The Touch of Healing: Energising the Body, Mind, and Spirit with Jin Shin Jyutsu

The Touch of Healing offers readers the means to greater health, vitality, and self-understanding through the practice of an ancient oriental healing art and practical holistic philosophy called Jin Shin Jyutsu. Gentle touching similar to acupressure is used to release tension that accumulates and is at the root of dysfunction, disease, and imbalance. The authors explain the natural life force that runs through the body and demonstrate with case studies, detailed analysis, and more than 30 illustrations how to integrate this system into one’s life. The key healing points and body flows, known as "Safety Energy Locks," are presented with step-by-step instructions on how to utilize them for healing and greater self-awareness. Many self-help practices are also offered that address a wide array of common ailments, including headaches, digestive disorders, fatigue, depression, and arthritis, along with prescriptive exercises for relief of emotional ailments such as loss of confidence, anxiety, and depression.

About the authors: Tom Monte, a bestselling health writer, is the author of Staying Young; World Medicine: Your East West Guide to Healing the Body; Recalled by Life: The Story of My Recovery from Cancer; and other books about health. His work appears in many of the nation’s leading magazines and newspapers. Natural Health magazine is the leading magazine on alternative health care, herbology, bodywork, personal growth, and natural foods.

Alice Burmeister attended her first Jin Shin Jyutsu seminar taught by Mary Burmeister in 1982. After studying with Mary for several years, she became a practitioner and has continued her involvement with the art ever since.