Shiatsu Centers &
Eastern Medicine Practitioners

Nick Pole has over 30 years of experience teaching and practicing Shiatsu. He has also studied Seiki, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Clean Language, and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. Nick specializes in teaching courses for shiatsu therapists and other mind-body practitioners on how to integrate mindful dialogue with bodywork. Since 2013, he has been the coordinator of London Mindful Practitioners, a non-profit support group for professionals who use mindfulness in their work, which now has over 400 members.

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Nick is also the author of Words That Touch - How to Ask Questions Your Body Can Answer (2017, Singing Dragon), a comprehensive guide to using Clean Language in mind-body therapy.

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Email: nickpole33@gmail.com

Website: www.nickpole.com

Nigel Dawes has been practicing and teaching East Asian Medicine for over 35 years. He lived and studied in Japan for five years, followed by hospital internships in China in the 1980s. Prior to moving to the United States, he founded the London College of Shiatsu in 1987, and in addition to acting as director and lead instructor, he began lecturing at various Oriental Medicine (OM) schools in England, France, Israel and the USA. Since 1994, New York City has been his home, where he has continued his involvement in undergraduate and graduate OM education and administration, political work in the field, clinical practice, research and publishing. In 1999, he founded the NY Kampo Institute whose mission is the dissemination of traditional Japanese medicine through teaching and practice.

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These days, Nigel divides his time between clinical practice, teaching, and publication & research. He is considered one of the leading experts in the practice and teaching of Kampo, lecturing widely throughout the US and abroad, including Canada, Europe, Israel and Australia. He is a regular contributor to various peer-reviewed journals in the field and has published four books including a translation of a modern Japanese Kampo classic, Kampo Igaku by Otsuka Keisetsu. His fourth book, Fukushin and Kampo, on the topic of abdominal diagnosis in East Asian Medicine, was published in October 2020. He has been on the faculty of both the Tri-State College of Acupuncture and the Pacific College of Health and Science where he taught courses in both Kampo and Japanese Acupuncture, as well as supervised in a clinic.

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Nigel's private practice is located in New York City and incorporates Acupuncture, Shiatsu massage, and Kampo herbal medicine. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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Location: New York, City & Telemedicine

Website: NY Kampo Institute (kampoherbology.com)

Phone: (646) 732-8097

Email: nigelkampo@gmail.com

Nini Melvin founded Meridians Shiatsu Studio in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she has both a private practice and an apprenticeship program. She created Metamorphosis, blending movement and touch. She supports her clients and apprentices to become fully embodied and in alignment with their spirit’s path. With her background training in Shiatsu, Dance, and Qigong, Nini infuses her teaching and treatments with an interconnection to the natural world.

Nini has been a teacher and practitioner of Eastern Healing Arts for close to four decades.

She began her Shiatsu training in 1981 at the Ohashi Institute in NYC, where she taught for 10 years and became a senior instructor. She has taught Shiatsu and trained practitioners and teachers internationally and locally since 1985. Nini is recognized by the American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia (AOBTA) as a Certified Shiatsu Practitioner and Instructor. Shiatsu students and practitioners who study with Nini can apply their hours toward Certification. Check out www.aobta.org for more information.

Nini has also served as core faculty at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, studied and practiced Aquatic Bodywork, and is a Reiki Master. She holds a Master’s degree in Dance Education from Temple University, in Philadelphia, and was a Choreographer and Dancer of works by many choreographers including Anna Sokolow, Lar Lubovitch, Garth Fagan, Ron Brown, Doug Varone, John Brooks and Alice Varga Forner. Nini is available for treatments, trainings, five-element consultations, and private lessons.

