Energy Medicine at Your Fingertips | Be Well and Wise

Energy Medicine at Your Fingertips

Experiencing the Ancient Art of Jin Shin Jyutsu®

for Self-Help

Toni Crotty, MA CAMT CRTh

2013 Integrative Medicine for the Underserved Conference Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

Be Well & Wise & Energized! www.bewellandwise.com

Welcome, I’m Toni

Practitioner of Energy Medicine providing hands-on experience with the Art of Jin Shin Jyutsu®

“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.”

My goal: To give you a vision of yourself as an energetic being… with the empowering ability to move your own energy.


Let’s begin!

Grounding exercise: Be in your body now, connected to the earth.

I came to JSJ because I felt my tight shoulders melt with two minutes of gentle touch.

Important because of heartmath.com research.

Experiential: Fold arms across chest with fingers facing back in soft spot before shoulder blade.


What I CoverWelcome~ Introduction~ How I Came to JSJ

Energy Basics & Why Energy Medicine is Important

Why Learn JSJ?

Current Research on the Benefits of JSJ

Where Did JSJ Originate?

What is JSJ?

How to Apply JSJ Self-Help

How to Teach Others


Everything is Energy

“Concerning matter, we have been all wrong. What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses. There is no matter.” - Albert Einstein

Cycle of life is energy densing down into matter, then lightening up to return to source.

At birth, human heart beats at the same Hz as the earth = most healing state. Heartmath.com

We are energetic envelopes of body, mind, spirit.

Wikipedia


Our Energy Sources

Survival needs = energy: sunlight, air, food & water

Just Breathe! Breath is the immediate source of chi and connection to self and Source.

Deep breathing is exhaling fully & allowing… Experiential: Notice the breath


Wikipedia

More About Energy Sources

First Source of Personal Chi: Constitutional

Input: Sunlight, air, food, water, exercise, earth, play, love, joy

Chi creates and nourishes all of life. Imbalances in chi lead to pain and illness.

Health is the balanced & harmonious flow of chi.


Energy Blockages & Drains

Stuck emotions & overwork = stress

Stress = rocks in the river of energy

Wind dissipates chi, or life energy.

Toxic people, environments, food, water, & air

Surgery, illnesses

Experiential: Hold the thumb to ease worry.


Origins of Energy Based Philosophy

Ancient peoples in touch with nature for survival

Valued inner and elder wisdom

Lived more connected to earth

Valued health, culture, tradition

More self-reliant

Experiential: Hold the little finger to ease overwork.


Origins of Energy Based Medicine

5,000 years ago Chinese Folk Art ~ Oral Tradition

Instinctively used hands to alleviate pain by holding & massaging

Soldiers noticed: place hit with a stone or arrow ~another place may react or heal

Meticulous observations and testing of prisoners

Masters saw energy/Now Kirilean photography


How We Experience Energy

Bodily noises and movement

Temperature changes in body and extremities

Physical sensations: butterflies, orgasms

Pain= too much energy in one place

Numbness = lack of energy

Experiential: Hold index finger to release fear.


How Does it Feel?

Blocked Energy can feel tender, sore, numb, achy, lifeless, cold

Free flowing energy can feel relaxing, melting, pulsing, warm, electric, tingling.

Energy Medicine releases Endorphins = feel good

Experiential: Hold middle finger to release anger.


Why Energy Medicine Works

Energy is movement, illness is stuck

Energetic level precedes physical manifestation

Relies on the wisdom of the body

Honors interconnections of body systems

Energy Medicine releases Endorphins

Thoughts are directive energy. “I admit thoughts influence the body.” Einstein


Energy Medicine Helps Shift…

Release beliefs that projects are incurable

Expand current medical viewpoint

Belief systems are stories we tell ourselves

Re-write stories

Become empowered to heal oneself

Experiential: Hold ring finger to ease grief.


Why Learn Jin Shin Jytusu®?

Unifying link connects & harmonizes all systems: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

Works at the level of cause

Compatible with Western Medicine

Re-establishes original blueprint

Honors individual wisdom in present time

Easily continued at home by patient


When did JSJ originate?

Ancient, intuitive art practiced by many cultures

Handed down through oral tradition

JSJ had fallen into obscurity

Rediscovered and revived by Master Jiro Mirai in Japan ~early 1900s.

