The much-anticipated second edition of Arya Nielsen’s groundbreaking book on Gua sha, an essential modality of traditional East Asian medicine: Gua sha, a Traditional Technique for Modern Practice is the definitive text on Gua sha revised to include a literature review of evidence from the Chinese language as well as English language database giving an […]
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Gua sha Certification
Gua sha Certification Course Overview Arya Nielsen, PhD https://healthyseminars.com/product/arya-nielsen-gua-sha-11-module-package The Gua sha Certification Course provides a practitioner with both the didactic and direct hands-on teaching necessary for the safe and effective practice of Gua sha. While the Gua sha book and DVD are essential background, research and reference for a competent Gua sha practitioner, Gua […]
Dr. Arya Nielsen Seminars
Upcoming Gua sha seminars and lectures featuring Dr. Arya Nielsen.
Visual companion to the Gua sha book
Gua sha has been used for centuries in Asia, in Asian immigrant communities and by acupuncturists and practitioners of traditional East Asian medicine worldwide. Sometimes called ‘coining, spooning or scraping’, Gua sha is defined as instrument-assisted unidirectional press-stroking of a lubricated area of the body surface to intentionally create transitory therapeutic petechiae called ‘sha’ representing […]