Meridians ~ Pathways to the Heart

Location: Northampton, MA

Contact: Nini Melvin

Email: ninimelvin@gmail.com

Cell: 978 413 3141

https://www.meridiansshiatsu.com/

東京都出身。学生時代、東京上野にある「医王会指圧研究所」において増永静人氏より経絡指圧の手ほどきを受ける。師没後、平成元年に経絡指圧普及会を主宰。現在は豊島区西池袋で指圧研究所時代に培った知識と技術を基にプロ指圧師の育成指導と指圧治療を行っている。

第三種電気主任技術者

経 絡 指 圧 普 及 会

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当会は昭和63年に東京・国分寺市にてプロ指圧師の再教育の場として発足いたしました。業務内容は仕事に使える「全身指圧」習得のための入門、初級、中級の各種講座の『セミナー運営』と施術室での『指圧治療』です。平成16年には活動の拠点を東京の池袋に移し、現在はインターネットやSNSで幅広く対応しながら、一方では設立の精神である「寺子屋」式にこだわり、コミュニケーションを重視した経絡指圧の実践に努めています。

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経 絡 指 圧 普 及 会
〒171-0014
東京都豊島区池袋2-55-12 セピア池袋Ⅱ-603
℡/Fax 03-3985-1060

Email: refer@zshiatsu.net
URL:https://www.zshiatsu.net/

Ori Flomin began his journey as a dancer, building an international career as a performer and touring artist. As he navigated the physical demands of dance, he sought holistic approaches to sustain his body and mind, leading him to the transformative practices of Yoga and Shiatsu. This discovery deepened his understanding of the body-mind-spirit connection, shaping a path he has followed for over 25 years.

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Ori completed his Shiatsu training at the Ohashi Institute in NYC in 2001 and earned his Yoga teaching certification from Bhava Yoga in 2003. Since then, he has taught Dance, Yoga, and Shiatsu worldwide at renowned dance schools, professional companies, and international festivals. In the U.S., he has been a guest teacher at institutions such as Princeton University, Rutgers, SUNY Purchase, The New School, Barnard College, Sarah Lawrence, and Hofstra. Currently, he is an adjunct professor at NYU Tisch, where he also earned his MFA in Dance in 2018.

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Honoring the wisdom and guidance of his teachers, Ori continues to evolve his teaching through ongoing study and personal growth. In response to the rising stress and anxiety following the COVID-19 pandemic, his work has increasingly focused on self-care and the mind-body connection, helping individuals find emotional and physical balance. His movement and Shiatsu workshops have been widely embraced internationally, with successful presentations in Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and France, both in-person and online.

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In his teaching, Ori shares his unique fusion of movement, healing, and somatic awareness, inviting participants to reconnect with their bodies, release tension, and cultivate inner harmony.

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As Ori became a committed professional in the dance field who is dedicated to movement and creativity, he never lost sight of that little kid, dancing in his parents living room. The joy that this art form has given him kept him enthused about sharing his knowledge and experience to communicate with and reach dancers and audiences around the world.

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Email: oriflomin@gmail.com

Oriana Viozzi was born in Italy in 1956 and received her Shiatsu Certificate in 1992 at the Meiso Shiatsu School in Rome, of which she is now the Director of Studies, together with Alfredo D'Angelo, her very first shiatsu teacher.

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For over 10 years, she followed the teachings of Yuiji Yahiro who introduced Shiatsu to Italy in the 1980s, at the Ten Jin Chi Dojo, Coldordolo-Pesaro, where she studied different fields such as Shiatsu and Natural Health, Mindfulness, Corrective Exercise, and participated in intensive Retreats of Oki Do Yoga.

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Since she became a mother, she deepened her study of Yoga and Natural Healing in everyday life, putting into practice the principle that our health is a common good to be preserved and nurtured by cultivating our natural resources and vitality.

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Her training continued with different experiences in the Holistic practices such as:

Shamanic Circle of Sundance Medicine and Sweat Lodge with Debra Battong

Pranayama Training with Sri Jayendranatha

Intensive Workshops of Classical Chines Medicine with Dr. Giuseppe Negro

Workshop on MCC and Meridians by Giulia Boschi

MCC and Qi Gong with Dr Hu

Intensive workshops on Shiatsu for Mother and Child with Suzanne Yates

In 2007, she joined APOS (Professional Association for Shiatsu Practitioners and Teachers) and is following the annual updating program of workshops and conferences, some of them with international speakers like Suzanne Yates, Wataru Ohashi, Shigeru Onoda, Toshi Ichikawa.

