Ocean of Streams - Softcover

Allan, Veet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0952397625 ISBN 13: 9780952397625

Publisher: Omki, 2006

Synopsis

Book Description After twelve years in print and acclaimed use by Shiatsu professionals and students worldwide the author Veet Allan has revisited, remastered and expanded the original 'Oceans' book for this new and second edition. Using modern digital illustration techniques Veet has completely redrawn and extended the original Zen Shiatsu based meridian system alongside theoretical material from
Classical Chinese medicine to finally reflect his original vision for the book and subsequent practical and teaching experience.
All illustrations are designed for self-colouring.
On completion by the student or practitioner they provide an accurate pictorial study of the meridians, tsubos or points of Oriental medicine alongside the organ, skeletal and muscular systems of Western medicine.

From the Publisher
This expanded new and second edition includes the following. Double the volume of the original book
Over 150 illustrations throughout in greyscale and black line art.
Completely new and redesigned layout including new digital illustrations of the expanded Zen Shiatsu based meridian system, and two of the Primary (extra-ordinary vessels), namely the Du and Ren mai or Supervisor and Controller vessels respectively.
Revised and expanded to now include 123 Point or residential Tsubo studies with their respective names in Chinese characters in addition to pinyin name and Western identification.
New chapter illustrates the skeletal, muscular and organ systems of Western medicine in addition to the Oriental measurement system.

New chapter on Diagnostics illustrates the basics of the Classical Chinese and Zen Shiatsu medical systems.
New chapter illustrates all the Zen meridians complimented by fully annotated and detailed Anatomical cross sections in key areas.
New Appendix illustrates the author's alternative Zen based diagnostic zones or schema for the head, back, chest and hara.
New Point/Tsubo indications index and glossaries of Chinese
characters for the points, meridians and general terminology.

About this title

About the Author:

Veet Allan developed an interest in Eastern arts and philosophies whilst working as a construction surveyor during the seventies. These influences pervade his illustrative work to this day. Particularly, the medical and philosophical concepts of early China, the artistic nature of Chinese pictographs and the work of the Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) respectfully.  

Following an introduction to the healing discipline of Zen Shiatsu and the famous Iokai meridian chart in 1980. Veet commenced his professional Shiatsu studies proper in 1987 and until 2004 was a registered practitioner, teacher and assessor of the Shiatsu Society of the United Kingdom.

He founded and directed the Om (Omki) Shiatsu Centre from 1992 until its closure in 2004. His first book  'Ocean of Streams' was published in 1994 and a second 'The Flourishing Circle' in 2004. A re-mastered and expanded second edition of the acclaimed book 'Ocean of Streams' was published on May 8th, 2006. Followed by a revised and graphically enhanced version on September 12th, 2007.

Since 2004 Veet has became more involved with the medium of art and design. Digitally preparing his previously unreleased charts and illustrations for gradual publication through the commercial press and or via the Omki website.

Four full color Shiatsu wallcharts of his work namely, 'Mianyang mai' (mianyang figurine vessels), 'The Flourishing Circle' (Acupuncture-Moxa meridians) , 'Ocean of Streams' (Zen meridians) and 'Clouds and Rain' (Eight Primordial-Source Vessels) have already been published by Omki this spring 2011. Presently he is finalising the design, illustrations and text for his forthcoming 'Clouds and Rain' book (ISBN: 978-0-9523976-3-2) regarding the Primordial-Source vessels for Shiatsu. Due for publication this fall.

About this edition

• Publisher: Omki
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0952397625
• ISBN 13: 9780952397625
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 332
• Illustrator: Allan Veet