Zen and Zen Shiatsu Training

THE STORY OF ZEN

Zen began in India as a Buddhist discipline and was brought to China by a sage called Bodhidharma.  Zen came to Japan around the end of the 1100s and quickly evolved beyond the belief system of Buddhism, to influence the way of thinking, their behavior and aesthetics.  Zen gave expression to many forms of cultural life.  Genyu Sokyu, Zen monk and author, says Zen is "Strict yet easygoing".  Two seemingly contradictory approaches.  What springs to your mind when you hear the word, “Zen”?  Actually, Zen is dynamic and free.

Zen developed in China in two discreet sects before coming to Japan.  The Northern School (Hokushuzen) spoke of doctrine and asceticism and the southern school (Nanshuzen)stressed a relaxed approach to oneself over doctrine.  At first, the southern approach was initially accepted and then the northern approach was incorporated over time.

Diversity

In lies the acceptance of two ways, “Ryoko”.  The concept originally developed in Chinese Taoist classic, “Zhuangzi”.  It suggests instead of looking at life in absolute terms; it is more effective to consider its opposite; placing one in relation to the other.  This way of thinking became very popular.

Shinto

Long before, Buddhism’s arrival, the Japanese believed in life in all things animate and inanimate and honored it with various rituals.  Chanting, sound vibration and water purification were just some of the preparation on our paths of development.

The Japanese openness towards diverse values prepared the way for acceptance of Zen’s both sides.

Belief in our Inner Nature

The answer lies in Zen’s belief that every human being is endowed with an original nature at birth that is self-contained.  It does not require the pursuit of something extraneous.  And since humans are born with an innate Buddhahood (the potential to become a Buddha or an Awakened One).  Instead, one was directed to look inside themselves.  However, our true nature is wrapped inside an ego.  It is our Mind that is trapped inside an illusion that the ego has created by knowledge and experience.  To uncover our inner nature; one must work at transforming your mind and unwrap our true nature.

Chinese and Japanese Medicine

Buddhist Monks brought The Yellow Emperor’s Guide to Internal Medicine

The Yellow Emperor’s guide treated organ energy channels which today we call acupuncture or acupressure lines.  There are five distinct regional areas in China.  Each geographic area was treated differently to be effective.

Acupressure was highly effective for regions in Japan and they adopted this practice.  Chinese Acupressure then evolved into Japanese Shiatsu (Shi=finger, Atsu=pressure).  Then in 1972; Shizuto Masanuga added Zen to Shiatsu.  There is acupressure line stretching whilst applying deep pressure on the acupressure points.  This activates a deep internal nervous system within us.  Complete homeostasis is accomplished while flushing these lines of congestion and tension.  In other words, a complete body reset. 

 Zen Shiatsu is gentle and effective, not painful like Chinese acupressure can be.  Zen Shiatsu is preventative medicine at its best.  The Japanese received Shiatsu once a month to effectively prevent illness. 

EPILEPSY

Epilepsy is so misunderstood.   There are so many Canadian people that are put on  pharmaceutical drugs as the only alternative.

We as Canadians need to be informed… just how our bodies work. 

The Epilepsy NEUTRALIZER is:   Acupressure points behind the big Toe nails….3 points, exactly….If you see a friend or client that is going into an epileptic seizure….ask permision to immediately put  your thumb or fingers behind the Toe Nail and PUSH down with deep PRESSURE.  Get the friend to breathe….continue deep breathing and pressure until they are feeling better
Simple explanation is too much pressure and fluids in the head.  Deeply pressing foot acupressure points draws the excess pressure and fluids into the body.

Signs of epilepsy are:

The friend starts to stiffen; sweating on the face and skin. 

These people are far out on the health spectrum.  To remedy this…They should immediately stop all fluids …except for sips of warm water.  With children and adults, immediately stop feeding them pop, sugar and all fruit juices. 

According to Oriental Medicine; if you have developed Epilepsy, you have fluid pressure on the brain and central nervous system.  By pressing the 3 points, behind the toe nail …you are drawing the excess fluid pressure away from the brain and Central Nervous system.  Everyone is always shocked when they see how easy and effective this is.  Within 30 seconds; your friend is okay…and unstiffens and stops sweating.  NO SEIZURE EVENTUATES.

Feed the friends and children, sips of warm tea and soup…no cold fluids or foods.  Study the Macrobiotic food and lifestyle regime….www.macrobiotics.org    and you will always be rewarded with the restoration of amazing health and energy.  If this person has also developed diabetes; macrobiotic nutrition is even more critical.

FREEDOM THROUGH MEDICINAL FOODS…EATING THE FOODS; WE ARE DESIGNED TO EAT.

ARTHRITIS, KIDNEY FUNCTION AND SALT BATHS

George Oshawa, the grandfather of Macrobiotic suggests the Number 7 Food regime to relieve arthritis.  To change the condition will take your body the time it needs to release all toxicity in the kidney/blood systems.  By changing your foods to the ‘easiest’ to digest and the ‘highest’ in nutritional value for all organs; you will completely cure yourself in six months.

