According to Shiatsu Therapist and Bodyworker, Jan Murphy, simple steps – including gentle complementary therapies – can be of positive help in treating problems such as impotence, pre-menstrual syndrome and menopausal symptoms.

We all know that improving our diet, giving up smoking and taking moderate exercise is good for us. All these can have a substantial impact on common women’s health problems. The trouble is, most of us are too busy, too wound up and too stressed out to stick to good resolutions – even when our doctors tell us that would improve our health.

What’s more, stress itself can cause these miserable conditions. So stress leads to the very problems we get stressed about. It’s Catch 22.

At the Chelsea Natural Health Clinic, Jan Murphy offers her clients a combination of Shiatsu, Japanese Bodywork, Nutritional advice, self-help and free advice.

Shiatsu has been demonstrated to improve endometrial circulation – a factor in infertility – while supplements such as vitamin B6 and magnesium can have a positive effect on PMS. Techniques like yoga, meditation and visualization can even help prevent the typical hot flushes suffered by many women going through the menopause.

Jan Murphy says:

‘Complementary therapies, such as these have several benefits.

'Of themselves, they can improve general fitness and well-being. They also make it easier for patients to do the hard things, like change their diet, give up coffee or alcohol, and stop smoking.

'What’s more, some, such as Shiatsu, may directly affect how well conventional treatments are going to work.

'I am convinced that the way forward for women’s healthcare is an integrated approach, looking after the whole person instead of relying on modern technological medicine to do its magic on a totally passive client. I ask the question, how many women want to be passive anyway?”

Preventative – let me teach you how to help yourselves by Jan Murphy, Shiatsu Therapist & Bodyworker*

I wish to write to my clients out there who only come to me for Shiatsu and bodywork when they get an injury and/or are in pain of some form. I would like you all to know that bodywork is preventative and allows you to attune to your bodies needs before the onset of pain.

It would be fabulous to work on building immune systems and boosting the digestive system therefore, aiding the body’s ability to function without dysfunction.

Spring is here so let’s get you fine-tuned and able to just come back to see me every 4-6 weeks which is what I ultimately aim for with all my clients.

Any questions or queries you may have get in touch – don’t be shy. I will be updating you all on a more regular basis as and when new information comes my way so do keep an eye out here at www.chesleanaturalhealth.co.uk and www.zenki.co.uk for information.

Look forward to working with you all in the very near future and remember all treatment plans are solely personal to your diagnosis and help you work towards a bolder and brighter future.

Jan Murphy

Shiatsu Therapist & Bodyworker

I bring to you Cosmetic Facial Shiatsu. A perfect time too as the sun is trying to stay in the sky and this will help prepare your skin for summertime.

Let’s detox the skin with this wonderful treatment helping you feel new again and ready to take on the world.

With a course of Facial Shiatsu’s, it will help create balance, addresses any imperfections that the body will then display on the face for me to work with.

With Cosmetic Facial Shiatsu, it helps you create a new skin, a new look, thus aids you looking younger for far longer and no needles, surgery or oils are necessary.

I offer this treatment along with Bodywork to assist and strengthen the treatments. I highly recommend a six week course to fully appreciate the full effects thus feeling like a new person.

Prepare to let go of the past, the old you and embrace the new younger inner self.

I very much look forward to booking you in shortly. Book early and get a 20% discount.

For more information please feel free to contact me using the form above.

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Jan Murphy, Shiatsu Therapist & Japanese Bodyworker is considering extending her hours to include mornings appointments on Tuesdays.   This is in addition to the Tuesday afternoon appointments she currently offers.   She would really love to hear your feedback regarding this.

Would this help you? Are you a Mother who would really be in need of a massage when your child is at school? Could this be more helpful for business people who are at work most of the day? Local business people could drop by for a 30min appointment in their lunch break perhaps?

Jan would love to hear from you (using the form at the top of this post) and if she gets a positive result will start opening up her hours on Tuesdays so look out for this addition. She aims to help you all.

