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Definitions of Shiatsu
on the Web:
- A
pressure-point massage technique developed in Japan. Finger pressure is
applied to specific points on the body to stimulate "meridians"
(pathways through which it is thought life energy flows).
www.arizonaguide.com/resorts_spa_glossary.asp
- Ancient form
of acupressure, used in Japan to treat pain and illness and for health
maintenance. Practitioners apply rhythmic finger pressure at specific
points on the body in order to stimulate chi, or vital energy. Can be
used to treat stress, circulatory problems, depression, asthma,
headaches, diarrhea, bronchitis. (see also acupressure)
innerself.com/nyp/floridanaturally/Glossary.htm
- A Japanese
acupressure massage technique where pressure is applied by the
therapist's fingers, palms, and thumbs to specific points on the body.
The body's inner powers of energy and healing are both stimulated and
re-balanced.
www.matcco.com/facilities_body.htm
- A Japanese
method of massage that uses acupressure.
allindiansite.com/home/beauty/beauty_glossary.html
- Developed in
Japan, shiatsu is a finger-pressure technique utilizing the traditional
acupuncture points of Oriental healing. Similar to acupressure, shiatsu
concentrates on unblocking the flow of life energy and restoring
balance in the meridians and organs in order to promote self-healing.
With the client reclining, the practitioner applies pressure with the
finger, thumb, palm, elbow or knee to specific zones on the skin
located along the energy meridians. The treatment brings about a sense
of relaxation while stimulating blood and lymphatic flow. The benefits
of this treatment may include pain relief and a strengthening of the
body's resistance
www.massagetherapy.com/glossary/index.php
- Stimulating
the vital points along the body's meridians in order to encourage
healing and maintaining good health.
healingdeva.com/therapies_glossary.htm
- This "finger
pressure" massage therapy originated in Japan. The practitioner applies
pressure to specific points along the body's Meridians (energy
channels), using the fingers, hands, elbows, knees and even feet. It is
thought to be healing and energy-balancing and can be used to treat
many common medical conditions.
www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/pim/defsCAM.htm
- a stylized
Japanese method for manipulating energy points over the entire body by
using fingers, hands, elbows, knees or feet.
www.inneraccess101.com/glossary.htm
- (Japanese):
Therapeutic Japanese massage.
www.boabom.org/dictionary.htm
- (acupressure,
schiatsu, shiatsu massage therapy, shiatsu therapy, shiatzu): Healing
art whose major types are acupressure, shiatsu massage, and Zen
Shiatsu. Its theory posits ki (vital energy), meridians (energy
pathways), and tsubos: vital"points or "holes" on the body that are
susceptible to healthful stimulation. Shiatsu is the abbreviation of a
Japanese word that literally means "finger pressure treatment".
www.reiki.nu/treatment/healing/dictionary4/dictionary4.html
- A Japanese
system of health treatment based on applying pressure to meridian
points around the body, particularly the soles of the feet.
www.experiencefestival.com/a/Spiritual_Dictionary/id/34938
- An Eastern
therapy of physical and energy rebalance. Pressure with thumbs, fingers
and palms applied to specific areas and points of the human body,
without the use of any mechanical or other type instrument. Uses
include correcting internal dysfunctions, promoting and keeping the
health and treating specific illnesses.
www.healerstouch.com/glossary.html
- By pressures
made with the fingers, the palms, the elbows, the feet, on the points
of acupuncture, the shiatsu resolves and regularizes the energy of the
body with an aim of preventing and of eliminating certain pains or
tensions. This method wakes up the energy and body conscience in more
of stimulating mental and physical vitality. Top
www.asscdm.com/glossairetypemassagee.htm
- A Japanese
form of physical therapy and therapeutic massage, based on traditional
Chinese medicine. It combines massage, gentle physical manipulation,
and pressure along channels or rivers of energy called meridians. Sound
Therapy / Vibrational Healing - A range of therapies in which sound is
used to treat physical and mental conditions based on the theory that
all of life vibrates, including people’s bodies. Treatment by sound
waves is believed to restore that healthy balance to the body. The
healing sound is transmitted to the affected area of the body and may
be produced by any number of methods including voice, chanting
www.healingartistsofsac.com/Glossary.htm
- A massage
technique developed in Japan and based on the Chinese medical theory
that disease and pain are caused by blocked qi (energy) along energy
pathways in the body. By applying pressure to the blocked meridian,
relief from pain and disease may result.
