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"Ted’s work made me curious. I feel that I want to dare to begin again. I have been practicing Shiatsu for many years. Ted’s method (the expanded meridian system and the possibility to diagnose precisely with the finger test,) made Shiatsu new and attractive again. Suddenly, it seems possible to diagnose accurately and to treat not only preventatively but also to improve deep imbalances.Some of my impressions of Ted’s courses: depth, space, tranquillity, trying something new with ease and fun, modesty .....joy."
"The workshop with Tetsuro Ted Saito (Jan. 18.-20.02, tune in Zürich) was a beautiful experience. Ted’s complete dedication to his work, as well as his joyful simplicity and modesty resting on his mastery of the subject, were very refreshing as well as technically enriching.
He proposes a simple and convincing method to test whether your diagnosis is correct, and whether you hit the chosen meridians on their appropriate location and appropriate degree, as they run at a given moment in the receiver."
"The Shin So approach has given me a magical glimpse into the Ki meridian complex. I have new eyes at the tips of my fingers to sense where and when, and a better map of the meridian terrain to know why and how. The rich wisdom of the ancients comes alive through Ted’s work."
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Home Shinso-Shiatsu (English)
Shin So Shiatsu or “deeper level” shiatsu was developed by Tetsuro Saito, highly regarded as the "father of shiatsu" in Canada. Shin So Shiatsu is a natural evolution of Zen-style or meridian-based shiatsu, pioneered by Saito’s teacher and mentor Shizuto Masunaga in the 1960s. These approaches derive their success from effecting changes along the body’s energetic pathways.
Beyond Zen Shiatsu
Shin So Shiatsu breaks new ground by going beyond the 12 Regular Meridians most meridian-based shiatsu styles focus on, to address the less-known but vitally important Extra, Divergent, Ocean, and Cosmic meridian systems. Shin So Shiatsu also incorporates an expanded view of the Regular Meridians themselves, a view that is found in the ancient classics, and provides a better framework for effective and enduring treatments.
Sensing Meridian Pathways and Structural Imbalances
Tetsuro Saito has found a method that enables ordinary practitioners to sense and precisely trace and diagnose each of the meridian systems. This method also allows them to locate structural imbalances and injuries, and to identify other energetic phenomena that indicate imbalance in the body. Beginning students immediately experience an enhanced ability to tune into energy.
Shin So Treatment Methods
Once a Shin So practitioner has mapped out a patient’s energetic and structural imbalances, they can select one of several treatment protocols developed by Tetsuro Saito, or incorporate their own treatment approaches. Shin So Shiatsu treatment methods include shiatsu (“finger pressure”) therapy, yaki hari, and the use of diodes and ion-pumping cords. The Shin So system also provides a method of confirming whether or not the treatment, once completed, has been effective.
The Key to Shin So Shiatsu
The key to “sensing” meridian locations and energetic and structural imbalances is the Finger Test Method. This simple technique for sensing energy in the human body was developed in the early 1980s by the renowned Japanese acupuncturist Dr. Tadashi Irie. Saito discovered Dr. Irie’s method in the course of his own quest to resolve unanswered questions about Shizuto Masunaga’s Zen Shiatsu system.
A Method for all Practitioners of Energy Medicine
The central components of Shin So Shiatsu can be integrated into any shiatsu style, as well as acupuncture and other forms of therapy. Shin So Shiatsu can also be integrated into our daily lives: we can use the Finger Test Method to test food and supplements, to identify sources of electromagnetic disturbances, and to monitor and maintain our own meridian systems on a daily basis.
Postgraduate education
Learning the Shin So System
In five courses of approximately 120 hours in total, the participants learn step by step, the Shin So approach.
Beginning with the basics of Masunaga’s Meridians, up to the treatment and diagnosis of the deepest meridian system. The participants will receive a diploma after successful completion.
The courses are designed to give you
- Greater clarity and accuracy in diagnosis
- Increased awareness to meridian interrelationships
- Increased sensitivity to Ki meridians through sound and image work
- Confirmation methods for diagnosis and treatment progression
- Greater efficacy and effect in our treatment outcomes
- Simple and effective strategies for self care
At present courses in the five step format are offered in our centres in Vienna, Austria, Zurich, Switzerland , Victoira,B.C. and in Toronto, On. Canada.
