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. There is approximately 4 hours of homework to do each week, partly giving shiatsu treatments, and partly doing some reading and written work.

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

Exercises for developing sensitivity to Ki and hara development.
Shiatsu techniques for a comprehensive full body treatment.
The philosophy of yin and yang and its application to oriental medicine.
The location and functions of the 12 classical meridians.
The actions and uses of the major acupressure points.
Oriental diagnosis of the internal health through touch, seeing and questioning.
Oriental principles of food energetics.
Adapting your shiatsu to different individuals’ unique physical and emotional condition.
The Five Transformations of energy in nature and in human life and health.
Basic Western anatomy of the body.