Avid interest in philosophy, Jiro read of ancient wisdom accessing innate ability of the body to heal itself by using the hands as jumper cables to balance life energy.


Jiro’s Story

Cleared his own life-threatening illness by holding finger positions called mudras.

Devoted his life to researching and developing JSJ.

Taught Mary Burmeister, who brought it to the U.S. in 1950’s. Today JSJ is practiced around the world.

“We need never know fatigue. Energy can never tire. It is our personal imbalance that causes fatigue. When our 26 ‘Safety Energy Locks’ are unlocked, we are in a state of ecstasy. We have our two hands as rejuvenators and harmonizers.” Mary Burmeister


What is Jin Shin Jyutsu®?

The words translate = the Art of the Creator through the person of knowing & compassion

Jin Shin Jyutsu Phsysio-philosophy® is the ancient art of getting to know oneself by accessing the body’s wisdom.

JSJ studies the movement of the breath of life

JSJ helps know oneself & connect with one’s original energetic perfection.

Experiential: Main Central Vertical Flow



Connecting with the Source of Life

Main Central Vertical Harmonizing Energy

Right hand on top of head (leave there until last step)

Left hand moves ~ between eyebrows ~on tip of nose ~ on throat ~ between breasts ~ at base of breast bone (sternum) ~ on top of pubic bone when you move

Right hand to tailbone (coccyx)


Basic Principles & Terminology

Life is the continuous movement of energy

Health is balanced and harmonious flow of energy

Energy flows in rivers called meridians

Meridians get blocked by attitudes

Attitudes = stuck emotions

Fear is the core of all attitudes


Basic Principles cont…Attitudes block the flow of energy.

Over time, blocked energy can create a “project” diagnosed with a “label.”

Safety Energy Locks are main intersections of energy, like circuit breakers.

Gentle touch with hands on safety energy locks moves stuck energy.


How is JSJ Applied? “When aware of stress or tension causing ‘attitudes,’

relax as much as possible in a comfortable position. Sitting, standing or lying down are all effective.” Mary Burmeister

JSJ is an Art, not a technique, there is no right way to move energy.

Gentle touch acts as jumper cables. No pressure required


Markey Cancer Center Lexington Cancer

FoundationJin Shin Jyutsu Program

2011

Latest Jin Shin Jyutsu® Research

Jennifer Bradley studied 111 patients

http://www.jsjinc.net/ns/ups/web-articles/MarkeyCancerCenterLCF2011Program2.pdf


Referral Sources


Gender37 Males ~ 74 Females


Program Data267 Session Given 1-17-11 to 9-1-11


Outcomes:51% Less Pain

61.8% Less Stress 66.7% Less Nausea


Pre and Post Distress 0-10

Study shows…Complete Patient Satisfaction


JSJ Benefits

JSJ nurtures the body, mind, and spirit by harmonizing the flow of chi’ or life energy.

JSJ releases stuck emotions called attitudes which block energy flow causing numbness or pain.

JSJ supports all body functions, improving cleaning and healing capacity and boosting energy.

Powerful cleansing functions helps prevent disease of accumulation.


Why Practice JSJ Self-Help?

An excellent complement to Western Medicine

JSJ can release the cause of acute and chronic conditions.

No side effects

Renews vitality, deeply cleanses the body

Restores emotional equilibrium

Relaxes muscle tension for deep relaxation

Relieves pain and promotes optimal wellness in body, mind and spirit.


How Jin Shin Jyutsu® WorksJSJ accesses 26 Safety Energy Locks which are

major intersections of energy where tension can collect and block energy flow.

SELs act like circuit breakers on the house.

Hands act like jumper cables on a battery, closing the circuit so energy can flow.

Holding SELs balances the flow of chi (life energy,) allowing movement towards harmony.


How to apply the Art of JSJ

Receiver is clothed and in a comfortable position

Giver hold Safety energy locks with gentle touch

Giver does not transfer personal energy to receiver

Can place hands above the skin surface in cases of open wounds, burns, severe pain, casts, etc.

Hold until you feel a pulsing sensation or two to twenty minutes.


