What are its benefits?
Shiatsu can benefit a wide range of symptoms. Some of the reasons people come for Shiatsu include:
- Physical pain or stiffness
- Digestive problems
- Headaches
- Tiredness, lethargy or low energy
- Anxiety or depression
- Stress
- General poor health
Shiatsu can facilitate healing and transformation and can complement traditional talking therapies such as counseling or psychotherapy. Many people find shiatsu has helped them to get in touch with themselves and work through emotional and psychological difficulties or adjust to lifestyle changes including:
- Bereavement or relationship breakdown
- Coping with long term illness
- Recovery from drug and alcohol dependency
- Low self esteem, eating disorders and self harm
- Feeling dissatisfied with life and wishing to make changes
- Shock and trauma
