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5th March 2010
CONTACT
We are very concerned to hear recently that a few members have had problems contacting the office. We can confirm that the office is staffed from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, telephone number 0845 130 4560. If you get the answering machine between these times then it means we are answering other calls. You can either try again in a few minutes or leave a message. All messages are returned the same day. The email address is admin@shiatsusociety.org. Some members have been sing admin@shiatsu.org so please ensure you have the 'society' bit in. We pride ourselves on answering 98% of queries within 24 hours. If you do not receive a response then please do contact us again to make sure we have received your original query.
NEW GP LEAFLET
We are looking for a member to edit the GP leaflet so that it is applicable to the scottish NHS system. Do you live in Scotland and have a working knowledge of the NHS system? Would you be prepared to edit the current leaflet? Please do let us know if you are able to help.
RESEARCH
We now have a very active Research Sub-committee which is great and our sincere thanks go out to those members involved. The committee are currently looking for members who are involved in CAM research projects at higher degree level. If this is you, we would love to hear from you. To see just how much the committee are doing for Shiatsu research don't forget to read the newsletter reports and/or visit the research page on the website http://www.shiatsusociety.org/members/research.shtml
SARAJEVO
I am trying to raise funds for my trip to Sarajevo and would really appreciate support from members. For more information please visit
http://www.mycharitypage.com/francescajaggs.
Best wishes,
Francesca Jaggs, MRSS
Teresa is a Shiatsu Therapist and Teacher with over 20 years’ experience. She has trained in the UK, Japan and Australia and is currently training in Movement Shiatsu. Back Care Workshop - The Lower Back - Saturday, 24th April 2010 Back Care Workshop - The Upper Back and Neck - Saturday, 19th June 2010. Both days will be spent looking at aspects of posture, how the meridians support the body, exploring the organs and the body structure as well as some simple movements and useful exercises for strengthening and toning the abdomen and back. These will be very practical workshops and therefore open to shiatsu therapists and students and anyone interested in understanding either their own back problem or someone else’s. Both days will start promptly at 10am so please arrive by 9.45am to allow time for registration and settling in. The Workshops will cost £50 each or £90 if you book both workshops before the 31st March 2010. To book a place on the course please contact Amy Roy by phone on 07930 103510 or by email at amy@touchshiatsu.com Bookings will be confirmed upon receipt of payment and joining instructions will be sent two weeks before the course start date. Please make all cheques payable to Amy Roy and send to 11 Holyoake Road, Oxford, OX3 8AF.
THE ESSENTIAL BODYWORKER'S TOOLKIT
with DAN STRETTON.
EDINBURGH 15th/16th May 2010 and NORTHAMPTON 22nd/23rd May 2010.
This new course focuses on mastering the skills that get to the heart of tension and pain, quickly, effectively and with minimum effort. I have used these to successfully grow my practice, whatever the economy. In these two days, you will:
Discover simple and powerful techniques that create pain-free muscle release,
Learn how to powerfully contact and detox the organs, creating physical changes and addressing emotional blockages,
Stop struggling and save your energy! Discover how to release years of pain and tension in MINUTES
These are just some of the results past attendees have been getting using these techniques:
“Shiatsu has moved on a notch for me Dan…e.g. a farmer …put up with lower back pain..with severe headaches. GP suggested Amitriptylline! ONE, YES ONE shiatsu treatment with me and voila - no further headaches or lower back pain. Bloody marvellous. It just seemed to fall into place, I could see the physical misalignments and knew what I wanted to achieve. It was a great feeling and the most competently conscious I have felt with shiatsu… thanks to you, Dan, you're an inspiration.” Deb, Essex.
“I've been treating someone... for the past three weeks. He's had a lot of falls …and broken bones over the years. His feedback to me today was that the few sessions he's had with me have done more than years of physio to release his 'bad' hip etc.” Liz, London.
So if you’re truly ready to take your practice to the next level my advice is do not delay. Last year my courses were sold out and places ARE limited. Visit www.danstretton.com and book your place.
SHIATSU RESIDENTIAL
with Clifford Andrews - Relationships & Holograms. Clifford Andrews writes:
" '. I feel completely torn between my father and my mother.. can you help me with Shiatsu?'
It was this unusual request from a client, and the subsequent improvised treatment which allowed me to stumble upon a whole new approach to treating complex relationship issues, and also led me to a new explanation for some aspects of our energy-work, using holograms". This major breakthrough allows us directly to experience multiple diagnoses related to Relationship issues. Cliff has only started teaching the technique this year and already it is creating widespread international interest.
