increased pleasure • Reveals how to enhance relationships by harmonizing male and female energies • Includes easy-to-follow, illustrated acupressure massage routines • Shows how to maintain sexual health with prostate massage and jade egg exercises Taught to Chinese emperors, their wives, and their concubines for thousands of years, Taoist sexual techniques help lovers harmonize their cycles of pleasure and utilize the abundance of reproductive power that is otherwise wasted in non-procreative sex. Combining the study of sex with traditional Chinese medicine, these practices stimulate and sustain sexual desire through the meridians and pressure points and enhance relationships by harmonizing male (yang) and female (yin) energies. Using easy-to-follow illustrations, Taoist Foreplay guides lovers through simple acupressure massage routines connecting all the points and channels that increase pleasure and spark arousal. It shows how to prolong peak moments, maintain sexual health through prostate massage and jade egg exercises, and sustain the intensity of first love through all the seasons of a maturing relationship. It also explains how to reveal and overcome incompatibility with the Taoist Zodiac. From foreplay to climax, these practices offer a way to keep the flame of sexual energy alive.
Download or read book Beyond Shiatsu written by Wataru Ohashi and published by Kodansha America. This book was released on 2003 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive guide to the unique methods that have made the Ohashi Institute famous, the author details an approach to acupressure that is holistic rather than symptomatic, and energizing rather than exhausting. 300 photos.
Download or read book The Ohashi Bodywork Book written by Wataru Ohashi and published by Kodansha. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Western world there is only one top name in bodywork and shiatsu--Wataru Ohashi, founder of the Ohashi Institute and the Ohashiatsu method. This is the first book to detail the Ohashiatsu method--a unique body-massage program that facilitates the exchange of energy between giver and receiver. Over 600 photos, 115 in color.
Download or read book Shiatsu Japanese Finger Pressure Therapy written by William Schultz and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shiatsu, the ancient art of health, is the oldest known form of physical therapy. Together with acupuncture, acupressure it is considered a miraculous way to well-being. This book offers a release from the acute tension syndrome.
Download or read book Zen Shiatsu written by Shizuto Masunaga and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An advanced, comprehensive book incorporating meditative psychology, massage and adjusting techniques into a holistic approach to health.
Download or read book Shiatsu written by Oliver Cowmeadow and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developed from a traditional form of Japanese massage, Shiatsu is based upon the same philosophy and medical theory as acupuncture and other oriental healing methods. Literally translated, Shi-atsu means "finger pressure", but practitioners also use their palms, knees and forearms, and employ stretching techniques. These combine in a simple but effective form of treatment used to promote health and general well-being, as well as to cure illness and prevent future problems. In this straight-forward step-by-step guide, Oliver Cowmeadow introduces us to the ways in which Shiatsu can be beneficial to both the person giving and person receiving. Shiatsu: A Practical Introduction clearly explains: -The role of energy in Shiatsu -How to give the full body Shiatsu treatment -How to eat an energetically balanced diet to promote health -How to treat simple health problems with Shiatsu -Methods of oriental diagnosis -Common uses of acupressure points -Energy balancing exercises for yourself Oliver Cowmeadow has been teaching Shiatsu for more than 20 years and is the founder and principal of the Devon School of Shiatsu.
Download or read book The Healing Power of Acupressure and Acupuncture written by Matthew Bauer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-03-03 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible, up-to-date resource guide leads you through the foundations and techniques of acupressure and acupuncture. Acupressure and acupuncture can relieve painful conditions such as migraine headaches, lower back pain, joint disorders, carpal tunnel syndrome, asthma, allergies, stress, nausea, heart problems, and many others. Today, most health-care plans cover these treatments, making them more popular than ever. Filled with insights into the history of these two age-old therapies, The Healing Power of Acupressure and Acupuncture helps readers choose when to see a licensed therapist, and even provides information about doing certain treatments at home. Matthew D. Bauer delves deeply into the traditions and remarkable benefits of acupressure and acupuncture, explains the many benefits of both, describes techniques for self-treatment, and illustrates how Chinese healing can augment modern Western medicine.
Download or read book Acupressure s Potent Points written by Michael Reed Gach, PhD and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2011-11-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With your hands you have potential to relieve everyday aches, pains and ailments without taking drugs, to improve your health, and to increase your vitality. Acupressure is an ancient healing art that uses the fingers to stimulate key points on the skin that, in turn, activate the body's natural self-healing processes. With this book, it is a skill you can learn now--and use in your own home. In Acupressure's Potent Points, Michael Reed Gach, founder and director of the Acupressure Institute of America, reveals simple techniques that enable you to relieve headaches, arthritis, colds and flu, insomnia, backaches, hiccups, leg pain, hot flashes, depression, and more--using the power and sensitivity of your own hands. This practical guide covers more than forty ailments and symptoms, from allergies to wrist pain, providing pressure-point maps and exercises to relieve pain and restore function. Acupressure complements conventional medical care, and enables you to take a vital role in becoming well and staying well. With this book you can turn your hands into healing tools--and start feeling good now.
Download or read book Tsubo written by Katsusuke Serizawa and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boon to the health-conscious individual, this practical volume introduces the completely natural Oriental healing system of Tsubo: vital points along the body where the energy flow of the organs tends to stagnate. With simple text and clear diagrams the author shows how to locate Tsubo, and how to apply acupuncture, massage, shiatsu, and other popular therapies for astonishing relief of such common ailments as fatigue, insomnia, muscular aches, back pain, asthma, nausea, and more... and for skin and beauty enhancement. Comprehensive and informative, Tsubo will enable the layman at home as well as the holistic and general practitioner to promote good health and to reap the benefits of this little-known, remarkable self-healing technique.
Download or read book The Complete Book Of Shiatsu Therapy written by Toru Namikoshi and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shiatsu occupies a point between the mysticism of acupuncture and moxa-combustions therapies, with their reliance on the theory of vital points (tsubo), and the excessive mechanization of Western medical science."
Download or read book The Self Shiatsu Handbook written by Pamela Ferguson and published by Perigee Trade. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical techniques you can apply yourself-anytime, anywhere-for pain relief without drugs. Illus.
