Rob Blackburn Shiatsu

Authenticity

December 3, 2009

I’ve been whirled around a bit recently but here is a post that has come up in the maelstrom.I was deeply flattered by Havi being inspired by my post and driving all that interest my way and it got me on a train of thought that concluded with this… This really is what people dig…. Authenticity…!
Shit, we all know how much in-authentic stuff is flying around in the noosphere, shoddy celebrity melodramas, crappy tv advertising selling us stuff we sure as hell don’t need, fake food, supermarkets pretending like they give a crap about local and home grown, huxters, shucksters and tinsel damn, it gets worse at this time of year!

Rant aside, it got me thinking about authenticity and how important it is in a world stuff full of maya. So hard to find too.

I have been working on my own authenticity, finding and clawing back my spirit which got hoovered up by degrees studying philosophy at uni, and by cynicism and disilllusionment at a world gone bad( so it seemed). There are many things and people that helped me out of my existential slump and one of those things was Shiatsu (surprise!)I found that in this space of giving shiatsu that you have to be genuine, connected, grounded and heart-felt. People soon feel uncomfortable if your attention wanders or your intention strays.

When recieving Shiatsu, it is making this genuine heart-felt connection that our spirits are saved from the ever crushing walls of shallow marketing hype and illusions of human contact. This is real, this is right here, this is right now and it sure as hell can’t be faked.

When I have recieved a great Shiatsu treatment I walk away feeling more myself than I was before, more comfortable with my decisions and inspired to go on. It is this feeling that I want to bring to my clients as well as, or important as, treating thier symptoms. As it is only through our connections with people and authentic connection with ourselves that healing can occur.

Many, many thanks to Mark at Heart of business, Ken Wilber’s ILP , Havi and GIna for the inspiration for this post.

Links soon but posting from phone so can’t add hyperlinks yet, just wanted to get this posted!

Filed under: Alternative medicine, Health, Shiatsu, Social Change, TCM

Tags: authenticity, ILP, Shiatsu, spirit