This workshop will allow us to: a.. Experience and treat multiple diagnoses, linked to relationship patterns
b.. Explore a holographic model of memory and the energy field
c.. Relate diagnoses to recurring life patterns.
The first opportunity to experience this revolutionary new work in the UK. Places are limited and this workshop is booking strongly, so we advise early application to secure a place. A thorough working knowledge of the Masunaga system is a requirement for enrolment.
Dates: 22nd April (7pm) to 25th April (4pm)
Venue: Shepherds Dene, Riding Mill, nr Hexham, Northumberland
Costs: Tuition £245 plus Residential fee £180
To book, please send £100 deposit, cheques payable to 'Anne Palmer', to:
The Shiatsu College in Newcastle, 14 Jesmond Park East, Newcastle NE7 7BT. Tel: 0191-281-8201. Email: newcastle@shiatsucollege.co.uk
11th December 2009
NEWSLETTER What do you think to the new smaller sized Shiatsu Society newsletter? We would appreciate you taking a moment to answer the following 2 questions so we can gather members views:- 1) Do you prefer the A4 version or the new smaller programme size? 2) Why? Some members have already fedback to us so thank you very much if you are one of those and please ignore this item.
GREAT WALL OF CHINA I am planning to take part in a sponsored trek along part of the Great Wall of China in September 2010 in aid of Parkinson's Disease Society. I have to raise a minimum of £2,800 and any contribution from Shiatsu Society members would be most welcome. Thank you David Chatterly, davidachatterley@btinternet.com
2010 CPD It seems that some members were sent 2009 CPD forms instead of the 2010 one. Our sincere apologies for this. You can still use the form by just crossing out the 2009 and putting 2010 or you can download a copy off the website at http://www.shiatsusociety.org/members/downloads.shtml#communications
RESTRICTIONS ON VITAMINS Many of you have emailed us over the last year concerning opposing "the adoption of the Codex Alimentarius (WHO/UN) proposals for restriction of the presently freely available herb/vitamin/mineral food supplements." We thought you would be interested to see the Prime Minister's Office response to this: http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page21468
POST-GRADUATE STUDIES Shiatsu College Post-Graduate Studies in Newcastle. Exciting new development!! The first, Certificate, level of the Shiatsu College's internationally respected Post-Graduate course is now available locally as a non-residential option of 4 Saturdays spread over 6 months. A chance to deepen and develop your practice, get some fresh input and connect with the support of teachers and peers. Taught by Anne Palmer, this course fulfils all your CPD requirements for the Shiatsu Society, can be used to complete the PGY route to MRSS, and its completion entitles you to join the College's ‘Foundations of Professional Practice’ e-learning module leading to the Post-Graduate Diploma Residential in 2011. The course will include: Advanced Ki work, Case studies, Integrating Zen & TCM theory, Practical Application (treatment of specific health issues negotiated to suit your interests, e.g. back pain, joint problems, headaches, eye and ear problems, Individual Tutorials for support with any aspect of your work. Dates: February 5th, April 10th, June 5th, July 10th 2010. Cost: £50 deposit in advance + £60 each Saturday (total £290). Contact: Anne Palmer on 0191 281 8201 or mail to newcastle@shiatsucollege.co.uk for details, draft timetable & booking form. A copy of the prospectus, which includes the syllabus for this Certificate level, can be downloaded from the Post-Graduate Studies page of our website: www.shiatsucollege.co.uk .
