This book examines death and loss within Chinese medicine and related Taoist models, offering practical advice for working with frail or dying clients. It considers the different ways that practitioners may encounter death and includes appropriate exercises and meditations, as well as a model for teaching.
1. Introduction
PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF DEATH AND LOSS
2. Saying Death Out Loud3. Fear of Death4. What is Death?5. Cycle of Life6. Language and terminology7. Touch, a Universal Language8. What we Believe about death
PART TWO - THEORY AND PRACTICAL SHIATSU
9. Ki (The One)10. Yin Yang (The Two)11. TCM (The 10,000 Things)12. The Five Elements13. Zen Shiatsu14. Techniques Inspired by Movement Shiatsu 15. Other Shiatsu Styles (Integrating Non-Shiatsu Modalities, Sotai, Seiki, Working with the Light Bodies and Light Body Activation) 16. Chakras17. Pain18. Other (Temporal Scanning, Treating One Body Part Through Another, What You Can Do If You Do Not Know What To Do)19. Working on a Table or Hospital Bed 20. Contraindications
PART FOUR: THE CLIENT26. Causes of Death27. Where we Meet Clients Who are Facing Death or Grieving28. End-of-life, Palliative Care and Attending a Death 29. The People We Work With30. Mental Health, Medication and State of Mind 31. Suicide and Assisted Suicide32. Clients with Different Faiths and Cultural Traditions
PART FIVE: THE PRACTITIONER
33. Facing death 34. Support35. Referrals and Team Work 36. Practicalities 37. Clients 38. Humanitarian and Voluntary Work39. Practicing Shiatsu while Facing Death
PART SIX: THE CLIENT-PRACTITIONER RELATIONSHIP
40. Expectations41. What Obstructs Effective Understanding?42. Does the Client Know?43. Giving My Opinion 1 and 244. How Useful is it to be Given Advice?45. Better, not right (text, video link with permission)46. Reflecting on What we need in Times of Sorrow47. Developing Inner Strength48. Listening49. Love 50. Forgiveness, thanks, apologies, goodbye
PART SEVEN: FOR TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND POST GRADUATE PRACTITIONERS
51. For Teachers
52. For Students and Post Graduate Practitioners
PART EIGHT: PRACTICAL EXERCISES
53. Exercisesa. Qi gong i. Standing Like A Tree ii. Wu Chi iii. Qi gong for the Lungs iv. The Gathering of Essence and Shenb. Meditation i. Separating and refining Meditations A and B ii. The Lotus Blossom Opens iii. Loving Kindness meditation iv. When You Cannot Tell Someone Something Because They Have Died v. Walking Meditation 1-354. Some General Reflection Questions for Practitioners
55. Conclusion
GlossaryFurther ReadingReferences Appendix A Shiatsu is...Appendix B Appendix C Research
An invaluable resource for all touch therapists drawn to working at this edge of life. Weaving her own extensive experience together with guidance on every conceivable aspect of the subject, Tamsin Grainger balances poignant case studies with the discipline, self-reflection and professionalism that end-of-life care demands. A truly impressive achievement!
