In Essential Shiatsu Yuichi Kawada combines the preventative care of traditonal shiatsu, and its twelve principal Meridians as rescue and emergency forces, while also drawing on traditinal Eastern wisdom such as I Ching and The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine. Kawada's knowledge and understanding of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians is the outcome of a long period of experimentation, and here we see his mind and practice at work, offering a range of specific techniques and thoughts for both practioner and layperson as aids to healthy and peaceful living.