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The Five Lights Center articles offer a range of wisdom and insights from our diverse community on all things shiatsu and wellness. From recipes, to personal journeys, and insight on tai chi, reiki, color therapy, tapping, shiatsu and so much more.
The Protective Patterns of Trauma: Part Two
In Shiatsu therapy we learn that the Shen (the spirit) resides in the Heart and the Pericardium Heart protector is there to protect it.
Mihael Mamychshvili
Sep 26, 20248 min read
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The Protective Patterns of Trauma: Part One
When I discovered that working with Trauma was my purpose, Shiatsu therapy was the vehicle that I chose
Mihael Mamychshvili
Sep 19, 20245 min read
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Good Fire
Fire is vital to life. Inside of us, small fire powers our digestive system.
Casper Valentine
Jul 24, 20244 min read
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The Light We Give
The Shiatsu Summit would be the first time since maybe 2020 that I would be in a room with a large group of people...
Casper Valentine
Jun 4, 20244 min read
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Shiatsu Touch and Trauma
When experiences and memories are too distressing to be acknowledged or expressed, they are shut out of awareness...
Paula Derry
May 28, 20245 min read
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1st Annual Shiatsu Summit 2024: The Power of Touch, Growing Together Through Shiatsu
After years of dreaming and discussing, over a year of planning, and networking we finally got together for our first Shiatsu Summit.
Keith Strand
May 25, 20245 min read
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Bone is More Than a Curious Organ
When we come back home to the body, we see that we are more than our thoughts, feelings and emotions.
Dawn Oei
May 21, 20248 min read
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Coping with Trauma: the Body, the Mind, on the Threshold of the Spirit
Let us remember we are in the Holy Presence of God. God is our life source and sustains our Ki energy. Trauma lodges in our bodies...
Jo'Anne Brancato
May 14, 20243 min read
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Three Essential Goals in Working with Trauma
When you’re working with trauma, this picture is a beautiful reminder of three essential goals: the first one is right there in the...
Nick Pole
Apr 2, 20246 min read
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Exploring the Roots of Shiatsu: From Do-in Ankyo to Modern-Day Therapy
Shizuto Masunaga, Akinobu Kishi, and many contemporary shiatsu teachers relate to Anpuku as one of the manual arts that gave birth to the...
Manuela and Serena
Mar 18, 20247 min read
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Le Shiatsu, un Art Japonais – The Japanese Art of Shiatsu, an Excerpt.
On the one hand, we discover a great complexity. The roots are unclear and for Western people, it is difficult to define Eastern medicine...
Stephane Cuypers
Mar 11, 20242 min read
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Makko Ho / Zen Stretches: A Makko Ho Leader’s Perspective
Makko Ho can be defined in several ways. In Japanese, Ma means straight or direct, Ko means direction, and Ho means method...
Keith Strand
Mar 5, 20243 min read
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甲辰 Year of the Wood Dragon
The dragon shows us our power is in our choosing, how we can step out of the race and attend to what we decide is important.
Casper Valentine
Jan 16, 20244 min read
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Can Walking in the Cold Balance our Energy?
In shiatsu we believe that movement is medicine. When we walk in the cold we're balancing the different energies in our body according to th
Kumiko Kanayama
Jan 3, 20242 min read
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FROM OHASHI’S YOUNGEST STUDENT
When I was thirteen years old I began studying and practicing the art of cooking macrobiotically, and I developed an intense reverence...
Dara Kustler
Dec 12, 20235 min read
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Herbs and Shiatsu are like Mother Hand and Son Hand
adding herbs to your shiatsu practice can further improve your treatments by increasing inertia, longevity and specificity.
Chilán Mustain
Nov 16, 20233 min read
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Moving Like Water — An Invitation From The Masters
How the virtues of water can be a guide for how we behave.
Margot Rossi
May 25, 20235 min read
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Part 3: Treatment Of Psychological Problems With Shiatsu
Energetic patterns always are plain and simple.
Wilfried Rappenecker
May 25, 20234 min read
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Part 2: Treatment Of Psychological Problems With Shiatsu
Shiatsu is more than bodywork It is first and foremost about touching the energetic space of a person.
Wilfried Rappenecker
May 25, 20233 min read
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Part 1: Treatment Of Psychological Problems With Shiatsu
How shiatsu can help pyshcological problems as well as physical.
Wilfried Rappenecker
May 25, 20232 min read
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