UID:
edoccha_9960073214502883
Format:
1 online resource (252 p.)
ISBN:
0-323-07093-0
Series Statement:
Mosby's massage career development series
Content:
Be prepared to answer certification questions about shiatsu, and develop the skills you'll need to become a successful practitioner! This comprehensive, easy-to-use textbook covers foundational information and methods, followed by more complex theory and practice. You'll learn how the channels (meridians) affect clients' health, how to conduct assessments, how to maintain proper body mechanics during practice, how to address imbalances in each of the Five Elements, and much more.
Note:
Title from cover.
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Front Cover; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTRIBUTORS; REVIEWERS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS BOOK?; ORGANIZATION; DISTINCTIVE TEXTBOOK FEATURESAND PEDAGOGY; DVD; NOTE TO THE STUDENT; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 1. HISTORY OF SHIATSU; WHAT IS SHIATSU?; WESTERN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE; WHO CAN RECEIVE SHIATSU?; DEVELOPMENT OF ASIAN BODYWORK; EARLY CHINESE BODYWORK; FROM CHINA TO JAPAN; WESTERN INFLUENCE; NAMIKOSHI; MASUNAGA; TYPES OF SHIATSU; Chapter 2. FOUNDATIONS OF ASIAN MEDICINE; DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE; YIN AND YANG
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VITAL SUBSTANCESChapter 3. FIVE ELEMENT THEORY; FIVE ELEMENT CYCLES; FIVE ELEMENT "TEST"; ORGAN CHANNELS; Chapter 4. SHIATSU CONCEPTS; CONNECTION; FOCUS; HARA; KYO AND JITSU; TENSEGRITY; CLIENT-CENTERED TREATMENT; TSUBO; TOUCH SENSITIVITY AND INTUITION; Chapter 5. PREPARATION TO PRACTICE SHIATSU; SHIATSU SETUP; SHIATSU PRACTITIONER CLOTHING; BODY MECHANICS FOR THE SHIATSU PRACTITIONER; CENTER OF GRAVITY; 5-1 STANCE AND MOVEMENT; THREE TREASURES; NECESSITY OF FLUID MOVEMENT; SELF-CARE FOR THE SHIATSU PRACTITIONER; BREATHING; EXERCISES AND STRETCHES; 5-9 MAKKA-HO; QIGONG; CLOSING MOVEMENTS
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5-10 BASIC SHIATSU TECHNIQUESGENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT; ADDRESSING JITSU AND KYO; Chapter 6. BASIC KATA; SELF CHECK-IN; BASIC KATA; Chapter 7. ASSESSMENTS AND THE TREATMENT SESSION; INTEGRATION OF THEORY AND PRACTICE; THE FOUR METHODS; THE TREATMENT SESSION; Chapter 8. ADDRESSING IMBALANCES IN THE FIVE ELEMENTS; 8-1 METAL ELEMENT: LUNG AND LARGE INTESTINE; 8-2 WATER ELEMENT: KIDNEY AND URINARY BLADDER; 8-3 WOOD ELEMENT: LIVER AND GALLBLADDER; 8-4 FIRE ELEMENT: HEART, SMALL INTESTINE, HEART PROTECTOR, AND TRIPLE HEATER; 8-5 EARTH ELEMENT: SPLEEN AND STOMACH
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DOCUMENTING SHIATSU TREATMENT SESSIONSChapter 9. ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES; HARA; 9-2 ANTERIOR LEGS; 9-4 ANTERIOR ARMS; 9-5 NECK; 9-6 FACE; 9-7 BACK; 9-8 POSTERIOR LEGS; Appendix: CONCEPTION VESSEL AND GOVERNING VESSEL; CONCEPTION (DIRECTING) VESSEL; GOVERNING VESSEL; BIBLIOGRAPHY; GLOSSARY; INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-323-04580-4
Language:
English
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