Tony Brown @ April 26, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Yesterday I asked why do I need to make big changes to follow my dream?
In Masunaga’s theory the needs of a person are met through the actions of the Stomach and Spleen. The Stomach represents these needs and what we do to fulfil them where the Spleen is about the ability to process what […]
Tony Brown @ April 16, 2007 # 3 Comments
In Shiatsu we know that the body and mind are not separate; there is an intimate link between our physical bodies, mind, emotions and spirit. So when a client is describing a physical problem we want to relate that to an overall pattern in this energetic bodymind.
I am trying to develop my questioning technique […]
Tony Brown @ April 4, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The diagnostic process is a real focus with our group at the moment. In the first year we used five element theory and then TCM zang fu. This year we have concentrated on Masunaga’s Zen Shiatsu theories and trying not to mix it up with the other models.
Now we are beginning to understand […]
Tony Brown @ March 15, 2007 # One Comment
We have started discussing composites in Shiatsu diagnosis. A composite is created after selecting the jitsu and kyo meridians and links aspects of their function together to form a picture of the client’s energetic being.
For example at the weekend I diagnosed Gall Bladder jitsu with Small Intestine kyo. The very simple composite that […]
Tony Brown @ March 12, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The final stage of Masunaga’s model is choice of direction. It this point the amoeba as defined itself as an individual, managed to feed itself, stay away from danger and remain physically and emotionally healthy. It has spare energy to choose a direction in life.
This series has been about how I found myself at […]
Tony Brown @ March 11, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Yesterday I posted about assimilation and how we must integrate what we take in to our bodies into the depths of our being. In order to assimilate we have to absorb and that means allowing what is on the outside to pass into our bodies. Food, knowledge and love all have to cross […]
Tony Brown @ March 10, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Assimilation is the second stage of digestion. When we eat we take food into the mouth and down to the stomach where it is ground and churned. The resulting chyme is just a mashed up version of what we swallowed. To be useful the nutrients have to be absorbed and integrated into […]
Tony Brown @ March 9, 2007 # No Comment Yet
We hunger for many things; food of course, but also for money, possessions, love, celebrity and so on. We eat food to nourish our bodies, we consume material possessions to nourish emotional needs. In Masunaga theory the Stomach and Spleen are the organs of hunger and satisfaction; their meridians appear at the front […]
Tony Brown @ March 8, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Impetus is Masunaga’s description for the Kidney and Bladder function. It is our basic fight or flight response and is associated with fear, anxiety and will power. It is common to describe a weak person as having no backbone; in TCM and Masunaga theories the Kidney and Bladder control the bones and the […]
Tony Brown @ March 7, 2007 # No Comment Yet
I have in the past few months become a poor student of shiatsu.
I have been getting behind with my shiatsu college written assignments.
I failed a test on Masunaga associations.
I have become disorganised in my work and disinterested in what I was being asked to produce.
This goes against the optimistic post of a few days ago […]
