Eastern Sun Shiatsu is the healing practice of Cynthia Conklin.
She gives traditional and Zen-style Shiatsu treatments, and supports her clients
in establishing a healthy lifestyle.

Rates

Cash preferred. Checks accepted. Credit cards are no longer accepted.

Gift Certificates are available.
Payment is expected unless a cancellation is made 24 hours in advance of appointment time.

Hours

Treatments are available by appointment only.
Call: 734-213-1773
Email: info@easternsunshiatsu.com
Free onsite parking downtown Ann Arbor.

Benefits of Shiatsu

Eastern Sun Shiatsu is based on holistic and far-reaching Asian medical theories that wed nature to healing.
It can help you with…

• Anxiety and stress
• Muscle and joint pain
• Digestive disorders
• Insomnia
• Headaches
• PMS, menopause, pregnancy
• Cancer recovery
• Auto-immune disorders
• Many other conditions

Shiatsu helps you awaken your own healing potential.

An excellent introduction to Shiatsu Therapy can be found at www.holisticonline.com/shiatsu/hol_shiatsu_intr.htm

Treatment Description

Eastern Sun Shiatsu is a body healing therapy that dances with ancient Chinese medical understanding.

Shiatsu brings harmony to the life energy within your body. It is used to maintain health, vitality and stamina. It can relieve muscular aches and pains caused by tension, injury and fatigue. It is also beneficial in treating the symptoms of many common diseases.

The “dance” of shiatsu moves with a system of meridians, or energy rivers.
The meridians contain tsubos, potent entryways into the healing current of these rivers.

In an ESS Shiatsu treatment you wear loose clothing, and lie comfortably on a futon at floor height. Cynthia holds, stretches, stimulates, sedates and nourishes your meridians and tsubos. Energy begins to circulate to ease pain, relieve tension and promote relaxation. She is fluid, natural, relaxed and continuous in her movement and attention.

As the Shiatsu giver, Cynthia observes the play of yin and yang within your body. The principal of yin and yang is a basic force in nature. Yin and Yang are complementary opposites. The original meaning of yang meant the sunny side of the slope, while yin referred to the shady side. Yin and Yang are qualities that can only be defined in relationship to one another, and are applied to the character of the body and its various conditions.

Yin and yang spin out into the five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water. Each associated with different qualities of Ki. Diagnosis and treatment are based on the interplay of these principles.

Testimonials

Isabella Adelman
Project Leader Software Development Borders Books
Shiatsu helps me a lot to fight with lung cancer as well as with neck and shoulder muscle tension due to software development I do. I feel that Cynthia is very calm, careful and skillful. I am trying to concentrate on myself as much as I can during the session. I found it very helpful to follow Cynthia's hands. I am very pleased that I found her.

Bryan Beecher
Executive Manager, U-M Information Technology
About one year ago, I replaced my therapeutic massage weekly sessions with sessions with Cynthia. My experience is that her shiatsu sessions are more effective (and somehow "deeper") than ordinary therapeutic (deep tissue) massage work. In a very unusual way, shiatsu seems to free parts that feel "stuck" (e.g., joints, muscles, and fascia) more effectively than a deep tissue massage. This was very surprising at first for me since shiatsu is so much gentler than massage. I think that Cynthia has good intuition with her work. Although I will rarely mention a specific ache or pain, as the shiatsu session progresses, Cynthia somehow discovered the root causes, and by the end of the session any nagging ache is gone.

Susan Caya
Director of Training, Inter-Cooperative Council
Cynthia and I have a very synergetic/compatible client/shiatsu therapist relationship. It works extremely well for me (and I think her) because she is very competent, willing to be open and make changes and likes her work tremendously. I just try to be present and relax totally into the process itself. Shiatsu and my body are made for each other, and Cynthia aptly facilitates this partnership. I try not to think about my sessions ­ not to conceptualize what my body feels ­ just relax into the sensations and flow of energy (both in my body and between Cynthia and I).

Jane Mitchell
Rudolph Steiner School Teacher - Fifth Grade
Cynthia is very conscientious, careful and precise. It is very vulnerable for the recipient of these treatments to have the hara diagnosis. These most vulnerable areas were met with sensitive hands, a sense of confidence and professionalism, encouraging relaxation. With each session, I experienced an increase in overall health and vitality as if the treatment was lightening up and waking up my body. There were glimmers of Cynthia "following" some movement in my body allowing me to melt and open more.

Cynthia’s Qualifications

Ohashiatsu Institute Graduate, 2003

Internship with Frances Farmer, ’95 Ohashiatsu Institute Graduate,
January 2000 through August 2001

Seminar Series with Kazuko Kuratomi, Founder of Kuratomi Therapy, 1993-94

Graduate of Irene Gauthier School of Myomassology, 1984

Practitioner Nyingma Vajrayana Buddhism – July 1994 – present

Meaning of the Eastern Sun

This name was inspired by the teachings of the late Chogyam Trungpa. His teachings about the “Great Eastern Sun” express the sheer delight and dignity of being human. They recognize the simultaneity of joy and sadness in the human heart. They cajole us to live with openness, generousity, mindfulness and awareness. Cynthia aspires to connect with each shiatsu client from this view.

History of Shiatsu

Historical references to the meridians date back to China’s Han Dynasty era (206 BC - 220 AD). Shiatsu is Japan’s systemization and refinement of these ancient Chinese healing principals. The word itself means simply “finger pressure.”

Common Terms

Meridian: a channel of energy that takes a specific shape as it moves through the body.
Meridians are not physical structures that show up on an X-rays, but are more like radio waves that are invisible yet real. The energy flows through and as these meridians is called Ki by the Japanese, and Chi by the Chinese. It is a name for the life force that animates our bodies.

Tsubos: Pressure-sensitive points located within the meridians.
Tsubos are potent entryways into the body’s own healing force. There are over 300 of these tsubos, each with a unique function. They are same points used in acupuncture.

Location/Directions

Parking available behind building. 417 S. Fourth Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48104

From M-14 W, Ann Arbor Exit #175, head south on Main street to William,
Take a left on William. Travel 1 block to 4th Ave and take a right.
It is the second drive on the left (east) side of street.

From I-94 at AA-Saline Exit #175, head north on AA-Saline Road, to William.
Take a right on William. Travel 1 block to 4th Ave and take a right.
It is the second drive on the left (east) side of street.

• Located near corner of William St. and Fourth Avenue in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan.

• Second building south of William Street, between Muehlig Funeral Chapel, and the Bethlehem United Church of Christ, on the east side of Fourth Ave.

• In the same building as the medical practice of Dr. Jay Sandweiss, D.O.

• Eastern Sun Shiatsu studio is on the second floor.

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Contact Us

Eastern Sun Shiatsu
Attention: Cynthia Conklin
417 S. Fourth Ave.
Second Floor
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734-213-1773

info@easternsunshiatsu.com

Links

www.crazywisdom.net
Crazy Wisdom is a full service bookstore specializing in Spirituality, Psychology, & Integrative Medicine.

www.holistic-online.com/shiatsu/hol_shiatsu_intr.htm
An excellent and concise site to learn more about shiatsu and its origins.

www.flamingjewel.org
A site on Vajrayana Buddhism.

www.visionbuilders.org
A site for Eastern Sun Shiatsu's favorite charity.

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