Pollen Allergy

I've checked how to reduce the symptoms of pollen allergy.
It seems like that the allergy relates the function of the small intestine which is controlled by parasympathetic nerve(PSN), the initiating factor of allergy (prostaglandin) will be synthesized when PSN works hard for the digestive system. Some usable sources in natural way are,

* avoid to having a big meal on dinner --- PSN predominate at night basically, it needs to work excess if one have a big dinner.

* reduce to take linoleic acid (is high in safflower, soy and corn oil) and increase to take linolenic acid (is high in kiwi, walnuts, flax seed oil)

* taking foot bath 10-15minutes when the lower body is cold --- the lower body is cold = the muscles are cold means the veins around there are cold, too. The blood cool the abdominal area when  it get through the area to come back to the heart. so the PSN needs to work more to cover the function of the digestive system.

* good foods for the intestine --- fig, ginger, carrot, daikon, turnip, yam...


A lateral approach is it could be a same effect if the blood capillary is strong, mucosa of the nasal cavity might be strong, because the blood capillary is beneath of that.

* taking vitamin P (it contents in thin skin and pith = white strings of orange) to strengthen the blood capillary. Vitamin P is not water solubility, but it dissolve well in alkaline. Some of high alkalinity foods are string beans, mushroom, yam, spinach, carrot, soybeans, seaweed and banana.
Blending vitamin P + alkaline = can be expected high absorption, an easy way is making fresh juice, orange + carrot (a yang food = warms the body up in macrobiotic theory), orange + banana (a yin food = cool the body down). We might use them according to the season and body condition.

Stress Relief, Relieve Japan 2

 We (some graduates of the Ohashi Institute) had this event again at the Buddhist temple of upper west side of Manhattan on the last Sunday April 24th.

http://www.newyorkbuddhistchurch.org/

The session numbers were 12, the donators must be remained anonymous by their request.

Practitioner : Mary Walsh, Tomohiko Yokoyama

The raised fund $460 will be sent to The Buddhist Church of America (BCA head quarters) of California once, then they will send it to the area of the earthquake of Japan.

I really gratitude that the New Yorkers took this charity event kindly, even though its already past one and half month after the disaster.


Sincerely,

Conclusion of "Stress Relief, Relieve Japan"

I would like to say thank you for coming the event and appreciate for supporting us. 
The raised fund, $440 was sent to The Association of NY People from Miyagi Prefecture and Japan Society after reduction of the rental fee ($60) for CRS.

 Donator : Ela Deneke, Jeffrey Capshew, Kayo Yoshida, LIvia Schappert, Scott Hirose, Takako Hida, Yvonne Colmenares

 Practitioner : Chie Morikawa, Kumiko Nishino, Marco Di Santo, Megumi Daimoto, Tomohiko Yokoyama

 Place Provider : Kiyora Salon

 and Special Thanks for, Cowlicks Japan, Eri Kubota, Shinji Horimora, Ryo Abe


We will continue this event once or twice a month, because I lived in Kobe when the other earthquake hit there in 1995. It takes long time about over 10years to recovering normal life of the people.

Best Regard,

Stress Relief, Relieve Japan

Donation Shiatsu for Relief Japan

To help the people who suffered by the disaster, we would like to offer Donation Shiatsu to raise a relief fund.
Shiatsu sessions will range from 20 to 40 minutes to reduce stress, shoulder stiffness, lower back pain and so on. These practitioners are all graduates of Ohashi Institute. http://www.ohashiatsu.org/us/

The details are,
Places : CRS (Center for Remembering and Sharing) 123 4thAve 2nd Floor Between 12 & 13thSt http://crsny.org/
              Kiyora Salon 15 E 12thSt 2nd Floor 212-414-4488
Date : March 27th(Sun)
Time : Noon to 5:30pm (Kiyora Salon)
           4 to 7pm (CRS)
Menu : 20minutes $20, 30minutes $30, 40minutes $40 (suggested donation)


Your contribution will go to Miyagi Prefecture Government via The Association of NY People from Miyagi Prefecture after reduction of the rental fee ($60) for CRS, Raised donation will also go to Japan Society of NY's relief fund for the earthquake from Kiyora Salon.
Walk-ins are welcome but if you don't have time, please contact us for make appointment. okkonty@hotmail.com (Tomohiko)




 

Antagonist Muscles

Rhomboid(red) Lavator scapulae(blue)

There is an interesting fact I have found that each muscle has an antagonist which keep to take the body balance. for example,  

Rectus abdominis (berry muscle) <---> Elector spinae (aside of spine)


Rhomboid (the red part on the right fig.) <---> Serratus (another name is Boxer muscle, red part on the bottom fig.)


 Pectoralis minor ( the blue part on the bottom fig.) <---> Lavator scapulae (it connects cervical and shoulder blade, blue part of the right fig.)

Serratus(red), Pectoralis minor(blue)

If the muscle is strong and the antagonist is weak, it's difficult to take the body balance or equality. I would like to focus on some areas where people suffer from computer work this time ...the side and back part of the neck, shoulder, scapula and the chest.

The shoulder blade will be slanted when the contraction is different between the muscle and the antagonist, then range of  the motion might be changed or feels pain at a point of a movement.


It is not only important that softening the muscle tightness,　be conscious about the antagonist and how to train the both muscles evenly at the gym, yoga, or in any exercises, also.



 

Relaxation Music

Kidneys

Hi, my name is Tomohiko Yokoyama who does Shiatsu massage at a hair salon in Manhattan, New York. This first time story of The Shiatsu Times is about Kidneys.

Many people has stress or tension on their kidneys that I have felt in the Shiatsu sessions in New York.

So what are cause of kidney's stress?...there are many reasons we might have,

* Lack of sleep

* Keep to listening sound or noise (kidneys relate ears in Chinese Medicine)  

* Coldness
* Depression, Fear
* Eat the foods which take the body fluid... like Salty, Dried, Baked, Spicy, Meat, atc
* Take water too much (kidneys need to work all the time to form the urine, besides when you do exercise, physical activity, or Summer)
* Taking excess amount of caffeine
* Electromagnetic radiation

Toward the real Winter we might be careful of the organ, but how we do?

There are some signatures of overworking of the kidneys,

1. water bag of the skin below the eyes ( you know when you didn't sleep...)
2. coldness of a side of thoracic 10-12th ( sometimes get swelled and hot will be excessive work, too )
3. swelling of the lateral arch of the feet

So when you see these signs on your body, you might avoid or do less any [ * ] marks would not be only effective, enjoying the bath time or wearing black socks will help the kidney's work, also...

Orientel Medcine has taught us " Ki (energy) " comes from the Kidneys and the Liver, so please take care your Kidneys for your Winter activity!

Thank you for reading, I would mention about this organ more, See you next time.