Shiatsu is a Japanese word, "Shi", for finger, "atsu" for pressure, based upon Oriental medicine, dating back more than two thousand years. The system is based on energy channels where invisible "Qi" or energy, flows throughout the body. When people get sick, obstruction of Qi are thought to cause an imbalance in the body's systems. Shiatsu manipulates that Qi by applying pressure to those points along the meredian. Accupuncuture works in the same way.

"Originally, shiatsu was a semi-mystical activity performed by women and the blind." Today, Shiatsu, like accupuncture, is widely recognized for it's ability to influence the body's energy meridians and overall health. Shiatsu is an Oriental based massage that uses a combination of applied pressure and stretching to work the body's energy meridians.

Shiatsu uses deep palm -finger - elbow - knee pressure and stretching in concert with the breath to influence the body’s flow of energy. No oil is used in this treatment.