Since 2016, she has been a member of the Board of Directors for APOS. In November 2019, she was one of the speakers at the National Conference for the 20th Anniversary of APOS Foundation, together with Tomas Nelissen (Austria), David Home (Great Britain) and David Ventura (Spain).

“Shiatsu is my Passion and Profession for 30 years; the first place where I put Shiatsu into practice has been my family, my husband and sons being my first beloved Uke!” Oriana Viozzi.

Location: Centro Il Fiume via Dalmati, 37 - 00136 - Rome

Tel. 06/4451244 - 3277406993 +39 3338630234

Email: info@ilfiume.org kiaoriana@gmail.com

www.ilfiume.org

Pamela Ellen Ferguson, Dipl.ABT (NCCAOM), AOBTA(r)&GSD CI, LMT (TX).

Pam is the ABT Dean Emerita of AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine in Austin Texas, and has taught at major schools of Shiatsu in Canada, Germany, Switzerland and Austria during three decades.

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Pauline Sasaki was her main teacher at the Ohashi Institute.

Pam has authored several books including the textbooks “The Self Shiatsu Handbook”, and “TAKE FIVE – The Five Elements Guide to Health and Harmony.” Together with Debra Duncan Persinger PhD, she co-edited “SAND TO SKY – Conversations with Teachers of Asian Medicine”.

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Pam is the ABT columnist for Acupuncture Today and also writes regularly for NAJOM – the North American Journal of Oriental Medicine.

https://www.acupuncturetoday.com/mpacms/at/article.php?id=33891

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Location: Austin, TX

Email: pamelacudot@gmail.com

Cell: 512-560-8001

http://www.pamelaferguson.net/index.htm

https://www.acupuncturetoday.com/digital/index.php?i=750&a_id=33891&pn=33&r=t&Page=33

Pamela Miles is an international spiritual teacher, Reiki master and integrative health consultant with five decades of spiritual practice. She is the foremost Medical Reiki pioneer introducing Reiki practice to conventional medicine, including Harvard, Yale and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

She has published articles in peer-reviewed medical journals, including the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. She is also the author of the award-winning book REIKI: A Comprehensive Guide. Her work has been featured by NBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, The Atlantic, US News & World Report, New York Magazine, Allure, and Self.

Pamela’s goal is to educate people about practical spirituality, empowering the public to take better care of themselves for everyone’s sake, and to bring self care back to health care. She is known for sharing spiritual insight with simple, direct elegance, and for her preference for continuing inquiry over facile answers.

Location: New York, NY

Website: www.ReikiInMedicine.org

Patricia Llosa  MFA, LP, is a Jungian analyst with a background in archaeology, art history, and the visual arts who practices in New York City. Originally from Peru, she has lectured and taught in Latin America and worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for 20 years as an administrator and educator.

She is the co-editor, with her mother, Patty de Llosa, of Walking the Tightrope, a publication released by the Marion Woodman Foundation in 2014, on the Nietzsche Seminars as they were taught by Marion Woodman as part of the Leadership Training Programs.

Location: New York, NY

Email: kvetchgirl@yahoo.com
Cell: 646-265-9103

I am a Ohashiatsu graduate, and have been seeing clients for shiatsu sessions full time since 2000. In 2016, my husband and I expanded our business, to create Body & Soul, anchoring the business district in the small neighborhood of Linwood in Cincinnati, Ohio. I love building long term relationships with my clients, and supporting them with reflection and creative problem solving as they set and reach their health goals. I attribute a lot of my success to how I use the Shiatsu sessions as an opportunity to educate my clients on how to best care for themselves between sessions. I am always growing my own body of knowledge through online classes, reading medical journals, newsletters, books, and podcasts. So my clients have come to know me as a great resource to help them navigate the modern medical world with shiatsu principles, and holistic thinking. I try to give individualized attention focusing on small lifestyle changes that over time make a large difference.