For more detailed information on course content go to course outline Canada or course outline Europe.
Please refer to the appropriate links for dates and locations of future workshops.
Ted's own thoughts on this work, "I have no doubt that to study about deeper meridian system treatment would create much more interest as well as a powerful effect on your Shiatsu practice."
Course Outline
The Shin So Shiatsu Program in Canada
Offered to shiatsu therapists, acupuncturists, and practitioners of other styles of energy work
Shin So Shiatsu is taught as a post-graduate program of continuing education workshops for shiatsu practitioners and acupuncturists (or when appropriate, those experienced in other forms of bodywork or energy work). Each of the three workshops is complete in itself, exploring a different dimension of the human energy system and our capacity to interact with it. Between workshops, refresher days help keep students in tune with their new practice.
Students Learn Quickly
The basic techniques of Shin So Shiatsu can be learned quickly, and as soon as students are introduced to them they are able to feel meridian energy. While learning the system, students benefit profoundly by being able to “tune in” to the energy of an experienced teacher. The teacher also helps them interpret what they are feeling on an energetic level.
In their study of the Shin So system, students will develop:
- Their capacity to work with ki by strengthening their tandens.
- A theoretical and practical familiarity with the meridians in each of the Regular, Extra, Divergent, Ocean, and Tai Kyoku systems.
- A theoretical and practical familiarity with energy circles and meridian belt zones.
- Skill in using the Finger Test Method and sound images to sense energetic and structural imbalances.
- Skill in treating energetic and structural imbalances using shiatsu, diodes, yaki hari, and ion-pumping (I-P) cords.
- Skill in confirming diagnoses and treatment progression.
- Greater efficacy and effect in treatment outcomes.
- A protocol of simple and effective self-care strategies.
- A stronger foundation in the basic principles of shiatsu practice.
Sensing Energy: Meridian Recognition and Diagnosis
- Overview of Shin So Shiatsu meridian theory and treatment principles
- Introduction to the finger test method and sound imaging techniques
- Sensing and locating the meridians and their diagnostic zones
- Saito hara and back diagnosis and confirmation methods
- Use of diodes in treating structural problems
- Diagnosing and treating most kyo and most jitsu meridians
- Sensing and eliminating ja ki
Tuning in to Structure: The Extra Meridians and the Treatment of Pain
- Theory of the Extra Meridians
- How to locate and treat 'energy circles' that reflect joint problems and muscle injury
- Focus on treatment of structural problems via the Extra Meridians
- Treatment protocols for the Extra Meridians, with shiatsu, ion-pumping cords, and the yaki hari method
Tuning in to the Organs: Supporting the Foundation of Health
- Theory of the Divergent Meridians and the role of organs in the maintenance of health
- Diagnosing organ-related problems
- How to locate and eliminate ki stagnation within the body--in organs, meridians, or areas
- Effective organ treatments using the hand microsystem and the Bo & Yu points
- Divergent meridian treatment methods using shiatsu, ion-pumping cords, and the yaki hari method
Shin So Shiatsu Courses in Canada and Europe
Shin So Shiatsu Courses are currently offered in these Canadian locations: Ontario (Toronto) and British Columbia (Victoria, Vancouver, Saltspring Island).
In Europe, courses are taught in Vienna, Austria; Zurich, Switzerland; and Trento, Italy.
For more details on places and times, go to Shin So Program Canada or Shin So Program Europe.
Shinso Shiatsu
Shin So Shiatsu focuses on the assessment and treatment of all the meridian systems in the body. Tetsuro (Ted) Saito’s extensive mapping of the entire meridian complex is central to this approach. This task took him over fifteen years and represents the foundation on which he has developed many diagnostic and treatment protocols (see below). 
Masunaga's Heritage and Ted's Discoveries
Ted Saito's teacher, Masunaga sensei died at the age of 56. Not having had the chance to complete his work beyond the regular meridian system, Masunaga's work contained invaluable information of the diagnostic zones as well as the location of these meridians. Yet, much of the important background remained unexplained. Despite lifelong criticism, Masunaga's important contribution gave us the foundation necessary to make substantial progress as therapists.
