Heal with Energy Work

Jin Shin Jyutsu is an ancient art of compassionate living that uses the body's innate wisdom to promote health, vitality, and self-healing. The art is practiced by placing the hands gently on specific areas of the body (over clothing) to balance and restore the body's energy flow.

 

This art of self-care was re-discovered by Master Jiro Murai in the early 20th century and later brought to American by his gifted student, Mary Burmeister. Jin Shin Jyutsu is now practiced by individuals worldwide who have found the way to a healthier destiny.

 

A young Master Murai, diagnosed with a terminal illness from a life too rich in food, drink, and pleasure went to a mountain dwelling to die, as customary at that time in Japan.  He spent his last days alone, still, and in surrender. With his last breaths, he held his hand in mudras (finger positions), sensing the energy flow in the meridians  (energy pathways) of his gaunt body. He became feverishly hot and then ice cold before he blacked out; when he awoke, it was not into death, rather into the breath of life in which JSJ was reborn.

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From the day when Master Murai descended the mountain at the young age of 26, he became the "master" of his destiny; he vowed to commit his life to understanding the nature of his powerful healing and in that process, he began to experientially remember the ancient wisdom of our birth-right.

 

For us today, it is important to remember that JSJ was re-discovered through Master Murai's surrender to the universal source energy; pure, balanced, and simple--it is the pulse of harmony and life. We are all entitled to receive it through our breath and our touch. The origins for Master Murai's profound healing was through self-help--the getting to know himself and his own self-awareness; these are the tools of self-mastery.

 

Later, through his experience and study of ancient wisdom teachings and the ancient text of the "Kojiki", he was able to build on the art of what he called  "Jin Shin Jyutsu," identifying 26 key areas of the body along energy pathways that we can harmonize. Through our pulse, touch, sensation, and symptoms, we have the power to identify where we are blocked. Through accessing with our hands one or more of the 26 key areas and remembering to breathe, we can release blockages before they go deeper into our manifested body. Holding these 26 key areas, known as "Safety Energy Locks" balances mind, body, and spirit.

 

Fortunately, for us in the United States, Master Murai was able to transfer his re-discovery of this art to Mary Burmeister, who as a result of working as his English translator shortly after WWII, became his foremost student. As a Japanese-American woman in the US during an unsettling time, Mary left for Japan to explore her roots.  On her return to the US in 1953 after years of study with Master Murai, she married and settled in Scottsdale, Arizona. 

 

Through Mary's embodiment of JSJ in her daily life and giving and teaching JSJ to her neighbors and to chiropractors and doctors in her community, she became known as an extraordinary healer, much like her teacher, who was known to practice the art of JSJ on the homeless in Tokyo's Uneo Park and in the Emperor's  Imperial Palace.

 

In the 1960's Mary established Jin Shin Jyutsu, Inc., her own foundation in Scottsdale where she practiced and taught JSJ up until her death at the age of  89 on January 27, 2008. Today trained

practitioners of this art apply original  JSJ flows identified by Master Murai, which will restore and reinforce the natural, healthy flow of an energetic pathway that is "backed-up" or has "intermingled" with other pathways. Sessions with a trained practitioner, together with the use of self-care flows on one's own, can help one manage and harmonize chronic physical, mental, and emotional dis-ease labels. 

 

If interested in a self-care class, session,  or both please contact me .  I am a dedicated Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner and have made this art my lifetime study. Click here for JSJ links .