The major European event of the year, the European Shiatsu Congress will be held from September 17 to 20, 2026 in Rome. As always, several hundred practitioners will gather for this great moment of exchange, learning and encounter. No fewer than 31 teachers will be...
A new event is about to take place in the world of Shiatsu: a world summit to be held in Poland in June 2027. The plan, developed by Mike Mandl and Chris McAlister, is to create unity across continents and connect the rich tradition that Shiatsu springs from with all...
On December 2, the presidents of Italy's 3 Shiatsu federations gave a one-hour talk to the country's Chamber of Deputies, proposing an analysis and proposals concerning the profession of Shiatsu practitioner. We can only applaud the in-depth work carried out by the...
It is the second Shiatsu Summit of the Balkans to be held in 2026, on April 11 and 12, in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. Initiated the 1st time by the Bosnia Shiatsu School (in Sarajevo), this recent event seeks to bring practitioners from the many countries of the...
It is with sadness that we learned of the recent passing of Master Yuji Yahiro (1951–2025). With him, one of the great Japanese sensei in Europe has left us. Mr Yahiro founded Meiso Shiatsu by integrating natural laws and humanitarian principles into the therapeutic...
The 5th edition of ISD (International Shiatsu Day) takes place on Sunday June 8th 2025 within the SWBM (Shiatsu Without Borders Month). ISD is a symbolic day (second Sunday in June since 2021) that first took place during...
After many months of negotiation and work with the Belgian authorities, the Belgian Shiatsu Federation (FBS) has succeeded in obtaining a NACE code to designate the trade code for Shiatsu. Eurostat has just confirmed acceptance of the Belgian proposal to allocate a...
From February 21 to 23, 2025, the European Shiatsu Federation is organizing the 1st Shiatsu Symposium, which will be an essentially political meeting, in Brussels. Its aim is to discuss the politics, organization and development of Shiatsu at European level. To this...
On the weekend of September 28-29, the Spanish federation (APSE) and one of the Italian organizations (COS) jointly signed a memorandum of intent concerning the mutual recognition of Shiatsu diplomas between their two organizations. Achieved under the auspices of the...
For some time now, June has been International Shiatsu Month, with a host of events. First of all, the Shiatsu Without Borders branch of the ESF is organising Shiatsu Without Borders Month in June 2024, with two events not to be missed: On 2 June 2024 at 6pm GMT / 7pm...
