Kuniaki Imoto

The human body has the power to restore itself naturally to its normal condition from illness and injury without external interference. The role of the Seitai practitioner is to examine and treat the body's skeletal frame and muscles in order to eliminate any factors that weaken or obstruct the body's natural healing power. Seitai techniques are based on a combination of traditional Japanese healing therapies.

Throughout his fifty years of experience with Seitai, the author has adapted his own discoveries and ideas into a unique form of treatment in accordance with the changes he has witnessed occurring in the human body during the course of his practice. The Seitai approach to staying healthy will be both innovative and compelling for the Western reader, who will in time come to regard it as an essential , commonsense practice for maintaining the body's health.

With many detailed photogaphs illustrating comprehensive physical exercises, The Seitai Method shows readers how to treat themselves for a variety of disorders, from common ailments such as stiff shoulders, toothache, and colds, to more serious diseases such as asthma and tonsillitis, as well as debilitating conditions like obesity. The author also deals extensively with general measures for maintaining overall physical and mental health. The Seitai Method will be an invaluable resource for anybody interested in a fresh holistic approach to maintaining a healthy body.

Kuniaki Imoto was born in 1944 in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. His father was a seitai teacher and practitioner, introducing Kuniaki to Seitai treatment at the age of five. Afer becoming a qualified acupuncturist in Japan, Kuniaki was dispatched by the Japanese government to practice and teach acupuncture in Germany and Switzerland, and during this period he deepened his knowledge of Western medical science. It was here that he came to the conclusion that among all the various therapies he had encountered, Seitai was the most effective. After returning to Japan, he founded his own branch of Seitai treatment, Imoto Seitai, which he has practiced all over the world ever since. He has established Seitai educational institutions in Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo, and Fukuoka, in order to hand down his skills and philsophy to future generations. He contributes to many magazines and has published more than ten books in Japanese.

Through a relatively recent form of treatment, Seitai integrates the secret techniques of ancient therapies to activate the natural healing power of the human body. With over fifty years of experience, the author has adapted and developed the essence of this practice into a unique, innovative method-Imoto Seitai.

Contents

Foreword
Chapter 1 Basic theory of seitai
Illness-Dstruction before construction
The true nature of the body from the Seitai perspective
Respect for life
What is 'ki?'
The backbone influences the whole body
Chapter 2 Assess the body with 7 postures
Turning the neck
Raising the arms overhead wihile lying on the back
Sitting on the floor with legs extended forward
Standing
Lying face down
Lying on the back
Lying face down and rocking the hips
Chapter 3 Self-treatment techniques of Imoto-Seitai
Dou-ki
Seitai physical exercises
Hot moist towel method
Cycles in the body
Hot bathing method
Chapter 4 Relief from pain
Headaches
Strained back-Exercise for strained back (A & B)
Sciatica-V-shape hip joint exercise
Knee pain-Exercise for knee pain
Herniated disk
Chronic lower back pain-Side abdomen treatment
Jaw joint disorder-Exercisse to loosen the spinal column
Toothache
Hemorrhoids-Exercise for T3 and T4
Gout
Rheumatism
Stomach cramps-Rib tightening method; Dou-ki
Chapter 5 Easing discomfort
Stiff shoulders-Exercise for stiff shoulders
Sanri
Shoulder pain caused by aging
Shoulder joint pain-Shoulder joint exercise
Other shoulder joint pain
Eyestrain
Dry eye
Insomnia-Exercise for the pectoralis major muscles; Exercise to lift the ribs
Stiff neck after sleeping-Twist and stretch exercise
Diarrhea
Athlete's foot
Mental stress-Rotating the thumbs and big toes
Swelling of the feet-Exercise to relax the ankles
Chapter 6 Improve your condition
Common cold
Hay fever (Pollinosis)
Energy loss-Hip joint exercise
Poor complexion
Heart palpitations (Arrhythmia)
High blood pressure
Indigestion
Pseudo myopia-False nearsightedness
Chronic fatigue
Constipation-Exercise for overeating; Exercise to relieve constipation
obesity-Pelvic exercise
Chapter 7 Women's ailments
Cystitis (Inflammation of the bladder)-Exercise for L5
Menstrual pain-Exercise for the prevention of menstrual pain
Gallstones
Menopausal disorders
Sensitivity to cold
Chapter 8 Children's ailments
Tonsillitis
Tympanitis
Asthma
Atopic dermatitis
Chapter 9 Seitai exercises
Deep breathing method-Shinsoku-ho
Breastbone (sternum) exercise
Lymphatic exercise A (basic)
Lymphatic exercise B (twisting)
Lymphatic exercise C (lying)
Iliac bone exercise (1, 2, & 3)
Lower back exercise
Combined exercise (overeating and lymph)
L-shape exercise (1 & 2)
Sacrum exercise
Sacrum
Pubic bone exercise
C-shape exercise
Seitai first aid methods
Summary of symptoms… (altro)