Certified Ohashiatsu Practitioner since 2002. Certified Synergetic Structural Integration Practitioner since 2002. Certified in Systemic Constellation Work in 2005. Trained in Thai Yoga Massage and Ayurvedic Nutrition 2007. Yoga Alliance National Certified Yoga Teacher RYT 200 since 2008 and RYT 500 certified since 2018.

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Email: pmsheerin@yahoo.com

​bodysoulcincy.com

Cell: 513-313-1569

Patrizia Stefanini has worked since 1983 as a shiatsu practitioner, becoming over the years a teacher and a principal of ESI, European Shiatsu Institute, branches of Milano and Firenze. 
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With a Ph.D. in Health Physics, Shiatsu for her is merely the natural evolution of her study and experience as a physicist. Starting out as a student of Wataru Ohashi and afterward Pauline Sasaki for 20 years, Patrizia’s shiatsu is actually rich with references to the fundamental theories of Modern Physics, and, in the light of this, she could originally interpret the oriental disciplines and philosophies of healing methods.
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She is the co-author of 3 books and author of many popular and scientific articles published in academic journals, including the Journal of Physics and JAMS (Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies).
https://www.hadoshiatsu.org/
https://www.shiatsu.mi.it/
 https://www.shiatsu.eu/
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Location:
Firenze, Piazza Mascagni 10, 50127 Firenze, Italy
Milano, via Aristotele 39, 20128 Milano, Italy
E-mail:pstefanini@nextcare.it

Patty de Llosa was the author of Awakening Body Consciousness, The Practice of Presence, Taming Your Inner Tyrant, and Finding Time for Your Self. She was also the co-editor of Walking the Tightrope: The Jung–Nietzsche Seminars as Taught by Marion Woodman. She served as a contributing editor for Parabola Magazine and The Daily Good.

While raising a family, she studied a wide range of spiritual traditions and made her living as a mainstream journalist, working for Time, Leisure, and Fortune. She later worked as a life coach and taught Tai Chi, Qigong, and the Alexander Technique in New York City.

www.pattydellosa.com

“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire,
a human cannot live without a spiritual life.”
~Buddha

Paul Menard, AOBTA-CP is the director of Karuna Center for Yoga and Healing Arts where he has established his practice of Five Element Shiatsu. Paul completed extensive study with his teacher and mentor, Eileen Muir, the previous director of Karuna. He continues to practice regularly with teacher Wendy Bolognesi and has studied with other local teachers like Nini Melvin among others. He has the ability to blend Cupping, Gua Sha, and Moxibustion into the beautiful healing art of Shiatsu. He has dedicated his life to his work in Five Element Shiatsu and Yoga and he is honored to assist others in their journey to healing.

Paul is also a certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher and brings his knowledge of anatomy, mechanics, and energetics to his shiatsu practice. He maintains the art of lifelong learning and considers study, contemplation, and practice as a necessity for all in their healing journey, whatever path it may take.

Karuna Center for Yoga and Healing Arts

karunayoga.com

Cell: 413-535-9180

Email: manager@karunayoga.com

I am in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland.

As one of my clients put it: “I really enjoy that Paula’s practice combines Eastern medicine, bodywork, and a deep understanding of psychology.” I graduated from the Ohashi Institute in 2008. Shiatsu Shin Tai (“life force recovery”) has also been important to my work. I include techniques from a variety of other body-oriented approaches, including massage, Zero Balancing, and others. Mindfulness is also part of my mix: I have practiced mindfulness meditation in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh for over fifteen years, facilitate meditation groups, and bring mindfulness meditation to my Shiatsu sessions. My original training was a PhD in psychology from Yale University; my previous background as a health psychologist enriches and informs my understanding of my Shiatsu practice. Separate from being a Shiatsu practitioner, I researched menopause for many years and offer educational groups for midlife women and for professionals.

