What is Shiatsu?
Shiatsu Keeping Care and Health https://www.facebook.com/shiatsu.keeping.care.and.health What is Shiatsu? : Shiatsu is a particular type of manual treatment that originated and developed in Japan. It draws on various cultural references and techniques, giving rise to distinct styles. The term “Shiatsu” is a combination of “shi” (fingers) and “atsu” (pressure), meaning “finger pressure.” This particular method […]
WHAT MOTIVATES ME IS THE DESIRE TO KNOW MORE
APAJap – Associaçao Portuguesa de Acupuntura Japonesa e Shiatsu https://www.facebook.com/ApaJap/ WHAT MOTIVATES ME IS THE DESIRE TO KNOW MORE: KIIKO MATSUMOTO TALKS WITH HARA ABOUT CLASSICS, THE BODY, AND LIVE RESEARCH By Ana Sofia Pacheco In over forty years of practice, Kiiko Matsumoto has never stopped asking herself the same question: what don’t we know […]
Shiatsu
Monica Bianchi https://www.facebook.com/monica.bianchi.5283 Shiatsu: Shiatsu is an ancient Eastern art of wellness education. According to the Eastern concept, health is a state of global energetic balance, affecting not only the physical body but also the mind and spirit. An imbalance in any of these levels causes discomfort or illness. The Shiatsu practitioner works on energy […]
MEISO SHIATSU: HOW IT HAS AFFECTED MY LIFE
MEISO SHIATSU: HOW IT HAS AFFECTED MY LIFE By Nella Nucifora Nella Nucifora is a Meiso Shiatsu Instructor III dan and an Oki do Instructor IV dan who has studied with Master Yuji Yahiro for more than 30 years. When I first began to study shiatsu, I thought that by learning ‘technique’ I would learn […]
SHIATSU AND IMMUNITY
APAJap – Associaçao Portuguesa de Acupunctura Japonesa Primavera 2026 – HARA-Jornal de Acupuntura e Shiatsu www.acupunturajaponesa.org SHIATSU AND IMMUNITY: STRENGTHENING THE FOUNDATIONS, SUPPORTING LIFE By Ivan Bel After the pandemic, immunity has ceased to be a mere biomedical concept and has become an existential question: what truly protects us? Between Wei Qi, the strength of […]
S H I A T S U, T H E N E R V O U S S Y S T E M & M e d i t a t i o n
S H I A T S U, T H E N E R V O U S S Y S T E M & M e d i t a t i o n BY KEN MCLEAN Shiatsu as a practice embodies all the wonderful benefits that meditation brings. The saying “when two people […]
Heartburn
Rita Vega Marrero https://www.facebook.com/rita.vegamarrero Heartburn: According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), heartburn is not simply an excess of acid, but rather an energetic imbalance. The most frequent patterns are: – Stomach Qi Rebellion: the Qi, which should normally descend, rises in the opposite direction, causing heartburn, reflux, belching, nausea, or a burning sensation; – […]
EARTH, THE ELEMENT OF SOIL
Associação Portuguesa de Acupunctura Japonesa (APAJap) https://www.acupunturajaponesa.org/ Issue 5 – Spring 2026 Excerpt from: HARA – JORNAL DE ACUPUNTURA E SHIATSU Interview: A Terra – por Natália M. Rodrigues By Natalia M. Rodrigues EARTH, THE ELEMENT OF SOIL: THE MOVEMENT THAT SUPPORTS, NOURISHES, AND CENTERS THE OTHER FOUR. A silent pact exists between the seed […]
THE SPLEEN MERIDIAN
Fiori di Bach e MTC https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064782276321 THE SPLEEN MERIDIAN: Opens to the lips: The lips provide indications of the health of the spleen. A spleen in excellent condition will have pink, plump, and moist lips. Any variation on these characteristics can indicate a deficiency or excess in the spleen. A deficient spleen will present the […]