What is Shiatsu?

Shiatsu is a hands-on body therapy
using acupressure
to restore balance
to mind, body
and spirit

Shiatsu is based upon the oriental medical understanding that our physiological and psychological structures are supported and affected by meridians. Meridians are channels of living magnetic energy and a Shiatsu practitioner will work with both the meridians and associated acupressure points during a session.
It is a fully clothed therapy and takes place on a traditional style futon, usually lasting 40 minutes to one hour. Shiatsu involves elements of oriental diagnosis, abdominal massage, pressure application to various parts of the body using fingers, thumbs, knees and elbows, and gentle stretches and joint articulation. Practitioners may recommend specific lifestyle and diet changes, or exercises to assist in the healing process.

What does Shiatsu feel like?

How can you imagine Shiatsu without having received it?
Remember the feeling of a baby or friendly cat crawling across your back... the pleasurably quality of the padding pressure and leaning weight. The baby or cat did not need to learn a particular massage technique, or study the right way to crawl over your back; they just did it, naturally and easily. This is the essence of simple Shiatsu at it's best!

Each Shiatsu caters directly to your specific needs at the time. There is no pre-prescribed routine for a certain condition, although appropriate points may be employed to benefit your specific symptoms. Several sessions may be recommended. Some clients decide to make Shiatsu a regular part of their life because they experience the benefit of the self-care time, in which to switch off and just be.
 

The benefits of Shiatsu

What the clients say

‘I spend so much time ‘doing’, even in my spare time I’m ‘doing’… Shiatsu allows me to just be’.

‘For me Shiatsu is an oasis of calm… I have seen definitive results in my ability to remain calm under pressure, and respond effectively to the rigours and demands of business. I highly value Shiatsu as an essential means of creating balance in my hectic life’.

‘The labour was awesome. Drug free and stress free, resulting in a calm and relaxed baby, mum and Dad. Thank you so very much for your help and advice.’

‘Shiatsu has meant a great relief for my spondylosis (a stiffened spine, the advanced state of Ankylosing spondylitis’.

‘My headache disappeared within five minutes!’