Clearing the Front and Back of the Body

To Clear the Right Front:

Place right hand over left shoulder, fingers facing back and neck

Place left hand under left sit bone

To Clear the Left Front:

Place left hand over right shoulder, fingers facing back and neck

Place right hand under right sit bone

To Clear the Right Back:

Place right hand over left shoulder, fingers facing back and neck

Place left hand in groin where left leg meets torso

To Clear the Left Back:

Place left hand over right shoulder, fingers facing back and neck

Place right hand in groin where right leg meets torso


Tips for Getting Started

Be comfortable and fully present in the moment to increase effectiveness of the treatment.

Have a clear intention to move energy into balance.

Imagine your hands as jumper cables allowing the life energy to flow. No pressure is needed.

Follow your instincts and trust your intuition. There is no right and wrong.


Connecting the Left and Right Energy

Left Side Energy Flow:

Left thumb over left ring fingernail

Right hand over left shoulder, fingers facing back and neck

Knees together

Right Side Energy Flow:

Right thumb over right ring fingernail

Left hand over right shoulder, fingers facing back and neck

Knees together

Harmonizes Left & Right Energy with Main Central Vertical Energy to increase the total energy supply to the whole person.


FAQs Do I have to believe in it for it to work?

Do I have to know what I am doing?

Do I have to locate the spot exactly?

How much pressure do I use?

Does it hurt?

How long does it take?

What can I expect?

For answers, see bewellandwise.com/bewellandwise/Self-Care.html


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BenefitsBalances the flow of energy

Reduces muscle tension

Detoxifies & Improves Circulation so need less meds

Frees breathing which increases energy

Relaxes and Balances Emotions, so eases Stress

Releases Endorphins so Relieves Pain & Improves Sleep

Speeds healing


How Can You Help?

JSJ Quickies for Yourself and Others

Cross arms and place fingers in soft area before shoulder blade with thumbs facing up.

Hold Fingers to balance emotions and all flows of energy.

Sit with hands under sitbones.

Join backs of fingers and place fingertips along center of top of head.


Hold Fingers to Balance Emotions

Hold the whole finger OR

Place pad of thumb on fingernail

Thumb ~ Worry

Index Finger ~ Fear

Middle Finger ~ Anger

Ring Finger ~ Grief

Little Finger ~ Overwork

Center of the Palm ~ Everything


Holding the Fingers Helps…

“Caused by disharmony and run down energy, attitudes are stuck emotions that block energy flow. The thumb and fingers are keys to harmonizing the attitudes and revitalizing the energy flows.” Mary Burmeister

Thumb: Stomach and Spleen Function Energy

Index: Bladder & Kidney Function Energy

Middle: Gall Bladder & Liver Function Energy

Ring: Large Intestine & Lung Function Energy

Little: Small Intestine & Heart Function Energy


Hold Fingers to Recharge & Harmonize Mental & Physical

Functions

Experiential:With right hand: Hold each finger of left hand, one by one.

With left hand: Hold each finger of right hand, one by one.


Hold Fingers to Recharge & Harmonize Mental & Physical

Functions

“In time you will know the non-secret secret of the power that is in the awareness and understanding of the thumbs and fingers. All disharmonies can be harmonized through them.” Mary Burmeister

“With these two hands we have the privilege of helping ourselves and others get in tune with the universe. Hands are generators of the Creator Power – not from within us, but a part of the ever – constant and forever balanced Universal SUPPLY. We need ony be AWARE of this supply.” Mary Burmeister


JSJ Helps Alleviate:

JSJ works on every body system so can relieve:


Summary of JSJ Options

Cross arms and place fingers in soft area before shoulder blade with thumbs facing up.

Hold Fingers to balance emotions and all flows of energy.

Do the MCV

Clear the Front and Back of the Body

Connect and Clear the Left and Right Sides

Sit on hands


How to Teach Others

Start with fingers and attitudes

Even children can learn

Copy handouts here & create handouts from slides

Demonstrate how to hold

Cover basic tips for getting started and FAQs

Take Workshop for further practice


How Can I Help You?

Drawing for Free 1 Hour Consultation on Integrating Jin Shin Jyutsu® personally and/or with your population.

Workshop: Step By Step to Confidently Sharing JSJ with the Population You Serve.

Workshop: Healing for Healers: Tricks of the Trade

Discounted sessions for you and your family and friends through September 30th.

Ask me about coming to your area to teach your group.


Thank You for Choosing Energy Medicine at Your Fingertips

Wishing you increased health and happiness using Energy Medicine

Toni Crotty, MA CAMT CRTh


“My destiny is in my own hands.”

Mary Burmeister

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