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Komorebi Institute: Eastern Medicine for Everyone Eastern Medicine for Everyone looks at how you can use ancient wisdom in your life now. It's the Facebook home of Ecology in Motion Gua sha

28/04/2026

Myth: Gua sha is not safe during pregnancy. This warning appears frquently, but blanket fear is not clinical thinking and it is not doing pregnant clients any favors.

Gentle facial Gua sha on a pregnant woman is going to be fine. Where genuine caution comes in is with specific body areas and with clients who are very weak or unwell, because strong therapeutic bodywork in those situations carries real considerations. That is not a reason to avoid Gua sha altogether. It is a reason to understand what you are doing.

Knowing your contraindications properly is what separates a knowledgeable practitioner from a fearful one, not as a memorized checklist but as a real understanding of what treating people actually looks like in practice. When you have that knowledge, Gua sha is not dangerous. It is just intelligent clinical work.

Save this if you work with pregnant clients, and follow for the full myth-busting series.

Gua Sha Myths: 9 of of 24

Most people have no idea what Gua sha is actually doing to their body. Four things happen in the first 90 seconds. Swipe...
27/04/2026

Most people have no idea what Gua sha is actually doing to their body.

Four things happen in the first 90 seconds. Swipe through to find out.

Teaching in person: Los Angeles (May 9–10), New York (May 18–21), Barcelona (June 18–21), London (July 7–10).

Link in bio.

24/04/2026

The Gua sha industry is essentially a product industry with serums, mists, specific oils, crystal rollers, supplements.

All you need is clean skin, a little oil, a tool with a smooth edge, and good technique.

That’s the entire list.

The oil isn’t doing the therapeutic work. The technique is. Everything else is superfluous and you don’t need to buy into it to get real results.

Gua Sha Myths: 8 of 24

23/04/2026

Twenty-five years of practice means I can say things other people won’t.

EIM™ Gua sha is not just a beauty treatment with better technique. It’s a clinical framework that connects every stroke on the face to what’s happening in the body.

Most practitioners who come through this training say the same thing: they finally understand not just how but why.

That’s the difference.

Links in bio.

25 years of practicing Gua sha. Let’s make a few things clear.Five things every tutorial gets wrong and what’s actually ...
22/04/2026

25 years of practicing Gua sha. Let’s make a few things clear.

Five things every tutorial gets wrong and what’s actually true.

Swipe through.

Teaching in person: Los Angeles (May 9–10), New York (May 18–21), Barcelona (June 18–21), London (July 7–10). Link in bio.

Four days. No filters. No editing.This is what happens when you treat the tissue correctly. Better circulation. Released...
22/04/2026

Four days. No filters. No editing.

This is what happens when you treat the tissue correctly. Better circulation. Released fascial tension. The face as it was meant to look.

This is not anti-aging. This is restoration and it is available to anyone who learns the technique properly.

Teaching in person: Los Angeles (May 9–10), New York (May 18–21), Barcelona (June 18–21), London (July 7–10). Link in bio.

20/04/2026

Someone teaching facial Gua sha with no understanding of body Gua sha is teaching you half a system.

The principles are identical - angle, pressure, contact, direction, and intention. What changes is the scale and the tissue. The face has thinner skin, more delicate structures, less muscle mass. So you adapt. But the face and body are not separate systems and they shouldn’t be taught as if they are. If you only know one, you only know half.

Gua Sha Myths 7 of 24

I’m coming to New York City - May 18–21 - and this is the last time I’m bringing EIM™ Facial Gua sha here. This is not y...
19/04/2026

I’m coming to New York City - May 18–21 - and this is the last time I’m bringing EIM™ Facial Gua sha here.

This is not your typical beauty course. It’s the only structured certification pathway in facial Gua sha in the world, and it goes far deeper than anything else out there.

Small group, 75% hands-on. A few spots left. Link in bio.

18/04/2026

Treating just the face with Gua sha is like weeding the top of a plant and ignoring the roots.

The face is not a separate object sitting on top of your neck. It’s the endpoint of systems that run through your whole body, including circulation, fascia, lymph, and nervous system. Chronic jaw tension? I want to know about your shoulders. Puffy eyes every morning? Let’s talk about digestion and sleep.

You’ll get a temporary result treating the face in isolation. You’ll get a lasting one when you understand what the face is telling you about the rest of the body.

Gua Sha Myths: 6 of 24

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