• 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).
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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
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• 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

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.
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• 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