EDINBURGH COURSES (1) First Aid for complementary practitioners. 17 January 2010, times to be confirmed, with Focus Training (MRSS). £80. Bread Street. This training day will cover various topics - from practising CPR & dealing with unconscious persons, through to heart conditions, breathing problems and much more. You will become confident in giving effective emergency treatment before professional help arrives. The course awards a certificate which is valid for 3 years and a First Aid Manual. Ruth Anderson & Lynne Bates are both Shiatsu practitioners and run Focus Training, delivering practical, dynamic courses giving plenty of hands-on experience. (2) 27 February 2010, Year 3 Clinic Day, £16 for a treatment. Bread Street. Book in and treat yourself to a Shiatsu from a year 3 student in a supervised setting. (3) Post Graduate Day with Martin Julich. 28 February 2010, 10am - 5pm. £57. Bread Street. Morning: TCM Tongue Diagnosis, Shared lunch, Afternoon: Part of the 18 Steps Healing Qigong, Martin is a Shiatsu practitioner, Principal Teacher at the Aberdeen College of Shiatsu, and a qualified Chinese herbalist (4) Post Graduate Day with Cynthia Shuken. 25 April 2010, 10am - 5pm. £57. Bread Street. An introduction to Teacher Training . This course is for those who are considering applying for their Shiatsu Society 't' to be a trainee teacher, or who are assisting at a Shiatsu school and want to be more effective in their communication with students, or who are teaching evening classes, introductory days etc. Cynthia is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Shiatsu, where she was an assistant teacher for four years. She taught evening classes in Shiatsu for beginners for eight years, and became a Shiatsu Society-accredited teacher in 2001. She hols a certificate in Counselling Skills from Moray House Institute of Education, a certificate in Gestalt from the Gestalt Trust and a Certificate in Adult Guidance from the University of Strathclyde . She has been a training professional for many years, delivering vocational training and assessment qualifications within voluntary sector organizations. She is a qualified assessor and internal verifier for SVQs (Scottish Vocational Qualifications), and delivers SVQs in Advice and Guidance and in Learning and Development.
27th November 2009
INSURANCE Balens block scheme insurance forms have now been sent to all members who are currently insured with Balens. If you have not received yours, or wish to now be insured with them, then please contact us for another copy. Please note that cheques need to be made payable to 'Balens' but everything is returned here. If you send your form and payment direct to Balens this will delay your insurance as they have to forward it back to us and we have to then send it back to them after processing it.
CPD
Now that CPD has been compulsory for a year we will shortly be randomly selecting full members asking for evidence of their CPD for 2009. Please do not forward anything to the office until we request it from you. We will only be contacting graduates and MRSS members that are on the public registers.
The Olymics Sub-committee have been working hard on trying to find a way to get Shiatsu into the Olympics in the future. To start the process we are concentrating on the benefits Shiatsu gives to clients with sports injuries. A new web page has been created and we would very much appreciate your comments on it. You can view it at http://www.shiatsusociety.org/public/promotions/Olympics_000.shtml. If you have any contacts with athletes or sports coaches then please do let us know as we are looking for client testimonials, case studies, research etc so we can collate the information and promote Shiatsu to sports contacts and also the press.
CRISIS CHRISTMAS
I have volunteered for Crisis Christmas several times doing Shiatsu for the homeless people who come there and found it very rewarding and enjoyable. I'd recommend it as an alternative to overeating and drinking and watching too much TV and they always need volunteers, last year I did 17 treatments over 2 days. For more information and to apply on-line, please go to http://www.crisis.org.uk/pages/volunteering-at-crisis-christmas-2009.html
Anna, Shiatsu Society member
AMMA AND SOTAI COURSES with Haruyoshi Ito Haruyoshi Fugaku Ito, has been practicing and teaching Amma/Shiatsu for the last 40 years and is a Master instructor of Shintaido. He is currently a consultant/trainer at Amma France, The Amma Institute, the Touch Pro Institute and the Institute of Holistic Psychology and Education in Mie, Japan. Sotai Workshop. College of Integrated Chinese Medicine, Reading. Thursday 25th and Friday 26th March 2010, 10 am to 5 pm daily. Sotai is a very effective and easy to apply method for releasing muscular tension. It allows the body to re-establish a physical posture that is more balanced. The course will introduce the core concept of Sotai... that by encouraging the body to move in a direction where there is less pain or effort, the "easy way", deep tension is relieved. It will give the full sequence of Sotai movements. Sotai Course £160. Amma Certificate Fully residential at Douai Abbey, Nr. Reading, Berkshire. Amma 1: Friday 15th to Sunday 17th October, 2010. Amma 2: Friday 25th to Sunday 27th March 2011. Amma 3: Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd October 2011. Amma is often regarded as the forerunner of Shiatsu and these courses aim to provide practical hands on experience in Amma techniques. The venue is the peaceful Benedictine Monastery of Douai Abbey set in rolling Berkshire countryside. The 8 day Certificate course consists of Amma 1, Amma 2 and Amma 3. It is perfect for Shiatsu practitioners and students as a development of their practice. It gives a total of 48 hours of CPD and allows the full practitioner level Diploma to be taken. Details on request. Certificate: £990. To apply for either of these courses please contact: Jamie Hamilton MRSS(T) 01252 725868 info@yeshealth.net www.yeshealth.net
POST-GRADUATE STUDIES
Shiatsu College Post-Graduate Studies in Newcastle Exciting new development!!
