Tony Brown @ October 29, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Last week I wrote briefly about a treatment I gave to a client who had not received shiatsu before. I concluded by hoping that it had given her some insight into her condition and what shiatsu can do. If that is to happen then it will be partly from the composite picture I […]
Tony Brown @ October 22, 2007 # 3 Comments
I have been busy writing for my first practise leaflet and supporting website. As I have been talking about my attitude to Ki and shiatsu here over the past few weeks I thought I would put post my efforts here. To start then:
What is Shiatsu?
Shiatsu is a deeply relaxing therapy that originated in […]
Tony Brown @ September 27, 2007 # 2 Comments
We can discuss the meaning of Ki energy, investigate the philosophy of science, and think about how technology can be used in practise but ultimately shiatsu is about one thing: Touch.
When giving shiatsu the experience of the touch is all that matters. In one tradition we may be working down the lateral aspect […]
Tony Brown @ September 26, 2007 # No Comment Yet
It is amazing the amount of energy I have derived from the fact Brighton will run a Shiatsu College third year. I feel great and ready to take on the world. This next year is going to be hugely challenging: The idea of being a qualified shiatsu practitioner will be closer to […]
Tony Brown @ July 12, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The latest buzz over the new Apple iPhone is reported on the BBC site in terms of a Stuff lust. It asks what is it about new pieces of technology that drive people to queue for days, get into debt to own it, or simply visit stores to pay homage?
Shiatsu is a physical therapy […]
Tony Brown @ July 6, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Shiatsu composite is a technique that I have been struggling with for a while now. I got a little closer to the concept when I received a treatment in the third year student clinic recently but had not managed to treat using a composite myself.
This week the idea clicked, for one treatment anyway.
The […]
Tony Brown @ June 22, 2007 # One Comment
Recently I wrote that I was starting to develop a feeling for the different characters of the Shiatsu meridians. What I now need to discover is what the meridians are telling me if I feel something different.
In a recent treatment I was working the stomach meridian. I usually feel very comfortable working this […]
Tony Brown @ June 5, 2007 # 5 Comments
I am still struggling with the concept of composites. A composite is produced from the hara diagnosis by combining the associations of the meridians selected from the palpation.
For example in my recent student clinic a client talked about loving work to the point of obsession. The Hara palpation came up with stomach and […]
Tony Brown @ May 24, 2007 # No Comment Yet
How can one explain Hara diagnosis?
How do I decide what meridians I am going to work?
After some months of palpating the Hara at the beginning of a treatment I must admit that I cannot even begin to answer those questions. When learning the technique we are taught about the Kyo/Jitsu reaction and how that […]
Tony Brown @ April 27, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Yesterday I was looking at making changes in my life from the point of view of needs and the Stomach/Spleen associations in Masunaga’s Zen Shiatsu theory. Today I am going to switch my viewpoint to the Kidney/Bladder organs which govern impetus and fear.
The catchphrase for Kidney/Bladder is Impetus away from danger which implies just […]