The Japanese Healing Arts Blog is devoted to the healing methods of Japan, with a particular emphasis on the massage-like healing techniques associated with Shin-shin-toitsu-do, a Japanese form of yoga and meditation. These techniques make use of ki: a life energy that animates all living things.
5.0 out of 5 stars Much more than yoga December 30, 2010
By David Orman
If you are interested in anything Japanese, this is one of those books that you will find yourself reading multiple times. . . and still learning per each read.
When I first read the title, I anticipated teaching on stretching and perhaps breathing and other elements associated with traditional yoga, albeit from a Japanese perspective. This book does include these aspects but so much more. From visualization to Shodo and a dozen other topics in between, this book covers more of a lifestyle vs. a how-to-do-yoga.
I found it extremely helpful and would highly recommend it.
Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather. ~Martha Graham
The founder of Shin-shin-toitsu-do (Japanese yoga) also taught that the body reflects the mind, and that physical training can help us understand and develop concentration, willpower, a positive attitude, and other mental qualities. Learn more by reading Japanese Yoga by H. E. Davey. Order the book at www.senninfoundation.com.
A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
Mohandas Gandhi
Both Gandhi and Nakamura Tempu mentioned this idea, echoing the sages of ancient India. To learn more about how the mind can create health and illness, fortune and misfortune, read Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation, which is based on Nakamura Sensei's teachings.
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
Orison Swett Marden
Nakamura Tempu was the creator of Japanese yoga, and as a young man he was inspired by the positive thinking advocated by Marden's writings. To learn more, pick up a copy of Japanese Yoga at http://senninfoundation.com/davey_yoga.html.
The Sennin Foundation Center for Japanese Cultural Arts in Albany, California is offering a combined healing arts program featuring Japanese yoga (Shin-shin-toitsu-do) and a method of bodywork called yuki. Class times are Monday from 7:00 to 8:30 PM, Tuesday and Thursday from 7:00 to 8:00 PM, and Saturday from 8:45 to 9:45 AM.
This program has been ongoing since 1981, and it is affiliated with the Sennin Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization (#94-3239602). Classes take place in small groups, with personalized instruction offered by H. E. Davey and his staff of certified teachers. Students learn Shin-shin-toitsu-do, a form of yoga and health improvement founded by Nakamura Tempu Sensei in the early 1900s. Since then over one million people, largely in Japan, have studied this art’s unique versions of seated meditation, moving meditation, breathing exercises, healing arts, and autosuggestion methods for positively changing the subconscious mind.
Students also study yuki, a method of transferring ki (“life energy”) from the therapist to the patient by applying pressure using the thumbs, fingertips, and palms. This healing art is an extension of the mind and body unification principles taught in the Japanese yoga program, and it has proven useful for treating a variety of injuries and ailments.
H. E. Davey’s classes emphasize Japanese yoga and healing arts as a way of realizing better health, concentration, willpower, confidence, and calmness. He is the author of numerous books about Japanese cultural arts, including Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation, Living the Japanese Arts & Ways: 45 Paths to Meditation & Beauty,and others.
The Sennin Foundation Center is located at 1053 San Pablo Ave. in Albany. Visits are by appointment. For more information call 510-526-7518 (evenings). The Sennin Foundation Center can be reached on the Internet at www.senninfoundation.com.