The first, Certificate, level of the Shiatsu College's internationally respected Post-Graduate course is now available locally as a non-residential option of 4 Saturdays spread over 6 months. A chance to deepen and develop your practice, get some fresh input and connect with the support of teachers and peers.
Taught by Anne Palmer, this course fulfils all your CPD requirements for the Shiatsu Society, can be used to complete the PGY route to MRSS, and its completion entitles you to join the College's ‘Foundations of Professional Practice’ e-learning module leading to the Post-Graduate Diploma Residential in 2011.
The course will include:Advanced Ki work, Case studies, Integrating Zen & TCM theory, Practical Application (treatment of specific health issues negotiated to suit your interests, e.g. back pain, joint problems, headaches, eye and ear problems, ) Individual Tutorials for support with any aspect of your work. Dates: February 5th, April 10th, June 5th, July 10th 2010.
Cost: £50 deposit in advance + £60 each Saturday (total £290)
Contact: Anne Palmer on 0191 281 8201 or mail to newcastle@shiatsucollege.co.uk for details, draft timetable & booking form. A copy of the prospectus, which includes the syllabus for this Certificate level, can be downloaded from the Post-Graduate Studies page of our website: www.shiatsucollege.co.uk .
6th November 2009
CAN STUDENTS CHARGE FOR TREATMENTS?
We receive many calls from students asking whether they can charge for treatments under our block insurance scheme with Balens. David Balen from Balens Ltd confirms the following:-
"There is no bar on students charging for work done before qualification (not just case studies) but they have to make it clear to the client that they are not fully qualified and record this in the notes. Also, they shouldn’t charge the same as if they were fully qualified. Other than the usual rules about ensuring that all their work is discussed/supervised with their tutors, so they are not practising out on a limb, there are no other relevant restrictions."
Here is the relevant section from your Balens policy:- n) in respect of any treatment given by any person who is not qualified in the treatment being undertaken except a) under the direct supervision of a qualified person or b) with the specific agreement of the insurer or c) for students case study work, or for other work prior to qualification being obtained, if deemed competent to do so by their school and providing they do not practice outside the scope of what they have been taught, and that regular supervision and/or ongoing case consultation/review for such cases is in place - students are to declare in advance that they are not qualified and may charge a fee provided this is a modest amount and evidently lower than an experienced and qualified therapist would normally charge.
MANCHESTER SHIATSU PRACTITIONERS' CIRCLE
A new opportunity for Shiatsu practitioners in the North West of England to come together! Anyone who has completed their three-year training in Shiatsu will be welcome to come and join us. We hope this will be an ongoing, open group, meeting four times a year. We will celebrate our Shiatsu practices, do some Shiatsu swaps and discuss ways in which we can develop. If you have something you would like to offer, or something you would like to receive, let me know and we’ll try to incorporate it. Where: Bodywise, in Central Manchester When: Saturday 9th January 2010 and Monday 19th April 2010, 10am – 1pm, (we may go for lunch in cafe afterwards)Cost: £5 to cover room hire. Contact: Hannah on 0161 8816184 or hannahmackay@hotmail.com
BACK CARE WORKSHOP
Saturday, 12th December 2009. 10am – 4pm. Iffley Village Hall, Oxford. One day workshop with Teresa Hadland MRSS(T). Teresa is a Shiatsu Therapist and Teacher with over 20 years’ experience. She has trained in the UK, Japan and Australia and is currently training in Movement Shiatsu. The day will be spent looking at aspects of posture, how the meridians support the body, exploring the organs and the body structure as well as some simple movements and useful exercises for strengthening and toning the abdomen and back. This will be a very practical workshop and is therefore open to shiatsu therapists and students and anyone interested in understanding either their own back problem or someone else’s. The course will start promptly at 10am so please arrive by 9.45am to allow time for registration and settling in. The day will cost £40.00 but a £5.00 discount is available if you book by the 20th November 2009.To book a place on the course please contact Amy Roy by phone on 07930 103510 or by email at amy@touchshiatsu.com. Bookings will be confirmed upon receipt of payment and joining instructions will be sent at this point. All of this information can be found at www.touchshiatsu.com
CPD OPPORTUNITY
"Treating Necks , Shiatsu swaps and Qigong" with the North Somerset Shiatsu Peer Group .
Saturday 21st November 10am-4pm Winscombe (Between Cheddar and Weston-S-Mere ) .
ONLY £10 Contact Lynn Southam tryshiatsu@googlemail.com to book your place ASAP.
