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Special Workshops
Pregnancy and Childbirth with Kate Burford –
11/12/13 January 2008
Explore the potential of using Shiatsu-Do to help maintain a happy and healthy pregnancy and learn pain relieving techniques for childbirth.
• Reproductive disorders hat may affect infertility in male and female
• Body relationships for diagnosis
• Exercises for pelvic floor strength, self hip adjustments, Hara
development techniques
• Energetic physiology of pregnancy and meridian development
phases, Zang organ influences on mother and foetus
• How to enhance and maintain a healthy pregnancy
• Contraindications in pregnancy treatments
• How to locate the foetus
• Treatment protocols in the three trimesters of gestation
• Specific treatments for Labour- pain relief and inducing labour
where necessary, placenta discharge, also, to remedy effects of
abortion, miscarriage, mastitis, morning sickness, and turning a breech baby
• Treatment demonstrations/techniques for Shiatsu-Do in pregnancy
Demonstrations on pregnant women
Structural Corrections with Dan Stretton –
1/2/3 February 2008
Simple, effective diagnostic tests and gentle soft-tissue corrections of common structural misalignments of the pelvis and sacrum. These tests and adjustments can easily be integrated into your Shiatsu-Do treatments.
• Looking at the anatomy of the spine, sacrum and pelvis
• Locating structural landmarks
• Simple tests to diagnose sacroiliac joint problems, pelvic tilt & rotations or torsions of the sacrum
• How to interpret the tests
• Review principles of ‘muscle energy technique’ (MET)
• Using MET to correct structural misalignment
* Hip clearing.
* How to integrate structural adjustments into a shiatsu treatment
Sports Injuries with Dan Stretton –
8/9/10 February 2008
Study specific treatment models to limit the injury and speed recovery. These techniques apply to all muscular-skeletal injuries whether occurring in sport or other activity.
• Relationship of injury to the emotions; treating the body-mind
• Principles for treating the Whole person
• Pathology of an injury (external or internal factors following the Eight Principles)
• Physiological symptoms and TCM view - Acute and Chronic conditions.
• Yang Excess pathology and Deficiency syndromes.
• Assessing the injury - connective tissue examination, understanding the injury force and focus
• The Obstruction syndrome - what it means.
• Types of Energy systems involved - Ching, Organ Ki, Bone Ki, Wei Ki, Etheric Body
• Anatomy of a Joint reviewed - relationship to the Fascia and its function
• Compensatory effects of an injury and scar tissue production - other symptom areas involved
• Unwinding the Fascia /Meridians using the Body Rhythm Technique
• Ah-si point theory and treatment procedure
Nutrition with Char Scrivener and Gill Hattersley –
22/23/24 February 2008
A practically based workshop, there will be an additional fee to cover the cost of ingredients.
Theory sessions:
• Food energetics and applications using 5 Elements and the Eight Principles diagnostic models.
• Ki energetics of food preparation and cooking methods
Practical sessions:
• Preparation, cooking and then eating.
Cantral Channel Release with Saul Goodman
Part 1: 30 May–1 June 2008 (3 days)
Part 2: 24-26 October 2008 (3 days)
Colchester, Essex, UK
This course presents a precise protocol that helps to restore the flow of energy through the primary information system of the body/mind. The release of the Central Channel can also be considered as an advanced technique for treating the Governing Vessel meridian.
The Governing Vessel (GV) along with its counterpart, the Conception Vessel (CV), are the first two operating meridians which begin to flow at the time of conception. They also represent the original information network of the first cells in evolution. According to Shizuto Masunaga, GV/CV are the master meridians that regulate all other acupuncture meridians. GV/CV are also the two meridians that most directly interact with the charkas.
Participants in this course will learn to identify specific stress patterns that inhibit the accurate transmission of vital information through the Central Channel and its operating components. These components include: the governing vessel, spins, nervous system, meninges and the cerebro-spinal fluid. Precise release techniques will then be applies to relieve the system interference.
Life Force recovery
Life Force is the creative regenerative energy that enables a human being to effectively engage in the day to day flow of life events. It enables one to create, produce, adapt and respond. In human terms it is the force that gives us motivation, inspiration and enthusiasm. It provides physical strength, emotional stability and mental agility.
Life force need to transform constantly to maintain accurate perception and response to present time. It can, however, become trapped and unavailable due to unresolved stress patterns held in the body and conditioned in the emotions and mind.
Signs that Life Force is unavailable:
You are not enjoying life
Relationships seem unproductive
Symptoms and conditions that just won’t change
Job or career is unsatisfying
Lack of creativity and enthusiasm
Feeling overwhelmed and under pressure
Projects don’t seem to move forward
Feelings of being ineffective
Three Phases of Life Force Recovery:
There are three distinct phases of response from releasing the Central Channel. They are clear and easy for the practitioner to observe. Through accurate evaluation and treatment, the practitioner can consistently help the client to recover lost life force.
