Japanese acupuncture

There are many different styles of playing the piano: jazz, for example, or classical. Both kinds of music can stir our hearts but the instrument remains the same. In acupuncture there are also many styles, different in approach, but using the same basic principles.

Acupuncture was brought to Japan from China, but in each country it developed very differently. The huge influence of blind practitioners in Japan led to an emphasis on palpation, the use of touch for diagnosis, and relatively simple theoretical models.

Japanese acupuncture draws on a huge range of therapeutic methods other than needling. These techniques tend to be very delicate and minimal. And they don’t hurt!

I practise two different styles of Japanese acupuncture: the yin-yang balancing method developed by Dr. Manaka, and Toyohari, a gentle and powerful style of acupuncture developed over the last fifty years by blind acupuncturists. Both these styles use modern techniques, but are firmly rooted in traditional acupuncture theory. Both styles can be adapted for Shonishin, acupuncture massage for children.

Do Different Sdn. Bhd. 2009