Monthly Archives: March 2020

Putting Fingers in the Tiger’s Mouth

Posted on March 30, 2020 by jyourist

Before becoming a Shiatsu therapist, I was an 8th grade Humanities teacher. I didn’t know a lot about Chinese medicine, but I knew about the acupuncture point Large Intestine 4. When students would ask me if they could go to … Continue reading →

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Minoru hodo atama

Posted on March 28, 2020 by jyourist

A long-forgotten piece of paper grabbed me today. Above is a photo of it in situ on a wall of my studio. (It’s near the top to the left.) I don’t remember the name of the man who gave it … Continue reading →

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2:1. 4/7/8. 3–4–5.

Posted on March 26, 2020 by jyourist

The previous blog, “Breathe”, was about 2:1 breathing as a good way to deal with stress and a variety of other ramped-up symptoms like insomnia, high blood pressure, and some digestive distress. A friend emailed me that she has been … Continue reading →

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Breathe

Posted on March 24, 2020 by jyourist

I had just read the news. I was making coffee and was clearly angry (yet again), slamming the coffee filter (which luckily is only paper) into its ceramic strainer and splashing water onto the counter and into the kettle to … Continue reading →

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