The Year Two Course

This course adds a lot of new practical and theoretical material, to give a comprehensive and in depth understanding of shiatsu. There is approximately 6 hours of homework per week, including giving 2 or 3 shiatsu treatments, reading and written work.

Aims - by the end of the the Year Two course, students are able to make clear Oriental diagnoses or health assessments of their clients, and can give appropriately tailored shiatsu treatments to a wide range of people.

Format - the Year Two course consists of 10 weekends, some of which are 3 days long, plus two Clinic Days chosen from a number over the year. It totals 27 days or 180 houirs of tuition.

Syllabus

  • In depth diagnosis of health conditions including visual, questioning, listening, back and hara diagnosis.
  • The extended meridians of the Masunaga system of Zen Shiatsu.
  • Comprehensive point location and usage, including the Yu and Bo points.
  • Refinement of energy sensing and further study of kyo and jitsu with appropriate treatment using tonification and sedation techniques.
  • Shiatsu for the Conception and Governing Vessel meridians.
  • Further study of food energetics and the giving of dietary and life style recommendations to clients.
  • Simple counselling skills for use with shiatsu.
  • Western physiology of the main systems of the body.

Year Two Course Details 2007-08 -

Shiatsu


The Coach House, Buckyette Farm, Littlehempston, Totnes, TQ9 6ND Tel: 01803 762593