Shiatsu Society

Announcement : Shiatsu Society Online Discussion Area

This is an exciting development and presents an opportunity for all of us to be able to engage in creative and forward-looking discussion on all issues that concern as members of the Shiatsu Society and the Shiatsu community.

The discussion area is accessible to all members of the Society click here or on the link above. You will need to go through a registration process to access the board that will involve you choosing a login name and password, please follow the instructions you will find on the login screen. Only members of the Society will have access to the discussion area.

I hope that you will engage with this as a new facility that has the potential, if used wisely, to be a major forum for the growth of the Society and to provide a voice and meeting place for members.

Do you have a website for your Shiatsu practice?

Value for money website hosting for Shiatsu Society members

Many of you would like to have a website to advertise your practice, but find the time and cost puts you off. You have to come up with a design, write the content, buy a domain, find a hosting company, learn how to upload the files, and, after all that, pay hosting and maintenance fees!

The Shiatsu Society can help. The Shiatsu Society Directory is a new service offered by the Shiatsu Society to its members. With this new service members can run their own websites hosted by the Shiatsu Society. Some of the benefits are:

• it is much cheaper than other commercial hosting
• the design is done for you, and there is a selection to choose from
• initial content is provided for you
• you don't have to worry about uploading files, and
• you are able to manage the site yourself (or have someone do it for you)
• your website address will be of the form http://yourname.shiatsusociety.org
• you can have an email address of the form yourname@shiatsudirectory.co.uk
• you will benefit from the Shiatsu Society's high search rating

Interested? Please visit www.shiatsudirectory.co.uk for more information.

EUROPEAN SHIATSU WEEK

Annually the third week of September

During the week the UK Shiatsu Society along with many European ones promote Shiatsu and its benefits to the public and media.

Some ideas for promotions:-
* Leaflet distributions, display of posters in health shops, Boots, libraries, colleges, surgeries etc.
* Local exhibitions. Get together with other local members.
* Displays / talks in local libraries, old peoples homes, hotels, colleges, bookshops etc.
* Free or discounted treatments. (The public and media like this one!).
* Ask your school or local support group to hold a joint venture.
* Contact your local media and offer to treat a journalist in return for an article on Shiatsu.

Please do support this event, no matter how small a contribution. We have nearly 2,000 members so if each of you gave one person a leaflet then we have reached another 2,000 people.

Come on! support is needed. Please contact us and tell us your plans so we can start promoting you to the public and get you some further business as well as raising the awareness of Shiatsu and its benefits.

2009 Feedback:-

I’ll be running a small event. I work part time at Lancaster University in an office, and have recently obtained a room to practice Shiatsu from. So for 3 lunchtimes during the week, I’ll be doing some free taster sessions promoting Shiatsu and my new room. I’ve got plenty of Shiatsu Society posters and materials from previous events so I was well covered. There was a good selection of staff and students from the University all keen to try Shiatsu and learn more about it. I was particularly pleased to see some of the younger students being very open to complimentary health care, even quite a few Medical students, and Chinese students who had no idea what Shiatsu was! I’ve had a few thank-you emails from people who subsequently felt a lot better, and four people so far have booked a full session as a result of their short treatment. I’ve also been asked to do tasters at a Mental Health day here and at an event for Sports clubs. So I enjoyed it, they enjoyed it, and a lot more people now know what Shiatsu is – mission accomplished ! Martin Knowles

Diary of Events 2009

Sept 21st to 27th - European Shiatsu Week
Sept 24th - ESF Research Launch
Sept 25th - EGM
Sept 28th - Teachers / Assessors Training Day

Diary of Events 2010

Sept 16th - Assessors Training Day

See 'Regional Forum' page for details of forums, schools visits and workshops.

Developing A New Route to joining the Professional Register (MRSS)

2007 saw the alternative route to joining the Register of Professional Practitioners, whereby Graduates of participating schools can join a Post Graduate Year (PGY). This Post Graduate Year would take the place of submitting to one of the ‘MRSS’ assessments that are held each year. Read more ...