The street of the Shiatsu is a practice manual that, through precise formalities of pressure, it acts on the energetic flow of the human being; and' revolt both to understand its principles of operation both to favor its circulation in the body. If in this sense it has roots in the patrimony common to extreme-oriental culture, has received nevertheless in Japan the operational principles on which he founds. From Japan him and' bossily affirmed in the world, understood Italy, beginning from the seventies.
The pressure Shiatsu (from the Japanese Shi = finger and atsu = pressure) effects him with the finger and precisely with the thumb, in which the greatest number of receptors is found sensoriali of the hand and to which corresponds not only on the cerebral bark a great area in comparison to the other fingers, but also to all the other elements of the human physicist. 
And' possible however to also use other parts of the body to effect the treatment: the palm, when the zone to be treated is ampler and asks for an ampler and winding contact; or the elbow, when it is necessary to use a stronger stimulation to decontrol a meaningful accumulation of energy. The pressure Shiatsu must be always constant in the quantity of weight, firm, and statics. And' really this stillness, united to the slowness of execution, that allows to not only act on the physical body but also on the psyche of the receiver, contacting his/her energetic level more depth and therefore all the aspects of his/her reality.
N.B. These pages illustrate what the Shiatsu is, you/he/she has not pretended to teach to practise this discipline; who writes you it is a student and him it is so in love of this discipline that wants to help the various Italian schools and not to divulge her/it. To deepen the matter I recommend you to visit the page of the Linkses, where you can find some references to the principal Italian sites. Who wants to participate to such iniziattiva can do writing him/it me.
