The Time Outside the Treatment Room

Recently, new clients have gradually begun coming in.

Some people also return at regular intervals—every week or every month.

I am grateful for that.

Compared with the rest of a person’s daily life, the time spent receiving treatment is only a small part of it.

Even if their symptoms ease or disappear during a session, their physical condition may change again depending on how they spend their time afterward.

That is why, in addition to the treatment itself, I try to offer guidance on posture, breathing, and how to use the body.

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Diet is, of course, also important.

Eating too much greasy food may place a burden on the body and cause some people to feel unwell.

In the past, when people asked me what was most important for good health, I would answer with three things: sleep, exercise, and diet.

Those three remain just as important today.

Recently, however, I have begun to think that a person’s state of mind may be even more important.

How do they live, and how do they feel as they go through each day?

I believe that some kind of difference may appear in the body between someone who enjoys each day and someone who finds every day dull.

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Then what should someone do if every day feels difficult?

When a person is clearly struggling with their job, I sometimes tell them that changing their environment may be one option.

In Japan, running away or quitting halfway through is not generally viewed favorably.

Many people believe there is value in enduring something until the very end.

In other countries, however, leaving a place that does not suit you is not considered such an extraordinary thing.

There is no need to sacrifice yourself for your job or your education.

A new life may begin simply by moving somewhere else.

The time spent receiving treatment is very short compared with all the time spent outside the treatment room.

It is something obvious, perhaps, but it is something I consider important.