It was at this point that Tetsuro Ted Saito occupied himself intensively with the meridian charts that Masunaga sensei had created in the Sixties. Nevertheless, certain issues had to be reconciled, for instance:
- Why does Masunaga's meridian chart show such unusual location of the meridian's in comparison of TCM acupunctural meridian charts?
- Do the Masunaga Meridians really exist?
- And if so, why are they not shown in the classical acupuncture charts?
- How and when can we use this system?
- What is the relevance and meaning of the Masunaga hara and back diagnostic zones?
- What happens in the meridian systems when one employs the use of Masunaga stretch positions?
- Why do these treatment positions create a more effective treatment?
During his research Ted discovered among many other phenomena, that all meridians change location according to their degree of energetic imbalance. This in itself is a major and revolutionary discovery. In classical TCM there is reference made to three different degrees of imbalance in the regular meridian system, according to the severity of the illness. But by no means is there mention of a literal change in the location of the meridians in accordance with their imbalance. In general, the TCM charts show the meridians in a first-degree position.
First degree describes a relatively normal energy level. As long as we are alive, regardless of how good we feel, human beings will always have some degree of energy imbalance. We always have some physical, mental or emotional weakness, which we may not necessarily be aware of if we are otherwise in good health. Nevertheless the meridian system is sensitive enough to pick up these minor energy imbalances and show us what kind of support we need in order to feel even healthier.
Second Degree describes a level of energy imbalance that is beyond normal and is also called “Ze Do Byo”. This degree of imbalance is sometimes referred to as “Meridian Disease”. If we have this level of energy imbalance, we will definitely feel some sense of illness, but the problems are superficial and are not yet serious.
Third Degree is called ‘Syo Sei Byo”. This level indicates the deepest energy imbalance in the regular meridian system. Very often these patients have organ problems. The regular meridian system may not be able to regulate this imbalance by itself; the energy may start to flow over into the extra meridian system. The location of the energy flow changes according to the degree of energetic imbalance.
Masanaga’s charts show most of the meridian locations in the third position. Diagnosis and exact location of the meridian system at the present time can be easily sensed with the finger test. ”A clear and accurate diagnosis is the most important part of a meridian shiatsu treatment, only then can we work effectively and solve the underlying problems,” explains Ted. ”If we work at the deepest level of imbalance all the other imbalances will clear up automatically. If we work at the surface only the problems will reappear after a short time, or in a different form.” When a meridian system is at a level of imbalance where it cannot regulate itself anymore, a deeper system engages and takes over. If that meridian system cannot hold the balance, yet another deeper system is engaged and so on. If we treat at the level of the deepest imbalance, the more superficial meridian systems will be balanced too.
Ted’s approach includes, therefore, not only the twelve regular meridians but also diagnosis and treatment of the deeper meridian systems.
Shin So Shiatsu Instructors working with Tetsuro (Ted) Saito
in Toronto:
Peter Skrivanic, MA, Dipl ST, Dac, was introduced to shiatsu while living in Japan in the mid 1990s and began informal studies in Kyoto before returning to Canada. He earned diplomas in shiatsu and acupuncture from the Shiatsu School of Canada (SSC), and completed a one-year post-graduate internship in Nagano-style acupuncture. He is currently an instructor and clinic supervisor at the SSC, works with Ted Saito at the Shiatsu Centre, and continues to study Shin So Shiatsu with him. He also recently completed an M.A. in medical anthropology at the University of Toronto, where his studies focused on the transmission of knowledge in globalized East Asian medical practices.
In British Columbia:
Cheryl Coull, BA, CST, graduated in 1991 from the Shiatsu School of Canada in Toronto where she first studied with Tetsuro Saito, and since then has maintained a busy shiatsu practice in Victoria, B.C. In 2004, she co-organized B.C.’s first Shin So Shiatsu workshop and used her background in writing and editing to assist with production of Ted Saito’s book, Shin So Shiatsu–Healing the Deeper Meridian Systems. She is an assistant editor with the North American Journal of Oriental Medicine (NAJOM), is currently enrolled in the Acupuncture Diploma Program at Pacific Rim College in Victoria, and continues to study Shin So Shiatsu with Tetsuro Saito.
