Belgium: depression and burn-out with Shiatsu – June 19-21, 2026 in Ostend

Depression and burnout affect a growing number of people today: according to the WHO, more than 280 million people worldwide suffer from depression, and almost one in five European workers claim to have experienced an episode of severe overwork in the last two years. These realities spare no-one, and more and more recipients are arriving on the futon with signs of deep fatigue, loss of meaning or emotional collapse.

For a Shiatsu practitioner, knowing how to recognize these states, understand them and adapt his or her treatment has become essential. Shiatsu can offer invaluable support, but only if the practitioner masters the mind-body mechanisms involved and knows how to intervene within a safe, structured and respectful framework. That’s why this training course organized by the Kokaï school in Ostend has been designed to give practitioners clear, effective and immediately applicable tools to help their receivers in distress, while remaining within the framework of professional Shiatsu. This training course is a unique opportunity to deepen your skills, bring more accuracy to your practice and respond to one of the major challenges of our time.

Programs

During this training, we will examine :

• The most common types of depression
• Professional burn-out
• Approaches in Western and Chinese medicine
• Treatments adapted to these situations

Through Shiatsu and Chinese medicine, we will see how to recognize these imbalances and what techniques we can apply to :

• Gentle relief
• Restoring vital energy
• Supporting reconstruction

Practical details

• Teacher : Ivan Bel
• Lieu : Sportcentrum Koninklijke Stallingen, Koninginnelaan 76, 8400 Ostende (Belgique)
• Dates : June 19-20 and 21, 2026
• Opening hours : 9:30am-12:30pm & 2pm-5pm
• Course fee : €300
• Prerequisites: be at least in 2ᵉ year of Shiatsu or Chinese Medicine.
• Meals : numerous options in the immediate vicinity of the sports center. There’s also a bar/cafeteria on site. Students are of course welcome to bring their own meals.

Please note : Ivan Bel will be signing his book‘L’Esprit du Shiatsu‘ if you bring it with you to the workshop.

Depression and burn-out are modern epidemics affecting our society. It’s a real epidemic, and we need to take action. We hope to see many of you and look forward to meeting you.

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Ivan Bel

Ivan Bel was born in 1971 and grew up in France on the Atlantic Ocean. A sailing enthusiast, he discovered Japanese martial arts at the age of 13 and continues to do so today. After studying journalism and Chinese at the Oriental Languages School, he travelled for many years to all the countries of Asia and directed the first online magazine on Aikido: "Aïkidoka Magazine". At the age of 28, he discovered Shiatsu, a passion that would never leave him. He set up several schools in Belgium, founded the blog Ryoho Shiatsu and the NGO Missions Shiatsu Humanitaire. He finally moved to Malawi and then to Bosnia. He teaches all over the world and continues his journalistic work on Shiatsu and conducts historical research through the group "History of Shiatsu".

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