Nasia Shiatsu
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QI AND SHIATSU:
When I talk about Qi during a Shiatsu treatment, the most immediate translation is “energy”.. But to me this word has always seemed too small.. Because Qi, in Chinese Medicine, is not a mysterious substance that runs inside the body. It’s an ancient way of describing what makes the body alive, dynamic, and capable of transformation. Think about how much is happening inside us right now.. Let’s breathe.. The heart pulses.. Blood circulates.. We transform what we eat.. We produce heat.. Let’s eliminate what’s not needed.. Let’s react to the environment.. We adapt continuously.. The ancient Chinese observed just this.. They observed human beings in the same way they observed nature: the moving wind, the falling water, the rising heat, the seasons that follow one another. Nothing that is alive remains still.. From this observation, developed over the centuries, the medical concept of Qi 氣 also arises. Qi doesn’t just have to be there. He must be able to move in the right direction.. In the physiology of Chinese Medicine, Qi rises, falls, enters, and exits. The Lung spreads it and promotes its descent. The Spleen supports upward movement.. The Stomach must be able to let down.. The Liver helps keep its movement free and harmonious. When this dynamic changes, the way the system works also changes. Qi may be insufficient.. It can stagnate.
It may not reach an area adequately.
It can even move “against the current”: we think, in the language of TCM, of nausea or vomiting as examples of Qi of the Stomach rising instead of falling.
And this is where the concept stops seeming so abstract. Because in Shiatsu I seek that movement through my hands.
I don’t chase something invisible.
I listen to the body through the meridians, the quality of the tissues, the breath, the areas of greatest tension and those that seem to ask for support.
I seek what Chinese Medicine defines as full and empty, Kyo and Jitsu, and I work so that the system can regain a more harmonious condition.
For this reason, a Shiatsu treatment is never just “pressing where it hurts”.
Sometimes the point that manifests discomfort is just the place where a much larger story is becoming visible.
Qi:
it’s not magic.
It’s not something we have to believe.
But an ancient language to tell the story of the movement, function and continuous transformation of life in the body.
Western medicine has not identified Qi as a measurable form of physical energy.
But when I practice Shiatsu I enter the language of Chinese Medicine.
And then I’m not just wondering:
“Where does it hurt?”
I wonder:
“How is this person moving inside their body?”
And that’s where listening begins.
Nasia Shiatsu
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“IT HURTS HERE… WHY ARE YOU WORKING ELSEWHERE?”:
It is a question that can arise spontaneously during Shiatsu treatment.
You arrive with your neck locked and I start working on my back.
You have a very tight shoulder and you find me on my legs.
Or you tell me you have back pain and my hands reach my feet.
No, I haven’t forgotten where it hurts.
It’s just that in Shiatsu we don’t look at the body as if it were made up of many separate pieces.
WE START FROM THE PAIN, BUT WE DON’T STOP THERE
Chinese Medicine teaches us that pain can appear when something can no longer flow freely.
There can be tension, stagnation, accumulation.
That area becomes hard, painful, present.
She’s the one who makes herself felt the most.
But what makes the most noise is not necessarily what needs to be heard most.
And that’s where Full and Empty come in.
Imagine a person who has been saying for weeks:
“I can do it, I can do it, I can do it.”
He keeps everything.
Shoulders get hard.
The neck stiffens.
The jaw tightens.
That is what we see and feel.
The Full.
But under that tension there could also be a tired, unloaded part, which can no longer sustain all that work.
The Void.
And there can be both.
IN SHIATSU WE ALSO CALL THEM KYO AND JITSU
Simplifying a lot:
Jitsu is what appears strong, contracted, and responsive. Kyo is what appears most lacking, least present, and in need of support.
If I only worked on the hard part because it’s the one that hurts, I’d risk only listening to those who are screaming. I also want to understand those in the body who are speaking softly.
AND THIS IS WHERE MERIDIANS COME IN
Meridians are not separate pieces.
In Chinese medicine, they form a network that passes through and connects different areas of the body. For this reason, I can start with neck tension and follow a meridian along my back or leg.
I can work on my foot for something you’re feeling much higher.
I’m not working far from the problem.
I’m following a relationship.
A whole person arrives on the futon.
With his body, his breathing, his tiredness, his tensions and the moment he is going through
And that’s why in Shiatsu I don’t just chase the point that hurts.
I try to listen to the speech the body is making as a whole. Because sometimes the screaming point isn’t what started the story.
Nasia Shiatsu
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