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Yin Arm Techniques Transition to Upper Body Begin in the hara. Walk your outside hand (L hand in this case) up the sternum to the opposite shoulder. Rest your hand on the flat shelf of muscle surrounding Lung 1. Do not lean against any bony prominences. Cross your other hand up the sternum to the other shoulder. Lean your weight evenly into both shoulders to open the chest. Arm Rotations R hand is mother hand at the shoulder. Pick up the wrist with your L hand. Stretch the arm down to be on the floor at a 45 degree angle to the torso, ideally, or to whatever lesser angle is comfortable for the receiver. Your L hand provides a gentle stretch towards the receiverʼs hand. Your right hand provides a gentle stretch towards the chest. Now lean back to stretch the arm towards you. Your mother hand holds on the top of the shoulder to draw the shoulder towards you. Try to apply an even amount of stretch with both hands; stretching the wrist and the shoulder equally. Move the arm to the working position for the Pericardium meridian. (Arm should be at a 90 degree angle to the torso.) The classical Heart Protector (Pericardium) meridian begins just lateral to the nipple (PC1) and ascends the breast to the level of the axillary fold, from where it descends the Yin surface of the arm along the midline, between the heads of the biceps. across the midpoints of the elbow and wrist creases to the centre of the palm of the hand (PC8) and thence to the tip of the middle finger (PC9). (Beresford-Cooke, Carola, Shiatsu: Theory and Practice, Elsevier 2003. p166. Treating the Pericardium meridian. Right hand is mother hand at PC1. Messenger hand follows the meridian through the midline of the yin aspect of the arm, to PC8 in the center of the palm, and PC9 on the tip of the middle finger. Move the arm to the working position for the Heart meridian. (Arm should be up over the head to expose the axilla). The classical Heart meridian emerges from the deepest part of the armpit (HT1) and travels down the arm between the biceps and the triceps (on the medial part of the anterior surface of the arm in the anatomical position) towards the little finger, where it ends at he lateral side of the little fingernail (HT9). (Beresford-Cooke, Carola, Shiatsu: Theory and Practice, Elsevier 2003. p149 Treating the Heart meridian. R hand is mother hand, covering the entire axilla (armpit), with emphasis on HT1 in the center of the axilla. Left hand follows the deep yin surface of the arm, emphasizing an overhead stretching motion of the arm while working. Transition to other side of arm to work the Lung meridian “Drawbridge” transition: lift the receiverʼs arm as you move your body to the other side of the arm. Set the arm in the working position for the Lung meridian (arm laying at a 30 degree angle to the body, palm up). The traditional Lung meridian travels from the upper part of the chest down the lateral edge of the arm, to the thumb. (Beresford-Cooke, Carola, Shiatsu: Theory and Practice, Elsevier 2003. p212. Treating the Lung meridian. Left hand is mother hand at the chest (LU1), the messenger hand follows the meridian down the lateral edge of the biceps, and the lateral edge of the yin aspect of the forearm, through the pad of the thumb (LU10), to the radial (lateral) corner of the thumbnail (LU11) Transition around the Body Pick up the arm and position yourself over your receiverʼs head. Use one hand to hold below receiverʼs wrist, one hand to hold below the elbow. Lean back to stretch your receiverʼs entire body. Move the hand that was holding below the elbow to hold below the wrist instead. The hand that was holding the wrist is now free to... ... pick up the receiverʼs other arm. Lean back to stretch both of the receiverʼs arms. Engage the whole body with the stretch. Set down one arm and move into position to stretch the other arm overhead. “Drawbridge” transition to move to the other side of the arm. Lift the receiverʼs arm as you move into position to work the PC meridian on the new side. Position the arm to work the PC meridian (arm 90 degrees to the body, palm up). You are now ready to repeat Yin Arm Techniques on the other side. One hand holds below the receiverʼs wrist, one hand h o l d s b e l o w t h e e l b o w. Stretch the entire body. Yang Arm Meridians Put the arm in the working position for the Triple Heater meridian (yang aspect facing up, arm at a 90 degree angle from the body. The classical Triple Heater meridian begins on the ulnar side of the ring finger (TH1) and travels to the center of the dorsal surface of the wrist joint, then up the midline of the forearm, over the wrist extensor muscles. It crosses the olecranon and travels in a straight line up the back of the arm to a point just posterior and inferior to the acromion (TH14), then travels along the top of the shoulder (TH15) towards the neck and up the groove between the trapezius and the SCM muscle to the mastoid process. From here it travels to the hollow under the earlobe, then follows the border of the ear up and around to the upper attachment of the ear, and then ascends to the lateral end of the eyebrow (TH23). (Beresford-Cooke, Carola, Shiatsu: Theory and Practice, Treating the Triple Heater meridian in the forearm. R hand is mother hand at the wrist, L hand covers the forearm. Stop before you reach the elbow. Elsevier 2003. p176 Reposition the arm so that you can treat the upper arm (TH is in the posterior aspect) Treating the Triple Heater meridian. L hand is mother hand at the wrist, holding the arm in a stretch position across the torso. R hand treats TH meridan down the midline of the triceps and into the top of the shoulder. Put the arm in the working position for the Small Intestine meridian. The arm bends over your knee to expose the posterior surface. R hand is mother hand at the wrist and holds the arm in a stretched position over your knee. The classical Small Intestine meridian runs from the ulnar side of the little fingernail (SI1) along the edge of the hand (SI3) and wrist and up the edge of the ulna, crossing over it to the medial part of the elbow. It then travels up the center of the triceps muscle “on the border of the red and the white skin”, via the back of the axillary crease to the shoulder just below the acromion, then zigzags twice diagonally across the scapula. It then ascends to the vicinity of C7 before moving diagonally up the neck across the SCM muscle to the area behind the jaw, then up under the cheekbone, moving laterally to end in front of the ear (SI19). (Beresford-Cooke, Carola, Shiatsu: Theory and Practice, Elsevier 2003. p156-157. Treating the Small Intestine meridian. R hand is mother hand at the wrist, providing a gentle stretch of the arm. Rock your hara away from the receiver to accentuate the stretch. Follow SI meridian down the arm to the side of the shoulder blade. “Drawbridge” transition: lift the receiverʼs arm as you move your body to the other side of the arm. Position the arm to work the Large Intestine Meridian (arm is 30 degrees to the body, palm facing down) The traditional Large Intestine meridian runs from the tip of the index finger (LI1) up the anterior lateral aspect of the arm, crossing the acromioclavicular joint (LI15) to the top of the shoulder and traveling diagonally over the front of the neck and jaw to the corner of the nose: it then crosses under the nose to terminate at the side of the opposite nostril (LI20). (Beresford-Cooke, Carola, Shiatsu: Theory and Practice, Elsevier 2003. p 220. Treating the Large Intestine meridian. L hand is mother hand at the wrist. R hand treats the meridian. Set your hand down naturally where it fits. The LI meridian points straight up to the sky in this position. Now you can follow the transition to the other side from the yin arm meridian sequence, and repeat yang arm techniques on the other side.