Essential knowledge: The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role This includes knowledge of: A range of alternative and complementary therapies Basic knowledge of the principles of shiatsu therapy and its epistemology within the therapeutic systems of the east and west Basic knowledge of the qualitative, quantitative, cultural and traditional lines of evidence used in shiatsu Ethical issues in natural medicine WHS requirements in the workplace Philosophical tradition of western and eastern medicine Sociology of health and the healthcare system The concepts of ki (qi or chi), kyo and jitsu, tonification and dispersal and masanaga's zen shiatsu The dynamic interchange between the physical, mental, social, environmental and spiritual landscape The eastern medicine integration of these approaches to health The effects of shiatsu application to the body surface The history and development of shiatsu The philosophies, principles and tools of shiatsu practice The principles of hara and its role in shiatsu The rationalistic, analytical approach to an understanding of disease The theory of meridian therapy The vitalistic, empirical approach to health |