Created by combining tai chi concepts with shiatsu and qigong techniques, Ai Chi is a water movement and relaxation program performed standing in shoulder depth water using a combination of deep breathing and slow, broad movements of the arms, legs and torso. Ai Chi is a perfect relaxation technique for highly stressed, over-challenged clients, and is ideal for creating improved range of motion, balance and mobility. Ai-Chi has been successfully used with pain management, arthritis, fibromyalgia, COPD, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, amputees and paraplegics, and with neurological and orthopedic diagnoses and balance deficits.
In Ai Chi the massage therapist combines Tai-Chi spiritual and physical concepts with Shiatsu and Watsu techniques. It is a water relaxation and exercise regime developed by Jun Konno. Clients stand in shoulder-depth water and are instructed to use a combination of deep breathing and broad movements of arms, legs and torso in a progression that creates harmony within and without the clients total body.
