Ashiatsu High Bar Massage Therapy in Santa Barbara Ca by LMT, Nicola
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What is Ashiatsu Bar Therapy?… techniques that are applied to the body with the therapist’s feet!
It is based on an ancient ayurvedic practice of Chavutti Thirummal. It combines Swedish, Myofascial, and compression techniques that are applied to the body with the therapist’s feet. Oriental Bar Therapy, which is a form of barefoot effleurage, combines western science and contemporary American ingenuity.
What is Ashiatsu?
Ashiatsu is a bodywork form that applies therapeutic pressure (through clothing) to promote health and well being. Although “Ashiatsu” literally means foot (ashi) pressure (atsu) in Japanese, ashiatsu techniques also make use of knees, elbows, palms, and fingers where necessary and appropriate.
By working with the body, Ashiatsu can heighten total (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual) awareness. Treatments typically include stretching, stimulation or sedation of acupressure points/meridians, and structural alignment techniques. The work is effective therapeutically and clients will often feel the work deeply in their muscles, internal organs, and bones.
What are the roots of Ashiatsu?
Ashiatsu is in the lineage and tradition of Shizuko Yamamoto’s Barefoot/Macrobiotic Shiatsu, but with more emphasis on the individual as an energy system than on dietary guidelines. Traditional Chinese organ/meridian theory and psychic energy body teachings from the ancient Egyptian mystery school tradition are the two major approaches used in perceiving, understanding, and treating disease and wellness in this work.
http://www.imss.macrobiotic.net/SYamamoto.html
What are the benefits of Ashiatsu?
- Reduced stress and greater sense of well being
- Relaxed muscles and improved circulation
- Improved immune system
- Heightened awareness of emotional and psychological processes
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