For the first time in decades, a major figure in Oriental
medicine is offering a book redefining the meridian system upon
which the field is based. Author Tetsuro Saito is one of few
international figures in shiatsu therapy with schools in Europe and
North America.
"Shin So Shiatsu: Healing the Deeper Meridian Systems" -- a rich
compendium of 40,000 words, 300 figures and charts, and 130
black-and-white photographs -- is presented in two parts. The first
book details the history, theory, principles, and techniques of
Shin So Shiatsu. The second, a handy "Practitioner's Reference
Manual," is intended for use in the treatment room.
"Shin So Shiatsu" is for shiatsu therapists, acupuncturists,
acupressurists, and practitioners of other energy-based approaches.
Anyone who engages with Oriental medicine or is interested in the
human energy system will want to read this major revision to a
centuries-old approach. Its theoretical and practical uses will
make it an essential textbook for schools and workshops.
Highly regarded as the "father of shiatsu" in Canada, where he
is now based, Saito introduced Canadians to the Japanese art of
"finger pressure" in 1971, just as the West was discovering
acupuncture.
For the past 40 years, Saito has treated thousands of patients,
trained hundreds of therapists worldwide, and pursued his own
research on energy-based healing with a rare diligence. "Shin So
Shiatsu: Healing the Deeper Meridian Systems" represents this
lifetime of work.
Saito picked up where his mentor, renowned meridian-therapy
pioneer Shizuto Masunaga left off when he died in 1981. Until now,
Masunaga's "Zen Shiatsu" (Japan Publications Inc, 1977) has been
unsurpassed as the primary guide for beginning students and
experienced practitioners alike. "Shin So ("deeper level") Shiatsu"
is a long-awaited step forward, and promises to reach a far broader
audience of healing artists.
Saito links the most ancient and forgotten tendrils of Chinese
meridian theory with Masunaga's insights, his own remarkable
findings, and the invaluable research being undertaken by other
contemporary Oriental medical pioneers. Born in Japan and trained
there -- first as an engineer and then a shiatsu therapist -- Saito
merges the frontiers of science and healing arts to take our view
of the human energy matrix far beyond the familiar Traditional
Chinese Medicine meridian chart. His alternative is a far more
complex, yet comprehensible view of the human body at work.
A natural teacher, he illustrates with striking clarity how our
road map of the Regular Meridian system has been abridged over time
for simplicity's sake. He presents in painstaking detail the
complete view of the Regular Meridians as they manifest at three
levels of imbalance. He then fully details each of the lesser
known, but equally important, Extra, Divergent, Ocean, and Cosmic
energy systems, and explains how they interrelate with each
other.
He grounds us in this theory, then tells us exactly what to do
with it. This is the crux of his work: "Shin So Shiatsu" enables
any ordinary practitioner to "sense" and precisely trace the
multitude of meridian pathways in the human body, to identify the
levels at which energy imbalances occur, and to treat those
imbalances -- with astonishing results.
Practitioners of meridian-based therapies will instantly
recognize the veracity and sincerity of this master's approach.
"Shin So Shiatsu" is not a beginner's guide: Saito asks his readers
to have a basic working knowledge of shiatsu or other
meridian-based modalities. But with even a minimum of experience,
practitioners from a diversity of backgrounds will quickly be able
to integrate the key elements of "Shin So Shiatsu" into their own
work.
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