My clients come for a wide range of reasons. Some want to settle more deeply into themselves. Some are looking for feelings of deep relaxation, safety, or well-being. For some, Shiatsu is part of a healthy lifestyle. Some want to modify troublesome physical or psychological experiences, ranging from anxiety to headaches. Some want support in dealing with a serious physical illness. Clients have commented that my touch is intuitive, sensitive, and communicates a sense of safety and of being “seen.” At the same time, I also think strategically and analytically about how best to work. I have a special interest in women’s issues.

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Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Phone: (443) 610-9881 paula.derry@gmail.com.

www.pauladerry.com

Paula has practiced shiatsu and craniosacral therapies for 23 years. She also taught shiatsu at Onondaga School of Therapeutic Massage, Rochester, NY for 20 years. Her original training was at the Ohashi Institute, 1996. She graduated from the NY Institute of Massage in late 1996. Later she studied with Ted Saito at his Shiatsu Centre, Toronto. In 2005, Paula travelled to Tokyo to study at the source, Iokai.

Shiatsu, yoga and zen meditation were fundamental in her recovery from an accident. This inspired Paula to share bodywork with others.

Recently retired, Paula does not offer private sessions. Yet continues to advocate for the healing power of touch. When there is trust and safety; the body, mind and spirit synchronize to restore harmony balance and optimum function.

Paulina Ortiz LMT, CTN, has practiced therapeutic healing for more than ten years. She has a Naturopathy Practitioner certification, energy healing, and massage therapy and shiatsu licenses.

She has deepened her shiatsu studies at the  Five Lights Center, the oldest shiatsu practice in the United States, based in New York. She currently collaborates with the school by translating courses for the Spanish-speaking community and teaching elective massage courses with a focus on the 12 meridians and the 5 elements theory.

In 2016, Paulina began her spiritual journey in connection with her indigenous ancestral roots. She traveled to Peru and Ecuador (her native country), to study ancient shamanic teachings of South America, obtaining master training in energy medicine.

Since then, Paulina has supported spiritual awareness and natural conservation projects in ancient wisdom schools, nature reserves,

ecological parks and native communities in Ecuador.

The spiritual residential training, her relationship with mentors, and spiritual teachers, and international trips inspired her to start her project “Mujer Tierra” (Earth Woman), the way of natural healing. This is a virtual and in-person space for spiritual guidance, therapeutic treatments, medical massage, shiatsu, spiritual hiking, shamanic ceremonies, meditation, energy work and retreats.

Paulina's purpose is to share natural treatments and products of the rainforest of Ecuador, so people can connect with the natural, spiritual world and create awareness to achieve an internal balance in harmony with Mother Earth.

Currently, Paulina works with pain management and musculoskeletal medical doctors, physical therapists, and acupuncturists offering counseling and natural treatments to patients.

Paulina’s home practice is in Edison, New Jersey.

Sessions are available by appointment.

Phone: 973-930-6769
Email: paulinanaturalhealing@gmail.com
Instagram: Paulina Mujer Tierra

Philippe Vandenabeele is a Senior Shiatsu practitioner and teacher based in Fukuoka, Japan. With 30 years of clinical and teaching experience, Philippe has consolidated his knowledge, insights, and practical experience to develop his own unique approach: the Shinzui Bodywork Method. Shinzui Bodywork is a whole-body manual therapy firmly rooted in Eastern bodywork traditions with a special focus on abdominal work, meridian work, and enriched with Western visceral, fascial, and musculoskeletal bodywork.

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He is the author of “Ampuku Abdominal Acupressure: The Classics at Heart of Japanese Bodywork" which includes the first complete English translation of the Ampuku Zukai and the chapters on Ampuku and Fukushin from the Anma Tebiki.

