Do-It-Yourself Shiatsu

by Wataru Ohashi

1976

Description

A growing number of Americans are discovering the pleasurable and therapeutic uses of shiatsu, a Japanese method of acupressure. In Do-It-Yourself Shiatsu, Ohashi, one of the most knowledgeable and well-known U.S.-based shiatsu experts, offers step-by-step instruction on how to perform shiatsu at home. Ohashi, who has taught and practiced shiatsu for more than thirty years, focuses on common ailments faced here in the West. He provides clear explanations of all technical terms and helpful photographs throughout to illustrate shiatsu techniques and locations of pressure points. Also included are explanations of special shiatsu exercises, designed to keep energy flowing through the body, and a new preface by the author.

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A large number of Americans are discovering the pleasurable and therapeutic uses of shiatsu, a Japanese method of finger presssure on the acupuncture points. A shaitsu treatment can make you feel relaxed, yet energetic; years younger, free of nervous tension, fatigue and stiffness. Or shiatsu can
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be used to relieve such varied problems as arthritis pain, headaches, impotence, and hemorrhoids. Best of all, while it invigorates and cures pain and tension, shiatsu gives you a new way to understand your friends-by touching them.

In this book Wataru Ohashi, one of the most knowledgeable and well-known U.S.-based shiatsu experts, tells how you can learn to perform shiatsu at home on yourself and your frends. Mr. Ohashi, who has taught and practiced shaitsu in this country for years, has written specifically for a Western audience, focusing on the common discomforts that bother us here in the West. He has provided clear explanations of all technical terms and attractive photographs throughout to illustrate the shiatsu techniques and the exact locations of the pressure points. He has also included special 'shiatsu exercises,' designed to keep your energy flowing.

Do-It-Yourself Shiatsu leaves nothing to the imagination. Its explicit non-technical instructions and illustrations make it one of the most useful and attractive books on shiatsu ever published in the U.S.

Contents

1 Introduction
2 Finding the tsubo
3 Shiatsu technique
4 Back shiatsu
5 Ampuku therapy
6 Neck shiatsu
7 Leg and foot shiatsu
8 Arm and chest shiatsu
9 Face and ear shiatsu
10 Shiatsu exercise
11 General shiatsu and how to treat common ailments with shiatsu
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In this book, Wataru Ohashi tells how you can learn to perform shiatsu at home on yourself and friends. This book is written specifically for a Western audience, focusing on the common discomforts that bother us here in the West. Mr. Ohashi has provided clear explanations of all the technical terms
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and attractive photographs throughout to illustrate the shiatsu techniques and exact locations of the pressure points. He has also included special shiatsu exercises designed to keep your energy flowing.
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Subjects

ISBN

525474161

Publication

E.P. Dutton New York
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