Here’s a simplified diagram outlining interactions between Shiatsu giver and receiver. A treatment that is more Yin by nature will be supportive and centered around maintenance. The Receiver’s Ki dominates the treatment as the Practitioner holds particular points and Tsubos for longer periods of time. Perhaps the intention is to toniify a dominant Kyo state.…
Consult Treatment Notes: Reminded of any conditions that continue to manifest and those which are no longer present, as well as being able to identify any new developments. This procedure provides the basis for assessing improvements to a client’s health. Ask Questions: (Mon-Shin) With recent history to hand, ask the client pertinent and relevant questions…
When Lung or Heart is present in the Diagnosis, think carefully about treating the client in the Prone position. Use the Side position instead. The Side position also enables more options for stretches and rotations relevant to the Heart or Lung meridians.
Shiatsu Diagnosis (Class Notes) The Basis of Shiatsu Diagnosis is the “Shins” Shiatsu “Diagnosis” means tuning into our clients Ki and experiencing patterns of Ki. It does not mean diagnosing disease as in Western Medicine. In Western Medicine a disease is diagnosed through signs and symptoms and diagnostic tests. Then treatment is applied to counter-act the disease state…
Hara Diagnosis, Kyo-Jitsu Reactions & The Composite Kyo and Jitsu refer to energetic qualities felt when palpating the receiver’s Hara. Jitsu is the Messenger or Manifestation. Kyo is the underlying Need or Cause of the receiver’s energetic imbalance at that given moment. The character of Kyo represents a hollow at the top of a hill. The character…
Connecting Hara to Meridians Bo Shin Hara Scan Hara Setsu Shin Hara
Working the Back The (2) Etheric Scan is (Sensing) scanning the energy-field to feel the different energy-levels which may manifest as heat or cold, or other feelings. In a practice session on a fellow student, I had clear sensations of heat in the Back’s Heart Diagnostic area (T4, T5) and “activity” in the Lung Diagnostic…
What is Diagnosis? Notice the capital D in ‘Diagnosis’ to legally differentiate between the term for diagnosis in Western medicine and Diagnosis in TCM. Terms: Setsu Shin Palpation Bo Shin Looking / Observing Bun Shin Listening / Smelling Mon Shin Questioning Contraction & Expansion Exercise A group of people walking around a room. When two…
I really like the following overview of Diagnosis used in Shiatsu written by Kris Deva North, Master of the Zen School of Shiatsu, London. Therefore, I’m reposting to share and remind myself for future reference. Diagnosis Intuition is the primary diagnosis, supported by Looking and Asking to understand how conditions developed, and Sensing and Touching to explore…
Diagnosis by Questioning: Mon-shin Clean Questions allow a Shiatsu Practitioner to understand key attributes with respect to a client’s treatment without getting too deeply and personally involved in unnecessary conversation. In summary, Clean Questioning can be as simple as follows: How are you? listen for keyword What is [keyword] like? What kind of [keyword] is it? Where exactly is [keyword]?…
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