Qi Roots

Qi Roots Shiatsu & Massage: calm your mind, ease your body, feel balanced. The ideogram Shiatsu literally translated means:

shi = finger,
atsu = pressure / press.

Shiatsu is a discipline born in Japan and has roots in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Zen Philosophy. Shiatsu is a manual technique that acts by applying pressure on the recipient's body with thumbs, palms, elbows and knees. The pressures are exerted along the lines of the energy meridians, channels that carry Ki / Qi (commonly translated as Vital Energy). In everyday life, stress, trauma (not only physical) and conditioning in general, can modify or prevent the free flow of this energy (Ki / Qi) and therefore alter our well-being. The main energy meridians are twelve and are named after the organs and viscera of the body. In our organism they trace a dense network of channels; in six of them it carries the yin energy that starts from the earth and goes towards the sky, in the other six it carries the yang energy that starts from the sky and goes towards the earth. The application of Shiatsu pressure and stretching techniques serves to relax the tension in the muscles, to loosen the joints and to realign the body structure. The pressure along the energy lines helps to harmonize the imbalances in the functioning of the internal organs. Shiatsu treatment generally gives the recipient a feeling of beneficial relaxation and at the same time a healthy stimulation that stimulates and strengthens the individual's self-healing capacity. Shiatsu acts as a prevention, helps to maintain the state of health and can be an effective support during other therapies. In this type of discipline we speak of the absence of health rather than disease and the energy is gently brought to re-inhabit a part of the body not experienced for some time. If you really think in terms of the oriental medicine approach, it must be taken into account that this approach does not only concern symptoms and treatment, but includes the spiritual, mental and emotional aspect, i.e. consider that the disease derives from the deep inner attitude of the individual, and the profound life corresponds to the spirit. The styles of Shiatsu that are practiced in the West are many and different, I practice Zen Shiatsu by Master Shizuto Masunaga. Those who practice shiatsu or those who approach to receive the benefits of this art understand that it is not just a pressure with the fingers, but something that becomes a communication between the practitioner and the recipient, in a condition of calm and silence, an exchange of energy between two people, a non-verbal dialogue through physical contact. If you wish to receive a cycle of treatments get in contact with me.

🍂 🇬🇧 FALL OFFER – Time to Recharge Autumn is the perfect season to slow down, release tension, and restore your inner ba...
02/11/2025

🍂 🇬🇧 FALL OFFER – Time to Recharge

Autumn is the perfect season to slow down, release tension, and restore your inner balance.
Treat yourself or a loved one to a relaxing Shiatsu session or massage – a gift of peace and renewal.

🍁 Autumn Special: 10% off all treatments from €60, when booked by November 20.
🌿 Professional treatments in Otterberg & Rockenhausen.
🎁 Personalized gift vouchers available.
⏳ Gift vouchers are valid for 6 months from the purchase date.

👉 Book online: https://calendly.com/anishiatsu
Use coupon code FALL (e.g. FALL-S60O for Shiatsu 60 min. in Otterberg, see all coupon codes below) when booking on Calendly to get 10% off all 60–90 minute treatments.

Valid until November 20, 2025.

For questions: WhatsApp +49 157 56290015 or shiatsu.agnese@gmail.com 👉 www.anishiatsu.com

“In autumn we learn to let go – and to gather new strength.”Agnese – Qi Roots

Coupon codes:
Shiatsu 60 min. Otterberg, code FALL-S60O
Shiatsu 60 min. Rockenhausen, code FALL-S60R

Shiatsu 90 min. Otterberg, code FALL-S90O
Shiatsu 90 min. Rockenhausen, code FALL-S90R

Classic massage 60 min. Otterberg, code FALL-K60O
Classic massage 60 min. Rockenhausen FALL-K60R

Aromatic oil massage 60 min. Otterberg, code FALL-A60O Aromatic oil massage 60 min. Rockenhausen FALL-A60R

18/10/2025

"If our mind is caught, distracted, or preoccupied with our worries and our suffering, we can’t practice mindfulness; we can’t enjoy the present moment, and we’re missing out on life. But if we’re awake, then we’ll see this is a wonderful moment that life has given us, the only moment in which life is available."
-Thich Nhat Hanh (How to Dream)

🌿 Shiatsu and massage in Otterberg & Rockenhausen! 🌿Relax your body, calm your mind, and restore your energy with profes...
21/09/2025

🌿 Shiatsu and massage in Otterberg & Rockenhausen! 🌿

Relax your body, calm your mind, and restore your energy with professional Shiatsu and classic and aromatic oil massages.

