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Learn Shiatsu, the Art of Gentle Healing, and meet new people, make new friends, learn a caring skill, maybe start on the way to a new career of helping others.

Intensive Immersion courses run 10.30 am - 5.30 pm daily See dates of upcoming courses in the right-hand column

What you will learn:

The Zen approach to Shiatsu: mindfulness, care and compassion
How to move easily into the Structures for giving Shiatsu safely
How to move your client into the Four Positions for receiving Shiatsu
Codes of Practice, ethics and complaints procedures
The roles of Professional organisations and structure of the Profession
How to protect yourself from energy depletion
Special exercises to help you give shiatsu with ease, grace and style
How to prepare yourself and client for treatment and the effects of treatment
The Seven Principles of Zen Shiatsu
How to assess your client's condition and Shiatsu needs
What conditions to avoid (contra-indications)

and how to deliver mindful shiatsu with compassion, care and competence in the Four Positions for treatment:

Prone
Supine
Side
Seated

Palm, thumb and finger pressure
Stretch and compression
Tonification and sedation

leading to your basic Certificate in Practical Shiatsu (CPS.)

The content of this Intensive Immersion course is the same as for the Beginners Practical Shiatsu. Instead of doing your 20 practice-treatments between modules (as you would in the weekly or monthly options), after the Intensive you go away and do your practice on friends, family and volunteers - you may find lots of people want o be guinea-pigs for you!
You then return for pre-assesment training and assessment.

If you can't make the Immersion, why not join one of the regular, ongoing which you can join at any time, just by coming by to register 15 minutes before the start time. These start Tuesday evenings 6.30 pm or Thursday afternoons 2.30 pm, or for the monthly cycle enrol at 10.30am or 2.30pm on the third Saturday of the month, (two sessions, 10.30 am to 1.30 pm and/or 2.30 to 5.30pm.)

Whichever option you choose to suit your preference, the course content is the same. No text-books at this stage - although the Course Manuals and Kris's book (shown on the right) are handy for getting to know the basics.

and you don't need special clothing - something loose-fitting and comfortable to move around in will be fine.

Find out more about Zen Shiatsu by dropping in to our Open Evenings (click!) or call up and arrange a personal Welcome Visit.

For INTENSIVE courses ONLY, please register in advance: you can register right now On-Line (Click!) through our secure website on the same terms as in the prospectus, or print out and send the postal or fax registration click for printerfriendly pdf (if it doesn't open first time click to download the latest free Adobe reader

Click the start-arrow for a 4-minute preview of Zen Shiatsu training...

and now see a sample of some of our Chi Kung warm-up exercises we do at the start of a shiatsu training session to fill practitioners and students with health and vitality!