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BeautifulKi™ Shiatsu is an effective treatment for the musculoskeletal system. It works directly on the tissues involved, stimulating healing through deep relaxation responses. Shiatsu calms an overactive sympathetic nervous system, which improves circulation, relieves stiff muscles, and alleviates stress.

 

It is effective in the treatment of:

 

  • Backache

  • Sprains and Strains

  • Neck and Shoulder Stiffness

  • Joint Pain

 

BeautifulKi™ Shiatsu can also relieve:

 

  • Sinus Congestion

  • Retention of Fluid in Tissues

  • Poor Circulation

 

BeautifulKi™ Shiatsu is also very effective in conditions where emotional disturbance or stress is an underlying factor. While this could be said to include all ailments, the following are the conditions most widely regarded as stress-related:

 

  • Insomnia

  • Anxiety and Depression

  • Muscular Tension

  • Headaches

  • Digestive Disturbances

  • Menstrual Dysfunction

  • Low Resistance to Infection

 

It is a highly effective and recommended treatment of lower back pain and other discomforts due to pregnancy.

 

The work releases areas of chronic stagnation and blockage while receivers are encouraged to breathe deeply into their areas of tension. It is appropriate for all ages and body types.

Like acupuncture, BeautifulKi™ Shiatsu is based on the holistic system of traditional Chinese medicine: illness is thought to result from imbalances in the natural flow of energy, or Ki through the body.

 

Ki (or in Chinese Qi) is a word that we can roughly translate with “Life Force” or “Vital Energy”. We cannot see it, touch it or hear it, yet we live and function thanks to it. It's the force that makes us breathe, our blood circulate; it's the spark in our thinking, digestive and resting process. Ki is what makes it possible for us to make decisions, to walk, to tell danger from safety.

 

Ki is always adjusting and distributing itself in our body/mind/spirit, giving us the ability to keep healthy. Sometimes, because of incorrect diet, too much stress, lack of exercise, or trauma, Ki can get stuck. This might manifest as physical or emotional pain, stiffness or as a disturbance of sleep, digestion, or reproductive patterns. When this happens, a BeautifulKi™ session will remind your energy where it needs to go, helping you to heal yourself.

 

Although contacting the same meridians (channels where the energy flows) known in acupuncture, instead of needles I use hands, elbows, and knees with a deep, nurturing, yet gentle touch combined with full-body stretches, rotations and directed breathing.

 

In a BeautifulKi™ session you wear loose, comfortable clothes, and are lying on a futon or padded surface on the floor.

 

For receivers who have difficulty lying on the floor, the work is easily adapted to a chair. Treatments are available for either 1 hour or 1½ hours.

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