The Latest Shiatsu Society News
Shiatsu Awareness Month is coming...
June is Shiatsu Awareness Month. This year during the campaign, practitioners are sharing what Shiatsu means to them - how it fits into their lives and connects them to themselves, other people and the world around them.
Bodywork for Wellbeing Practitioners
New Bodywork for Wellbeing Listing and Membership category launched
Sustainable Healthcare Day Press Release
Find out more about our theme for Sustainable Healthcare Day on April 6th - "Managing chronic stress" and what you can do to help manage it.
New Touch for Life resource - Managing Stress
Points and practices to help with stress management
Sustainable Healthcare Day
Join us for Sustainable Healthcare Day on April 6th. The theme of this year’s Sustainable Healthcare Day is “Managing chronic stress”
Incorporating Shiatsu into daily life
Here we discuss activities you can implement to support your wellbeing
Practitioner in Focus
We caught up with Hannah Mackay, a Shiatsu practitioner based in Manchester to hear the story of her Shiatsu journey.
Membership Benefits
Here are just some of the things you’ll receive as part of student and professional membership (Stb, StA, MrSS, SrSS and FwSS) with the Shiatsu Society.
Sign up to our public newsletter
We bring you hints and tips on ways to improve your wellbeing. Our public newsletter is great for those interested in Shiatsu and holistic wellbeing, ideal for those wanting to dip their toes into the Shiatsu world.
Wood Element - our tips to find your balance
Wood Element - our tips to find your balance and make the most of the season
Marie Lamont - Practitioner in Focus
We caught up with Marie Lamont, a Shiatsu practitioner based in Cupar, Scotland to hear the story of her Shiatsu journey, from discovery to successful business as she approaches her 65 birthday.
Shiatsu for a Positive New Year
Shiatsu based self-help practices can empower us to feel more in control of our health and life conditions. Using the simple practices below, or having a treatment from a professional practitioner, can help support your health and wellbeing.
What happens in a Shiatsu Session?
At the beginning of the session, the practitioner will discuss the client’s expectations and needs; what they hope to gain from Shiatsu treatment. This will normally be explored by ‘taking a case history’...
What are Meridians?
Shiatsu aims to improve the clients flow of Ki, which is a person’s natural energy system that runs along internal pathways called meridians.
Water Element - our tips to find your balance
Water Element - our tips to find your balance and make the most of the season
Dan Smith - Practitioner in Focus
We caught up with Dan Smith, Shiatsu practitioner and owner of the innovative Shiatsu Bus, Derbyshire. Dan brings Shiatsu therapy directly to people's doorsteps in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, providing a mobile Shiatsu service. We couldn't wait to find out more!
Metal Element - our tips to find your balance
Metal Element - our tips to find your balance and make the most of the season
Adrian Cox - Practitioner in Focus
Being a Zen Shiatsu practitioner based in London, I continually feel grateful to be able to support people where needed and also for allowing me to share the space with them energetically....
Earth Element - our tips to find your balance
Earth Element - our tips to find your balance and make the most of the season
Tanja Bastia - Practitioner in Focus
I am a Holistic Acupressure and Zen Shiatsu practitioner. I came to Shiatsu over ten years ago during a difficult period in my life and fell in love with the healing potential of Shiatsu...
Sustainable Healthcare Guide
The IHC, Shiatsu Society and Member Organisations have produced a simple self-help guide for patients as part of its work on Sustainable Healthcare.
Dawn Oei - Practitioner in Focus
Dawn has an MA in Politics from the University of Glasgow and worked in the diplomatic field for more than twenty years. She discovered Shiatsu in 2002 during a particularly stressful period in her life and found it a safe and supportive environment in her own healing.
European Shiatsu Federation
The Shiatsu Society have rejoined the ESF - is with enormous pleasure we welcome the Shiatsu Society of the UK, back as a member association of the ESF: Happy Day!
Alan Hatton-Perkins - Practitioner in Focus
I chose to learn Shiatsu many years after first receiving Shiatsu at a music festival, the effect of subsequent sessions had such a profound impact on my health and wellbeing that it spiked my interest to discover more.
Shiatsu Projects
Shiatsu can make the world a better place! Here are three projects that our Professional Practitioners are involved in.