Whether you need relief from stress, tension, or simply want a moment of self-care, my studio is a peaceful space for you.

📍 Locations: Otterberg & Rockenhausen
🕒 Flexible hours – appointments available

✨ Book your session today and experience the balance your body deserves!

✨ Now also available: Gift Vouchers!
Surprise your loved ones with the gift of relaxation and wellbeing.

📩 For appointments, text me on WhatsApp, send an email, or book online on the website www.anishiatsu.com .

"The Tao gave birth to One.The One gave birth to Two.The Two gave birth to Three.The Three gave birth to all of creation...
08/02/2022

"The Tao gave birth to One.
The One gave birth to Two.
The Two gave birth to Three.
The Three gave birth to all of creation.

All things carry Yin
Yet embrace Yang.
They blend their life breaths
In order to produce harmony."

Lao Tzu, Tao te Ching

EAR STIMULATIONIn oriental medicine, the ear is closely related to the kidney meridian. Therefore, people with memory lo...
07/02/2022

EAR STIMULATION

In oriental medicine, the ear is closely related to the kidney meridian. Therefore, people with memory loss, ringing in the ears, dizziness, insomnia, feeling of numbness in the lower body, etc., should try to stimulate the ears.
Use the image as a reference.
Try pulling the ears back or up and down, or warm them with a warm towel.
You will feel relaxed after this, so I recommend doing this before bed☺️

Let's remember that we are Nature, and that most of our imbalances, diseases and sorrow depend on our alienation from th...
22/04/2021

Let's remember that we are Nature, and that most of our imbalances, diseases and sorrow depend on our alienation from the natural environment.
An holistic approach reminds the interconnectivity of our bodies with the great organism we are part of.
Mother earth, pacha mama, nourishes us and gives us abundance, let's be grateful for it everyday. Let's respect and love her. Let's respect and love ourselves.
💚

One day I decided to give up and quit my job, my relationship, my life. I went to the forest to talk to an old man who t...
21/04/2021

One day I decided to give up and quit my job, my relationship, my life. I went to the forest to talk to an old man who they said was very wise.

"Could you give me a good reason not to give up?" I asked him.

"Look around you," he replied. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?"

"Yes," I replied.

"When I sowed the fern and bamboo seeds, I took good care of them." The fern quickly grew. Its bright green covered the ground. But nothing came out of the bamboo seed. Nevertheless I did not give up on the bamboo.

In the second year the fern grew brighter and more abundant and, again, nothing grew from the bamboo seed. But I did not give up on the bamboo.

In the third year still nothing sprouted from the bamboo seed. But I did not give up on the bamboo.

In the fourth year, again, nothing came out of the bamboo seed. But I did not give up on the bamboo.

In the fifth year a small bamboo shoot peeked out of the ground. Compared to the fern it was apparently very small and insignificant.

In the sixth year, the bamboo grew more than 20 meters in height. It had spent five years putting down roots to sustain it. Those roots made him strong and gave him what he needed to survive.

Did you know that all this time you've been struggling, you've really been putting down roots? The old man said to me, and continued:

"The bamboo has a different purpose than the fern." However, both are necessary and make the forest a beautiful place.

Never regret a day in your life.

Good morning gives you happiness.

Bad days give you experience.

Both are essential for life.

Happiness keeps you sweet.

Attempts keep you strong.

The pains keep you human.

Falls keep you noble.

Success keeps you bright ...

If you don't get what you want, don't despair ... you may just be putting down roots.

But you will get it:

just look beyond.

"The fern and the bamboo", unknown author






















I wish you a happy, relaxing and restorative snowy Easter!According to traditional Chinese medicine, which has a holisti...
05/04/2021

I wish you a happy, relaxing and restorative snowy Easter!

According to traditional Chinese medicine, which has a holistic view, there's a theory of the five elements, which relates the time of the year to an element (wood, fire, earth, metal, water), to a pair of energy meridians and to its functions. This time of the year is linked to spring awakening, to the return to life, and to the liver and gallbladder meridians, related to the wood element, flexibility (physical and mental), reflected in joint mobility, planning and responsibility.

