An overview of our posts about traditional Japanese massage and bodywork practices.
Sekkotsu — in its modern version called Judo Therapy — is the Japanese traditional art of Bone Setting (also written Bonesetting). In its basic form the treatment modality is about the reduction of dislocations, the [ Read more … ]
Makko-Ho is a series of stretches created by Mr Wataru Nagai (1889 – 1963). His son Haruka Nagai wrote them down and the first book about Makko-Ho was published in 1972. The series of four [ Read more … ]
Originating in Japan, Reiki Energy Healing is a practice that channels so-called Universal Energy (Life Force, Vital Life Energy, Ki, or Qi ) via the Reiki practitioner into another person. Reiki can be applied for [ Read more … ]
Although trademarked as Jin Shin Jyutsu® by Mary Burmeister (who learned from Master Jiro Murai), the practice is said to be an ancient healing art. Jin Shin Jyutsu uses gentle touch and acupressure on specific [ Read more … ]
Tantsu® was developed by Harold Dull, as a land-based practice, complementary to his original aquatic bodywork modality creation of Watsu®. Tantsu is a relaxing and stress relieving bodywork practice and includes whole body holding (the [ Read more … ]
Hara in the Japanese language stands for the abdominal region. It’s a word frequently used in both Japanese Traditional Medicine (JTM) and in the Japanese Martial Arts, and the Hara is considered a very important [ Read more … ]
Watsu was developed by Harold Dull in California, USA, in 1980. Harold brought Zen Shiatsu techniques into the water, that is, in warm water (usually in a pool). He found that working in water with [ Read more … ]
Kampo (or Kanpo) is part of Traditional Japanese Medicine (TJM). It’s perhaps the best known and most widely spread form of traditional medicine in Japan — integrally used alongside Western medicine — and borrows the [ Read more … ]
Shiatsu — a Japanese word that translates to “finger pressure” — is a type of bodywork where the thumbs, palms, fingers, elbows — and sometimes also the feet and knees — are used to massage [ Read more … ]
Ashiatsu — also known as Barefoot Shiatsu, Back Walking, or Gliding Feet Massage — is a type of barefoot bodywork where the practitioner uses the heel, sesamoid, arch, and/or whole plantar surface of the feet [ Read more … ]