Shiatsu is more or less a synthesis of traditional bodywork from oriental countries, especially China and Japan. Saul Goodman is the founder of the International School of Shiatsu. In this interview, we discuss shiatsu and the profession of healing and bodywork. Saul Goodman offered to respond to email from members of the Online Noetic Network. It's a wide spectrum.
Relaxation is probably the way that bodywork was first acknowledged.
People have positive emotional effects and recognize that they have more energy. As bodywork has developed with more technology, it came to be applied to specific conditions and symptoms. That's how it has evolved in modern times. It is really something we have in our memory from the mother's womb. Because, as we grow in the mother's womb, we're in a sack of water which creates pressure on the skin surface.