Includes 2 hour review of working on necks facilitated by Mark Pogson."How do you work on necks and why?". Come along and share your skills and experience.Building a grassroots Shiatsu Community.
CLEAN LANGUAGE ON RADIO 4!
Clean Language, a great way to ask questions which increase awareness of Ki, was featured on Radio 4’s Metaphors for Healing on 27 Oct. Dr Phil Hammond interviewed Penny Tompkins, one of the developers of Clean Language, on how her own “grinding, abrasive” back pain healed completely thanks to “Clean Questions” asked over a couple of sessions by one of her own students. He also talked to doctors, patients and therapists to find out how the use of metaphorical language in health care is increasingly accepted as a powerful aid to healing. According to the BBC, “the power of the right metaphor, long exploited in poetry, politics and marketing, is being increasingly recognized in health care, coaching and therapy, engaging the unconscious to activate self-healing”. Nick Pole’s BEYOND WORDS course is all about integrating Clean Language with Shiatsu, to help clients transform their own energy patterns. You can learn how to ask these wonderfully simple “zen questions” at: BRIGHTON, 14/15 Nov 09 LONDON, 28/29 Nov 09 BRISTOL, 17/18 April 2010 WARWICKSHIRE residential, 4-6 June 2010. Two “recession concession” places are available for the London course! Please email Nick if you need one. For a copy of his “Shiatsu and Clean Language” article, full course details and booking: nickpole@madasafish.com or call 0207 2865630. For more about Clean Language, see www.cleanchange.co.uk
WORKSHOPS AT THE BRITISH SCHOOL OF SHIATSU-DO
Unit 3 Thane Works, London N7 7NU – london@shiatsu-do.co.uk / 020 7700 3355. Three Heaters Hara & Chest Breathing with Emerson Bastos MRSS. Thursday 26 November 2009, 7 to 9:30pm. Cost: £12. Year two and above. Working directly from the body, close to the internal organs themselves we can achieve a better flow of Ki not only in the organs but also in their related areas and meridians. The Three heaters Hara and chest breathing techniques are effective in: Moving stale/stagnant Ki. Support the natural expansion/contraction of internal organs for their effective functioning. Helping your clients to experience the freedom of breath, a sense of expansion and space in their own body, and enhanced sense of well-being. Improving naturally occurring internal organ peristaltic movement. Helps the body maintain an optimum ph (acidosis – alkalosis) balance. Working with Autism with Frank Forman MRSS. Saturday 5 December 2009. 10am-5.30pm. Cost: £65. This workshop is suitable for year three students and practitioners. Frank has been working with special needs children in schools for several years. He has spoken at the National Autistic Society and Children and Complementary Therapy Network (CCTN) Conference where he described his work with children with autism in a Special Needs School setting and how Shiatsu has benefited them.This will be a very practical day. We will look at and explore ways to work practically with special needs children and what they present. What are Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD)? Develop a greater understanding of ASD from both a western and eastern perspective. Look at the legal and ethical aspect of working with children. How to make a living in this field, and how to approach schools.
"SHIATSU: THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS"
5 week online course commencing Nov 17th 2009 with Clifford Andrews and Nicola Pooley. Guest Teachers Patrizia Stefanini and Bill Palmer. Fee: £145 (50% promotional discount available - £72.50 on this course). Would you like to be able to: Explain how Shiatsu works - to your clients and to other Health Professionals? Learn how the latest scientific discoveries can help us understand the way Shiatsu works? Attract new clients by being able to explain Shiatsu in an understandable way? Network with an international group of students? Work with leading Shiatsu teachers giving you personal feedback? If you would like to explore and learn about the latest developments in Shiatsu without the inconvenience and expense of travel, by experiencing a rich learning environment including video, audio and discussions, you could benefit from our next online course – “Shiatsu: the Scientific Basis”. You will need very basic computer skills (the ability to send an email and visit a website) and be able to spend 3 hours per week engaging with the course, for 5 weeks. A broadband internet connection is recommended. No previous scientific knowledge is necessary. Please see video interview with Patrizia Stefanini here: http://tinyurl.com/yeavcyb Our recent online course “How to Create and Maintain a Successful Shiatsu Practice” was oversubscribed, and there are only 5 places left on this course, so please book early to avoid disappointment. To reserve a place please email Asher now at asher@shiatsucollege.co.uk or call 01603 632555 For more information, to visit the first lesson free and to receive your 50% discount voucher please go direct to our online environment at www.shiatsucollegecpd.co.uk
