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The beauty of Qi~ssage is that it’s very simple and it doesn’t take long to learn.


~DouShin Originally trained as a dancer, Resonance Art Heart of Tao


Using Movement Therapy to Improve Energy Flow and Generate Self-Healing


by Michelle Hamburger G


adu DouShin, owner of Heart of Tao Resonance Art (HO- TRA), in Minneapolis, believes every person is born with the power to help themselves heal, and that healing can


be stimulated through body movement. “The motto of my business is to heal, practice and create,” DouShin says. “The idea is to help people find a new way of healing their body, their mind, their spirit through movement. Also, through movement, I try to help them to express their creative outlets.”


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DouShin was introduced to the concept of moving meditation while enrolled at Subbody Butoh School in India. Moving meditation drew him into a deeper connection with the energy flow in his body, and helped him realize the health implications associated with it. He later began practicing shiatsu and qigong, additional forms of energy healing. Movement plays a powerful role in Oriental medicine and HOTRA em- bodies an Eastern medical philosophy. “In Oriental medicine the practitioner’s job is to help remove energy blockag- es so energy flows better, the body is balanced and you heal by yourself,” DouShin explains. “Some of what I learned from years of doing move- ment is that your body knows the way to heal itself.” DouShin believes that learning to listen to one’s own ‘body intelligence’ allows people to stimulate their natural healing process and even increase the speed in which they heal. HOTRA offers several healing and


movement classes, including Shiatsu, Spring Forest Qigong, Qi~ssage and Subbody Butoh. Shiatsu uses meridian and pressure point stimulation to treat and improve energy flow. Many people associate Shiatsu with Western massage practices, but DouShin explains that the original form of Shiatsu is something closer to acupressure. He has seen clients find relief from chronic pain and illness using Shiatsu, and even with people suffering from cancer. Spring Forest Qigong was devel-


oped by Minnesota resident Master Chunyi Lin. Qigong, according to DouShin, dates back more than 4,000 years, and is a Chinese energy bal- ancing technique which focuses on improving the body’s ability to heal. “In Spring Forest Qigong, the first aspect is to heal yourself, both through a phys- ical movement practice and a sitting meditation,” he explains. “The next aspect is to help heal others, and that’s where we do a technique called energy


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