What is Zen Shiatsu?

is a form of Buddhism that originated in Japan. Shiatsu is a Japanese word that means finger pressure. Together, Zen Shiatsu refers to a particular shiatsu style that is popular in the West. It was founded by Shizuto Masunaga, which integrated elements of Shiatsu, Western Psychology and Chinese Medicine to create Zen Shiatsu therapy. It is said that it increases the natural healing forces of the physical body to remove the symptoms of the disease and regain its energy level. Zen Shiatsu includes a systemic form of diagnosis using shiatsu. This means that problematic places in the body are systematically determined before treatment. By visualizing the midday, the mapping of the abdominal area (hara), identifying the Meridian diagnostic points and their tactile, practicing Zen Shiatsu accurately identifies the meridians to be treated in the patient's body.

While Shiatsu refers to pressure application therapyUsing the fingers, Zen Shiatsu refers to the type of therapy, which is served using thumbs, fingers, palms and elbows, legs and knees. Zen Shiatsu practicing must be a meditative person with the ability to detect fine answers to treatment. In this method, the pressure is applied to all parts of the body along specific paths called meridians. These are the same meridians that are used in the treatment of Chinese acupuncture.

Five basic principles of Zen Shiatsu therapy are: relaxed practitioner; Therapy focused on penetration rather than pressure; simple, straight, perpendicular penetration; Two hands on the patient's body at all times; And treat the whole meridian as a whole.

The trained Zen Shiatsu therapist first feels the body, evaluates its circulatory system and identifies the unbalanced areas with hands. The therapist then tries to restore the balanced flow by massaging certain vital points across the specific meridians. When receiving Zen Shiatsu therapy, the patient is forced to lie down on the floor. This is an IDEal position from which the physician can easily put pressure on different parts of the body by body weight. It is important that a patient who receives Zen Shiatsu therapy wears light and free clothes.

Zen Shiatsu is said to soothe nerves and thus create resistance to stress. It also increases blood flow and lymph in the body, strengthens muscles and internal organs of the body. Zen Shiatsu also increases the person's immunity. Regular Zen Shiatsu therapy can help to improve the overall health of the person.