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Ray Pawlett
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As a practitioner of Shiatsu and other holistic methods, I need tools to quickly work out what I can do to help a person. The range of diagnostic tools that I use is very wide and I always prioritise a person’s energy as I perceive it over more theoretical or verbal diagnostic methods.
When we seek a holistic diagnosis we cannot just look at one thing and expect it to tell us the full story about that person. Instead, we are more like detectives, looking for clues and piecing them together to create a picture of the person who has come for help and deciding what we can do to help them.
A common set of tools for this is to practise facial and body diagnosis. We all do this, consciously or unconsciously. You can buy many books on the subject and go on expensive courses. However, I find that it is far more effective to follow your own instinct.
When I was training, I would and still do pick the name of a famous person and call up some photos of them on the internet. Then I would just take a look at the photos and see what they were telling me.
After a few attempts, it becomes relatively easy and you learn how to read a person’s personality through their body.
Let’s try on someone famous (infamous is more fun!) The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has some strong body language. Take a look. What features do you notice the most? Here’s what I see in the context of the person:-
A large forehead - usually the sign of intelligence
Small ear lobes - a lack of harmonious or broad thinking
Frequently leaning into the right side of his
body - not a particularly receptive person, who is likely to use anger as a way of getting what they want.
Bunched up shoulders - this particular configuration makes me wonder if he was bullied at a young age and wants to pay the world back by being a bigger bully
Piercing eyes - can see where others may struggle. There is also a cruelty to his eyes. I would not like to try and negotiate with him!
Sanpaku - this is a Japanese word that describes the whites of your eyes. If you can see the pupil point upwards then this is called yin sanpaku and traditionally indicates that a person is becoming physically and mentally weaker. If it becomes extreme, and you start to see more of the white it can mean that the person’s spirit is looking towards heaven and does not have long to walk this Earth.
Obviously, to look into someone’s eyes and suddenly deduce that they are going to die is not an intelligent use of this traditional knowledge. To gain knowledge in this way we must be open minded and look for underlying patterns to decode a person’s body/mind. Sometimes though...
Also if you have small earlobes, this does not mean that you are not capable of harmony. It is just one indicator in a pattern that we can build up with the person at whom we are looking. You may have small earlobes but another factor balances this and you have perfect harmonious thought.
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