JustShiatsu Podcast

In this episode I explore some of my personal experiences recently with being more refined in this aspect of extending Ki and the benefits I am seeing. I also explore the writings of Koichi Tohei who is the founder of an art called Kiatsu. I explore some of his theories and understands to bring light to what all this might mean and why it works so well. 

In this episode I explore an idea of what it means to access ones spirit and to bring that into a healing context. This is an idea stated a couple times in the classical texts of Chinese medicine. In those works though there isn't much in the expression of how to do this. 

I was listening to someone read the book Art of Peace by Morihei Ueshiba. This is a book on the translated expressions of the founder of Aikido throughout his life time. As I was listening I realized a lot of the expression in this book spoke to me and this idea of accessing ones spirit within.  

What follows is my attempt to examine this work and compare it to the fundamental truths of life. As well as how these foundation truths reflect in the healing arts and shiatsu particularly. I am a firm believer that when we devote ourselves to a single path in life it can enlighten us to the truths that exist in all paths in life. 

In this episode I explore the idea that since Shiatsu is typically done as a full body treatment there are advantages to this sort of approach. Distortions in the bodies flows can happen either at or away from the area that is being effected. I explore this concept as I have understood it from the classics of Chinese medicine.  

In this episode I spend some time reflecting on some of the specific reasons I do the things I do in my personal practice and why I think they have benefits for other people. 

In this episode I look at the idea that we have 5 base personalities or constitutions that influence our preferences in life. I also talk about how our attitude can reflect our imbalances. 

In this episode, I explore the physiological processes that happen through the eye of Chinese medicine. I explain in detail how touch is allowing those pathological factors to be released through the Zen Shiatsu model. 

In this episode I explore this often overlooked aspect of the medicine, the divergent channels. There isn't a lot of literature on these channels, but I have had the opportunity to be introduced to them by a teacher and have been exploring them ever since. I wanted to share some of the thoughts and ideas I have been exploring, as well as some others that I have run across. The one thing I have found is that a lot of complex issues can be affected by working with these channels. 

In this episode I discuss how touching certain sections on the body has specific effects on how the body responds. This is a personal study on point dynamics of Chinese Medicine and how they can be used to help the ones we love.  

In this episode I look at the idea of spirit and how it relates to healing. 

In this episode, I explore some of my thoughts on what it means to heal.