Frequently Asked Questions

 

 

What happens during a JSJ session?

 

First, your Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner will talk with you about your health history and health goals.  She will check your wrist energy pulse, other energy assessment tools, intuition, experience and considering your personal 'projects' to reveal your "Highest Priority Flows" needed in the moment. This provides a very individualized session. 

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To begin, you will remove jewelry, shoes, belt and lay on a comfortable treatment table while fully clothed. You will lay face up and covered with a light blanket and eye bag. Soft music and lighting, and special attention to your body temperature comfort level.  

 

The practitioner will place her fingertips/hands -non-invasive, gentle to minimal pressure- upon the energy locks in a certain sequence laid out in the JSJ workbooks.  When the energy pulsations align and a harmonious rhythm is felt, the practitioner moves a hand (an acupuncturist moves needles) to the next Energy Site in the Flow Sequence, opening the flow of energy.  

The practitioner is not the 'doer".  There is no giving, pushing or channeling of energy to you.  Energy is simply being balanced within you.  The body-mind-spirit naturally adjust and integrate. Promotes healing.

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The receiver may feel and experience a deeper breath, energy tingling, energy move, leg or arm twitch or stomach gurgling.  Colors and visions may appear or even a feeling of "some experience or someone from the past released".  The receiver shifts into a deeply relaxed state.  All thought may be suspended and enter a sensation of timelessness.  Sometimes the experience is profound and other times, subtle.  Yet, you can be sure, energy is harmonizing and benefit is received.

 

What do you mean by 'projects"?

 

Jin Shin Jyutsu philosophy understands the power words have in our life.  Saying the word "problem" immediately places us in a struggle.  When we use "scary labels" or "diagnosis", fear arises and keeps us in resistance and our vibration low, impending our ability to heal and even exasperating the disharmony. 

Mary Burmeister, The Japanese-American who brought JSJ to America, speaks of fear being worse than the dis-ease. 

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In JSJ, we prefer to use the word 'projects'.  Projects are open and creative.  The word 'projects' brings focused energy into the solution.  

 

How long does a session last ?

 

Sessions last approximately 60 - 75 minutes including self-help specific for your daily care.

Children and frail individuals sessions last about 20 minutes.

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How do I prepare for a session?

 

It is helpful to not eat heavily or drink caffeinated beverages within 2 hours before your session.    For optimal results, avoid a heavy meal after as well.  Drink water to hydrate and stay grounded.

Please do not wear anything scented.

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What do I wear?

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You will remain in clothes for your session covered with a light sheet or blanket.  Wear comfortable, breathable clothes and be ready to remove shoes, belts, bracelets, watches and dangly earrings.

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Who can receive a Jin Shin Jyutsu session?

 

Anyone. Any age. Any condition. 

 

Anyone with a sudden or long standing condition.  Considering the non-invasive and gentle application, even the frailest individual can receive a session. 

It causes no harm; only benefit.  JSJ cultivates inner transformation.  So anyone seeking awareness and change in their lives.  

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Anyone wanting to stay healthy, keep immune system strong and use as a preventive aid.

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Anyone needing positive change.

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Could JSJ help with mental emotional issues, such as trauma?

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This work can facilitate the release of the effects of psychological and physical trauma in the body.  Harmonizing the autonomic nervous system begins to resolve shock and trauma and rewire neural pathways for resilience.  Working together with a practitioner and the self-help daily application and your breath, you can begin to shift out of the fight-flight-frozen states and into the present moment; allowing the steady progression of peace and calm.

 

How does Jin Shin Jyutsu differ from other energy modalities?

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First, the similarities of all energy modalities are to harmonize the subtle energy of the body, creating relaxation and promoting the body's natural capacity to heal.

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-In JSJ the practitioner is not the 'do-er'.  There is no directing, pushing or channeling of energy. Energy is simple being balanced within you.  

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-Jin Shin Jyutsu sessions are very individualized.  There is no general routine.  For example, one person that comes in with a headache may need the Liver Flow. And another individual may need 5,6,7,8 sequence or the Main Central to harmonize the headache.  

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-Jin Shin Jyutsu training is not taught in levels but is circular in nature. There is no advancement. Mary Burmeister speaks of Jin Shin Jyutsu as 'worlds within worlds.'  The 5 day Basic is required to attend 3 times to be a 'practitioner' and Special Topic classes are offered.

Students return again and again to expand their awareness and understanding and for the camaraderie of being around other JSJ enthusiasts. (and of course, to give and receive) 

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-The JSJ practitioner shares simple self-help holds for you to continue to harmonize and bring yourself into balance daily. No classes are necessary to begin self-help.    

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