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Master of the Zen School Kris Deva North and the Taoist Master
Mantak Chia combine their years of teaching and depth of knowledge
and experience to create a compelling journey through the secret
pressure points of Chinese Medicine.

(PRWEB) November 4, 2005 -- The authors trace Shiatsu Secrets of
Touch from origins at the Court of the legendary Yellow Emperor
through 4,000 years to its relevance for modern times: combining
loving touch with healing power.

"These practices have been studied for centuries in both East and
West," says Mantak Chia. "Chinese and Japanese traditions combined
the study of reproductive systems with medicine: certain pressure-
points and meridians were found to stimulate and sustain desire.
Using the secrets of these points and channels makes for longer and
more pleasurable encounters. Peak moments can be prolonged beyond
bliss, into ecstasy. Like cooking a Chinese meal, preparation is the
key."

"Yes, you can become far more effective," adds Kris Deva
North. "Woman, man, straight, gay and bi, you can please your
partner and please yourself. The act itself is natural. You know
what to do. It is the moments leading up to the act which make it
more or less pleasurable for your partner. Women fear insensitivity.
Men fear inability to perform. Both fear rejection. Knowing the
psycho-sensual secrets of certain pressure points helps you become
better, however good you are already. Are you stimulated more
quickly, your partner more slowly? It's quite usual for the man to
peak first. Woman comes to the boil more slowly but simmers longer.
He's done in, she ready for more."

Based on the form of a conventional shiatsu treatment, the text and
pictures give detailed guidance, showing precisely where to place
the hands -- and other body-parts -- to stimulate and sustain peak
experience.

Many of the pressure points from shiatsu healing massage are shown
with their more arcane applications, sometimes with passing
reference to the clinical use, for example:

"Conception Vessel 1, known as the Gate of Life and Death, so named
because the retention of energy is said to prolong life, has subtle
use as stimulation point for both genders, especially good for
prolonging male energy. Clinical use is said to be able help with
prevention and relief of symptoms of some prostate conditions."

Self-shiatsu is well covered, with exercises for men and women to
keep themselves at the peak of fitness, and the women's practice of
using the famous Chinese Drilled Jade Egg is described in detail.

A chapter on what to look for in a partner, from astrological
compatibility to physical attributes as indicators of performance,
is followed by advice on coping with energy-vampires and parasites.

It is the Taoist Master Mantak Chia's twenty-first book, and the
first by Kris Deva North, Master of the Zen School of Shiatsu. The
book shows a profound knowledge of the subject, which it conveys
with a light touch and hundreds of color photographs.

Published by Universal Tao Publications for release in the UK 5th
November.

For a review copy of the book or for interviews with the authors
please contact the email address below.

To buy the book and for more information on Taoist practice visit
http://www.healing-tao.co.uk/

For more information on Zen Shiatsu visit http://www.learn-
shiatsu.co.uk.