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Black-and-white thinking

April 27, 2025 by Lukas Rowland
Close-up black-and-white photo of the inner left wrist held horizontally. To the left of the joint is a tattoo of a yin yang; the black dot is a solar eclipse, and the white dot is a full moon.

It is easy to get pulled back into black-and-white thinking, but where do we go from there? Shiatsu is a modality made for balancing energy and opposites, yin and yang.

Categories concepts, shiatsu Tags balance, homeostasis, opposites, shiatsu, wuxing, yang, yin Leave a comment

Cutting the loop

February 16, 2025October 7, 2024 by Lukas Rowland
A desaturated view of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge from below, featuring metal girders and rivets at right angles and diagonals supporting the distant concrete structure above

How I get stuck in (and find ways to cut out of) Waiting Mode, and a brief introduction to Metal.

Categories five phases, metal, shiatsu Tags interoceptive awareness, metal, shiatsu, waiting mode, wuxing

Here comes summer

February 16, 2025June 24, 2024 by Lukas Rowland
A bonfire on a sandy beach sends sparks into a dark sky

Summer has arrived in full heatwave, a rough transition into the season of Fire.

Categories fire, five phases, shiatsu, wood Tags fire, shiatsu, wood, wuxing

Wood and anger

February 16, 2025March 17, 2024 by Lukas Rowland

Each phase of the Wuxing has its emotion, and Wood’s is anger. How do we express and relate to this feeling?

Categories five phases, promo code, shiatsu, wood Tags emotions, gallbladder meridian, liver meridian, shiatsu, wood, wuxing

Water to Wood

February 16, 2025March 9, 2024 by Lukas Rowland
Trees on either side of a body of water, with some reflected in its smooth surface. Above, a cloudy sky

As winter transitions to spring, we move from Water to Wood in the Wuxing

Categories five phases, shiatsu, water, wood Tags shiatsu, water, wood, wuxing

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