Tuesday, March 26th 2024 @ 7:00PM CET Subscribe for free We are very happy to present our first webinar with Ivan Bel. Ivan is one of the most active international Shiatsu teachers in the world today. His background is principally (though not only) in Namikoshi and Yoseido Shiatsu, Martial Arts and Meditation. He is the director of Ryoho Shiatsu and the NGO Mission Shiatsu Humanitaire. In this highly practical webinar Ivan will be sharing techniques for assessing and treating the neck – based on both his Shiatsu, physiotherapy  and martial arts lineage  We will be exploring: Ho ..read more

For several years now, Haruhiko Masunaga has been carrying on the legacy of his father Shizuto Masunaga and teaching Iokai Shiatsu throughout the world. In return, the world of Shiatsu has been watching closely to see how he would cope, such was the enormity of the task. At the last European Shiatsu Congress, held in September 2023 in Kiental, I had the pleasure of chatting with him and asking him some questions. At first sight, he’s a reserved, almost discreet man, but once we’ve got past the initial exchanges, he shows great calm and inner strength when we broach the subject of Shiatsu. One ..read more

Where did I end up there? All around me howls and screams, people rolled like carpets across the floor, thrashing, shaking, plus a hell of a racket – in other words: pure chaos, mayhem! Was I perhaps too naive when I registered for a Sei-Ki workshop with Kishi in the spring of 1983, still a beginner in Shiatsu? Confused rumors and myths were swirling around in the Shiatsu scene about this Japanese man, who years ago had been sent to the West by Masunaga himself as an ambassador for Shiatsu. So this Sei-Ki course should only be an enrichment for my Shiatsu path! – Attention, spoiler:  yes ..read more

Wilfried Rappenecker is one of the giants of European Shiatsu. His name is closely associated with German and Swiss Shiatsu, as well as with the enormous “Atlas of Shiatsu”, now in its 4th edition. A doctor by profession, he decided to leave everything to do nothing but Shiatsu, and then he had a vision: the development of European Shiatsu, which was necessarily different from that of Japan, must also be possible. So he created the European Shiatsu Congress, which over the years has become the biggest Shiatsu congress in Europe. Discover a man of Shiatsu (student, practitioner, teacher) who ha ..read more

For its 5th session, the intensive Shiatsu course held on the magnificent Lembrun estate is offering you a return to your roots. During a full week of practice, study and good times to share together, this year there will be no Oriental medicine, but Shiatsu, Shiatsu, nothing but Shiatsu. The aim of this course is, on the one hand, to study in depth every technical detail, every gesture, every posture, every tool of the body. Secondly, we will explore all the principles underlying the technique, i.e. the technical principles and advanced concepts. Finally, there will be a great deal of work on ..read more

In this second and final part of the article, the author uses Oriental medicine to explain more precisely how trauma works. In particular, he details the role of the Metal element, the Po spirit of the Lung and the branch or root of this condition. A very interesting read for all Shiatsu practitioners. Role of the metal element In order to understand the progressive process of traumatization and especially post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the system of the five elements and the law of opposition times help us to gain valuable insights. The water element with the organs kidney and bladder ..read more

Trauma is usually the result of an exceptionally stressful personal experience in which the individual‘s possibilities and resources are insufficient for coping with it. This leaves long lasting traces. In the personality. In the soul. In the body. And in the energy system. The latter can provide us with valuable clues how we can touch traumatized people with Shiatsu in the best possible way. Because the traces show a certain pattern: the matrix of a trauma. This is the 1st part of an extermly interesting article from Mike Mandl, which we encourage you to read. The term trauma comes from the G ..read more

Not « a pioneer woman » ? Maybe. Carola Beresford-Cooke was nevertheless introduced to Shiatsu in 1978 by Ohashi, was one of the founding members of the ShiatsuSociety UK, and has been known since 1996 as the author of « Shiatsu Theory and Practice » (1), a work that for decades has been an essential reference in the world of Shiatsu. Listening to this renowned practitioner and teacher recount her incredible journey is like leafing through beautiful pages of the blossoming of our discipline in Europe. François-Olivier Louail : Hello dear Carola. It is a great honor to welcome you and to be abl ..read more

Third and final part of Bernard Bouheret’s extensive and fascinating reflection on the Meiken effect, also known as the Rebound effect or Post-treatment effect. This time we look at the practical details that will guide practitioners and prevent them from confusing simple pain with the Meiken effect. In this article, we find out whether this rebound effect is actually occurring, what symptoms are most often encountered in the context of this effect, how to recognize it with the help of pulses, what the most common reactions are and, finally, how to react when in doubt about a Meiken effect. A ..read more

As I sit down to write this, a Facebook post pops onto my screen. An article by Mike Mandl has just appeared in a popular German medical journal. ‘Die Milz macht glücklich’, says the headline: ‘the Spleen makes life sweet’. The son of two doctors, one of Mike Mandl’s great talents is communicating the essential ideas of eastern medicine to medical professionals and to the wider public in general. His first book, ‘I Yin, You Yang’, was a riveting Five Element take on how to manage relationships. It sold 10,000 copies in the original German. This new book, ‘Meridians: Maps of the Soul’, now avai ..read more