Meriel Cammell, RST, graduated from the Dragon and Phoenix School of Shiatsu in Montreal, Quebec in 1999 and later pursued studies at the Canadian Acupressure Institute in Victoria, B.C. She practices Shiatsu and Reiki on Salt Spring Island, B.C., is co-coordinator of Shin So Shiatsu B.C., and continues her studies with Tetsuro Saito. She is a member of British Columbia Shiatsu Therapy Association.
Ted Thomas, R.Ac., RST, is director and co-founder of Vancouver's Sourcepoint Shiatsu Centre and director and creator of the Shiatsu Therapy Program offered through Langara College. He holds a Diploma of Oriental Therapies from the East West Centre in Sydney, Australia, and graduated from the International College of T.C.M. in Vancouver, B.C., with a degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has been practicing shiatsu since 1984 and Chinese Medicine since 1992. He continues to study Shin So Shiatsu with Tetsuro Saito.
Workshops and Dates in Canada
Shin So Shiatsu Workshops in Toronto
Practice Days
Practice Days with Ted are an opportunity to lean, practice and experience Shinso Shiatsu. They are held on one Sunday a month from 1pm to 4pm, and typically include topics such as meridian diagnosis, case studies, case study and practice trearments. There is no experience in Shinso Shiatsu necessary and no charge applies.
Please come and enjoy.
The dates for the upcomming Practice Days in 2012 are so far:
Jan. 22
Feb. 12
March 18
April 22
May 13
June 17
Typically Practice Days take place at the Shiatsu School of Canada, 547 College St, on Sundays, between 1.30 and 4.30pm.
Practice Days are free of charge.
Sensing Energy: Meridian Recognition and Diagnosis
Part 1: March 3./4. 2012
Part 2: March31./April 1.
Location : Shiatsu Shool of Canada, at 574 College St (College just west of Bathurst)
Fees: $ 420.00 (HST incl.)
$ 240.00 (HST incl) for repeating students
Tuning in to Structure: The Extra Meridians and the Treatment of Pain
May 24./25./26./27.
Location : Shiatsu Shool of Canada, at 574 College St (College just west of Bathurst)
Tuning in to the Organs: Supporting the Foundations of Health
TBA
For inquiries or to register please contact Heike: 416-516-6442 .(Javascript muss aktiviert sein, um diese E-Mail-Adresse zu sehen)
Shin So Shiatsu Workshops in British Columbia
Post Graduate Workshop
for further information, fees and location, please contact:
Cheryl Coull <.(Javascript muss aktiviert sein, um diese E-Mail-Adresse zu sehen)> 250-388-0871
Ted Thomas <.(Javascript muss aktiviert sein, um diese E-Mail-Adresse zu sehen)> 604-876-0042
Meriel Cammell .(Javascript muss aktiviert sein, um diese E-Mail-Adresse zu sehen) 250-653-0055
Tetsuro Saito
The Father of Shiatsu in Canada
Tetsuro (Ted) Saito is one of the world’s few shiatsu masters. He has spent a lifetime fully dedicated to developing shiatsu and its healing potential. Born in the small Japanese city of Noda in 1941, he was initially trained as an electrical engineer. But, drawn to the even greater complexity of systems within the human body, in 1966 he began his training in the art and practice of Shiatsu at the Japan Shiatsu School, under masters Tokujiro Namikoshi and Shizuto Masunaga. He later became a member of the Masunaga Research Group.
In 1971, just as the West was discovering acupuncture, Saito moved to Canada, opened the Shiatsu Centre in downtown Toronto and introduced the Japanese art of "finger pressure." For the past four decades, he has treated thousands of patients, trained hundreds of therapists worldwide, and pursued his own research on energy-based healing.
He is affectionately known as the “father of shiatsu” in Canada, but his influence on shiatsu and energy work has rippled worldwide. Saito is founding director of Shin So Shiatsu International and supports hundreds of dedicated post-graduate students in North America and Europe. He continues to research and maintains a shiatsu practice at the Shiatsu Centre in Toronto.
