Chinese Health Theraphy

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Shiatsu En Mataro

Shiatsu is an evolving form, and their different styles incorporate (to differing degrees) aspects of Japanese traditional massage, traditional Chinese medicine and western anatomy and physiology.

The characteristic of Shiatsu, as defined Namikoshi (father of the art as known today) is to apply pressure using only the fingers, palms and especially the thumbs on items related to the central and autonomic nervous system. Masunaga acupuncture channels identified in the arms and legs, and believe that a Shiatsu treatment should:

1. treating the entire body
2. require a therapist sensitive to the distribution of the body’s energy
3. provide an extra dimension of connection and support (using both hands, where a ‘listening’ and the other acts).
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