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Japanese finger-pressure massage that argues your knotted shoulders into a ceasefire.
means A Japanese bodywork therapy where the practitioner uses fingers, thumbs, and palms to press along the body's lines and pressure points, aiming to ease tension and restore balance.
from Straight from Japanese shiatsu, built from 'shi' (指, finger) and 'atsu' (圧, pressure) — literally 'finger pressure.' It grew out of older Japanese massage traditions like anma, itself shaped by Chinese medical concepts of meridians and qi, but was codified and named as its own practice in Japan in the 20th century before spreading worldwide.
- name meaning
- literally finger pressure in Japanese
- theory
- claims to unblock invisible energy called qi
- method
- uses palms, thumbs, elbows, even feet
- cousin
- evolved from older practice called anma