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Shiatsu is a Japanese word: "shi" meaning finger,
and "atsu" meaning pressure. But shiatsu is more
than acupressure. It is a combination of many different techniques,
including pressing, hooking, sweeping, shaking, rotating,
grasping, vibrating, patting, plucking, lifting, pinching,
rolling, brushing, and, in one school developed by Suzuki
Yamamoto, barefoot shiatsu, which includes walking on the
person's back, legs, and feet.
In the practice of shiatsu, each person is primarily responsible for his or her own health and well-being. This contrasts with the Western belief that the medical practitioner is principally responsible for our health. In Western medicine, an awareness of the unique significance of touch, the essential form of communication between two human beings in the fight to subdue pain, has all but disappeared; certainly it has become minimal. Ironically, in all times and all cultures, the importance of touch, just touch itself, has been acknowledged as a primary means to mitigate pain. In the hurried rounds of the Western clinical physician checking hospital charts at the end of the day, alas, it has vanished.
Shiatsu strengthens the immune system and, if practiced consistently, truly becomes preventive health care. Who can benefit from shiatsu? Early on, George Balanchine, Ivan Nagy, Martha Graham, and many other dancers took regular shiatsu sessions to relieve their pains and restore and maintain their vitality. It is well known that Henry Kissinger has received shiatsu treatments to promote and maintain good health.
Now you can take advantage of this
marvelous treatment whenever you like in the privacy of
your own home. Our various lines of shiatsu
massage chairs electronically replicate the touch and
pressure of a shiatsu master. Computer assisted research
has made the ultimate in massages available to everyone.
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