Health Benefits of Shiatsu Massage

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The health benefits of a shiatsu massage can be dealing with lower back pain, shoulder tension, fatigue, anxiety, headaches, and various physical ailments. As I was mentioning before about working from the hara, be aware of your own body when you're working on your partner, that you're centered yourself, that you're not over-reaching, that you're coming from a place in the lower-abdomen called the "hara" or your "dantien", as they might say in martial arts. I will always have a hand on my partner here. It's called the "mother hand", it's sort of a centering, it's a reassurance to the person I'm working on that I'm always in contact with her. That's also established by a knee on the lower leg here, as I'm starting to work on the back. At first, I put two hands down here just to get connected with my partner. I have my right hand on the lumbar, and my left hand near the heart. I'm asking my partner to...Sarah, please breathe, and relax. This is your session, this is your time. During the course of the massage there needs to be a free-flowing communication. Not just intuitively with our energy with each other, but also if something is too much, if I'm hurting her some way, if something doesn't feel right or if something feels really good. If you want me to work some place a little deeper, please communicate. It's completely two-way experience here. I'm receiving her energy, she's receiving mine. Okay, her breathing now is very even and we will start on the back when we return.