Catherine G. Sutton

One in a series of beginner health guides, Discover Shiatsu offers an intriguing introduction to a traditional form of Japanese massage. It explains how shiatsu activates energy channels in your body and promotes self-healing. The author relates this ancient therapy to its historical roots in Asian medicine and to our modern knowledge of holisitc health.

Contents

Chapter One What is shiatsu?
Chapter Two The history of shiatsu
Chapter Three Sickness and the healing process
Chapter Four Eastern philosophy
Chapter Five The meridians
Chapter Six Diagnosis
Chapter Seven Giving a shiatsu treatment
Chapter Eight Practices to encouarge stability of mind and body
Chapter Nine Case studies
Helpful addresses
Recommended reading (bibliography)
Index… (plus d'informations)