Erotic Massage | The Principle Of Shiatsu Massage

Shiatsu is a form of Chinese acupressure treatment but with the words that come from Japanese. As it goes around the world, there are many names that the Western world has brought to the awareness of the people. As a result, it is also now called as oha shiatsu, namikoshi shiatsu, barefoot shiatsu, Zen shiatsu, and macrobiotic shiatsu.

Shiatsu may be known now with different names and methods, it still is used with the basic principle that it was originally known and formulated with, although at times can be radically different, depending on the perception of the shiatsu experts around the world.

Shiatsu literally means, finger pressure, from the Japanese shi = finger, and atsu = pressure. For over a couple of thousand years, it has been a massage technique that ancient and modern people alike use as a healing and massaging method Chinese acupressure.

In the principle of shiatsu, the human body is comprised of passage channels, or which called as meridians. Each meridian corresponds with a specific major body organ. It is through these meridians where the energy, or qi or chi, is flowing. A balanced and unhindered flow of this energy translates to only good health.

As any irregularity happening in the unhindered energy flow, an illness is believed to be suffered by the body because either there is a depleted chi or overflowed chi in certain body points. If this is true to your body, in which you are suffering with an illness, this is where shiatsu massage therapy comes into action.

The goal of the shiatsu massage therapy is to remove anything that blocks or hinders the chi from freely flowing in any of the 14 meridians of your body. It is also applied to restore the balanced nature of the chi or energy. All these goals are achieved by applying the acupressure method, which is a press of the fingers, elbows, knees, toes, and feet, on specific affected acupoints, or your pressure points found throughout the body meridians. In addition to pressing, the practitioner applies manipulation on the adjacent areas of the acupoints with the goal of stimulating your body to enhance wellness and heal negative conditions.

Shiatsu most often provides intense effect, finding clients receiving the treatment displaying emotions like crying or laughing, wanting to scream, or just to keep still. This is not to be afraid of since it is not a bad side effect but rather a good, common and normal reaction giving the sign that the chi or energy is being restored and balanced within the human body as where it is supposed to be.

Since the world of conventional western medicinal treatment is not convinced that there exists chi flowing in certain areas of the body, they continue to regard shiatsu and other alternative treatment as simply complementary medicine techniques. However, with the many years of existence, it has proven that shiatsu actually helps significantly the human body to fight diseases and improves overall body wellness.

In fact, it is found to be helpful in addressing various health conditions, such as digestive pain, muscular pain, and emotional pain. A lot other benefits are also experienced by the people receiving the shiatsu massage treatment, specifically, complete relaxation, improvement of blood circulation, prevention of diseases, balanced menstrual cycles, increased flexibility and mobility in the body, removal of wastes and toxins, and increased energy, spiritual, and mental well-being.

Even women who suffer from menopause symptoms can benefit from shiatsu massage. This has been found a long time ago and so in aid to other pharmaceutical remedies or herbal treatment, shiatsu massage therapy can help women alleviate the often uncomfortable and painful symptoms associated with menopausal stage.

The shiatsu practice was derived from an oriental medical principle pointing to human body as one with a series or network of meridians. This series of meridians is where chi, the vital positive energy, found to flow freely through it. According to this principle, a person becomes sickly once this flow of energy becomes disrupted and sluggish, or imbalanced.

This imbalance of energy in the body can also be associated to symptoms caused by menopause therefore is believed to be cured by using shiatsu massage therapy, with application of pressure on particular body points which correspond as meridian point. The goal now of shiatsu therapy is to bring back the free flow of chi so that the body becomes normal again.

How Are Menopause Symptoms Treated?

Before shiatsu massage therapy is administered, the patient is given accurate diagnosis first by a qualified practitioner. If the patient is suffering from shoulder pains, dizziness, and ringing in her ears, the practitioner can address these conditions with the help of shiatsu therapy. If the patient has the tendency to suffer from any stomach disorders or nervous disorders, eating disorder or to become easily caught with frustration and anxiety, the practitioner can help by applying pressure to stomach point.

Likewise, heart palpitations and nervous disorders can be treated by applying pressure to meridian points for the kidneys, bladder, and the heart. It is also the same treatment that can help improve the patient’s condition when she is suffering from a constant fatigue. For obese and those with hormonal imbalance, the practitioner needs to apply pressure to the meridian point corresponding the gall bladder.

Tension and anxiety can be treated by finding the middle point existing between the patient’s eyebrows, above where the nose bridge is found. A circular massage technique finds relief for the patient as she inhales and exhales in a count of 30. Repeating the process will continue providing relief, and even more so when the patient shuts her eye and concentrates to her heartbeat and steady breathing.

What to Expect

Sometimes, it will help a lot if you ask the shiatsu massage specialist of the different techniques applied to your body points. Certain application of pressure can hurt you and if you are uncomfortable with it, you can always choose the type that works for best, whether it is pulsating, stroking, or smooth kind of shiatsu massage.

The session usually lasts from forty to an hour. You are typically applied pressure while lying down on a padded mat on a flat floor. It usually starts with manipulation of your skin combined with gentle stretching, and this allows relaxation of the muscles as well as stimulation of the body’s energy.

The effect on your body can be very calming, gentle, or good with high pressure. However, always remember that is should never let you feel hurt or painful. While shiatsu massage therapy is about rapid circular motion, it is aided with medium pressure. The shiatsu massage shall aid to the symptoms of menopause and shall give you improved condition after each session and even better after continued ones.