It is time to prepare for the energetic surge of spring, planning, organizing and making room for the new, cleaning up the residues of the winter.
During winter we dedicated ourselves to looking inward, we integrated the stimuli of the past year; especially this year, due to the global situation, we have spent more time in our homes confronting ourselves and with the people of our closest circle, and now it's time to treasure what we have assimilated, and plan our future moves.

To wish you to start again with the best energy and with an aligned and balanced body and mind, I am happy to offer you a 10% discount on a shiatsu treatment in the month of April.
To get the discount you can book an appointment with me on whatsapp, phone (+4915756290015) or you can send me an email at shiatsu.agnese@gmail.com.
- The discount cannot be combined with the discount for packages of 3, 5 or 10 treatments. For example, if you bought a treatment package and want to receive a 10% discount, you can purchase a new discounted treatment to use this month and then continue with the treatments already purchased.-

I am planning to start a newsletter, to share information on Traditional Chinese Medicine, shiatsu and other curiosities about oriental philosophy and disciplines and to keep you updated on the offers. If you are interested and have not yet signed up, you can let me know by email or msg.

Thank you for reading and eventually sharing my promotion with friends and family,
Happy Easter and happy spring!

"The mystery of the divine feminine speaks to us from within her creation. She is not a distant god in heaven, but a pre...
08/03/2021

"The mystery of the divine feminine speaks to us from within her creation. She is not a distant god in heaven, but a presence that is here with us, needing our response. She is the divine returning to claim her creation, the real wonder of what it means to be alive. We have forgotten her, just as we have forgotten so much of what is sacred, and yet she is always part of us. But now she needs to be known again, not just as a myth, as a spiritual image, but as something that belongs to the blood and the breath. She can awaken us to an expectancy in the air, to an ancient memory coming alive in a new way. She can help us to give birth to the divine that is within us, to the oneness that is all around us. She can help us to remember our real nature."

Vaughan-Lee

"Exchange, closeness, contact and security are very original interpersonal needs that many cannot satisfy. Furthermore, ...
11/02/2021

"Exchange, closeness, contact and security are very original interpersonal needs that many cannot satisfy. Furthermore, many people do not feel at home in their bodies, they lose their sense of themselves and become strangers to themselves."
Klaus Metzner

This period of forced distancing, creating an absence of exchange, contact and sharing, has done nothing but manifest their need and importance for the well-being and physical, mental, social and spiritual balance of human beings, and beyond. Let's treasure this teaching, and let's not forget it. Just as absence creates recognition of what is missing, emptiness creates space that can be filled by making itself useful:

"Thirty spokes unite in a nave, but the nothingness in the hub gives to the wheel its usefulness, for thereupon it goes round;
The potter kneads the clay as he works, with many a twist and rub,
But in the nothingness within, the vessel's use is found;
Doors and windows cut in the walls thereby a room will make,
But in its nothingness is found the room' s utility;
So the profit of existences is only for the sake
Of non-existences, where all the use is found to be."

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching, Chapter 11

08/02/2021

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About Shiatsu

Shiatsu, which means "finger pressure", is an Asian bodywork that originates in Japan. Shiatsu is similar to massage, but it is not a traditional massage. It works by balancing the body's energy (chi/qi/ki), which moves through the body in channels known as meridians. Shiatsu is an exchange between two beings who share the same present together, which works on the physical, emotional and spiritual level at the same time. Even if it looks like a relaxing passive activity, it's a way to develop and work on ourselves. The purpose of Shiatsu is to address the emotions we hold and store in our bodies. It taps into the mind and body's natural relaxation responses and balances our energy using the body's pathways called meridians. When we are stressed, our energy become imbalanced and can create a "traffic jam" along the meridians causing us to feel anxious, empty or tired. Shiatsu uses gentle, rhythmic rocking, stretching, joint rotation, palm and thumb pressure to balance this energy and promote healing from within. Línguas faladas/ Spoken languages/ Lingue parlate/ Idiomas hablados/ Gesprochenen Sprachen: English, Deutsch (basic), Italiano, Portuguese (básico), Castellano.