Giving Dietary & Life Style Advice

For some clients hands on shiatsu alone may not be enough to bring about the healing they want. In these cases it is very useful as a shiatsu practitioner to also be able to give simple dietary, exercise and life style recommendations, empowering the client to make healthy changes in their lives.

The Devon School of Shiatsu includes in its training a thorough study of the causes of illness in people’s food, emotions and life style. Oriental medicine looks at the energetic affects of different foods and cooking styles on the organs and systems of the body, revealing many connections between diet and disease yet to be realised by western medicine. Using the theory of yin and yang and the Five Elements, it can be easy to see how simple dietary changes can bring great benefits to people’s health and healing.

The purpose of students’ practice of exercises most mornings is not only to benefit their own health, but also to understand how to recommend these exercises to their future clients. Many people seeking healing are open to including some simple exercises into their daily routine, which can greatly aid the healing of certain problems.

Many health problems are rooted in old unhealthy life patterns, such as over-working, never exercising, giving too much or not nourishing oneself in healthy ways. Encouraging clients to take forward steps in creating a healthier life style often brings much benefit in their healing.