• Stress in the Workplace and Shiatsu
• Shiatsu Shown to Improve Health
• Shiatsu and Building the Immune System
• Shiatsu Massage for Pregnancy and Birth

Exercising is one of the most important things we can do to promote ongoing physical and mental health. Some of us exercise regularly, some erratically, some go for ‘the burn’ while others prefer gentle stretching.
However you do it, exercising not only helps weight loss, controls food cravings, and reduces the risk of heart and circulatory disease, but it also prompts the body to release feel-good chemicals called endorphins, having a positive effect on life.
Unfortunately as more and more health-conscious people increase their levels of regular activity, so are sports-related injuries becoming increasingly more common. Around 11 per cent of all injury-related visits to emergency departments are sports-related. Never forget that injury can occur to anyone of any age and of any level of fitness.
Sports Shiatsu allows the recipient to receive treatment after injuries and to strengthen the tendons, ligaments and joints after any kind of upset to the body. The body retains shock in the tissues so receiving bodywork such as Shiatsu really assists with not only aiding the body to heal faster but allows you to get on with your training like you have not been away. Don’t get me wrong, it is not a quick fix, but something that should be seen as an ongoing process to build not only your immune system but also your nervous system which takes a ‘hit’ when you injure the body in any way.
You can find me working in Chelsea Natural Health Clinic on Tuesdays between 2.30 – 7.30pm and would like you to get in touch as soon as you have any injury. This way, we can, together ensure that you do not retain the injury as long as some may if not getting immediate assistance.
Do not necessarily wait for an injury – got tight hamstrings or quadriceps from running or cycling? Come for a course of Shiatsu’s to lengthen and loosen your muscles.
I look forward to treating you all and will have further handouts for you to ensure you keep your body healthy and your mind active.
Telephone Jan Murphy – 0788 6655 705 should you wish to pre-book
OR
Visit Jan @ Chelsea Natural Health Clinic, 208 Fulham Road, London, SW10
on Tuesdays between 2.30 – 7.30pm

NB. Home visits are also available for those unable to attend the clinic.
www.Zenki.co.uk [contact-form]

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• Shiatsu Massage for Pregnancy and Birth

A pregnant woman has special needs as her body changes with the developing baby. Shiatsu massage, when properly applied during pregnancy and labour, is soothing, safe, natural, and effective.

Shiatsu massage can safely eliminate or reduce many of the normal discomforts of pregnancy including: backache, fatigue and tension, sinus congestion, headaches, neck and shoulder problems, muscle cramping, and swelling of hands, feet and legs.

Ten Top Benefits of Shiatsu during Pregnancy

Shiatsu massage helps the body eliminate waste products through the lymphatic and circulatory systems thereby reducing fatigue increasing energy
Shiatsu massage aids circulation and reduces the work load on the heart which assists in keeping blood pressure in check
Shiatsu massage stimulates glandular functions which stabilize hormones

• Shiatsu massage relieves the normal discomforts of pregnancy-backache, leg cramps, headaches and edema (swelling)
• Shiatsu massage increase circulation which brings more oxygen and nutrients to cells (thereby reducing varicose veins) and to your baby’s cells providing your baby with better nourishment

• Shiatsu massage soothes and relaxes nervous tension which helps you to sleep better
  Doctors and midwives agree that a relaxed mother will have a healthier pregnancy.
• Shiatsu massage relaxes tense muscles and tones loose muscles,cramping, knots, tension, tightening , stiffness and muscular discomforts can be alleviated with Shiatsu massage,
• back labor can be relieved with proper massage techniques to the sacrum area

Shiatsu is an ideal therapy to help you cope better with stress and physical discomforts of pregnancy. A healing, caring touch is comforting. Always check with your GP as well as your Obstetrician prior to Shiatsu massage and select a trained pregnancy Shiatsu massage Therapist.

In conclusion, enjoy a Shiatsu massage for a healthier, happier pregnancy and childbirth experience.

Shiatsu massage is the perfect way to relax, decrease stress, relieve physical discomforts and bring you a deeper connection to your baby.

Should you have any questions, feel free to call Jan Murphy on 0788 6655 705 or use the form below to email her.

Her website www.Zenki.co.uk also gives you more understanding of her training as a therapist and background as a person

Jan works at The Chelsea Natural Health Clinic on Tuesday afternoons between 2.30pm – 7.30pm

• Stress in the Workplace and Shiatsu
• Shiatsu Shown to Improve Health
• Shiatsu and Building the Immune System
• Shiatsu Massage for Pregnancy and Birth

An imbalanced immune system can inhibit any healing action and deepen or aggravate many existing ‘diseases’. A weak immune system, as a pathological pattern, creates a vicious circle in which the body is more susceptible to the invasion of disease. In turn the immune system gets weaker. Over time, the body becomes progressively more vulnerable and loses its ability to heal.

When bacteria or a virus enters the body, the immune system tries to fight back against the intruder. Shiatsu massage & bodywork helps strengthen the immune system and its ability to fight back against any internal or external pathogen. It allows a weak immune system to be strengthened and an overactive immune system to be calmed.

