The second edition of the fledgling Balkans Shiatsu Summit will take place in April 2026 in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. It will focus on the themes of insomnia, depression, irritability and anxiety, disorders which constantly affect a large proportion of the...
Ivan Bel
An intensive week to explore Emotions and Psychological Disorders – 5-11 July 2026
When touch becomes a language for the mind. More and more clients are coming to clinics with chronic stress, anxiety, sleep disorders, irritability, hypersensitivity, difficulty concentrating, or emotional shock. And very often, ‘classic’ shiatsu is no longer...
Italy: Shiatsu Stage – Energy Principles and Vacuum Concept (Xuli) in Shiatsu – 31/01 and 1/02 2026 in Padua
In the practice of Shiatsu, we constantly work with Ki: its movements, its blockages, its excesses and its deficiencies. But what happens when we go beyond, into the heart of the energetic experience, where the Void is revealed? The Void (Xuli, the column of the Void)...
FAQs
Shiatsu is a Japanese digipression method that aims to rebalance the body as a whole, remove muscle tension, improve joint movement and strengthen blood circulation, and vital energy of the body thanks to precise pressures made with the fingers, palms of the hands and...
A Milestone: The 2025 ESF Symposium in Brussels
On February 22, 2025, history was made in Brussels. For the very first time, representatives of Shiatsu associations from all over Europe and key players from countries in which such associations don't exist yet gathered together. Hosted by the European Shiatsu...
Terésa Hadland interview: Shiatsu at core
A leading Shiatsu teacher, Terésa Hadland has been criss-crossing Europe and even the world for over forty years, sometimes in the company of her partner Bill Palmer and sometimes on her own, to pass on their vision of 'Movement Shiatsu'. Sparkling, full of...
Book review: “Another self” by Cindy Engel
Let's be honest: this book is not a Shiatsu book. Instead, the author, Dr Cindy Engel, is an original combination of biology researcher and manual therapist (shiatsu, Thai massage, fasciatherapy and also Qigong teacher) in England. She published articles in scientific...
Interview with Wilfried Rappenecker: a european vision for Shiatsu
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...
Interview : Manabu Watanabe, founder of Shyuyou Shiatsu
Manabu Watanabe is one of those people who can speak in depth about the martial arts. For over 10 years, he was the disciple and assistant of Minoru Akuzawa, the extraordinary founder of Aunkai. Anyone who has ever seen Akuzawa Sensei perform his movements knows what...
The points that chase away Dampness
With climate change and the chronic drought now taking hold in Europe, this is perhaps a family of points that will tend to be used less and less. Spring and autumn are two seasons when it rains, but you can fall victim to dampness in a cold, poorly ventilated room,...









