Zur Begründerin Iona Marsaa Teeguarden:

Sie lebt und arbeitet auf einer Ranch (A Ranch) mit Pferden, 90 Minuten per Auto nördlich von San Diego, Kalifornien.

Von Ihr persönlich zum Jin Shin Do^® und zu ihrer eigenen Person verfasst, Zitat:

"Jin Shin Do^® Bodymind Acupressure uses gentle yet deep fingerpressure on specific acu-points together with Body Focusing techniques to help release armoring or chronic tension, and balance the Qi or energy. Developed by psychotherapist Iona Marsaa Teeguarden, this bodymind approach is a unique synthesis of a traditional Japanese acupressure technique, classic Chinese acu-theory, Reichian segmental theory, Taoist philosophy and Qigong (breathing and exercise techniques). JSD^® promotes a pleasant trancelike state, in which one can move out of the head and into the body, accessing feelings and inner wisdom.Jin Shin Do^® means The Way of the Compassionate Spirit.

The originator of Jin Shin Do^®, Iona is the director of the Jin Shin Do^® Foundation, an international network of authorized JSD teachers and practitioners founded in 1982. A licensed psychotherapist, Iona is also a Diplomate of Asian Bodywork Therapy (NCCAOM). She has taught throughout the U.S., in Canada and in Europe for thirty years, and teaches intensives at a Ranch in southern California.

She is the author of numerous class booklets and charts, and:

• The Acupressure Way of Health: Jin Shin Do
  (1978), one of the first books to emphasize the "Strange Flows" which balance the entire bodymind energy


• The Joy of Feeling: Bodymind Acupressure
  (1987, Revised Edition 2006), a landmark book integrating classic Chinese acupressure theory with Eastern/Taoist and Western psychological approaches to the psyche.


• A Complete Guide to Acupressure
  (1996, Revised Edition 2002)"