Hara Diagnosis: Reflections on the Sea (Paradigm title)
- Offers an exceptionally well detailed exploration of interior meridian pathways and the role of classical Chinese energetic anatomy, including concepts such as source and origin
- Provides detailed, step-by-step procedures for practical diagnosis & therapy accompanied by profuse illustrations and useful case histories
- Therapies and techniques included are hara shiatsu, sotai and breathing exercises, and five-phase treatments
- Describes biorhythmic treatment procedures drawn from the Da Cheng and Dr.Manaka’s practice
- Provides clear instructions for using Manaka’s ion pumping cords, mu point diagnosis, p-ring diagnosis, and secondary diagnostic and treatment strategies such as palm diagnosis
This text shows that point names, the traditional means of identifying acupoints, have meanings that are hard to grasp. It promotes understanding of each point’s use in acupuncture practice by considering the meaning, context and significance of each. The 363 points covered are listed according to the system currently in use in China.
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Tags: hara diagnosis: reflections on the sea, Chinese energetic anatomy, Magnetic resonance imaging, ion pumping cords, interior meridian pathways
Why can’t a good textbook be beautiful? But it can!,
Do you believe textbooks can’t show any personality? Are you convinced reference books can’t be beautiful or poetic? WRONG!!! I studied with Kiiko for a little over three years, and this book has all her attributes. It is beautifully organized and arranged, elegantly researched and argued, wide-ranging in its interests and as beautiful as any Japanese Ikebana. Everything in this volume is carefully conceived and executed, from the layout and design (even the paper is special–handle it and you’ll see what I mean) to the extraordinary, handsome illustrations, to the extensive and very helpful bibliographies. They all reflect Kiiko herself and her attitude that everything in life should be done with complete attention, total organization, creativity and a sense of whimsy. If you look carefully, with an open mind, you may also notice that, when carefully considered, some of the ancient theories–when graphed–actually yield an illustration that looks startlingly like certain Western scientfic representations! (I won’t spoil your fun by naming them here.) And for those of you who’d like a general summary of the text, it covers the development of acupuncture theory in Japan, the Hara (stomach palpation) diagnosis of the title, general summaries of the work of Kiiko’s major teachers (including the extraordinary Dr. Manaka), and even a section on So Tai Ho, the Japanese form closely akin to chiropractic that uses gentle movements coordinated with breathing exercise to achieve pain relief and sometimes a much deeper level of healing. To top it all off, the illustrations intended to help practitioners are clear, as are the instructions. All in all, a beautiful, instructive volume. I loved it, even when I had to use it as a text in acupuncture school–and that’s saying something! Whoever heard of someone loving their textbook?!!
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|A Mainstay in My Clinical Library,
I have been in practice since 1992; this book was a Godsend when it first came out, and continues to be a mainstay in my practice, i continue to learn from it and apply the information to my work.
It is also a lovely text on Shiatsu that would be very valuable to any Bodyworker or Massage Therapist that wants to take their work to the next level
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