Working with Shiatsu 3: A trip around the body
CHAPTER 9 Working with Shiatsu 3 A trip around the body Shiatsu has evolved into a variety of systems of subtle energetics, but in many of these forms some of…
The Fire Phase: The Heart, Small Intestine, Heart Protector and Triple Heater
CHAPTER 14 The Fire Phase The Heart, Small Intestine, Heart Protector and Triple Heater Hold in your heart all the sadness and pain of samsara, and at the same time…
Working with Shiatsu 2: Basic techniques and tools
CHAPTER 8 Working with Shiatsu 2 Basic techniques and tools Contraindications Before beginning to learn, we need to know when not to use Shiatsu. There are few disorders which the…
The Metal Phase: The Lungs and Large Intestine
CHAPTER 16 The Metal Phase The Lungs and Large Intestine If you can imagine an Ideal Human Container … that ideal energetic container would be infinitely expandable, infinitely contractible, infinitely…
The Water Phase: The Kidneys and Bladder
CHAPTER 12 The Water Phase The Kidneys and Bladder Under heaven, nothing is more soft and yielding than water. Yet for attacking the solid and strong, nothing is better. It…
The Earth Phase: The Spleen and Stomach
CHAPTER 15 The Earth Phase The Spleen and Stomach We are part of the earth, and it is part of us … we love this earth as the newborn loves…
The Wood Phase: The Liver and Gall-Bladder
CHAPTER 13 The Wood Phase The Liver and Gall-Bladder … the force that through the green fuse drives the flower (Fern Hill, Dylan Thomas) Wood Associations: Growth, Cooperation, Adaptability, Organization,…
The four methods of diagnosis
CHAPTER 17 The four methods of diagnosis There are four traditional ways of diagnosing in Far Eastern medicine; namely, listening, observing, feeling and asking. When diagnosing traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)…
