Zen Shiatsu Reading List & CourseWork

(click to see a 12-month programme of CourseWork)

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Basic: Practical Certificate

Intensive Immersion

Intermediate: Diploma

Advanced: Shiatsu Practitioner Professional Licence

Course Management Tutorial

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Primary Sources Essential Reading for
Intermediate Diploma Course

finding Spirit in Zen Shiatsu
Kris Deva North Universal Tao Publications UK
discount order form pdf for Zen Shiatsu Society members to buy Finding Spirit at 33% discount

Zen Shiatsu: harmonising yin and yang

Understanding Disease
J Ball. Daniel

Shiatsu Theory & Practice
C Beresford-Cooke. Churchill Livingstone

Fourteen Classical Meridian Charts
Sue Hix. Rosewell Shiatsu Centre

An Introductory Guide to Anatomy and Physiology
Louise Tucker Holistic Therapy Books. Optional introductory level book

Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness
Anne Waugh and Allison Grant Churchill Livingston.

Introduction to the Human Body
G Tortora. Harper Collins. Covers it all in depth.

Anatomy Coloring Book
Kapit & Elson. Harper & Row

The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine (Nei Jing)
tr Ilsa Veitch. Oriental. The source of most other books in this field.

Between Heaven and Earth.
Beinfield & Korngold. Ballantine.

Essential Reading for
Professional Licence Course

Nourishing Destiny - the Inner Tradition of Chinese Medicine
Jarrett. Spirit Path Press. Your main course book on Oriental Medicine

Reading the Body.
W Ohashi. Arkana. Ohashi’s book of oriental diagnosis.

Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion.
Foreign Language Press Beijing. Precise descriptions of meridians and points, their functions and uses.

Chi Nei Tsang.
Mantak Chia. Healing Tao Books. Supercharge your healing power.

Taoist Ways to transform Stress into Vitality.
Mantak Chia. Healing Tao. For your Receivers to share in their own healing.

Quantum Healing.
Deepak Chopra. Bantam. How it really works. Eye-opener.

Heal your Body.
Louise Hay. Eden Grove. Learn how your Receivers subconsciously see themselves.

Acupressure.
Jon Sandifer. Arkana. Practical points for first-aid and dealing with symptoms.

Optional Extras for the serious professional and required for Teacher Training

Hara Diagnosis - Reflections on the Sea.
Matsumoto & Birch. Paradigm. If there’s much left you still don’t understand, try this.

The Foundations of Chinese Medicine.
Macioca. Churchill Livingstone. Or this.

Molecues of Emotion: why you feel the way you do
Candace Pert. Deepak Chopra (Foreword)Pocket Books. Easy to read. Explains biochemical basis and integrates western and complementary approaches well.

Meridian Exercises
Excerpts

How to see your Health.
Michio Kushi. Japan Publications. Insights into Looking Diagnosis. Beware of his different (macrobiotic) interpretation of Yin & Yang.

Those titles that appear underlined are direct links to amazon.co.uk or tao of shopping, otherwise most titles are obtainable from Acumedic in Camden or the Nutri-Centre.