he Power of Self-Care

Abstract

A child sucks her thumb for self-comfort. An adult touches several
fingers to his forehead or leans a cheek into her balled-up fist as a
response to cognitive stress. We cross our arms or place our hands
on our hips when we seek safety and grounding. None of us are
explicitly taught to use these postures as coping mechanisms, yet
when the need arises, we fall back on them without conscious
effort. Where does this innate physical vocabulary come from?
Within the healing practice of the Art of Jin Shin, these particular
body positions are known to stimulate areas at which the energy
within the body tends to accumulate and stall.