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What is Shiatsu?
When people feel pain or discomfort, they instinctively touch the painful area in order to relieve themselves. This instinctive gesture was developed into an art form in Asia through massage and digitopression. Subsequently, Chinese medicine demonstrated the interaction between meridian energy and the physical body. Created in Japan, Shiatsu (which means “finger pressure”) is the combination of these two approaches, instinctive and theoretical, technical and energetic. This manual technique was recognised as one of the most worthy of interest by the European Commission in 1997. It has also been an official medicine in Japan since 1964.
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Interview Toshi Ichikawa : ToShiatsu’s founder
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...
Ecology and Shiatsu
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...
The Ternary Principle in Shiatsu
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...
Shiatsu: therapy or well-being?
Is shiatsu a well-being technic or a therapy? Is there any interest in dividing shiatsu in those categories?
Shiatsu as a Path
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...
Interview with Michel Odoul: Necessity prevails
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...
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Ryōhō Shiatsu is a group of Shiatsu practitioners and teachers influenced by the martial arts branch of Shiatsu, the two founders being long-time martial arts practitioners. Its study integrates all the dimensions of shiatsu, namely :
- Mechanical shiatsu (relaxation and osteo-articular mobilisation)
- Energetic shiatsu (meridians, families and combinations of points)
- Therapeutic shiatsu (pathologies, pulse taking, oriental diagnosis)
- Personal development (self-shiatsu, feeling work, meditation, qi gong, etc.)
- Western medicine (anatomy, physiology, ethics, hygiene, pathology)
- Oriental medicine (theories, energetic physiology, visceral psychology, moxibustion)
To study Ryōhō Shiatsu, simply go to one of its schools.
