Shiatsu is primarily a preventative medicine, which helps to maintain an individual s health, vitality and stamina. It also strengthens the vital organs and prevents energy from getting blocked in the body. Shiatsu can help I a wide range of disorders and chronic conditions including depression, migraine, headache, backache, injuries and other stress related conditions. Through an understanding of the whole being the breathing pattern, posture and mental attitude practitioner and client reach to the true origin of the suffering, be it mental or physical. In addition to a shiatsu session the practitioner introduces, where relevant a system of self-healing exercises aimed at working on certain areas of the body related to the condition of the individual.
Clients gradually come to realise that they poses the full power to be healthy and happy.
It then becomes a matter of choice and of personal commitment, since without their co-operation no recovery in the real sense of the word can happen. The session is given with the client fully dressed, but preferably wearing loose fitting clothes of natural fibre to allow for movement. The client is asked to lie on a comfortable mat on the floor, although the practitioner will take account of any physical disabilities. After an initial talk the session begins. Generally the practitioner works on the whole of the body.