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Seed Shiatsu

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 415 619 807

Address: West Preston 3072 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://seedshiatsu.com.au

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25.01.2022 Hello everyone - just letting you know that, due to smashing my mobile in Sydney last week, I have been uncontactable since last Wednesday. And now it looks as if that will be continuing until Saturday! My apologies to anyone who has been trying to get through to me - hopefully you will hear from me on Saturday!

23.01.2022 Yup, it certainly is autumn now. Blustery winds, leaves falling from the trees, coats and scarves. Autumn is the season that is associated with Lung energy, and it can adversely affect Lung Qi. So you may also be experiencing a dry intermittent cough, dry skin or low energy levels. Pears have a natural affinity with the Lungs - they cool and moisten the lungs and throat, and dryness in general, including the skin. This is the time of year that I bring out this pear recipe. It... has some extra ingredients that really support the Lung energy. Firstly I have included goji berries or gou qi zi. These little berries support and moisten the lungs, and the body in general. Secondly, chinese red dates (da zao) nourish the digestive energy and calm the spirit, and finally, a dash of raw honey to moisten the throat and treat a dry cough. Have a small bowl each day until you feel your dryness symptoms improve. If you have a tendency for diarrhoea, please limit the amount you eat - pears and gou qi zi can be a bit too cooling for your tum. STEWED PEARS with GOU QI ZI and DA ZAO. 6 pears, peeled and chopped 1 flat teaspoon goji berries (gou qi zi) 10 chinese red dates (da zao), chopped into small pieces (both the goji and the dates can be purchased from your local chinese grocer) 1 tablespoon raw honey splash of water Place chopped pears, water, goji berries and chinese red dates in a saucepan. Cook on a low-ish simmer until the pears are soft but still have shape. While the pears are still warm stir through the raw honey. Enjoy!

21.01.2022 Helpful Hints for Winter Winter is the season when Kidney deficiency signs will often be at their strongest. Symptoms such as - cold hands and feet, aching lower back, pain in the heels or soles of the feet, insomnia (waking in the early hours), fatigue, poor memory, a vague sense of underlying fear or anxiety. Of course the best way to manage these symptoms is to receive shiatsu treatments and/or Chinese herbs to build Kidney function. But you can also support yourself by...: - Keeping your lower back warm by wrapping a scarf around your waist. - Avoid sitting and walking directly on cold hard floors cover the feet and cushion the seat. The Kidneys are located in the lower back and the Kidney Channel covers the soles of the feet. Exposing these areas to the cold can damage the Kidney Yang and Qi, causing low back pain and sore feet. - Getting to bed by 10pm - this is the optimal time for the body to begin the regeneration process. - Minimise sugar consumption. Now Im the first person to acknowledge that I cant live without a little sweetness in my life, but you can have too much of a good thing. Sugar in excess (and especially highly processed sugars) lowers immunity and depletes Kidney energy. - Eat warming foods. Especially bone broths such as beef or chicken, or walnut and ginger congee for vegetarians.They nourish you to your very core See more

19.01.2022 A little reminder...

19.01.2022 Life isn't easy for your average garden variety Luddite/technophobe. Really. Let me tell you about it. On and off for the past six months I have been faffing around, feeling overwhelmed and doing a fair bit of hair pulling (my own, just to be clear), trying to get the new version of my website 'live'. And here we finally are...I did it!! If you want to see what kind of website a Luddite/technophobe could possibly produce, please feel free to click through to seedshiatsu.com.au. While you are doing that, I think I'll just head off and take some Xiao Yao San, followed by a cup of oatstraw infusion and a needle in Yin Tang - the shiatsu practitioner's version of a Bex and a good lie down. Love and blessings to you all. https://www.seedshiatsu.com.au/

17.01.2022 Oh my goddess...it has crept up so quickly! If you are looking for a last minute pressie that is sustainable, healthy for the environment (and you) and supports a small local trader, then consider a Seed Shiatsu gift voucher. It is the perfect post silly season pick-me-up for a loved one, or even yourself. Contact me on 0415 619 807. And have a joyful celebration season, however you choose to celebrate.

17.01.2022 There are so many alternatives to synthetic medicine - antibiotics should only be used in extreme circumstances.

