MoonDragon's Alternative Health Information Touch & Movement Therapy DO-IN
Closely related to shiatsu and acupressure, do-in is a form of Japanese self-massage designed to stimulate the flow of ki, or "life energy", throughout the body. Do-in (pronounced "dough-in" and sometimes also spelled daoyin) originated as a way of maintaining good health, similar to giqong or yoga, but is now usually practiced as a form of self-help shiatsu. Daily practice aims to tone skin and muscles, improve circulation and flexibility, ease aches and pains, and encourage mental clarity and emotional stability. Do-in is not very well known in its own right in the West.
Patients receiving shiatsu often learn do-in without realizing it, through the self-help exercises that their shiatsu practitioner may teach. Do-in developed in Japan and China as a self-help health maintenance program. The practitioner will teach you exercises to encourage the flow of ki, including controlled breathing, meditation, stretching, percussion (tapping), and applying pressure to acupoints, or tsubos. A typical exercise is encircling your arm with your hand, then "pushing" ki to the fingertips and out of the body. Focusing your mind and breathing is important to renew ki in the body. Do-in is best practiced upon awakening or just before going to bed.
Eyestrain: Use your fingertips to massage tsubos on the temples.
Headache: Stimulate the base of the skull with your thumbs.
CONVENTIONAL MEDICAL OPINION
While the theory of meridians and ki can arouse skepticism in conventional medical practitioners, few would doubt the benefits of massage and regular relaxation and breathing exercises.
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MoonDragon's Alternative Health Therapy: Touch & Movement - Shiatsu
