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What is Shiatsu?
One of the defining aspects of Shiatsu is “Combined Diagnosis and Therapy”. It refers to the use of sensory organs (such as palms, fingers, and thumbs) to detect imbalances in the energetic components of the body, and to perform empirically established routines to correct these problems. Origins of ShiatsuThe Japan Shiatsu College was founded in 1940 by Tokujiro Namikoshi. Unlike other Chinese and Japanese traditional hands-on-therapy that preceded it, Namikoshi’s Shiatsu reconciled the ancient massage arts of Japan with Western medicine, basing his therapy on Western anatomy and physiology. Shiatsu has continued to evolve over time; different kinds and styles of Shiatsu now exist and are referred to as types of Derivative Shiatsu. Since the 1980s the evolution of Shiatsu has mainly taken place outside of Japan, mainly in Western Europe and North America. |
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