Survey Results: Shiatsu and Cancer

by Ivan Bel | Dec 5, 2020 | blog-en, Reflections

Last year I launched a survey with the help of Fernando Cabo, on the perception of Shiatsu practitioners and schools of Shiatsu on a number of topics. We conducted the survey in French, English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Even if the number of answers is not as...

Hard work, soft work and much more in Shiatsu

by Ivan Bel | Nov 19, 2020 | blog-en, Reflections

When Do prevails over Jutsu I have been practicing martial arts for 33 years now and 20 years just for Shiatsu. For years I have been obsessed with studying and learning, which is still the case, but to a lesser extent. I have sought and am still seeking approaches...

Interview Elisa Carpiaux: Shiatsu as a fruit tree

by Ivan Bel | Nov 8, 2020 | blog-en, Interviews

Elisa Carpiaux is a passionate and exciting Shiatsu teacher in the French-speaking part of Belgium. When I met her for the first time 10 years ago it was in a small Mexican restaurant, to introduce myself and tell her about my plans to open my first school. She was...

Interview Betty Croll: organizer of the European Shiatsu Congress 2020 in Amsterdam

by Ivan Bel | Sep 14, 2020 | blog-en, Interviews

Ivan Bel: Hello dear Betty, thank you for giving me some of your time after the madness of this last European Shiatsu congress. I guess you must be relieved that it is over. Betty Croll: I am very happy it has turned out the way it did. Totally different than we had...

Interview Chris McAlister: from Tibet to Sweden

by Ivan Bel | Aug 5, 2020 | blog-en, Interviews

As president of the European Shiatsu Federation, Chris McAlister is a personality in the world of Shiatsu. But apart from this official title, we don’t know much about his life and his career. His life is like a novel of travel, adventure, martial arts and...