CHI NEI TSANG, in Chinese, literally means “working the energy of the internal organs” or “internal organs chi transformation.” and comes from ancient Chinese Taoist knowledge and tradition. About the technique: A set of acupressure points around the navel are used...
Intuitively when we feel pain somewhere, we will tend to place a hand to soothe or warm the area. This ancestral knowledge is the origin of Zen Shiatsu, TE ATE, “the healing hand”, in Japanese. I would say that yes, massage can benefit menstrual pains, but if you...
I started meditating with Zen during my training with IOKAI Shiatsu. The two ideograms forming the character “IO” come from an old Buddhist Sutra. “IO” means “the King of Medicine”: the One who understands the root of disease, knows how to cure it and gives his...
Do you remember the time when you started as one single cell? Well, in the Somatic Movement approach we believe your body does, in fact, carry this memory and this awareness. Try for a moment to feel yourself as the magnificent living organized cluster of cells...
Balancing the 3 Brains article. Here is a very interesting article written by Mark Chandlee Taylor, Somatic Movement educator and Therapist, who recentely gave a serie of workshops about embodiment in Hong Kong. Among them, Balancing The Three Brains. Together, we...