www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/42/15.cfm
- Japanese
massage technique of acupressure used on pressure points to improve
energy flow.
toronto.wayspa.com/static/t/spa_glossary/
- Japanese term
for acupressure. Commonly known to Westerners as a type of massage.
www.usadojo.com/Martial-Arts-Dictionary/martial-arts-dictionary-s.htm
- Shiatsu
therapy is a form of manipulation administered by the thumbs, fingers
and palms, without the use of instruments, mechanical or otherwise, to
apply pressure to the human skin, correct internal malfunctioning and
promote and maintain health.
gardenviewmassage.com/terms.htm
- Shiatsu is a
Japanese system similar to Acupuncture without the needles.
www.theholisticshop.com/acatalog/Glossary.html
- Shiatsu is a
form of Oriental Therapy evolved from a 5000-year-old tradition of
healing arts. Shiatsu utilises a combination of pressure and
assisted-stretching techniques, some of which are common to other
therapies, such as Massage, Physiotherapy, Acupressure, Osteopathy,
Lymphatic Drainage, Do-in and others. The treatment stimulates the
circulation and the flow of lymphatic fluid, releases toxins and deep
seated tensions from the muscles, stimulates the hormonal system and
the immune system, and acts on the autonomic nervous system, allowing
the recipient to relax deeply and to get in touch with their own
healing power.
wellbeing.com.au/glossary
- acupressure:
treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific
pressure points on the body
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
- Shiatsu
(Japanese 指圧) - is a massage technique originating in Japan. Shiatsu
therapy was developed by Tokujiro Namikoshi and follows similar
principles to western massage using the principles of anatomy and
physiology. The thumbs, palms, and fingers (no knees or elbows are used
in the foundation form of shiatsu therapy) are used to apply pressure
to designated areas of the body.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiatsu
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Definitions
of Reiki on the Web:
- Reiki (pronounced
Ray-Key) is a system of Enlightenment and a Hands on Healing art
developed in the early 1900's by Mikao Usui in Japan. It is an art that
is passed from Master to student. The word Reiki comes from two
Japanese words - Rei and Ki, meaning Universal Life Force Energy. The
term "Reiki" is used to describe both the energy and the Usui system of
using it. The original system by Usui was called Usui Reiki Ryoho.
There are many variant's of Reiki being practiced these days. Included
in this list might be Usui Shiki Ryoho, "Traditional Reiki
www.reikiinthesouthbay.com/glossary_of_terms.htm
- A gentle Japanese
technique of laying on of hands to bring energy into the body for deep
relaxation and a sense of well-being.
www.arizonaguide.com/resorts_spa_glossary.asp
- A Japanese form of
spiritual healing
www.femalefirst.co.uk/mystic/insight/glossary/
- A manual therapy in which
the practitioner's palms are held over the body to direct the flow of
life energy in the manner of a laying-on of hands technique.
www.bcbsnc.com/apps/glossary/all.do
- An ancient Japanese
therapy that promotes deep relaxation. The therapist places their hands
on, or just above, the body and remains still for 3 to 5 minutes.
www.expressionsholidays.co.uk/detail.aspx
- an
energy healing system
which channels universal life energy into the body by a gentle placing
of the hands in specific positions on the body.
www.inneraccess101.com/glossary.htm
- A
type of energy work
where perceived universal life force is focused through the
practitioner to the patient. Benefits reported include sense of well
being, relaxation, pain management and comfort.
www.kera.org/community/onourownterms/tarrantresources.lasso
- (Japanese):
Therapy that
works with energy. Originated in Japan.
www.boabom.org/dictionary.htm
- A
method of natural
healing based on the application of Universal Life Force Energy. The
practitioner issues high frequency energy from their hands into another
person to correct any imbalances in the receiver.
www.healerstouch.com/glossary.html
- Reiki
is a form of
healing that conducts energy from the giver to the receiver to transmit
the energy of life, source of benefactions. It is a Japanese system of
healing which promotes all aspects of well-being. Reiki creates the
self-confidence and helps in difficult situations.
