Among the great names in the world of French-speaking Shiatsu, Bernard Bouheret is no stranger. Let's judge: more than 40 years of practice, author of many books including the famous "Vade Mecum de Shiatsu thérapeutique", president of the Union Francophone des...
While not much is known about the infancy of Chinese medicine, it is known that proto-religions and proto-medicines were the work of shamans all over the world. Both healers and intercessors with the spirit world, these men and women are at the origin of the first...
Philippe Vandenabeele is one of those hard workers who have been passionate about Shiatsu for many years. Belgian by origin, he has wandered from country to country and learned many techniques. He is now ready to publish the first english version of "Ampuku Zukai",...
Shiatsu can sometimes guide a person from childhood and only become his or her life path much later in adulthood. That’s the whole personal story of Toshi Ichikawa. Now teaching Toshiatsu in Paris, he is one of the masters who touches people with his simplicity, his...
While Mother Nature is in agony, everyone seems to be saying that something must be done and quickly. But what? No one seems to know much about what can save the environment and we continue our routine, our crazy consumption, our race against time and for money. Why...
Amongst the many Shiatsu schools that exist, most refer in their names or in their technical approach to the theories of Yin/Yang (which represent duality), or Wuxing (the 5 movements). But few of them bring attention to the Earth-Man-Heaven trinity, while this...
Is shiatsu a well-being technic or a therapy? Is there any interest in dividing shiatsu in those categories?
Among the many paths we have access to today, we have to admit that many come from Asia. But while the term is increasingly used, it's not always easy to know exactly what it is. What exactly is a path? And why is Shiatsu included in this field? Here are a few points...
Michel Odoul is no stranger to the world of Shiatsu, far from it. The success of his books, which have now been translated into many languages, has made him one of the leading thinkers in our world. But while these books are bestsellers, the man and his life are far...
There is a lot to say about rhythms in Shiatsu. Shiatsu is a therapeutic art intrinsically linked to far-east medicine. This is, in turn, entirely related to the movements and rhythms of nature that ancient Chinese have observed for millennia. It is therefore logical...
