Paola Francati
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Emotional Benefits of Shiatsu:
Many people are familiar with Shiatsu, both as a treatment to relieve a wide range of pains and to harmonize energies and rebalance emotions. It is precisely this latter point that I would like to focus on: the connection between the body and emotions, and the benefits of Shiatsu on a purely emotional level.
Shiatsu is a very effective holistic technique for various problems such as neck pain, headaches, joint pain, poor posture, poor diet, lower back pain, and many others. In short, acupressure, which is the basis of Shiatsu, stimulates blood flow, increasing blood supply to contracted muscles and stimulating the body’s natural self-healing process.
Endogenous opioids (painkillers produced by the body) are also released.
The question we should ask ourselves is:
Why has that specific part of the body become ill or painful, that is, why isn’t it functioning correctly? Shiatsu is often used as an allopathic technique: it hurts here, I press here, and by doing so, the pain decreases and the body seemingly heals.
This approach doesn’t answer the previous question. Why does the body communicate its sensations to us, through the senses and pain, transmitting the discomfort or imbalance it experiences?
Therefore, masking it with painkillers isn’t the best solution, simply because the problem isn’t solved. It follows that even our emotional imbalances, such as stress, anger, fear, lack of acceptance—all these emotions experienced by our inner being—are reflected in the body, manifesting as pain.
If we think about it, this is a functional, unique, and personal language. To indicate that we are experiencing joy, the body releases endorphins, the heart rate increases, muscles relax, and even emits sounds, which is why we laugh. The same dynamic occurs when we feel, for example, intense anger.
The physical connection to this equally intimate feeling is different: we adopt the typical expression of a frown, clench our teeth, and tense our muscles.
This has detrimental effects on our body and, over time, generates dysfunctional behaviors and muscle tension. We tend to think that intoxication only occurs when we ingest or come into contact with substances toxic to our bodies. We don’t often consider that we produce toxins when we experience negative emotions. Therefore, when we find ourselves dealing with neck stiffness, bothersome rigidity, or even heartburn, we can try to decipher these messages, which aren’t that difficult to understand.
Only when we can understand the connection between a specific physical ailment and a repressed emotion can we say we are on the road to recovery.
A well-known psychotherapist once said that when a person understands the problem that afflicts them, they are able to solve it. Imagine the body as a perfect machine, trying to communicate to us that we are the machine. Illness is not bad; it warns us that we are on the wrong path, that something is not working correctly. When the low fuel light flashes in your car, the problem is not the light.
The same is constantly happening with the body.
With Shiatsu, which uses key points located throughout the body, we can understand and help the person understand the emotion underlying a specific pain. The treatment offers the opportunity to listen to ourselves in a new way.
Before beginning treatment, the question should be: “How long have you had this problem?” And we often hear the answer: “I’ve been taking anti-inflammatories and painkillers for months, but now it’s worse.”
We often become accustomed to enduring inflammatory states for too long. Our body, beyond being a physical body, is an emotional body; it generates emotions, expresses feelings, and thrives on the biochemistry of feeling alive.
Our biology—that is, how we are made—is our biography. In light of these deductions, no muscle tension or joint pain is simply a physical problem, and Shiatsu treatment, from this perspective, plays an important role in improving quality of life and becomes a natural tool for seeking well-being.
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Nasia Shiatsu
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If you are not grounded, your emotions will overwhelm you:
Not because of fragility.
But because your energy lacks a secure base to return to.
When the body is not anchored, the mind also becomes unstable. Emotions overflow, breathing becomes shallow, the nervous system remains in a state of constant alert.
And within us arises that subtle feeling of “never truly being home.”
Connecting to the earth is the foundation of physical, emotional, and mental health.
It allows energy to descend, be nourished, and stabilize.
It transforms reaction into presence.
Tension into listening.
Chaos into balance.
When a person returns to grounding, something profound happens:
the body relaxes without collapsing;
the mind calms without becoming blocked;
emotions find their space without overwhelming;
the heart feels safe again.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Earth represents the inner mother.
It is the place of stability, nourishment, and “I can be.”
When this energy is strong, you feel supported by life.
When it is weak, everything feels heavier.
Being grounded doesn’t mean becoming rigid.
It means becoming both stable and flexible.
Present in the body.
Connected to the breath. Aligned between heaven and earth.
And this is where true feminine strength is born:
not in control…
but in balance.
Not in defense…
but in a deep connection with oneself.
A grounded woman is not driven away by emotions.
She moves through them. She listens to them. She integrates them.
And from there… she is reborn.
Nasia Shiatsu · Ancestral Dawn
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