Listening Touch

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Welcome to Listening Touch Shiatsu and owner-practitioner, Rosemary Sikes, LMP. Shiatsu is a Japanese style of massage that promotes self-healing, rejuvenation, harmony and profound relaxation. Each treatment is appropriately individualized to your unique lifestyle, health and personal circumstances. You may be young or old; ill or well; a repeat client or a one-time visitor simply passing through our beautiful Olympic Peninsula. Whoever you are, you are welcome!

Your mind, body and spirit tell stories whether or not you are aware of it. A gift of an experienced, qualified Shiatsu therapist like Rosemary is to intuitively “listen” with respect, knowing care and touch. When listening touch happens, then transformation becomes possible. Your own body’s curative powers operate more freely to resolve imbalances, remove blockages and restore your body’s natural energy.

The Shiatsu Difference
The Japanese healing art of Shiatsu is rooted in the ancient Chinese belief of oneness with nature. This philosophy is much like the regenerating sense of connection, awe and well-being that fills you when you stand before a large body of water to witness a glorious sunset.

Rosemary combines the knowledge of massage, wisdom of acupuncture and healing art of Shiatsu. She promotes your health and spiritual wellness by stretching and applying pressure to major meridians that exist throughout your body. Your vital life force flows through these energy pathways. Shiatsu treats the whole person as well as particular conditions. It stimulates your circulatory, lymphatic, hormonal and nervous systems, and releases toxins from your body. Shiatsu is safe, suitable and often effective for many health conditions. It relaxes, revitalizes and, over time, facilitates deep healing.
A frequently asked question is how Shiatsu differs from other bodywork. Most other kinds of massage use rubbing, pushing, pulling, stroking, squeezing and tapping. In contrast, a Shiatsu practitioner exerts relaxed pressure at various points of the body with the hand or thumb, an easy leaning of the elbows, gentle rotations of limbs and stretching techniques. Unlike conventional massage, you are fully dressed in comfortable, loose clothing. There are no oils, no needles and no instruments.
Find out for yourself that there is no substitute for a Listening Touch Shiatsu massage from Rosemary!