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European Shiatsu Week: 17th to 23rd September 2012

Contact us for a list of special offers and events during the promotional week.   

Busy London MEP is a fan of Shiatsu

London MEP Marina Yannakoudakis is one of the growing number of converts to Shiatsu.

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Shiatsu may have helped triplet mum conceive

Hannah Philips has just given birth to triplets – and believes Shiatsu may have helped her and her partner Paul Miller with the conception, as well as alleviating her morning sickness.

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Midwives learn Shiatsu to help mums in labour

The latest course aimed at enabling midwives to use Shiatsu techniques to help mums in labour has been enthusiastically received by nursing staff in Sussex – who also appreciate the added bonus that it can help them reduce the stress of their jobs.

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Shiatsu can help Dads play a vital part in childbirth

Although fathers are far more involved in pregnancy and childbirth than they were in the pre-1960s era of pacing up and down outside the labour ward, there is still a danger that they can be sidelined and feel left out of the whole process.

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European Shiatsu Federation Research, in conjunction with the University of Leeds 

The long awaited results of the 3-year research project with the ESF (European Shiatsu Federation) and University of Leeds is now available! Very positive results! Confirms the benefits of Shiatsu we have known of all along.

The aim of the European Shiatsu Federation (ESF) Research Project was to scientifically document the ‘experience and effects of Shiatsu as experienced by both receiver and practitioner’. This was a unique Shiatsu research foundation study that has never been done before. Phase One was a two country exploratory study into ‘The Experience and Effects of Shiatsu’ and was an open-ended interview based study undertaken in the United Kingdom and Germany.

Phase Two, where questionnaires specifically created from Phase One were returned by clients under a scientifically governed protocol to the Research Department headed by Professor Andrew F. Long at School of Healthcare at Leeds University and we are now pleased to announce that the results are available. This aspect of the research was designed to look more directly at the benefits of Shiatsu treatments and its long-term efficacy.

What follows is an overview of the project by Professor Long, Health Systems Research University of Leeds.

The first phase of the research project and the Executive Summary of the Findings can be viewed on the ESF website.