In 2006, he published a two-volume compendium of his new paradigm: Shin So Shiatsu – Healing the Deeper Meridian Systems and Shin So Shiatsu – Practitioner's Reference Manual.
“Dealing with the energetic world requires a flexible mind. But my ability to feel ki and meridians developed through shiatsu and not through my engineering training. A scientific mind can often interfere with the sensibility of ki! However, the structuring of my research, my scientific attitude to research and the way I explain my findings to my students does reflect my engineering background. The problem with modern medicine is this – when practitioners cannot see energy, they don’t believe in it.”
– Testuro Saito, in Sand to Sky: Conversations with Teachers of Asian Medicine, by Pamela Ellen Ferguson and Debra Duncan Persinger, Phd, iUniverse, Inc, 2008.
Contact Toronto
Heike Raschl c/o
Shin So Shiatsu Toronto
720 Bathurst St. Suite 502
Toronto, ON M5S 2R4
416 534 1140
416-516-6442
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Contact / Registration Victoria, BC
Contact Victoria
Shin So Shiatsu British ColumbiaCheryl Coull
1265 Montrose Ave.
Victoria, B.C., V8T 2K3 Canada
250-388-0871
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Course Outline Europe
Level 1 Introduction and Regular Meridians 20 hours
Level 2 Regular Meridians 23 hours
Level 3 Extra Meridians 27 hours
Level 4 Divergent and Ocean Meridians 27 hours
Level 5 Cosmic Energy system 27 hours
Level 1 and 2 can be attended separately. Upon request it is possible to first attend level 2.
The courses in Switzerland are given in simple English. Translation is provided if necessary.
The written registration is binding and absolute.
Level 1 and 2: The 12 Regular Meridians
- Overview of the different meridian systems and their connections
- Sensing and locating the meridians and their diagnostic zones
- Hara and Back diagnosis and confirmation
- Treatment of the Regular Meridians (in all 3 levels)
- Accurate treatment positions of arm and leg
- Kyo- Jitsu. The deeper meaning and various treatment possibilities
- Introduction to the finger test.(Dr Irie)
- Neck and shoulder treatments using master points
- Treatment of sacral area and adjustment of structural imbalances
- Working with Yu points
- Eliminating Ja-Ki (Rei Sho treatment)
- Ted’s special Qi Gong
Level 3: The 8 Extra Meridians
- Theory of the Extra Meridians and new developments
- Locations of the extra Meridians
- Theory and practical aspects of diagnosis
- Resolution of structural problems through treatment of the Extra Meridians
- Special treatments for the Extra Meridians
- Yaki – Hari treatment, diagnosis, and practical.
- Work with clients (last day)
The 12 Divergent Meridians and the Ocean Meridians
- Theory of the Divergent Meridians and new developments
- Diagnosis and practical
- Work with ion pumping cords
- Energy work
- Introduction of Ocean Meridians
- Diagnosis and treatment
- Work with clients (last day)
Cosmic energy system
- Theoretical background of the Shin-myaku energy system ( 12 inner spiral meridians )
- Diagnosis and treatment of Shin Myaku
- Theoretical background of Tai-Kyoku energy system (12 outer spiral meridians )
- Diagnosis and treatment of Tai Kyoku
- Review and work with clients
Japan
Address followsThe Origins of Shin So Shiatsu
Shizuto Masunaga: Saito’s Mentor
Shizuto Masunaga is a name very familiar to meridian-based shiatsu therapists around the world for his daring research, which in the 1960s culminated in the publication of the Shiatsu Meridian Chart. This chart, controversial in its departure from the familiar and more simplified Traditional Chinese Medicine view, depicts the 12 Regular meridians running the full length of the body; it also shows abdominal (or hara) diagnostic zones for each meridian. 
Masunaga, born in Japan in 1925 and trained first as a psychologist, possessed a rare passion for the study of Oriental medicine. He also possessed meijin-gei, or “master’s skill,” an extraordinary degree of sensitivity that enabled him to trace the meridian pathways in detail. Masunaga's book Zen Shiatsu (Japan Publications Inc, 1977) is still the primary guide for beginning students and experienced practitioners alike.
