Yesterday I bought a copy of a book written by my shiatsu doctor. It’s a thin volume, illustrated with cute drawings and it gives instructions on how to do your own shiatsu (which is called accupressure in the US).
Some of the suggestions are a little strange. Warm your ankles with a blowdryer before sleeping. Pound gently on the top of you head while eating breakfast.
On second throught, maybe warm ankles would be nice.
Posted by kuri at November 30, 2001 07:31 AM
Shiatsu isn’t accupressure. Not even in the US… =)
Shiatsu is just plain japanese massage. Just as with the western massage, you can ofcourse get a shiatsu, but shiatsu is done/given on a futon-like bed where the masseur (?) is using arms, elbows, knees and hands (sounds like a severe beating… =).
