REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION

Life Supports Shiatsu

Life Supports Shiatsu

ANDREANA SPINOLA

This title, which paraphrases the theme of the conference, is no joke, but an obvious truth
Shiatsu supports life, and life supports shiatsu with unpredictability, mystery, strength, creativity, coexistence, evolution, relativity, richness and intelligence. All of these characteristics are present in shiatsu, making it a precious means of care and healing.

Life is relationships, movement, complexity, intelligence, mystery, contact and the coexistence of different rhythms and qualities, all of which are closely connected. Shiatsu can bring all these components into being to become the extraordinary technique/path that it is. All these characteristics of life can be present in the shiatsu we practise.

We will see how, during a treatment, we are supported by all of these elements simply by remaining open and listening.
We will work with understanding, relationships and intelligence, and bring into being the basic principle of yin and yang, for example. The yin/yang triad gives shiatsu an unparalleled power.

Many years ago, we defined shiatsu as ‘the art of touch’. This is another fundamental, vital principle that nourishes and strengthens shiatsu, providing it remains a guiding principle for every touch.

Andreana Spinola began in 1973 assisting people to regain better and more skilled functionality in moving through life, as a rehabilitation therapist. From 1992 onward, she continued to support people during difficult moments in their lives as a shiatsu practitioner. She worked with children with disabilities, then with shiatsu in hospitals with patients of all types, gaining valuable experience in supporting and listening to premature babies, the elderly, patients in intensive care, pediatrics, surgery, and patients with severe syndromes such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Alongside this experience with people during hospitalization, when they were ill, she has worked with more than 900 clients who seek shiatsu for a wide variety of imbalances. Shiatsu continues to be her passion and interest, and over time her way of “intervening” and “working” has become simpler and clearer. In 1999, she founded the Igea Shiatsu School in Rome. She is the author, in 1992, of pioneering work on 30 premature babies treated with shiatsu in hospital. In 2017, she published Shiatsu, Life, and the Meridians: An Energetic Philosophical Resource (NOI Editions).
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