SHIATSU COLLGE CPD: POST-GRADUATE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMME
(Founded 1991) CPD course for all levels, which more than exceeds compulsory UK Shiatsu Society CPD requirements and can also provide a route to MRSS via the PGY. 3 level Residential in Dorset, plus ongoing tutor support June 17th – 21st 2010. Deposit of £145 secures a place on the next 4 day Residential. Work with international students and leading teachers including Clifford Andrews, Nicola Pooley, Paul Lundberg and Dinah John, plus guest teachers from Europe. You will be exploring:* Developing your energy work * Techniques and points * Advanced clinical application * Deepening TCM and Masunaga theory- which will help you increase the effectiveness of your Shiatsu treatments, gain more clients and increase your referral rate. NEW 10 months online support between Part One and Part Two. We use small group work, case study work and tutorials, to ensure plenty of direct support for your Shiatsu development from the tutors. This course is booking strongly and we advise early registration to secure a place. To find out more about our programme please email: asher@shiatsucollege.co.uk , call Asher on 01603 632555 or visit our online learning environment at www.shiatsucollegecpd.co.uk
SHIATSU COLLEGE CPD: ONLINE COURSES FOR SHIATSU TEACHERS
Are you a Shiatsu teacher, Course leader or Head of School? You may benefit from either of these 2 five-week online courses commencing Nov 17th ‘09: INCREASING SHIATSU STUDENT MOTIVATION AND COMMUNICATION (only 5 places left)Topics include: * Understanding Motivation * Increasing Motivation in Shiatsu teaching and learning * Exploring how adults learn - Andragogy vs Pedagogy * Leadership styles and motivating Shiatsu students * Communication in Shiatsu energy-work teaching - which will help enhance your courses by increasing motivation and communication with your students and CREATING CHANGE IN THE SHIATSU CURRICULUM (only 4 places left)Topics include: * Exploring strategies of curriculum change in Shiatsu * Working with resistance to change in the Shiatsu curriculum * Understanding sequencing and taxonomies in Shiatsu curriculum change * Exploring the stages of curriculum design and development * Developing your own curriculum change strategy for your Shiatsu course - this course will help you understand how to create change and innovation in your Shiatsu course to benefit your students . This course can lead on to a 10 week course on Curriculum Design and Development commencing in January 2010. Our online courses provide a rich, highly interactive learning environment including audio and video material. Both these courses are booking strongly and we advise early registration to secure a place. The fee for each is £145 for a 15 hour course. You should be able to spend at least 3 hours a week engaging with the course. We have a 50% reduction promotion – reducing the fee to £72.50 for this year only. To find out more about our programme and to book a place please email: asher@shiatsucollege.co.uk , call Asher on 01603 632555 or visit our online learning environment at www.shiatsucollegecpd.co.uk
16th October 2009
CHEAP TICKETS Do you want to attend the Cam Expo at Earls Court on 24th/25th October? Members can obtain discounted tickets for only £6.50. Just visit www.camexpo.com and book your ticket by quoting code: camex155 before 23 October 2009.
WANT TO REMAIN ON THE REGISTER? Following requests from members, last year we introduced a new membership renewal form format whereby all of your details are completed for you except for what details you want on the public Graduate list and MRSS register. On the front of the form for graduates and MRSS are 3 big boxes for you to write the details. Many of the forms are coming back with this section not completed and under the Data Protection Act we have to have your permission to pass your details on to the public so please note that if this section is not completed your name will have to be removed. Please do ensure that you complete this section if you want to be recommended to the public.
CONGRESS 2010 A date for your diary - Congress 2010 - Gaunts House, Dorset. 8th-10th October. Further details and bookings forms will be circulated shortly.
