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SHIATSU, FERTILITY & MENSTRUATION

In my Shiatsu sessions with women I will often work on an channel called 'The Heart Uterus' channel'. This meridian connects the heart to the uterus and I access it through the front of the body. Menstrual blood is seen as excess blood that is sent down to the uterus from the…

HOW I DISCOVERED SHIATSU

In 2003 a friend of mine came back from a Shiatsu treatment she had been given as a gift. She'd thought about me in the treatment as the approach and pressure was similar to the massages I gave her from time to time. I trundled off to check out this thing called Shiatsu, that I'd never heard of…

SHIATSU, A SHORT HISTORY

Often confused with the Japanese fluffy pooch Shih Tzu, Shiatsu is actually a Japanese word meaning finger pressure. It's foundations are from China and uses the same principles as acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine to diagnose. Stone needles where found in Chinese graves dating back…