CPD, Manchester

Below are two modules which are fantastic CPD opportunities for qualified shiatsu practitioners.

Seated Acupressure

March 10/11, April 21/22  (cost £260)

This popular module will teach you how to give Shiatsu on a massage chair. Use your skills in the workplace, festivals and clinics. The two weekends will be taught by Anne Palmer who has been the Principal of the Newcastle Branch of Shiatsu College for the past twenty years. If you have a recognized anatomy and pathology qualification you will be able to get professional insurance to practice seated acupressure on completion of this course.

Linking Shiatsu and Seiki

May 12/13 with Paul Lundberg (cost £130)

An amazing weekend open to all students and graduates of shiatsu where Paul Lundberg, a founder of the Shiatsu College, shares his knowledge with us. Paul has been involved for many years in the study and practice of Eastern Traditional Medicine, including Shiatsu, Acupuncture, Taiji and Daoyin Qigong. For upwards of thirty years he has also followed Kishi’s inspirational teaching, developing his own personal understanding of Seiki and offering his experience to others in countless private sessions and group workshops. This continues to be the centre of his work, a cause for daily wonder and life-celebration.

This will be Paul’s first visit to Manchester and one I’m personally very excited about. Email for more info on this unique weekend. Below is Paul’s description of the weekend.

LINKING SHIATSU AND SEIKI; Over Common Ground – A Bridge?

May12/13 2012

A Workshop with Paul Lundberg for The Shiatsu College, Manchester.

The first idea regarding this course was to offer a bridge that would link two apparently separate Japanese approaches to healing. However, on reflection it seems more appropriate to chart and explore the common ground between two approaches that are only separate in superficial or particular details. There are some important differences, but these have been over-emphasised, either due to limited understanding or to the positions that people feel obliged to adopt in dealing with prevailing social conditions or specifically professional interests. It all depends on whether we are practicing healing as medicine, or engaging with it as a life process. These two positions could be worlds apart, or they could be the very same thing. This is the challenge of the work. Those currently engaged with the study and practice of Shiatsu may be more interested in dissolving unnecessary distinctions and enjoying a more diverse and fluid relationship with the tradition.

Shiatsu developed in the last century in response to a set of circumstances best understood in terms of both Traditional Japanese Medicine itself and the wider historical and socio-political forces which then prevailed. Current practice of Shiatsu reflects the major influence of Namikoshi and Masunaga, the two men responsible for establishing the distinct Shiatsu methods that have since prevailed within Japan and in the world at large. While acknowledging their importance, we need to penetrate beneath the surface of these methods and even look beyond the formalities of the medical tradition itself to find deeper, universal currents of healing.

Seiki is also deeply rooted in Japanese healing tradition, but it represents an approach to life independent of formal medicine which connects us to the original ground of our being. Meaning both “original emptiness” and “life-movement harmony”, Seiki links the Eastern culture with more universal and contemporary influences. It combines a number of fundamental practices to form a therapeutic ambience in which, through personal experience, we can regain the essence of our True Self.

Seiki has been developed, demonstrated and constantly shared by Akinobu Kishi, himself a graduate of Namikoshi’s school, and an early student of Masunaga, eventually becoming the latter’s main assistant during a significant period of time. Drawn increasingly to follow his own way, Kishi nonetheless maintained his deep commitment to the Japanese Tradition in guiding others to the heart of the Healing Path.

I have been involved for many years in the study and practice of Eastern Traditional Medicine, including Shiatsu, Acupuncture, Taiji and Daoyin Qigong. For upwards of thirty years I have also followed Kishi’s inspirational teaching, developing my own personal understanding of Seiki and offering my experience to others in countless private sessions and group workshops. This continues to be the centre of my work, a cause for daily wonder and life-celebration.

In this workshop, all those interested will be welcome, regardless of experience.   P. L.