Tetsuro Saito studied with Masunaga Sensei between 1966 and 1968, and for more than a decade after that, hosted him on regular teaching visits to Canada. Masunaga died in 1981. Saito picked up where his mentor left off.
Saito’s Exploration of the Deeper Meridian Systems
Tetsuro Saito links the most ancient and forgotten tendrils of Chinese meridian theory with Masunaga's insights, his own findings, and the invaluable research being undertaken by other contemporary Oriental medical pioneers. Trained first as an electrical engineer and then a shiatsu therapist, Saito has merged the frontiers of science and healing arts to take our view of the human energy matrix far beyond both the Traditional Chinese Medicine meridian chart and Masunaga’s chart. His alternative is a far more complex, yet comprehensible view of the human body at work.
The Regular Meridians
A natural teacher, Saito illustrates with striking clarity how our road map of the Regular Meridian system, as it appears on the TCM charts, has been abridged over time for simplicity's sake. He asks how the skinny zigzagging lines and tight loops shown on these charts can possibly be a true rendering of “natural” energy pathways in the human body. He looks at anomalies in the positioning of points, and guides us, step by step to understand how each of the Regular Meridians actually manifest at three distinct levels of imbalance
Three Levels of Imbalance
In his book, Shin So Shiatsu – Healing the Deeper Meridian Systems, he writes: “The classics acknowledge what the TCM chart does not and cannot show. Each of the 12 Regular Meridians can manifest at a first, second, or third level of imbalance, with the latter reflecting the deepest or most chronic level of illness. Further, at each of these levels, the meridian will shift its position: in other words, it will flow along a slightly different pathway.”
As shown, these three levels are the Hei-myakyu (the most normal or balanced), Ze-do-byo (second degree of imbalance, primarily affecting the meridians), and Sho-sei-byo (third degree of imbalance, at the level of organ disease).
Saito’s research also shows how the Regular Meridians are wider than the TCM chart might lead us to believe, as shown on the right.
Saito used the Finger Test Method to explore and map these intricacies of the Regular Meridian system. From here, he went on to fully explore the Extra, Divergent, Ocean, and Tai Kyoku energy systems, and examine how they interrelate with each other.
The Extra Meridians
The Extra Meridian system becomes activated when the Regular Meridians cannot regulate the body’s energy on their own.
The Divergent, Ocean, and Tai Kyoku Systems
If the imbalance or condition persists, the Divergent meridians are called in to play. The Ocean and Tai Kyoku 1 and 2 (Cosmic) energy systems reflect even deeper disturbances. Outcomes for treatment of these systems depend on the practitioner having developed his or her own ki level.
In treatment, Shin So Shiatsu works by balancing the energy at the level where the deepest imbalance lies: in doing so, the other meridian systems will be balanced, even though they do not directly receive treatment.
Most Shiatsu therapists have been trained to work only with the Regular Meridians. Tetsuro Saito has come to realize this is not enough.
The Benefits of Practicing Shin So Shiatsu
Shiatsu therapists have traditionally relied on touch — palpation of the hara or back — to diagnose meridian imbalances. Shin So Shiatsu uses the Finger Test Method to obtain very specific information from a vast array of reflex zones and meridians throughout the body.There are important advantages to using this method. Firstly, diagnostic speed and accuracy can be quickly achieved. Years of special training are needed to master the more traditional palpation skills, and few ever attain a level that will make this a reliable method for them. Working with the finger test actually facilitates development of better palpation skills.
Secondly, the Shin So approach has a built-in system for confirming diagnoses. This has been a huge challenge with the palpation method, where practitioners, unless gifted with exceptional sensitivity, are rarely able to corroborate one another’s results. Many therapists lose confidence and eventually abandon diagnosis altogether because of this uncertainty. Confirmation helps clarify and strengthen our treatments.
Thirdly, the finger test allows Shin So Shiatsu therapists to pinpoint structural and alignment problems, locate the source of joint or muscle pain, and diagnose other conditions.
Fourthly, in the very dynamic ki-meridian system, we can feel fluctuations as they occur. We can feel pathways becoming more or less unbalanced. At the end of a Shin So treatment, we will know whether the patient’s meridian system has been balanced or still needs work.
