Jin Shin Do 5326120 217136099 2008-06-04T19:31:07Z 154.5.35.27 '''Jin Shin Do''' ("The Way of the Compassionate Spirit") is a therapeutic [[massage]] technique developed in the 1970s by Iona Marsaa Teeguarden derived from [[Jin Shin Jyutsu]].<ref name='dev'> {{cite web|url=http://www.jinshindo.org/development.htm |title=The Development of Jin Shin Do Bodymind Acupressure |accessdate=2008-04-07 |last=Teeguarden |first=Iona Marsaa |publisher=Jin Shin Do Foundation }}</ref> It combines elements of [[Japan]]ese [[acupressure]], [[Chinese medicine|Chinese]] [[acupuncture]], [[orgone]] of [[Wilhelm Reich]], [[Qigong]], principles of [[Milton H. Erickson|Ericksonian]] psychotherapy, and [[Taoist]] philosophy, but uses its own specialized terminology. The technique uses verbal guidance, light exercise, and fully-clothed massage. The major goal is to release chronic tension, referred to as "armoring", and to rebalance the flow of a [[putative energy]] lifeforce based on the traditional Chinese concept of [[qi]]. Neither qi nor the [[Channel (Chinese medicine)|meridians]] along which it is said to flow have any biophysical or histological basis. == References == <references/> == External links == * [http://www.jinshindo.org/ jinshindo.org] * [http://www.aobta.org American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia] * [http://www.hightouchjinshin.co.uk The UK Jin Shin network] [[Category:Alternative medicine]] [[Category:Massage]]