About Shiatsu

ॐ Zen Shiatsu is a unique form of treatment that harmonizes the body energy on all levels. Using only the bodyweight, the practitioner connects with the patient through the power of the touch. The beauty of shiatsu is that it’s an unconditional relationship between the practitioner and the patient where there is no judgment: you can ``see yourself`` in the other person. When this connection is formed, the practitioner and the patient are “having a conversation” on an energetic level. That’s the reason why Zen Shiatsu is profoundly relaxing.

☯ Yin & Yang is based on a comparative understanding of how things relate to each other, which means how something appears in relationship to something else. And it all depends on the set of circumstances, or on our perception of things.
For example: we talk about fruits as Yin because they’re soft and sweet, Yin is the energy of expansion and sweetness. And we talk about salt or carrots as Yang, because Yang is the energy of contraction, downward. But when you compare an apple to a carrot, the apple is Yin and the carrot is Yang, and when you compare salt to a carrot, the carrot is Yin and salt is Yang.

☯ It always depends on what you compare and how things relate. Yin communicates internally, Yang communicates externally.The openness of the Yin is based on the contraction of the Yang.
Let’s take another example: If you go out on a hot day under a shelter, it’s not the same as sitting under a tree: because the shelter is blocking the Yang energy of the sun whereas the tree is generating Yin energy (the coolness of the tree). You’re cooling down instead of just avoiding the heat.

ॐ The theory of the 5 Elements is Indian and reputedly 4000 years old. The 5 primary elements ( Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal ) represent the 5 forces. This theory has its roots in the concept of the eternal interplay of Yin and Yang. For in the interplay of these two complementary opposites, a new entity is always born.
ॐ In the 5 Elements picture below we can see a Circle and a Pentagram that connect all the Elements together:
# The Circle is called “SHENG”: it’s the Mother/Son cycle (creation cycle with a nurturing quality) it’s a natural cycle that Nature goes through, our emotion and every aspect of existence.
“WOOD” burns to make...
“FIRE” whose ashes decompose into...
“EARTH” where are born and minded...
“METAL” which melted becomes...
“WATER” which nourishes trees...
# The Pentagram is called “KO”, the Father/Son cycle (destruction)
“WOOD” is cut down by Metal
“FIRE” is extinguished by Water
“EARTH” is penetrated by Wood
“METAL” is melted by Fire
“WATER” is cut off by Earth