Chinese medicine has been around for thousands of years; Thai, Tibetan, Indonesian and Japanese peoples developed and use other medicinal methods and a few others have nearly as long a history. What do they have in common? They all incorporate undefined, invisible to the naked eye and modern medical imaging, energy lines that are dubbed meridians.
Science accepts most things only after rigorous proof and these seem to prove a little elusive (though there are many interesting pieces of work that have been done) Yet thousands of years is a long time. So could there be something in them? And what are the benefits to including them in other approaches to health?
Well, as a trained shiatsu practitioner I certainly think there is something to them. And this 'thing' can be equally as undefined. Working with them can generate physical changes, emotional release and psychological transformation. Or perhaps it is better to say that energetic changes can affect us physically, emotionally and psychologically. Whichever way round, if we hit on a good 'point' then change can happen.