Shiatsu Courses Devon UK

The Shiatsu Foundation Year

The emphasis of this first year of training is on learning the fundamental theory and practical skills of healing with shiatsu. Study is held over one weekend a month including some occasional Fridays.

Aims - by the end of the course students will be confident in giving shiatsu to a wide range of people, for general relaxation and healing and relief of minor health problems. Many students also experience real shifts in their health and life after this course.

Your Choice - we have two identical intakes for the Foundation Year course, one running from September to June, and another from April to March. Tuition consists of 10 weekends, some of which are three days long, and an additional Clinic Day, a total of 27 days or 180 hours of tuition.

The syllabus

Background to Shiatsu: The history and fundamental principles of shiatsu.
Practical Principles for Giving Shiatsu: based on movement of Ki to contact and heal on an energetic level.
Full Body Shiatsu Techniques: in prone, supine, side positions. Integrating the use of pressure, movement and stretching.
Adapting Shiatsu Treatments: to individual's unique physical and mental conditions.
Actions and uses of the major acupressure points.
Oriental diagnosis of the internal health through touch, seeing and questioning.
Basic Oriental Medicine Concepts: Tao, Yin and Yang, Ki and its production in the body, Shen and Essence.
The Five Transformations: give stages of energy flowing in nature and human life and health.
Physical Anatomy: study of the muscular-skeletal and connective tissue systems.
Subtle Anatomy: the location and functions of the 12 classical meridians and the actions and uses of the major acupressure points.
Exercises: for developing sensitivity to Ki and hara.
Oriental Principles of Food Energetics: to understand balanced and healthy eating.