If hip or knees are consideration and you have cartilage challenges…just know cartilage grows and becomes bone every day.  (teeth, different)  In other words, bone is the final development of cartilage. 

Look for dislocation of hip bone or pinched nerves in the spine affecting the endocrine system which passes through the spine.  The resulting disturbance of hormone function may be caused by weakened kidneys that start to malfunction.

WEAK KIDNEYS CANNOT KEEP CALCIUM in the blood which is needed for bone formation.  Then, degenerative arthritis develops.

Weak kidneys cannot maintain blood alkalinity; causing the blood and other body fluids to become acidic.  If the body fluids become acidic, available calcium is used from your bones and teeth to neutralize acidity and calcium will be lost from bone and cartilage.

Dietary suggestions

Staple foods

50%                whole grains

20-30%          vegetables (avoid potato, eggplant, tomato)

5-10%             sea vegetables (these contain calcium and magnesium-

                        Strong bones)

5%                  raw vegetables (optional)

1-2 cups         Miso soup every day-good blood formation

2-3 pcs           pickles (rice bran pickles-best)

2-3                  times/month beans

1-2 tsp            sesame/olive oil/day

Foods to Avoid

Sugar, sugary foods, cakes, sweetened drinks, alcoholic drinks, drugs, pain killers, high protein foods including tofu, cheese, eggs, high fat foods such as butter, coffee and spices. 

STRENGTHENING THE KIDNEYS

Strengthening the kidneys is the first step to strengthening bones and bone cartilage.

1. Yuen method-major detox triad, strengthening……..
2. Drinks as little as possible so that you urinate 3-4 times maximum per day.  If you urinate more often than that you are drinking too much unless detoxing.
3. Apply a hot ginger compress over the kidneys 2-3 times/week.
4. Massage your spine from neck to hip bone with a ginger juice/sesame oil mixture (1 tsp ginger juice with 1 tsp sesame oil)
5. Dry far infra red sauna to sweat.  If cannot do sauna, do sea salt baths.
6. Take a salt bath every other day.  To make salt bath:  Add 2 lbs of coarse salt to 24 gallons of warm-hot water and stay in 20-30 minutes.

What I have discovered from clients over the years:

1. Clients are afraid of salt….delete all misinformation again around salt.

Dr. William Conners of the Oregon Health Sciences University showed that salt in the diet actually reduces high blood pressure.  He was able to show that those that did not have salt in their diet; their blood pressure was not reduced.

2. Salt deficiencies look like:

insomnia, kidney pain, fatigue, chronic low-grade infections, lack of digestive juices in the stomach or allergy symptoms.

3. If one of my clients has eaten meat or salty foods for a long time; they

May also develop kidney weakness.  Medications create kidney weakness.

What is the function of kidneys in the body?

The body produces waste substances as carbohydrates, protein and fats are metabolized.  Every second 280,000 cells die which also produces waste products.  If these waste substances stay in the body they will make the body fluids acidic causing nerves malfunction and vital organ malfunction.

The composition of blood must always remain constant.  Blood volume must also remain constant.  If blood volume is too high, heart failure might result.  Just know that our blood is used over and over again.  Some blood is eliminated and replaced but not much.  The blood has to be purified and kept constant in composition and volume.  Body function can’t be suspended even for one minute for the blood to be cleansed.  All repairs and adjustments to the blood must be made while the engine is still running.

Blood enters the kidneys and passes through many ducts and tubes and circulates around tissues and membranes that are capable of reabsorbing or passing dissolved solids, water, minerals and glucose.  In adults, 125 milliliters (1/8 quart) of liquid per minute is filtered through the kidneys, about 180 liters or 45 gallons a day which 178 liters or 44.5 gallons must be reabsorbed.

Weak kidneys means that the membranes in the kidneys have become weak and can’t do the job reabsorbing essential substances such as minerals.  So, too much of these essential substances are lost.  These membranes become weak from being overworked by too much fluid to process or too many waste products to eliminate.

Another function of the kidneys related to reabsorbing minerals is maintaining an alkaline condition in the blood.  Calcium, magnesium, potassium and most importantly, sodium have to be reabsorbed by the kidneys to maintain an alkaline condition in the blood.  If the kidneys are weak, these minerals are lost in the urine.

The Health Benefits of Fresh Ginger Root

In Chinese medicine, fresh ginger root is a catalyst or stimulant for our body’s circulation system and blood.  It is used to activate medicines in the roots and foods.  It is delicious in small finely grated form as a topping on salads and foods and will increase your warmth in the cold seasons.

The elder generation use ginger root by soaking their hands and feet in hot water with ginger to stimulate circulation. This helps with treating arthritic conditions.

1.        Aids in digestion                *Perhaps the best root for digestion

2.       .Alleviates High Blood Pressure

**improves and stimulates circulation and relaxes the muscles surrounding the blood vessels, facilitating the flow of blood throughout the body.

