Michel Odoul is a shiatsu and psychoenergetic medicine practitioner as well as the founder of the French Institute of Shiatsu and Applied Physical Psychology. He has appeared at numerous health conferences through the world, including the 2013 international meeting of Acupuncturists without Borders. He lives in Paris.

“A much-needed book for the 21st century; Odoul takes an energetic approach to holistic philosophy and goes to the root of energetic disturbances that lead to ailments or chronic conditions. Odoul connects us to the profound unconscious components of our minds and bodies to reconstruct physical ailments and thus develop transparency throughout our physical and our spiritual lives.”

• Foreword by Thierry Médynski, M.D.Introduction PART 1A Philosophy of Human life Energetic Connections Inside and Outside the Body 1 The Spiritual Dimensions of Human Life Underpinnings of Our Being The Process of Incarnation The Life Path Earlier Heaven and Later Heaven The Concept of Laterality The Conscious and the Nonconscious The Process of Awakening Physiological Expressions of Disharmony The Freudian Slip The Mirror Effect 2 Between Heaven and Earth The Human Being as a Microcosm of the Universe Yin and Yang The Five Principles How Energies Function to Achieve Structure and Balance in the Body How Energies Move in the Body: The Meridians The Distribution of Yin and Yang in the Body 3 Connections within the Body The Five Principles and the Twelve Organ Meridians Metal: Lung and Large Intestine Meridians Earth: Stomach and Spleen/Pancreas Meridians Fire: Heart, Small Intestine, Heart Protector, and Triple Heater Meridians Water: Urinary Bladder and Kidney Meridians Wood: Gall Bladder and Liver Meridians PART 2 A Symbolic Message System How the Nonconscious Speaks through the Body 4 The Main Parts of the Body And How They Speak to Us The Structure of the Human Body and the Role of Each Part The Skeleton and the Spinal Column The Lower Limbs The Upper Limbs The Neck The Trunk 5 The Major Systems of the Body The Symbolism of Our Organ Systems The Digestive System The Respiratory System The Urinary System The Circulatory System The Nervous System The Reproductive System 6 The Sense Organs and Other Conditions of the Body Feedback from the Inner Master The Head and Face: Symbol of Identity and Seat of the Sense Organs Specific Conditions Infirmities and Handicaps Conclusion Index

Michel Odoul is a shiatsu and psychoenergetic medicine practitioner as well as the founder of the French Institute of Shiatsu and Applied Physical Psychology. He has appeared at numerous health conferences through the world, including the 2013 international meeting of Acupuncturists without Borders. He lives in Paris.

“A much-needed book for the 21st century; Odoul takes an energetic approach to holistic philosophy and goes to the root of energetic disturbances that lead to ailments or chronic conditions. Odoul connects us to the profound unconscious components of our minds and bodies to reconstruct physical ailments and thus develop transparency throughout our physical and our spiritual lives.”

• Foreword by Thierry Médynski, M.D.Introduction PART 1A Philosophy of Human life Energetic Connections Inside and Outside the Body 1 The Spiritual Dimensions of Human Life Underpinnings of Our Being The Process of Incarnation The Life Path Earlier Heaven and Later Heaven The Concept of Laterality The Conscious and the Nonconscious The Process of Awakening Physiological Expressions of Disharmony The Freudian Slip The Mirror Effect 2 Between Heaven and Earth The Human Being as a Microcosm of the Universe Yin and Yang The Five Principles How Energies Function to Achieve Structure and Balance in the Body How Energies Move in the Body: The Meridians The Distribution of Yin and Yang in the Body 3 Connections within the Body The Five Principles and the Twelve Organ Meridians Metal: Lung and Large Intestine Meridians Earth: Stomach and Spleen/Pancreas Meridians Fire: Heart, Small Intestine, Heart Protector, and Triple Heater Meridians Water: Urinary Bladder and Kidney Meridians Wood: Gall Bladder and Liver Meridians PART 2 A Symbolic Message System How the Nonconscious Speaks through the Body 4 The Main Parts of the Body And How They Speak to Us The Structure of the Human Body and the Role of Each Part The Skeleton and the Spinal Column The Lower Limbs The Upper Limbs The Neck The Trunk 5 The Major Systems of the Body The Symbolism of Our Organ Systems The Digestive System The Respiratory System The Urinary System The Circulatory System The Nervous System The Reproductive System 6 The Sense Organs and Other Conditions of the Body Feedback from the Inner Master The Head and Face: Symbol of Identity and Seat of the Sense Organs Specific Conditions Infirmities and Handicaps Conclusion Index

Michel Odoul is a shiatsu and psychoenergetic medicine practitioner as well as the founder of the French Institute of Shiatsu and Applied Physical Psychology. He has appeared at numerous health conferences through the world, including the 2013 international meeting of Acupuncturists without Borders. He lives in Paris.

“A much-needed book for the 21st century; Odoul takes an energetic approach to holistic philosophy and goes to the root of energetic disturbances that lead to ailments or chronic conditions. Odoul connects us to the profound unconscious components of our minds and bodies to reconstruct physical ailments and thus develop transparency throughout our physical and our spiritual lives.”

• Foreword by Thierry Médynski, M.D.Introduction PART 1A Philosophy of Human life Energetic Connections Inside and Outside the Body 1 The Spiritual Dimensions of Human Life Underpinnings of Our Being The Process of Incarnation The Life Path Earlier Heaven and Later Heaven The Concept of Laterality The Conscious and the Nonconscious The Process of Awakening Physiological Expressions of Disharmony The Freudian Slip The Mirror Effect 2 Between Heaven and Earth The Human Being as a Microcosm of the Universe Yin and Yang The Five Principles How Energies Function to Achieve Structure and Balance in the Body How Energies Move in the Body: The Meridians The Distribution of Yin and Yang in the Body 3 Connections within the Body The Five Principles and the Twelve Organ Meridians Metal: Lung and Large Intestine Meridians Earth: Stomach and Spleen/Pancreas Meridians Fire: Heart, Small Intestine, Heart Protector, and Triple Heater Meridians Water: Urinary Bladder and Kidney Meridians Wood: Gall Bladder and Liver Meridians PART 2 A Symbolic Message System How the Nonconscious Speaks through the Body 4 The Main Parts of the Body And How They Speak to Us The Structure of the Human Body and the Role of Each Part The Skeleton and the Spinal Column The Lower Limbs The Upper Limbs The Neck The Trunk 5 The Major Systems of the Body The Symbolism of Our Organ Systems The Digestive System The Respiratory System The Urinary System The Circulatory System The Nervous System The Reproductive System 6 The Sense Organs and Other Conditions of the Body Feedback from the Inner Master The Head and Face: Symbol of Identity and Seat of the Sense Organs Specific Conditions Infirmities and Handicaps Conclusion Index