Shiatsu Theory and Practice: A Comprehensive Text for the Student and Professional, 1e [Hardcover]

Carola Beresford-Cooke BA LicAc MRSS (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0443049416 | ISBN-13: 978-0443049415 | Publication Date: January 22, 1996

As a non-invasive therapy, interest in massage is growing amongst Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners. This textbook of shiatsu (Japanese massage) provides serious students of shiatsu with detailed coverage of the techniques, tools and treatment routines that can be adopted. The text gives a full review and explanation of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Zen shiatsu theory, including methods of diagnosis, and attempts to integrates the two. It then offers a "how to" approach, with detailed chapters on diagnostic and treatment techniques, shiatsu treatment routines in four positions and detailed locations and treatment procedures for each meridian.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 294 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone (January 22, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0443049416
• ISBN-13: 978-0443049415
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,326,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Comprehensive Shiatsu Book to Date, September 16, 2000

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This review is from: Shiatsu Theory and Practice: A Comprehensive Text for the Student and Professional, 1e (Hardcover)

In "Shiatsu Theory and Practice" Beresford-Cooke explains in depth the information needed for the serious student of Zen Shiatsu. While there is no substitute for an excellent teacher, Beresford-Cooke's book is the authoratative text. I used this book in conjunction with 108 hours of classroom instruction. The illustrations of the meridians coupled with the description of their associated elements was highly understandable to the student and layperson alike.

In my studies of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shiatsu is an elective for my program. For others it is a center of concentration for their studies. For all of us, our worn and flagged copies of this book speaks well of it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars whole, holistic & very profound, December 31, 2001

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A. GILL FOGEL (Jerusalem) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shiatsu Theory and Practice: A Comprehensive Text for the Student and Professional, 1e (Hardcover)

As a practitioner, I have never come yet across such a professional book that not only has so much well orgenized information, but is also clear and accurate .
I find this book to be worthy of being a must referance book to Shiatsu students as well as trained practitioners that are interested in the conection between the practical zen shiatsu and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Photographs & illustrations are particularly helpful and so is the index.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MOST COMPREHENSIVE TEXT AVAILABLE ON SHIATSU., March 31, 2001

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Gregory Park (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shiatsu Theory and Practice: A Comprehensive Text for the Student and Professional, 1e (Hardcover)

As a student of Chinese medicine and a practitioner of eastern bodywork, I have found this title to be a wealth of information on the extended theory of meridians (Masunaga's model) and the perspective of TCM as it fundamentally applies to the practice of shiatsu This book is what the serious student of shiatsu needs to further their development as a practitioner. Excellent illustrations and photographs with thorough meridian maps and point associations.