**Pregnant Women—ginger treats nausea and Morning sickness.  Ginger root is world re-known for treating sickness. Ginger relaxes the stomach and relieves the feeling of nausea.  Remember, the abdominal area is our second brain.  It is comprised of 20 million neurons behind the stomach.

3.       Lower LDL Cholesterol* reduces (bad) cholesterol, reducing the risk of heart dysfunction.

4.       Helps treat ulcers

5.       Anti-inflammatory

6.        Helps arthritis

7.        Colds, Flu
8.        Immunity Boosting.

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Sugar Blues-The sweetest poison of all.

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Behavioral Barometer-Depression and Mental Illness

Behavioral Barometer

1.        This is the instructions for the tool I spoke about for easily eliminating the negative emotional experiences you have had.  Please google behavioral barometer; it will come up.  The Color images are too small for copying but will come up for you and you can enlarge the size.  Hold in your mind, this question: “What is the priority negative experiences that needs to be cleared?”

2.        Ask your Higher Self (Divine Intuition) or God for guidance or muscle test or use a pendulum to determine what your negative emotions are. Just sit with the colored chart (Behavioral Barometer) in front of you. Take  3 deep breathes into the belly to relax and clear yourself.  When you open your eyes and you will go right to the negative  belief program that needs to go.  Trust, it always works.

  Remember, the first color you see is the section you are working within.
Once, you find the right section, notice there are 8 items. 
Let a number from 1-8 pop into your mind. You read the barometer words, left (1) to right (2), down one line- left (3) to right (4)etc.

Once you find the right negative emotion to clear:

4.       Hold your head on your center line.  Place your entire palm across your forehead and the other hand on the back of your head.  Chin level.  Slowly circle your eyes in a 360 finding the eye direction which strains the eye muscles or vision blurs or goes dark.

5.       Then say for 1-3 minutes; I FEEL------------------------, BIG BREATHE, I FEEL-------------.

6.       Take some water.

7.       Same eye direction…..Hold the eye and head direction and say the OPPOSITE WORD (on the left hand side of the Barometer)      I AM--------------for 1-3 minutes.

8.       Big breathes between each I AM statement.

Please note that usually people feel light headed during this process; have no fear…you are creating new neural synapses pathways and getting out of the old ruts and connections.  Water is needed to facilitate this change as the neurotransmitters move of the medium of water.  As you know, we are at least 73% water.  A fantastic medium.  Have fun!   This process will always bring you back to peace and strength.

NEI CHING The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine

China's oldest medical text.  The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine estimated that the work was written between the 3rd & 2nd centuries B. C.  Although the Yellow Emperor lived about 2700 B.C. 

"The Neijing is one of the most important classics of Taoism. First, it gives a holistic picture of human life. It does not separate external changes - geographic, climatic, and seasonal, for instance - from internal changes such as emotions and our responses to them. It tells how our way of life and our environment affect our health. Without going into detail, the book articulates a treasure of ancient knowledge concerning the natural way to health, implying that all phenomena of the world stimulate, tonify, subdue, or depress one’s natural life force."
READ MORE: http://www.five-element.com/graphics/neijing.pdf

Short Grain Brown Rice Fast --You Are All Sanpaku PDF

This is the Brown Rice fast and detoxification information.

Arthritis, Kidney Function, and Salt Baths

By:  Herman Aihara Introduction by Bob Ligon

Herman Aihara developed the theory of acid and alkaline in response to a question that he had about George Ohsawa’s thoughts on acid and alkaline. Basing his thinking on the elements present in foods such as sodium, calcium, phosphorus, and sulfur, Ohsawa designated acid foods as yin and alkaline foods as yang. Herman investigated this idea and distinguished the meaning of acid, acid foods, and acid-forming foods, and alkaline, alkaline foods, and alkalineforming foods. The acid- or alkalineforming quality of a food is the new effect (either acid or alkaline) of a food after it has been digested and assimilated. Herman agreed with Ohsawa that acid and acid foods are yin, and alkaline and alkaline foods are yang. However, Herman discovered that acid-forming foods could also be either yin or yang (see Acid and Alkaline, Herman Aihara, G.O.M.F., 1986 for more details). Many of the most common foods, both yin and yang, in the American and European diet, i.e., meat, eggs (both yang foods), dairy, sweets, and all drugs (yin foods or substances), are considered acid forming. These foods, according to acid/alkaline theory, are taxing and eventually weakening to the kidneys. The prevalence of these foods, along with other factors, contributes to a condition of weak kidneys. Such has been Herman’s observation from many years of consultation experience. The following is a letter Herman received from a woman with a deteriorating bone condition. Herman offers his opinion on how to approach this condition, including specific suggestions on how to strengthen the kidneys. And addressing a frequently asked question about one of those suggestions, Herman explains why he recommends salt baths    

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