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Shiatsu
The practice of Shiatsu is an age old japanese holistic therapy. The basis of shiatsu is the belief that there are channels in the body called meridians through which the vital energy (called Qi) flows. Anything that impedes or stops this flow can cause symptoms. The treatment is aimed at releasing the blockage, returning the flow of Qi to normal and so relieving the symptoms. The treatments consist of moves that vary from gentle touch to deep pressure over the meridian blockages using anything from fingers and elbows to feet and knees through to rotation and stretching of limbs. This will regularise the flow of Qi and will produce improvements at both a physical and emotional level.
Life and Health Issues Helped
The life and health issues shown below have been noted as being helped by Shiatsu:-
| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| Old Age |
| Osteoarthritis |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| Sleep Disorder |
Shiatsu Blog
Add your contributions to the blog for this page. The button is at the bottom of the page or follow this link to the blog for this page. These can be absolutely anything related to the topic of this page that needs an answer from other members of the community, or a space for you to complain about or comment on anything related to that topic.
How to Help your Practitioner
You will have certain questions that you want to ask your practitioner about the therapy and your practitioner will have standard questions to ask you about yourself.
The "How to Help Your Practitioner" page for Shiatsu
Shiatsu Practitioner Organisations and Schools
The qualifications and requirements for a practitioner to be registered may vary markedly from organisation to organisation. We would strongly recommend that you visit the organisation's website to ensure that your chosen practitioner is registered with an organisation which has requirements with which you approve.
The home country of the organisation is listed. Although their practitioner lists and training courses are likely to be limited to their own countries most will provide more information, advice, contacts and help wherever you live:-
| The Shiatsu Society | Great Britain | National |
| Shiatsu Practitioners Association of Aotearoa (NZ) | New Zealand | National |
Please email editor(at)shared-care.com with the name and URL of your suggestions for additional organisations.
Shiatsu Practitioner List
As the relationship between practitioner and the person consulted by them is a very personal one we would recommend that you check out their qualifications and, if possible, decide whether you have suitable empathy with them. This listing does not imply any special competence.
Practitioner lists for Shiatsu:-
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| The United States of America |
Lists of Practitioners and Practices
Please access the list of practitioners listed by therapy from the Therapies Home page
The full searchable practice list for the following countries.
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| United States of America |
The practitioners and practitioners' organisations lists for the following countries.
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| United States of America |
Shopping Zone
Editors Choice
Not all good things come from Amazon. The following are my choices of goodies that I have come across or in which I have had some involvement. If you want to add anything please email me (editor(at)shared-care.com) with details
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | Gluten free cookbook; lots of good recipes |
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | |
| Dr Michaels New Horizons | Self help tapes from No Panic |
| No Panic | |
| Lumie Sunlamp | Sunlamp for SAD (works for me! (ed)) |
| Lumie | |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | Free downloadable book about treating migraine |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | |
| The FISH Plan for Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Free downloadable book about treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| The FISH Plan for IBS | |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | Necessary dietary reading for everyone |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | |
