Budding Health Shiatsu - Cheryl Jenkins PhD

What is shiatsu?

Shiatsu is a Japanese therapy that activates the body’s natural ability to heal and restore balance by promoting deep relaxation. It is a complete system of healing through touch and draws extensively on traditional oriental medicine.

Shiatsu can help you connect with tension, learn to let go... and relax. It is a very versatile therapy that uses a combination of soft and strong techniques. It is characterised by finger, thumb and palm pressure applied to the body promoting movement, increased body awareness and openness. Gentle stretches and rotations are also used to release tension in tight muscles and joints, encouraging blood and lymph flow.

Who uses shiatsu and how can you benefit?

Everyone can benefit from shiatsu!

Independently validated research shows that shiatsu encourages an enduring sense of wellbeing, relieves a wide range of symptoms and prevents a variety of stress-related disorders. Shiatsu will help you to better deal with stress and perform to your full potential so that you can enjoy your life.

Receiving shiatsu can help to:

maintain good health	improve breathing, posture and body awareness
relieve aches, pains and stiffness in joints, muscles and tissues	speed recovery after physical training or from injury such as whiplash or repetitive strain injury
resolve anxiety or depression	support you during difficult transitions in your life, such as the loss of a loved one, divorce or other life-changing events
release stress or emotion	assist detoxification and recovery from addiction
ease menstrual problems	support you and your baby during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period
ease digestive problems	transform areas of your life that feel stuck, missing or incomplete.

Whatever your reason for having shiatsu, you will come away from a shiatsu session more relaxed and better able to deal with life’s challenges!

What happens during a shiatsu treatment?

Every treatment is personalised just for you. In the first session we will talk briefly about your medical history and what you want from the sessions.

Shiatsu is given through loose comfortable clothing. Treatments last for one hour and are given on a soft futon mattress.

It is best not to eat any large meals during the two hours before the session, and to avoid alcohol on the day of your appointment. Following the session, aim to take things easy if you can.

For more information, download my leaflet on Shiatsu.

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