About Shiatsu
About Shiatsu
'Shiatsu is like the mother hugging her baby'
Shizuto Masunaga, Founder of Zen Shiatsu
Shiatsu is a gentle, restorative, clothed massage form from Japan, in which palm and thumb pressure along the meridian lines used in acupuncture help to restore and maintain balance and wellbeing of body, mind and emotions.
'It begins with pressure with the fingers but it is difficult to say why pressing the point cures disease. In both Zen and Shiatsu we are dealing with something that cannot be explained rationally but that should be felt by the living body.' Shizuto Masunaga