The Jin Shin Jyutsu practice of holding the fingers is not only quite powerful, but holds a special place in the history of Jin Shin Jyutsu. As I’ve described before (What Is Jin Shin Jyutsu?), Master Jiro Murai was a Japanese healer and philosopher who rediscovered the ancient healing practice… Read more“The Jin Shin Jyutsu finger mudras”
Author: Jan
The Jin Shin Jyutsu extended sequence for holding the fingers
In the last post (The Jin Shin Jyutsu practice of holding the fingers) I talked about the two basic ways to practice holding the fingers. You can either hold all ten fingers, one after another, first on one hand and then on the other, or you can concentrate on the… Read more“The Jin Shin Jyutsu extended sequence for holding the fingers”
The Jin Shin Jyutsu practice of holding the fingers
Holding the fingers is a Jin Shin Jyutsu self-help practice that is extremely simple and yet profound. Because so many of the Jin Shin Jyutsu energy pathways run through the fingers (the ten fingers are said to regulate 14,400 functions within the body), holding the fingers is a way to… Read more“The Jin Shin Jyutsu practice of holding the fingers”
The most important point for shoulder tension
This Jin Shin Jyutsu point — Safety Energy Lock #3 (SEL #3) — is a major point for releasing shoulder tension. I call it the “coat hanger” point. To locate it, curve the fingers of one hand as if they were the top of a coat hanger. Then hang your… Read more“The most important point for shoulder tension”
Massaging the top of the shoulders
As you’ve undoubtedly already noticed, we tend to store tension in our shoulders. Try using this quick and easy massage to relieve that tension and to prevent it from building up throughout the day. Use your fingers or a massage tool Using your fingers is the simplest way to do… Read more“Massaging the top of the shoulders”
Tui Na Acupressure Self Massage
This Tui Na self massage is a simple sequence you can use as a warm up before practicing acupressure self-help as a quick energy pick-me-up at any time of day as a complete practice in itself to be done daily. As energy (chi) moves through its pathways in the energy… Read more“Tui Na Acupressure Self Massage”
Acupressure energy channels: Names, abbreviations, elements, emotions, body clock
The acupressure self-help practices I describe on this website come from two different systems of acupressure. One is based on Jin Shin Jyutsu, a Japanese art that uses 26 Safety Energy Locks (SELs). The locations of the Safety Energy Locks are described in each practice. The second system is from… Read more“Acupressure energy channels: Names, abbreviations, elements, emotions, body clock”
How to locate and hold acupressure points
Let me start with a discussion of how to locate the acupressure points used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The first thing to know about holding acupressure points is that you shouldn’t worry excessively about finding the exact location. Because acupuncturists insert needles below the skin and need to be… Read more“How to locate and hold acupressure points”
Creating Your Own Acupressure Self-Help Practice
The best way to benefit from acupressure is to pick one or two practices you enjoy and use them every day for one to two weeks. Then try a different practice. Gradually select a set of practices you’d like to do on a daily basis. The secret to benefiting from… Read more“Creating Your Own Acupressure Self-Help Practice”
Welcome
When I transferred the contents of my original 2003 BalanceFlow site to this new platform, I mentioned on the home page that I had hundreds of illustrated acupressure self-help instructions that I wanted to add to the site. Even after I had created the illustrations to use in my classes,… Read more“Welcome”