A Shiatsu clinic involves a demonstration of a shiatsu treatment being performed on someone who is not attending the congress. Each clinic involves two practitioners, who deliver their treatments one after the other. Before starting the treatment, each practitioner will give a brief description of their approach. During the session, they may comment on their …
In all ‘energetic’ techniques, it has been observed that, during the self-healing process, the organism reactivates unresolved, chronic, disharmonious conditions in order to reprocess them and thus achieve a better balance. In shiatsu, the concept of ‘false aggravation’ was briefly mentioned by Shizuto Masunaga in the early 1970s. Unfortunately, this did not lead to further …
“We human beings have been placed on the border between the visible and the invisible, between the finite and the infinite, between time and eternity.”These words were written by the Desert Fathers in 300 AD. “The more I follow knowledge, the more I grow; the more I follow the Tao, the more I diminish. Through …
There are many similarities between Shiatsu, East Asian medicine and yoga, and even more between Masunaga’s approach and Hatha yoga. Keiraku Shiatsu, also known as Meridian Shiatsu, focuses on treating the entire meridian system. The concept of meridians also features in the energetic physiology on which yoga is based.It is important to emphasise that Masunaga’s …
Masunaga described the connection we have in Shiatsu as sharing the ‘Echo of Life‘ In this practical workshop we will be discovering how to maximise that connection to support the positive life-force of our receiver.How can we best communicate with our receiver on all levels, and work with them to optimise the effects of the Shiatsu …
I would like to do a talk and also a practical session.Talk:Explore how the Extraordinary Vessels develop in the womb and how they hold the memory of your womb life. I discovered the Extraordinary Vessels in the 1990s through working with pregnant women and learning to understand the development of their baby in the womb. …
