The practice of shiatsu, thanks to the knowledge of Far Eastern medicine, allows vitality to be sustained through treatments that use the free flow of Ki in a longitudinal direction, high/low or Heaven-Earth in the Taoist vision, together with the body’s ability to connect transversally.
This also results in a reference between the relationship, or axis, between Water and Fire and the transverse relationship between Wood and Metal. With Earth, the Spleen, my body, in a central position.
A treatment will be illustrated and practiced that follows the ascending and descending directions of both the two extraordinary central channels and the main or regular meridians, combined with lateral pressures that cross these energy structures. In fact, a sequence can be performed on the back, which will logically follow more Yang channels, and one on the front, which will use more Yin meridians. This is combined with the treatment of three front lines (the support line, the deep nourishment line, and the opening of the Breaths) and two back lines (the strength line and the breath line).
Just as in a tree, we have the ascent and descent of the sap that sustains it and the opening to life thanks to the branches and leaves that nourish it.
Information about the speaker
MAURIZIO PARINI
He began studying Shiatsu in 1981 with Mario Vatrini. A Rehabilitation Therapist, he holds a diploma from the Permanent Training Center in Manual Therapy.
He served as President of the Italian Shiatsu Federation (FIS), and currently plays an active role in FISieo as President of the Evaluation Department and a member of the Executive Board.
Since 1993, he has been a speaker at numerous national and international conferences organized by leading Italian Shiatsu associations.
A passionate scholar of Far Eastern Medicine, he has deepened his study of moxibustion and how Traditional Chinese Medicine principles can be applied to Japanese manual practices.
Since 1986, he has been teaching at the Hakusha School of Shiatsu and Moxibustion, where he has served as Educational Director for the Milan, Varese, and Como branches.
Together with Dr. Corradin and Dr. Di Stanislao, he co-authored the book “Medicina Tradizionale Cinese per lo Shiatsu ed il Tuina”, and contributed to the text “Visceri e Meridiani Curiosi”.