SEIKI WEEKEND IN DEVON (NOVEMBER 2009) with Daniela Coronelli MrssT, PGDSE
This Seiki weekend will be taking place on the beautiful Dartington Estate, internationally renowned centre of excellence in the fields of art, music and ecology - close to Dartmoor and the South Devon coast. It will further expand on the individual and group work developed in the Seiki weekends and day workshops which Akinobu Kishi and Daniela have facilitated in the South West during the past five years. WITH SEIKI YOU CAN! 1. Imagine feeling totally at ease and connected to your client every time you give a shiatsu. 2. Consider the possibility of giving a full session in less time, yet being more effective. 3. Enhance your diagnostic skills by using the whole of your energetic field to pick up your client’s patterns. 4. Explore how spontaneous movement supports you and your clients in releasing toxin accumulation and in restoring vital Ki. 5. Let go further your tendencies of resistance, holding back and confusion, and expand the range and the number of your client base. 6. And more …….. Daniela Coronelli has, for several years, worked extensively with Akinobu Kishi, in Japan and in UK, and is passionate about the method and transformative effect Seiki has on students and in her clinical practice. She is an experienced Shiatsu and Amerta Life Movement facilitator, having taught in Shiatsu Schools and private groups in the UK and in Italy. This weekend workshop is a great opportunity to go deeper into Seiki, or to discover the sensitivity and mindfulness of this “shiatsu specialization” approach. It is open to all with an interest. For shiatsu practitioners, it counts towards your CPD.WHEN AND WHERE: Saturday & Sunday - 14th & 15th November 2009 - 10:00am-5:30pm. Venue: Foxhole (Music Room), Dartington Estate, Totnes, Devon COST & BOOKING: Cost: £95 (15% Concession when booked by 28 October 2009 - £80). Cheques payable to: DANIELA CORONELLI, 17 Black House, Foxhole, Dartington, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EBMORE INFO: www.lifehealingarts.org ENQUIRIES: lifehealingarts@yahoo.co.uk PHONE: 01803 862653. B&B List: www.totnesinformation.co.uk
BEYOND WORDS...
Clean Language and Shiatsu with Nick Pole, MA, MRSS(T) . Learn how to ask very simple “Clean Questions” which help clients explore and transform their energy patterns, and expand their ideas about what Shiatsu can really do for them. This course is about how you and your client communicate verbally and non-verbally through words and Ki, and offers some amazingly useful insights into how your clients’ metaphors and gestures can be unconscious signals giving you direct diagnostic information.
A very practical course, with plenty of shiatsu, and an emphasis on coaching rather than teaching as you rapidly learn to use the material in your own way. In a very supportive atmosphere and with a small group, you will experience for yourself how you can deal with deep-rooted issues that seem hard to shift. The course includes Qi Gong and a bit of poetry to help you get to the heart of your relationship with your clients.
“This course exceeded my expectations. The way you dealt with real clients where real problems were resolved was inspirational.”
Roger Upton, MRSS Stratford-upon-Avon course, Dec 2008 . “The best thing we have run for several years for our staff, and very enjoyable too.”
Susanna Dowie, Principal, London College of Traditional Acupuncture . BRIGHTON, 14/15 Nov 09
LONDON, 28/29 Nov 09
BRISTOL, 17/18 April 2010
WARWICKSHIRE residential, 4-6 June 2010
For a copy of Nick’s article “Shiatsu and Clean Language”, full course details and booking: nickpole@madasafish.com For more about Clean Language, see www.cleanchange.co.uk
PRACTICAL TCM COURSE: PRACTICAL TCM FOR SHIATSU PRACTITIONERS
DATES: WEDS 28TH OCTOBER, WEDS 25TH NOVEMBER WEDS 13TH JANUARY, WEDS 10TH FEBRUARY
TUTOR: Mike Potter MSc, LicAc, DipCHM, MBacC, MRCHM
VENUE: Devon School of Shiatsu, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6ND
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this course will be to introduce the basic principles of TCM in a practical context for graduate practitioners of Shiatsu.
Rather than introducing the functions and pathologies of each Zangfu/meridian system in isolation, we propose to group them around common energetic and therapeutic themes, looking at their synergistic relationships. Each day will commence with a presentation (following a review of the previous session) which will be reinforced by case history problem solving exercises. The case histories will contextualise the practical demonstration and practice of moxa, cupping and body work techniques will complete each session.
MIKE POTTER BIOGRAPHY
Michael Potter has been practising Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal medicine and Shiatsu for 27 years, having studied in Japan, China and USA. He holds an MSc in Educational Studies and has been teaching for 20 years. He currently lectures at Westminster University on the MSc Chinese Herbal Medicine course and runs a private practice in Devon.
Over a four day period we propose to introduce:
1. Spleen, Lungs, Stomach & Large Intestine & After Heaven Qi
This will examine Qi Transformation as well as the processes of respiration, digestion and elimination. The pathological processes of Qi Stagnation, Dampness & Phlegm will be explored.
2. Lungs (& Spleen) & Kidneys/Bladder, Fluid Metabolism and the relationship between After Heaven Qi (Spleen & Lungs) and Before Heaven Qi (Kidneys)
Within this relationship, we shall examine the way in which the body defends itself against external pathological invasion (immune system). In this Session, we shall also look at the actions of the points of Command according to the 'Classic of Difficult Issues'.