17.01.2022 I found this Qi Gong exercise on fb today - a perfect remedy for this challenging weather...

16.01.2022 The healing process is full of ups and downs. #mineralbalancing #HTMA #wholefoodnutrition #naturalhealth #holistichealth #selfcare #healing #health #wellness #positivemindset #guthealing #weightloss #positivemindset #loveyourself #chronicillness #naturalhealing

16.01.2022 Just seeing this little yogi on a bodhi tree leaf, makes me want to do sun salutations...

15.01.2022 I have so many office workers with tight neck and shoulders coming for shiatsu! We all have areas where we naturally hold tension - neck and shoulders being one of the main offenders. This self-shiatsu sequence is a perfect way to ease some of your discomfort until your next shiatsu treatment.

15.01.2022 The menopausal years are a powerful time of physical change and internal awakening. If you have a spare 50 minutes or so, this podcast offers incredible insight and empowering thoughts on this natural part of our life cycle. https://alittlepeaceofmind.co.uk//episode-22-anxiety-and-/

15.01.2022 Please consider signing this petition and show your support for shiatsu and shiatsu practitioners. Thank you.

14.01.2022 Such a powerful and simple message.

13.01.2022 In the Chinese medical tradition, there are five seasons that affect our external and internal lives - autumn, winter, spring, summer and late summer. In Australia, and in particular for us in Melbourne, the peoples of the Kulin Nation have seven seasons - and we are now in Guling Orchid Season (August). Cold weather is coming to an end. Guling (orchids) are flowering. Ae-noke (caterpillars) of Common Brown butterfly feed on grasses at night. Muyan (Silver Wattles) are flow...ering. Bulen-bulen (Superb Lyrebird) males perform the last of their courtship displays. The star Arcturus is seen on the northwestern horizon soon after sunset. Gurrborra (Koalas) begin mating. Males bellow at night. Our bodies reflect the seasons; we are now making the first tentative steps leading us out of the deep yin of winter towards the yang energy of spring...however, we still have some cold days to come before spring completely embraces us. So stay warm, have some soup and enjoy Guling Orchid season. See more

12.01.2022 So, things move quickly at the moment. A few days ago, I was still officially able to treat, as shiatsu is considered health related massage. But as of Wednesday, STAA (Shiatsu Therapy Association of Australia) has advised shiatsu practitioners to cease treating - for their clients safety and their own. So here I am, officially ceasing my clinic for the first time since my daughter was born, 16 years ago. It feels so strange - but these are strange times. I just want you to ...know that your wellbeing is paramount to me - so even though I wont be able to see you physically, I will be posting information on Facebook, instagram and by email that will help you to nourish and support yourself through these challenging weeks, and potentially, months. I have used the last couple of days without clients as an opportunity to give the clinic room a rejuvenating fresh coat of paint, so I will be ready to start treating with renewed energy once these restrictions are lifted. So take care of yourselves, stay well and keep an eye out for my future posts. This too will pass.

11.01.2022 PERIMENOPAUSE & WELLBEING WEBINAR Every woman who menstruates will experience menopause, but it is an experience that that is not often discussed. As a shiatsu and Traditional East Asian Medicine practitioner, working in the field of women's health for 21 years, I have treated many women who wish they had been more prepared as they began their journey through the menopausal years.... In this webinar we will discuss options available to women as they approach, navigate and enter menopause. We will cover the three stages of menopause, how hormonal fluctuations affect wellbeing, and approaches to navigating and managing the trickier patches with supplementation, herbs, nutrition and treatments. As we are multi-dimensional beings, we will also explore how our body, mind and spirit are impacted and enhanced by this inevitable stage of a woman’s life, and the significance of menopause as one of the many gateways that punctuate our lives. The webinar is on Thursday 1 October 2020 at 7:30 PM. It will be a half hour presentation followed by a half hour Q&A session. Tickets are $15 and bookings are through TryBooking. https://www.trybooking.com/BLTBQ Much love, Jennifer.

10.01.2022 The purpose of the Shiatsu treatment is to re-balance energy along these channels and to promote self-healing. Shiatsu is Japanese for finger pressure, but th...e practitioner may also use thumbs, palms, elbows, knees and feet during a treatment. Touch is the essence of Shiatsu. Through the medium of touch the experienced Shiatsu practitioner is able to activate innate self-healing mechanisms within the patient, resulting in a heightened sense of well-being in body, mind and spirit. See more

09.01.2022 This is a beautiful practice to calm the Shen and nourish the Dan Tien (Tanden). It will not only help you sleep, but help to reduce anxiety.

09.01.2022 Come along to the official opening of Silk Tree Chinese Medicine - the new clinic I will be treating from on Wednesdays. There will be lots of interesting demonstrations (shiatsu, moxa, gua sha, cupping, meditation, yoga, winter wellness tips, chinese medicine) and yummy food. Holistic therapies are now in Rez!