Saul’s dynamic & practical teaching style will illustrate and teach you to use the techniques required for this Central Channel Release.
Theory Includes:
Evolution of the information system
Recovery of the lost self
Unfolding of the treatment sequence
How stress is created and resolved
Evaluation Tools:
Identifying the 3 phases of Life Force recovery
Radiation testing to determine specific stress patterns
Analysis of breathing patterns in relationship to Life force loss and recovery
Techniques:
Treatment of specific stress patterns
Energetic release through structural positioning
Passive correction of the cervical vertebrae
Correction of leg length discrepancy
Synchronising the physical and vibrational bodies
Shiatsu Shintai with Saul Goodman:
Governing Vessel & Spine
3-8 June 2008 (6 days)
Colchester, Essex, UK
Shiatsu Shin Tai can easily be integrated with any other form of bodywork.
Shin Tai can be used by Shiatsu Practitioners, Massage Therapists, Bowen Technique Therapists, Nurses and Chiropractors.
This course develops aspects of Shiatsu that exist within standard treatment but have not been consciously identified. Saul will present a detailed diagnosis and technique for the freeing of the information system which includes the Governing/Conception Vessel meridians.
Topics Include:
· Diagnosis of the Governing Vessel
· Evaluation of spinal alignment and mobility
· General release of the Central Channel ( pathway of the GV )
· Freeing the primary information system through spinal mobility
· Shoulder joint and scapular mobility
· Freeing the atlas vertebra
· Freeing the axis vertebra
· Corrections for hip misalignments
· Corrections for hip joint mobility
Physical and Emotional Improvements:
· Fatigue & back, neck & shoulder pain
· Deficient immune system response
· Headaches, anger, rage, resentment
· Reproductive/Menstrual problems
· Digestive problems & over-eating
· Abnormal Blood Pressure & poor circulation
· Apathy, lack of enthusiasm, negativity
· Pressure, anxiety
· Defiance & stubbornness
Introduction to Craniosacral Therapy with Liz Cruickshanks –
18/19/20 July 2008
This workshop for Shiatsu Students will introduce you to the essence of Craniosacral Therapy. Designed for participants who already have Shiatsu knowledge and experience, it is an exploration into this system and we will practice some basic skills of listening to the body and its tissues, tides and rhythms. The work is easily integrated into your shiatsu and other bodywork forms and the places we will visit are;
• Listening Posts
• Cranial Midline
• Lumbo-Sacral area
• Occipto-Atlanto joint
• Neck
The content in this workshop may vary a little according to group needs
Cantral Channel Release with Saul Goodman
Part 2: 24-26 October 2008 (3 days) see May above for details
Conception Vessel and Hara
29 October-2 November 2008 (5 days)
Colchester, Essex, UK
Hara treatment offers one of the most effective tools for the practitioner. It accesses one of the most important functions of the body/mind/life system.
It is a reservoir for the Conception Vessel.
In recent years, with so much emphasis on Hara diagnosis, there has been a danger that the art of Hara treatment (ampuku) has been overlooked.
Participants in this workshop will be able to add a true healing modality to their professional protocol.
The hips are the structural aspect. The hip joints influence the health of the hormonal system.
During this course you will also learn specific evaluation and treatment to align and mobilise the hip joints.
Topics include:
· Traditional Hara diagnosis
· Hara treatment for the digestive system
· Hara treatment for neuro-muscular problems
· Connection of the Hara and Conception Vessel
· Connection of the Hara and hip joints
· Evaluation of hip alignment
· Specific corrections of hip misalignments
· Specific correction of hip joint mobility
Moxibustion and Cupping. Principles and Practice with Maria Serrano – 7/8/9 November 2008
These two powerful tools will enhance your Shiatsu-Do treatments. Moxa, a burning herb applied (off the body) to the tsubo, and Cupping suction techniques treats Kyo and Jitsu respectively.
• Oriental Medicine overview specific to the use of Moxibustion and Cupping
• What is Moxa and Moxibustion? Discuss Yang, Hot, input of Ki etc.
• Types of Moxa application - Indirect - Stick Moxa
• Contraindications and Moxa - Using the Tongue condition and signs & symptoms diagnosis
• When to use Moxa and How to use Moxa
• Some specific aetiologies for the application of moxa e.g. turning a ‘breech’ baby, Cold Damp in the Hara, chronic injuries, Yin Excess conditions generally
• Deciding where to apply the Moxa for best results
• Students to have much practical application in class to supervise technique
• Application of Magnets as a treatment model
It is important to book your place on these workshops, so please call us on 020 7700 3355 or email: london@shiatsu-do.co.uk |