3. Heart, Liver & Kidneys
The focus of this session will be the production and circulation of Xue (blood). As Blood is the Fluid of the Heart, the day will also focus around common emotional disorders. The pathological processes involving blood; blood deficiency, blood stagnation and heat in the blood.
4. The Transformation Cycle: Liver, Pericardium, Gall Bladder & San Jiao (Triple Heater)
This session will examine the uniqueness of each of these energetic systems, enabling participants to better understand their use in a therapeutic context.
12th October 2009
SHIATSU WEBSITE The inspire-shiatsu website has now gone through its consultation and feedback stage and will be published under the address www.shiatsuinfo.org from 16th October. This website is designed to be something to which you can refer doctors or clients for more information about Shiatsu. The process of supporting people to promote Shiatsu locally, and the discussion group for that purpose, which was on the consultation site, will not be continuing because the forthcoming revamp of the Shiatsu Society's website will include this functionality.
EXPERIENTIAL TEACHING Experiencing anatomy and energy directly and how to facilitate it in others. A teachers training course with Bill Palmer. These workshops, one afternoon a month, are designed for trainee and practicing teachers but can also be taken as self-exploration classes. The course will demonstrate how to teach 'experientially'. This means that, instead of teaching about Anatomy, Meridians and Organs theoretically, you can facilitate students to feel these things inwardly and directly. This transforms dry theoretical teaching into something alive and inspiring. It also gives students a first hand relationship with energy, which allows them to work more spontaneously, creatively and intuitively. Each afternoon workshop will focus on a facet of Experiential Teaching e.g.: 1. Transforming narrative into sensation 2. Experiential Anatomy - how to directly sense inner organs and the movement of inner structure. 3. Experiencing the Meridians through movement 4. Using movement and visualisation to sense energy disconnections 5. Using breath to sense and embody Ki. When and where : Wednesdays monthly at the British School of Shiatsu-Do, Unit 3, Thane Works, Thane Villas, London N7 7NU. Dates: Nov 18th, Dec 16th, Jan 13th, Feb 10th, Mar 17th and April 14th. All days will be from 1pm - 5pm. Cost:£240. A few low income places will be allocated if more than 12 people sign up. Booking: Email bill@seed.org or phone 01225 580085 or book online at http://www.seed.org/teaching
EXPERIENCING THE MERIDIANS A Workshop introducing the Six Divisions through Movement & Touch.
Saturday 7th November 2009 10am - 6p. Presented by Char Scrivener, Bill Commerford, Jonathan Clifford and Suzi Caunce.
‘Meridians trace the paths along which we learnt to inhabit our bodies as infants. So now we can use them to explore ourselves and to release and transform habitual patterns’. Bill Palmer, Founder of (SEED) School for Experiential Education.
The aims of this experiential workshop are to: + explore how we connect with the Chinese meridians+ develop awareness through movement, breath and touch+ bring our attention to areas of disconnection+ understand and integrate our movements as a whole+ find authentic contact with ourselves and others+ develop body intelligence through feeling rather than our idea. Cost £70.
Venue: The British School Of Shiatsu-Do, Unit 3, Thane Works, Thane Villas, London N7 7NU. For information & booking call: Jon 07891 621865.
Workshop open to all & of particular interest to those involved in:
acupuncture, bodywork, dance, drama, healing & martial arts, meditation, psychotherapy, Shiatsu, tuina, qigong & yoga.
Background information on related work: www.seed.org
RELEASING BODYMIND TRAUMA with Dan Stretton London, 28th 29th November 2009.
Many of you who know Dan Stretton, know that for the last few years he has been developing techniques to effectively treat back pain and trauma. .Now he’s put together his clinical experience and discoveries to create a two-day course To find out more visit: www.danstretton.com SHIATSU COLLEGE POST-GRAD IN NORWICH.
3 PLACES LEFT!
Enrich your practice: get some fresh input & inspiration plus teacher supervision & support.
We are offering a New Non-Residential option for taking the internationally respected Shiatsu College Certificate level Post-Graduate training - in Norwich, Norfolk.
4 individual Saturdays over the year, taught by Cliff Andrews and Dinah John, this course will more than meet all your CPD requirements for the Society or for the PGY route to MRSS Structure: Ki work – enhanced Hara diagnosis, Body Scanning & Meridian Scanning.
Cases – working together to integrate all aspects of treatment.
Integrating Zen & TCM – theory sessions, tailored to your interests |
Shiatsu
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