full bloom
light-touch Japanese acupressure
Christina Burawa, MFA, CMT
Jin Shin Jyutsu® Practitioner
artwork by Christina Burawa
Jin Shin Jyutsu can help with:
chronic pain / back pain / headaches (migraines) / arthritis pain
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recovery from illness / injury; surgery; cancer treatment
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balance & mobility; respiratory function; digestive function
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blood pressure and blood sugar levels
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stress & fatigue; depression & anxiety
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Jin Shin Jyutsu can provide natural pain relief:
"JSJ allows patients to be relieved of their pain
without narcotics, or as many narcotics."
- Dr. Mark Evers, Director of the Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentucky,
which includes Jin Shin Jyutsu in the range of treatments offered to cancer patients.
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Jin Shin Jyutsu (JSJ) is traditional light touch Japanese acupressure. Acting as a "jumper cable," the JSJ practitioner gently places their hands at specific sites on the body (see illustrations to the left), over the client's clothing. Applying these hand holds in particular combinations and sequences clears energetic blockages. Tensions are released; life force energy in the body is increased and rebalanced; body and mind shift to a state of greater harmony; and physiological functioning is enhanced.
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about Jin Shin Jyutsu's beginnings
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Jiro Murai rediscovered and furthered the ancient art of Jin Shin Jyutsu early in the last century. His research included study of the Kojiki
("Record of Ancient Things") in the Japanese Imperial Archives.
Mary Burmeister, "Mother of Jin Shin Jyutsu," was Jiro Murai's student. Burmeister created the books practitioners now work from.
She brought Jin Shin Jyutsu to America and the wider world.
About Christina
Christina has over 300 hours of training
in Jin Shin Jyutsu, as well as Advanced Certification in Therapeutic Massage.
She has been practicing JSJ
professionally since 2006.
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Christina served as Minnesota
Seminar Organizer for the Burmeister
Jin Shin Jyutsu Institute, which has since been reconfigured into an international collective of JSJ instructors:
Jin Shin Jyutsu Spirit Mind Body.
This is their website:
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Christina is also a visual artist with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from
Washington University in St. Louis
and a Master of Fine Arts degree
from Arizona State University.
Christina volunteered as a JSJ therapist at Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing and presented a case study on one of her clients
to the Medical Executive Committee
at MCHS Red Wing, by invitation.
She has taught Jin Shin Jyutsu self-help
classes at the LiveStrong program for cancer survivors at the Red Wing YMCA and at the Bluewater Yoga Studio in Red Wing.
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Christina with client Dee Boaz Clarksville, TN, 2014
Yuko the cat sometimes joins in on sessions
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