www.asscdm.com/glossairetypemassagee.htm
- The
Ancient Art and
Science of balancing the body's energy on a physical and emotional
level.
www.destinationspagroup.com/travel_pros/spaGlossary.htm
- Practitioners
of this
ancient Tibetan healing system use light hand placements to channel
healing energies. Reiki is used to treat emotional and mental distress
as well as chronic and acute physical problems, and to achieve
spiritual focus and clarity.
innerself.com/nyp/floridanaturally/Glossary.htm
- Reiki
is a Japanese form
of healing. Reiki involves the transfer of energy from practitioner to
patient to enhance the body's natural ability to heal itself through
the balancing of energy. Reiki practitioners channel energy in a
particular pattern to heal and harmonise. Unlike other healing
therapies based on the premise of a human energy field, Reiki seeks to
restore order to the body whose vital energy has become unbalanced. In
Reiki the healer places the hands above the recipient, the recipient
draws the energy as needed.
wellbeing.com.au/glossary
- Reiki is believed to have
begun in Tibet several thousand years ago. Seers in the Orient studied
energies and developed a system of sounds and symbols for universal
healing energies. Various healing systems, which crossed many different
cultures, emerged from this single root system. Unfortunately, the
original source itself was forgotten.
www.naturesbridge.com/glossary.html
- The Japanese term “Reiki”
means universal life force and is a Japanese form of Healing Touch.
www.deaconess.com/body.cfm
- A spiritually based
energy healing technique which is performed either "hands on"or by
"distance healing".
www.geocities.com/philipvs/techniques.htm
- Reiki
is the practice of
transmitting healing energy through the hands, based on simple, ancient
healing techniques. Reiki uses specific hand positions, on or above
parts of the body that correspond to the major organs and energy
centers, such as the heart or adrenal glands. Because the purpose of
Reiki is to increase your own self-healing powers, it is helpful for
any sort of ailment - physical, mental or emotional. Reiki is used to
heal everything from stress and simple skin rashes to migraine
headaches and cancer pain. It is also effective in conjunction with
psychotherapy for people who have
www.tlccenter.com/glossary.ivnu
- is a form of energy
healing that is used to reduce stress and increase energy, peace and
feelings of well-being.
www.altmedinc.com/HMO/HMOGlossaryterm.html
- is a Japanese word
meaning Universal Life Force, or the energy inherent to all creation.
It describes an ancient healing art and science whose principles are
closely aligned with those of acupuncture and Shiatsu massage. Reiki
differs in that it is a non-manipulative, "hands-on-healing" technique
that helps to stimulate immune system function and maximize an
individual's innate healing potential. It's profoundly relaxing effects
make it an effective treatment for anxiety, stress, and the management
of difficult emotions. It complements any other form of medical
treatment - there are no contraindications.
www.eastendhealth.com/glossary.asp
- This is a complementary
therapy using gentle touch to promote better health and well being.
www.mountvernoncancernetwork.nhs.uk/glossary/r.htm
- Massage technique using
subtle stationary hand positions on points of tension or injury; the
therapists hands are usually fully extended, and palms applied to the
affected area.
toronto.wayspa.com/static/t/spa_glossary/
- A healing system that
redirects energy in the body by the utilization of gentle hand
placements on the body.
www.garyflegal.com/glossary.htm
- A Japenese healing
discipline developed by Mikao Usui. The principles are similar to most
other healing techniques except that the system follows a
pre-determined set of hand positions which form the basis for each
treatment.
www.theholisticshop.com/acatalog/Glossary.html
- is a Japanese word that
means "universal life energy." It is a practice that utilizes the
laying of the hands. Practitioners place hands over key areas of a
receivers body, where the principal organs and glands are located.
Hands-on-touch can be combined with visualization in a bodywork session
for a particularly powerful effect.
www.alwaysintouch.net/definitions.htm
- Reiki is said by its
practitioners to be a form of complementary or alternative medicine,
developed (or rediscovered) during the Meiji period (the late 19th
century) by Mikao Usui in Japan. It has gained widespread popularity
throughout the Western World.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiki
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