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How it feels to have a stroke

In her amazing TED talk from 2008, Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroanatomist who trained at Harvard University, tells the powerful and emotional story of her stroke and what it felt like. As it happened — as she felt her brain … Continue reading

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Judith B. Andry’s ‘A Touching Good-Bye’

With Jin Shin Jyutsu becoming more widely known in the medical community at large, A Touching Good-Bye is filling a big gap, as much for the general public as for practitioners: how to help people in times of critical illness … Continue reading

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Video about Jin Shin Jyutsu at the UK Markey Cancer Center

As previously mentioned on this site, the Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentucky has been offering Jin Shin Jyutsu (JSJ) free to its patients. This has been made possible through a grant from the Lexington Cancer Foundation. In … Continue reading

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More Hospitals are embracing Massage Therapy

As massage therapy and Jin Shin Jyutsu are gaining more recognition in the medical field, an increasing number of hospitals are looking for qualified massage therapists as savvy health care consumers are requesting massage therapy to deal with certain health … Continue reading

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Study finds Jin Shin Jyutsu reduced heart rate significantly in stroke survivors

This study, conducted by Kristina McFadden and Theresa Hernandez of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado at Boulder, investigated the effects of Jin Shin Jyutsu on cardiovascular function in stroke survivors, a population that could … Continue reading

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Massage Reduces Stress, Anxiety, While At The Same Time Increasing Accuracy and Speed in Math Computations

Chair massage is particularly suited for corporate events, at your office, for employee wellness programs, and so forth. Contact me to schedule chair massage for your organization! This study utilized chair massage, thereby proving the point that getting regular massage … Continue reading

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New Study On How Massage Heals Sore Muscles

Massage therapy is commonly used during physical rehabilitation of skeletal muscle to ameliorate pain and promote recovery from injury. Although there is evidence that massage may relieve pain in injured muscle, how massage affects cellular function remains unknown. However, the … Continue reading

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Oregon’s Medicaid Experiment Represents A ‘Defining Moment’

Let’s put the “Health” back in Health Care! Oregon’s Governor John Kitzhaber, a Democrat and a former emergency room doctor, has convinced the federal government that he has a way to make Medicaid treatment better, and cheaper, by completely changing … Continue reading

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A beautiful quote by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

“Anything you do from the soulful self will help lighten the burdens of the world. Anything. You have no idea what the smallest word, the tiniest generosity can cause to be set in motion. Be outrageous in forgiving. Be dramatic … Continue reading

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Jin Shin Jyutsu shown effective in helping to treat traumatic brain injury

This results of this 2011 study by the University of Colorado Boulder, involving 38 study subjects, indicate a link between the Jin Shin Jyutsu treatments and enhanced cognitive function in study subjects with mild traumatic brain injury, or TBI. “We found … Continue reading

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