08.01.2022 Nourish your mind, body and heart...and if youre lucky, you may end up with a Welsh accent!

06.01.2022 Nearing the end of winter we may feel contracted and tight in our body and mind. Our qi can become blocked and stagnant. The best way to free ourselves up is to move. Movement creates yang - the heat and energy of the body. To keep the yang energy flowing, do some gentle exercise such as walking, yoga or qi gong. Gentle exercise stimulates warmth and the smooth flow of qi - conserving your energy after the onslaught of winter. Try some simple meridian stretches, starting with the Kidney and Bladder meridians (which need the most support in winter) and start to reap the benefits... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDmBV8FNIqw

05.01.2022 Ive just completed a year long post graduate course in Japanese Meridian Therapy, and Im so excited to bring these incredible techniques into my clinic. Feel free to come and try them out!

05.01.2022 In these uncertain times, I just wanted to give you some clarity about how Seed Shiatsu is responding to COVID-19 As of today, my clinic door has been and will be open to help you through this. Of course, if you are experiencing a cough, sore throat, respiratory or flu-like symptoms or fever, then it is important for you to contact your local GP, hospital or the National Caronavirus Helpline (1800 020 080). Running a clinic always requires vigilance towards hygiene, but I hav...e instituted further measures in the clinic for your health and safety to counteract any possibility of transmission. The best way to prepare for the period ahead is to support and boost your natural immunity. Some simple ideas are: gentle exercise - walking, yoga, qi gong...dancing! optimal nutrition - wholefoods, well cooked and delicious. No cold or raw foods. No junk food, and limited sugar! sufficient sleep - to bed earlier if possible. social (but not emotional!) distancing. and finally, shiatsu and East Asian Medicine can bolster your immune system, calm anxiety and support your constitution. Its something we all need when we are faced with such unsettling circumstances. I will be posting more information in the coming days and weeks, so please connect in with that. As a community we can help and take care of each other.

04.01.2022 With the covid-19 restrictions easing, Im now able to resume practising shiatsu (just Thursdays at the moment until early July) from my home clinic in West Preston. For your safety, you can be assured that I have stringent hygiene protocols in place. I feel so happy and excited to be back in practice - to celebrate I am offering $20 off treatments until 2nd July - so, $70 full and $50 concession card. ... I am looking forward to getting back to helping you all maintain your health & wellbeing.

04.01.2022 Winter Solstice is at 8.07pm tonight... At the still point, the longest night, take a moment to breathe out all that you no longer need, and breathe in the light and transforming energy of the cosmos. Winter Solstice is a wonderful opportunity to burn away old patterns in order to become more whole. Whole, holy and heal originate from the same root word, hale. When we are hale we are robust, renewed, invigorated, fully alive. We open our hearts and minds to our fullest potential and our connectedness to all beings. Winter Solstice blessings to you all.

03.01.2022 Just a reminder...

03.01.2022 An Evidence-Based Approach To Orthodox Medicine The evidence-based movement in medicine is something that has arisen to protect the gullible public from the sup...erstitious quackery of charlatans like me that espouse diet, herbs, lifestyle and meditation right? Surely the upstanding GPs at your local family practice are only following medical protocols that have solid evidence behind them. Right?! The British Medical Journal recently undertook a general analysis of common medical treatments to determine which are supported by sufficient reliable evidence. They evaluated around 2,500 treatments, and the results were as follows: 13 percent were found to be beneficial 23 percent were likely to be beneficial Eight percent were as likely to be harmful as beneficial Six percent were unlikely to be beneficial Four percent were likely to be harmful or ineffective. This left the largest category, 46 percent, as unknown in their effectiveness. In other words, when you take your sick child to the hospital or clinic, there is only a 36 percent chance that he will receive a treatment that has been scientifically demonstrated to be either beneficial or likely to be beneficial. The number of definitely effective orthodox treatments being a paltry 13%. This is remarkably similar to the results Dr. Brian Berman found in his analysis of completed Cochrane reviews of conventional medical practices. There, 38 percent of treatments were positive and 62 percent were negative or showed "no evidence of effect." The paper concluded thus: The number of reviews indicating that the modern biomedical interventions show either no effect or insufficient evidence is surprisingly high. Intterrater disagreements suggest a surprising degree of subjective interpretation involved in systematic reviews These results have caused advocates of alternative approaches to primary health care such as Dana Ullman to comment with undisguised vitriol: "Quackery is commonly defined as the use of unproven treatments by individuals or companies who claim fantastic results and who charge large sums of money. Although modern physicians may point their collective finger at various "alternative" or "natural" treatment modalities as examples of quackery, it is conventional medical treatments today that are out-of-this-world expensive, and despite real questionable efficacy of their treatments, doctors give patients the guise of science." Personally I dont think that such research should be used as ammunition in the ongoing polarisation of orthodox vs alternative to beat GPs over the head. Hopefully this simply highlights what a messy business medicine is and that certitude is an illusive goal when humans are involved. REFERENCES: Cochrane Database Review of Orthodox Medicine: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract British Medical Journal Review: BMJ, 2007. http://clinicalevidence.bmj.com/ceweb/about/index.jsp;

