• To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

    - Buddha

“Un-Train” The Back Pain Cycle-Part 2

Posted on August 19, 2009 by zenhealer

Healing Back Pain begins with a Two-Prong Approach that Targets the Pain both Mechanically and Mindfully. Today’s blog post will cover the mechanical… Healing back pain mechanically begins with eliminating the contributing physical problem and ineffective postural habit. You and your family depend on a daily sequence of repetitive activities that you do all of [...]

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“Un-Train” The Back Pain Cycle-Part 1

Posted on August 19, 2009 by zenhealer

Why does a successful treatment or postural exercise program work for some back pain sufferers but not everyone? For most, it’s due to the partnership between the Mind and the Body. Your mindset and your individual emotional landscape shows through your physical structure.  The cause of the pain may be unknown, or perhaps you’re sure [...]

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The Five Elemental-Phases

Posted on August 19, 2009 by zenhealer

A Shiatsu practioner must be versed in the functions of the five-elemental phases to thoroughly understand how to work with the body’s energy to encourage balance and harmony. Each meridian is named after an internal organ. It is important to understand that the function of the specific meridian goes beyond the particular organ function. Ki energy goes [...]

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Your Body’s Energy Pathways

Posted on August 18, 2009 by zenhealer

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, a person’s vitality depends on the subtle energy which flows through the body’s energy pathways. These pathways are called meridians. The meridians are classified in two groups: First, the twelve regular meridians, which are associated with the functions of different internal organs. These channels flow to and from the hands [...]

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“One Gave Birth To Two”

Posted on August 18, 2009 by zenhealer

Shiatsu relies on Traditional Chinese medical theory, which uses the philosophy of yin and yang. Beginning with male and female, day and night, hot and cold, summer and winter, everything in nature seems to maintain a certain balance of what appears to be opposites.  This balance is described in Lao Tzu’s Tao Teh Ching: ‘the [...]

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Balance vs Momentum… Going with the Flow

Posted on June 4, 2009 by zenhealer

The movement of an ocean’s wave, from the expanse of the sea to the crest, from crashing against the shore to retreating to its watery origin, is balance according to Nature.   It is the advance of energy that appears to reverse force at the very moment it seems to loose stability. This movement is [...]

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