About Vancouver Shiatsu Clinic

Shiatsu in Japanese means finger pressure, it is a “hands on” healing art based on traditional Chinese medicine and modern anatomy and physiology theory. Shiatsu grew from earlier forms of Oriental massage. Anma in Japan and Tuina in China which use rubbing, stroking, squeezing, tapping, pushing and pulling to influence the muscles and circulatory systems of the body. Shiatsu by contrast uses techniques of finger, hand and elbow pressure applied to the acupuncture meridians and points of the body. Hence, it is also called “acupuncture without needles”. Oriental philosophy describes the universe in terms of energy. All things are consider to be manifestations of a vital universal force, called “Ki” by the Japanese, “Chi” in China. In Oriental medicine harmony of Ki in the human body is essential to good health.

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