What is Amatsu?
"The human being is the only creature that needs to be taught to move naturally." Dr Masaaki Hatsumi
Amatsu is a modern adaptation of a soft tissue therapy that has been used for thousands of years in Japan. It is based on ancient principles of natural movement and can be used to help many musculo-skeletal and lifestyle related conditions, as well as supporting the restoration of general health and well being. Using unique soft tissue pressure and mobilisation techniques to treat your whole body, not just the symptoms, it also addresses the effects of life’s daily stresses on you.
Unlike many other therapies, it is a whole body treatment that works with the body's soft tissue (eg muscles, tendons, fascia, ligaments and organs) to help to re-balance other key mechanical and energetic structures (eg the spine, bones, joints, cranium and meridian circuits).
It is not just physical injury that can cause problems. Amatsu is based on the idea of the Godai (Big Five) - five areas that interact and influence the way your body responds to life:-
- environmental - where, when and how you do what you do
- physical - your body's structure; bones, muscles, ligaments, organs
- emotional - your thought processes, emotions, beliefs, values
- chemical - your hormones, digestive system, the food you eat
- electrical - your nervous system and energy systems
When these are in balance, you are healthy. A loss of balance in any one area will result in change in the others. For a more detailed description see the ATA site.
All too often life's stresses mean that your body has to accommodate various and diverse traumas. Luckily the body is amazing in its ability to keep us going. It will always strive to allow us to live and keep going each day. However, each time we encounter a problem, it takes on a pattern of coping until it can no longer adapt and has no more space in which to go.
Amatsu is a catalyst for the body's innate and profound ability to maintain health itself. Don't forget that it is your body, you know it best and it knows what is needed in order to repair. Amatsu facilitates this and helps to connect the mind/body link that allows you to do this.
If you have any questions, please contact me.