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 enough, because the body is not a computer. It is not enough to press points here and there to obtain an effect the psyche.
This course has been created for practitioners who want to go beyond simple relaxation and learn how to accompany human beings in their emotional and psychological dimensions, without straying from the framework of shiatsu and Chinese medicine.
Why this course?
Because the body never lies. And behind a frozen shoulder, a knotted stomach, a closed rib cage, there is often an emotional story. Therefore, over the course of a week, we will:
- Understand how emotions are stored in the body,
- Learn to read them,
- to accompany them,
- And sometimes, we hope… release them.
All this with the tools of Chinese medicine and the practical effectiveness of Shiatsu. This is not a theoretical course. It is a practical and transformative course, both for you and for your receivers.
The venue
Domain of Lembrun : Lembrun welcomes us for the seventh consecutive year, much to the delight of all participants. Set in magnificent countryside surroundings, the estate offers a range of accommodation options and a campsite ; a traditional swimming pool, a saltwater pool and the Lot River for swimming ; a self-managed bar ; two indoor and one outdoor dojos. It is a Buddhist venue, so calm and respect are required. The food is prepared under the direction of a chef, and on the last evening there is a party with the Taijiquan group and their Chinese master.
Programme
- The 5 Shen, the 7 emotions, or how an emotion becomes pathological.
- The emotional matrix: its energetic root, its organ, its bodily area, its behaviors and key points for shiatsu.
- The 112 modern ‘emotions’, as seen from Chinese medicine
- Psychological archetypes: reading of people with their strengths and weaknesses, according to 5 archetypes
- Treatment of disorders:
- Stress and mental overload
- Anxiety and panic
- insomnia
- ADD and ADHD
- Manic depression (bipolar disorder)
- Anger and frustrations
- Emotional shock and traumas
Please note: Program and schedule may vary slightly depending on events, conferences or demonstrations. We remain flexible.
Practical details
- Teacher: Ivan Bel
- Start: Sunday 5th July in the afternoon. Introduction at 5-6pm
- End: Saturday 11 July from 10am
- Daily timetable: from 6:30am to 9pm
- Number of hours: 60
- Live translation: English, Italian
- Prerequisite: minimum 3rd year of study.
- Place: Domain of Lembrun (in the Lot-et-Garonne)
- Number of places: 50
- Course fee: €300 (€150 deposit to reserve your place)
- Accommodation: choose your accommodation on the estate’s website, then contact them directly
- Meals: choose the full board option with your accommodation on the estate (vegetarian food, self-managed bar)
Please note! This course is usually fully booked within two months of publication. We recommend that you do not delay in making your reservation.
How to get there?
- By plane: from Toulouse or Bordeaux airport, then take the train to Agen.
- By train: get off at Agen station.
- By car: follow the Google map link
Refund Policy
You can cancel your registration up to a month before the event (June 5, 2026 included). After this date, the deposit will not be refunded.
Any questions?
If you have any questions, please contact us via the contact page on the website.
For organisational matters and carpooling, join us on the course Facebook group.
We hope to see many of you there with the entire Ryoho Shiatsu team!
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