Japanese Restorative Massage

Japanese restorative therapy is a deep tissue style of massage which uses acupressure points to promote healing and balance the body’s energy. The massage itself is done by using the forearm and the elbow in a rocking motion. The therapist generally focuses on stimulating the various pressure points of the body along the major energy flow lines. This is done to stimulate and restore the flow of the universal life force, or ‘Chi’, throughout the body. The technique releases built-up toxins in the muscles allowing the body to cleanse and rebuild to a stronger and healthier state.

Japanese Restorative Massage follows a series of well-defined steps that ensure that all the meridians are activated and energy blockages removed. Professor Henry S. Okazaki developed this style of therapy as a prerequisite for a jujitsu martial artist to receive the 2nd degree black belt, using the concepts of Japanese restorative therapy, herbology, reflexology, massage, shiatsu, lomi lomi, and acupressure.