General Symptoms of a weakened or imbalanced Immune System

• Susceptibility to ‘catching’ colds

• Fatigue (including chronic fatigue syndrome)

• Difficulty recovering from a common cold that may develop into chronic sinusitis, inflammation of the pharynx, commonly known as a sore throat

• Stomach flu, indigestion and lack of appetite

• Chronic ear infections that in turn, may lead to symptoms such as nausea, dizziness, vertigo and fatigue to name but a few

• Injuries that heal slowly and cause repeated problems (especially sports injuries in the extremities that involved tendons and ligaments, scars may not heal completely even after years)

• The body does not seem to respond to treatments for any disease or complaint

As with other forms of massage & bodywork, Shiatsu encourages your blood and lymph to flow around your body, taking oxygen to your organs and skin, helping them to release toxins and stimulating your immune system.

A course of Shiatsu massages’ would give your health an overall boost, be ready in time for summertime, and for those allergies we at times acquire.

Contact Jan on 07886655705 or use the from below

– read www.Zenki.co.uk for further information.

I welcome any questions you may have, do not be shy – I’m most approachable?

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The following press release has been reproduced on this site by Jan Murphy from Chelsea Natural Health Clinic SW10

PRESS RELEASE

“Shiatsu Shown to Improve Health”

Recent research carried out by the University of Leeds on behalf of the European Shiatsu Federation establishes that Shiatsu massage treatment:

• Improves health and wellbeing

• Is safe

• Can benefit specific conditions

• Suggests a role for Shiatsu in public health

The study, carried out by Professor A.F. Long of the School of Healthcare, took place in Austria, Spain and the UK in 2006 and 2007.

Research Results:

• Increased relaxation and a sense of calm

• Being more energised

• Being better able to cope

• A reduction of symptoms of stress and tension

• Improvement of problems with muscles and joints, including back-pain and postural misalignments

• Improvement of energy and reduction of fatigue

• Overall improvement in, and confidence about health

• Motivation to make positive lifestyle changes particularly with regard to diet and exercise

• Improved psychological wellbeing

• Changes to the use of conventional medicine and medication

Some Health Policy Implications

A potential role for Shiatsu in public health is strongly suggested due to its ability to improve general wellbeing, increase health awareness, and promote good health.

Most importantly, Shiatsu poses no significant risks to clients, the positive benefits are maintained over time, and there is a reduction in the use of conventional medicine, medication and working time lost due to ill health. These are indicative of an added value and potential economic benefit from Shiatsu treatment.

Key Shiatsu Benefits

• It relaxes mind & body

• It restores & balances energy

• It eases tension & stiffness

• It helps posture

• It promotes motivation

• It is compatible with other medical treatments

• Stress in the Workplace and Shiatsu
• Allergy Testing
• Health - The Final Frontier by Craig Coman
• Shiatsu Shown to Improve Health

“In the UK it is estimated that work-related stress is responsible for six million days of sick leave a year, with stress being linked to many minor and major illnesses.” – BUPA’s Health Information TeamCorporate companies and organisations are becoming increasingly aware of their employees health and are seeking ways to lower stress at work. An option that is becoming increasingly popular is the availability of body therapies in the workplace including Shiatsu.

Shiatsu is one of the most practical forms of body work for the corporate environment as it can be carried out with the receiver fully clothed at their desk or on a mat on the floor. No oils are necessary so the receiver can resume working with no fuss or mess.

What is Shiatsu?

Shiatsu  Massage is a traditional healing art developed in Japan a century ago based on  traditional 3000-year-old Chinese medicine. It combines massage,  stretching, physical manipulation and pressure along channels called meridians  (also used for acupuncture).

During  my probationary period as a Shiatsu Therapist for the past 3 years, I have  noticed that Shiatsu can assist an individual with their self-development and  self-healing; promoting health and strengthening the body’s own immune system and healing ability.

Shiatsu is regulated as a licensed medical  therapy with the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Japan.

How Shiatsu can help your productivity

Shiatsu treatments  promote clarity of thought and creativity – helping in decision making,  especially important in times of stress or transition.

Shiatsu can help in  letting go of physical and emotional stresses and tension, holding and  stretching techniques help muscles relax, heart beat to slow down, anxiety  reduce and the mood lift.

Shiatsu provides  a clear process for working with and managing change.

Shiatsu can  offer a different perspective on illness which the client can make sense of and  supports physical calming and relaxation of the nervous system without any side  effects.