How to Do Shiatsu Foot Massages

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"RICHARD NEIL: So I'm starting to work on Sarah's feet here and working on the soles. There are pressure points here that relate to all the organs in the body. A key one in the center is the kidney. So, I'm pressing down with my thumb. How does that feel? SARAH: Okay. RICHARD NEIL: Okay? SARAH: Yeah. RICHARD NEIL: Or too much? SARAH: Not too much at all. RICHARD NEIL: Okay. Do you want more pressure? SARAH: I think we can. RICHARD NEIL: Okay. It's good to keep that communication going. Some people are just--don't want to tell you if they're in pain, but it's good to get that information. So now I'm stroking here at the bottom and now moving to the outside which is actually the liver area here. This is a pressure point over here, the Tsubo. Tsubo is another name, a Japanese name for trigger points. The ankle tsubo stretching it out a little bit, pulling it away from the rest of the leg. I can spend a lot of time on people's feet. It tends to be a very sensitive area. People tend to grip if they're feeling unstable in certain parts of their lives. They tend to grip and hold a lot of tension in their feet. And it can affect the way we're holding the rest of our bodies, our postures and obviously the way we walk, the way we stand. We have to keep a very healthy relationship with our feet. Okay. When we return, I think we'll start work on the shoulders."