When I take some time to be still, for example during meditation or before falling asleep, that's when it starts: A buzzing goes through my head, like a swarm of bees is flying through or a choir of crickets is giving a summer concert. This noise often doesn’t stop...
It was in times of trouble that many of us took up our pursuit of Shiatsu and its many magical avenues of connection. Perhaps we were ill, even chronically. We were maybe burnt out on our early career path and looking for a fresh perspective. Perhaps we were trying to...
At a time when some reject any spirituality in Shiatsu and others take it towards multidimensional dimensions, Bernard Bouheret offers a balanced perspective, the fruit of over 40 years' practice of Shiatsu and meditation. He invites us to explore the place of...
The human pelvis is far more than a skeletal structure — it is a crossroads of anatomy, evolution, sexuality, and energetic medicine. The uniquely rounded and prominent glutes of Homo sapiens are evolutionary adaptations for upright posture and have acquired strong...
The art of Shiatsu, this Japanese practice of massage and acupressure, before being a profession, is a practice that we often anchor in our daily lives. It is also, for most practitioners, the breeding ground for their experience, the testing ground of their practice....
In Shiatsu, we don't often talk about bones. And yet they are the foundations of our body, the solid, tangible base on which our muscles are articulated and our organs housed. What's more, the large bones also produce blood cells and are themselves irrigated at the...
While many Shiatsu practitioners like to use meridians and moxibustion to support their treatment, few are familiar with Dr Hirata's zones and Ontake method of using moxas with pieces of bamboo. We've already written about the life of Dr Hirata on this blog, a genius...
When you're right-handed, it's hard to put yourself in the shoes, or rather the movements, of a left-handed person. The world around them is essentially adapted to right-handed people, which requires constant adaptation to their environment. As a student and teacher...
In the final part of his triptych on numbers and the Void, Julien Chabert transports us this time into the world of sounds and vibrations. He continues his development on numbers and, with the help of the number six, takes us on a journey through Indian and Buddhist...
Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return “Our bodies are made from the burnt embers of stars, which scattered across the Galaxy in giant explosions, long before gravity pulled them together to form the Earth.” [1] So begins the book Living with the Stars [2]...