The finger test is a powerful tool for diagnosing, confirming and reassessing imbalances, but even more importantly, it increases the depth and manner of our communication with the ki-meridian system, giving us direct access to energy dimensions that until now have been out of our reach.
Other Benefits of the Shin So Shiatsu System
• The key elements of Shin So Shiatsu can be integrated into any shiatsu style, as well as acupuncture and other forms of therapy. Tetsuro Saito considers shiatsu an art: each therapist is an individual, each treatment unique. Shin So Shiatsu encourages and facilitates this.
• The practice of Shin So Shiatsu cultivates in us a greater sense of presence and self awareness and helps bring our own energy into better balance. Our treatments become more efficient, less labour intensive. After a day of Shin So treatments, we feel refreshed and inspired.
• Shin So Shiatsu can be integrated into our daily lives. With the finger test, we can test our own and our children’s energetic receptivity to certain foods; we can determine how close we can sit to the television or computer before we begin to absorb too much surface ja ki. In the event that we do absorb it, we can also clear it away.
• The community of Shin So practitioners is growing worldwide.
About the Book
Shin So Shiatsu – Healing the Deeper Meridian Systems
"Tetsuro Saito has written a tremendously significant book, one that has the potential to overturn centuries of 'common sense' in Eastern medicine."
– Dr. Hideo Yoshimoto
Shin So Shiatsu – Healing the Deeper Meridian Systems contains the theoretical and practical information you will need to become proficient in the art of Shin So Shiatsu. It is portable and user friendly: designed to become a daily companion.
In Chapter 1 you will find a review of the Regular Meridian system with which you are likely most familiar. You will see in plain terms how this seemingly one-dimensional grid, as presented on contemporary TCM charts, has its own “deeper levels.”
This more detailed view of the Regular Meridians is part of that ancient body of Oriental medical theory lost to us for a time. This recovered knowledge provides a context for exciting new findings, such as those described in Chapter 2 (“New Phenomena – Energy Circles and Meridian Belt Zones”). These two energetic phenomena – detectable circles of energy located anywhere on the surface of the body, and bands of energy covering the entire body from head to toe – resolve some fundamental questions about Shizuto Masunaga’s system and play central roles in Shin So diagnosis and treatment.
Chapter 3 puts you in the driver’s seat with specific instructions for performing the Finger Test Method and sound imaging. You will practice tracing meridians, energy circles, and meridian belt zones. Chapter 4 provides you with some general rules of the road — basic principles of Shin So Shiatsu — before you receive detailed instructions for the Shin So diagnosis and treatment of the Regular, Extra, Divergent, Ocean, and Tai Kyoku (Cosmic) systems in Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
All of this is accompanied by the Shin So Shiatsu Practitioner’s Reference Manual, which contains your navigational aids: the finger test sensors, meridian charts, and sound images that you will need to practice Shin So Shiatsu. While you will find it helpful to gradually memorize the sensors and sound images, the meridian charts are there simply to reassure you that you are on track. There is no other way to learn than by doing. Don’t hesitate to flip the Reference Manual open and refer to it during a treatment: your patients won’t mind.
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Update your Shin So Shiatsu Book and Practitioner’s Reference Manual
Tetsuro Saito’s Shin So Shiatsu–Healing the Deeper Meridian Systems, Volumes One and Two, were revised in September 2008. Many meridian charts and other useful instructions have been updated.
You may wish to purchase the fully revised versions (click on a link at the bottom of the page to go to the most appropriate retailer), or simply click the links below to view and download the new pages.
Dates for Postgraduate Workshops with Tetsuro Ted Saito in Victoria
New Workshop! The Finger Test Method in Acupuncture June 27-8 Pacific Rim College of Complementary & Integrative Medicine
Level 1 TBA May 2009
Level 5 27-28 Feb 2009
Level 9 1 March 2008
Fees per Course: $ 405.00 Cdn, includes Resource Book Discount
Location: TBA For information please contact Cheryl Coull: 250-388-0871 .(Javascript muss aktiviert sein, um diese E-Mail-Adresse zu sehen)
In Seattle WA:
Level 1 tba
Location: Bastyr University -- Tel: 425-602-3059 www.bastyr.edu/continuinged