02.01.2022 As a practitioner with over 18 years experience, I have seen first-hand the positive impact of shiatsu on peoples physical and emotional experience. This single-blind randomized controlled study is purely related to depression and Alzheimers disease, but is also a clear indicator to the power of shiatsu.

02.01.2022 I have been seeing a lot of clients with hayfever lately - springtime stirs up all that latent heat and dampness. Apart from receiving treatment, we can also support ourselves by making a simple tisane at home. One of the key ingredients is Ju Hua, or chrysanthemum flowers, which helps to clear heat in the eyes and nose - excellent for all that sneezing and those dry, itchy eyes. Chrysanthemum flowers can be bought at most Asian grocers - they are a common home remedy. For this tisane, put about a tablespoon of Ju Hua, a teaspoon each of peppermint and goji berries, and 1/4 teaspoon of licorice root in a teapot, and pour over about 2 cups of boiling water. Allow to steep for 5 minutes. As with most things, moderation is key, so dont drink more than 2 cups a day. Now you can enjoy all that spring has to offer - without the sneezing!

02.01.2022 One treatment wont help a long term problem...healing is a process, and that takes time

01.01.2022 Its been interesting to listen to the commands of mainstream media telling us the only thing we can do at the moment to protect ourselves, the ones we love and our community from covid-19 is to stay home, and if we do have to go out, wash our hands. I absolutely agree, staying home and washing your hands certainly does limit the spread of infection, but the factor that I think has been missing in the information is - how do we support our body to do what it was designed to d...o? How do we support our immune system to be strong enough to go into battle to protect us? Autumn/winter is also cold and flu season, so along with spectre of covid-19, this is an important time to focus in on deeply nourishing ourselves. I was recently given an amazing recipe for a tonic that I have called Zinger. It is full of foods that are anti-bacterial and, pertinent to these times, anti-viral. Zinger contains fresh garlic, fresh turmeric, fresh ginger and apple cider vinegar. These foods have traditionally been used to nourish our immune systems and help us fight infection and inflammation, and current research confirms their anti-viral capacities. Added to these marvels are whole lemons high in vitamin C and antioxidants, and raw honey which is antibacterial and antioxidant. My family and I have been having a large shot glass every day, and not only is it boosting our immune systems, weve noticed that it lifts our energy and our mood. It is a very simple recipe, so please try it and help your body to help itself. ZINGER 2 litres filtered water 5-6 lemons, not chopped, whole preferably organic, or the outside washed if not 1 bulb of garlic, cloves peeled and chopped 60g of fresh ginger, peeled and grated 60g of fresh turmeric, peeled and grated Place all the ingredients in a pot, bring to a boil and turn down to the very lowest simmer (use a flame disperser if you have one) for a few hours. Allow to cool, mash up the lemons, and then blend. Then add cup of Apple Cider Vinegar and raw honey to taste (I put in about 1/3 cup or so) and then blend again. Put into glass bottles (I use old passata and fruit juice bottles) and store in the fridge. Have a decent shot (around 1/3 cup) every morning. ENJOY!! See more

01.01.2022 Spring is here! Time to modify our eating so we can assist the organs systems that correspond to the Wood element and spring (the Liver and Gallbladder) to do their jobs. For spring eating, its best to eat foods that get the Qi up and moving and help support digestive energy. Also, be mindful of avoiding overly rich, greasy food that puts stress on the liver. In general, foods that are good for spring are light, warm and sweet (not refined sugar sweet). In early spri...ng try cabbage, carrot, beetroot, lots of leafy green vegetables, lemons, shiitake mushrooms, whole grains, legumes and seeds. As the weather grows warmer include mint, asparagus, sprouts, peas, pine nuts and in late spring, cherries. As the season progresses eat less baked foods and more light soups, stir-fries, lightly cooked food and salads - lighten up your food to lighten up your mood. See more