Zen Shiatsu Reading List & CourseWork

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

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Basic Practical Shiatsu
BPS Course Manual

Intensive Shiatsu Immersion

Intermediate Shiatsu
INT Course Manual

Advanced (Professional) Shiatsu
ADV Course Manual

All Courses Student Handbook

Zen School Prospectus with info on Fees and Timings

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Primary Sources Essential Reading for
Intermediate Course

finding Spirit in Zen Shiatsu
Kris Deva North Universal Tao Publications UK
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Understanding Disease
J Ball. Daniel

Between Heaven and Earth.
Beinfield & Korngold. Ballantine.

Shiatsu Theory & Practice
C Beresford-Cooke. Churchill Livingstone

A Practical Guide to Acu-points
Jarmey & Bouratinos. Lotus Publishing.

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

Anatomy Coloring Book
Kapit & Elson. Harper & Row

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

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

Zen Shiatsu: harmonising yin and yang

Fourteen Classical Meridian Charts
Sue Hix. Rosewell Shiatsu Centre

Optional Resources useful at Intermediate Diploma level but not mandatory reading:

Zen Shiatsu Meridian Experience
DVD showing classical meridian points, Masunaga meridian extension routes and diagnostic areas, with film and still images.
NB: Please be aware that this dvd uses the 'macrobiotic' descriptions for Yin and Yang, different from the 'Masunaga', 'Five-Element' and 'TCM' descriptions used at the Zen School and in other resources

An Introductory Guide to Anatomy and Physiology
Louise Tucker Holistic Therapy Books.

Essential Reading for
Advanced (Professional) 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.

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.