| Shiatsu is a holistic and alternative pain relief therapy. | | | | natural ways of healing. |
| Shiatsu can benefit a person suffering from a variety | | | | Acu-yoga combines yoga with acupressure for pain |
| of diseases and disorders. | | | | relief. In this case yoga postures are used In order to |
| Many turn to the practice of shiatsu for everything | | | | stimulate acupressure points on the body. In this |
| from anxiety to endometriosis. While shiatsu is an | | | | practice the entire body is used for this relaxation |
| excellent practice, there are other therapies that are | | | | and not just the hands. Acu-yoga is meant to be |
| closely linked to shiatsu that might prove just as | | | | done at home. The yoga stretches are particularly |
| beneficial. Let us take a look at five other alternative | | | | good if you want to get to hard-to-reach spots on |
| therapies that work very well. | | | | your body and your back. |
| Acupressure has been used successfully in China and | | | | Jin Shin Jyutsu is a Japanese method of acupressure |
| Japan for over 3,000 years. This is a form of therapy | | | | that you can do yourself. Jin Shin is not about |
| that makes use of the combination of acupuncture | | | | massage. Rather, it uses cradling or touching the |
| and massage, and may have been a precursor to | | | | body for pain relief. The aim of this practice is to |
| shiatsu in Japan. When acupressure is done the | | | | calm and harmonize the body as well as the spirit and |
| practitioner massages the points on the body | | | | mind. This is done by way of touching what are |
| deemed as acupoints as firmly as possible with his | | | | known as 26 "safety energy locks" that are located |
| fingertip or thumb. The pressure exerted from | | | | in the human body along various energy pathways. A |
| acupressure can be done in more than one way. | | | | Jin Shin Jyutsu can even involve cradling or a |
| Some acupressure practitioners use their fingers while | | | | combination of touches or it can be as basic as |
| others use their thumb, the palms of their hands and | | | | holding one or two fingers over certain parts of the |
| even their knees in some cases. How soon a person | | | | body. |
| will experience relief from pain depends on the cause | | | | Zen shiatsu is a strenuous involved practice that |
| of the pain. Chronic persistent types of health | | | | incorporates yoga-like stretches and mediation on a |
| problems will take longer to show Improvement while | | | | daily basis. Zen is a type of Buddhism that got its |
| other problems can show Improvement fairly quickly. | | | | start In Japan. The yoga-like stretches are designed |
| Do-In is a type of alternative therapy is an excellent | | | | to open up the meridians of the body. Practitioners |
| precursor to an acupressure treatment. Do-In is a | | | | of this alternative therapy also may use of heavy |
| system that utilizes stretches, exercises, beginner | | | | pressure on their body and they put their entire body |
| acupressure techniques and special breathing | | | | weight into relaxing the muscles. This kind of vigorous |
| techniques. This is an excellent way to start with | | | | shiatsu cannot be done at home, it takes a |
| alternative health therapy if you are new these | | | | practitioner several years to become proficient. |