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.