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More information: www.shinzui-bodywork.com

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Workshop Location: Gyoganji Buddhist temple

13-18 Susakicho, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka,

Fukuoka 812-0028, Japan

(9 min. walking from Nakasukawabata Station)

Mailing Address: Jōnan-Ku, Fukuoka, 814-0143 Japan

Email: info@shinzui-bodywork.com

www.shinzui-bodywork.com

With a passion for learning, Raizelah Bayen was certified in Integrative Massage in 1991, and never stopped taking classes in the healing arts. She followed her initial massage training with certifications in Eastern Massage and Acupressure, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Chinese and Western Herbology, Aroma Acupoint Therapy, and Yoga instruction.

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Most naturally, Raizelah weaves together the modalities she studied, in her work, developing a unique style of Integrative Health Care that combines hands-on Meridian Massage and Aroma Acupressure, with home care regimes that include essential oils, herbs, and yoga pose or stretches to address client complaints. Her hands-on work is informed by her own practices in Soto Zen Buddhism, mindfulness and embodiment, which provide the foundational ground for her bodywork and in her life.

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Early in Raizelah’s career, she discovered her passion for teaching. She first started teaching massage in 1998, at Twin Lakes School of the Healing Arts in Santa Cruz and followed that with 15 years as a core instructor at the Sebastopol Massage School in Sonoma County.

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In 2020, Raizelah took a professional leap, fulfilling her dream of opening a continuing education massage school, Open Pathways Institute for Integrative Massage. Her passion is to support Massage Therapists who envision a professional expansion into Integrative Health Care, weaving hands-on healing with herbs and aromatherapy. Her classes are informed by the principles of Chinese Medicine, giving massage therapists the skills to provide in-depth and holistic care for their clients. Her classes include Eastern massage modalities, such as T’ui Na and Shiatsu, Chinese Five Element Theory and Practices, Meridian Acupressure, Aroma Acupressure, Herbal Formulation, and more.

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Location: Bellingham, WA

Cell: 707-364-0431

email: OpenPathwaysMassage@gmail.com

Website: OpenPathwaysMassage.com

Raviv Peleg is the present Head of the Pediatric Integrative Oncology Program, at the Hemato-Oncology Department of The Schneider Children’s Hospital in Israel. Raviv is an experienced practitioner of shiatsu, Sotai movement therapy, guided imagery, and hydrotherapy.

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Raviv’s career is focused on alternative therapies with pediatric and adult oncology patients, primarily at hospitals including the Schneider Children’s Hospital, the Sheba Hospital Adult Oncology Department, and Beilinson Hospital/Rabin Medical Centre Alternative Medicine Unit. He also works with disabled children doing hydrotherapy and swimming treatment.

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Raviv was a Shiatsu Lecturer at Reidman International College for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel, and led hydrotherapy and swimming treatment programs in Emek Hefer Regional Council.

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Currently, he also works as a shiatsu therapist at ‘The Kindergarten of Dreams,’ the world’s first sterile, educational, and recovery center for ex-cancerous children.

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WhatsApp: + 972 50-910-0070

Email: ravivpeleg@gmail.com

facebook.com/ravivpeleg
facebook.com/Raviv-Peleg-zen-shiatsu-hydrotherapy-watsu
https://www.instagram.com/pelegraviv/

I have had the great fortune of studying, practicing and teaching Shiatsu since 1981. Yep, I'm a very mature student. Having started with Macrobiotics style Shiatsu in London and Switzerland, Ohashiatsu, Zen Shiatsu and many others along my journey. I am grateful to have founded the British School of Shiatsu-Do in London in 1983, which grew into 7 franchised schools in the UK. Together with my family, I left the UK in 2002 and moved here to Australia. I am an ex-Chairperson and Senior Examiner of the British Shiatsu Society.

I've written a few books, taught classes around the world, in 13 countries throughout Europe and the Middle East, and still operate my Living Longer Younger Clinic on the Gold Coast in Australia. I offer Shiatsu-Do, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Life Strategies, EnergisedYou remedial exercises and associated modalities Sun, Sand, Surf, Shiatsu-Do. Has a nice ring to it!

Soon to be 65 yrs young, I promote my Living Longer Younger Blueprint philosophy through my practice and teaching EnergisedYou and Boxing classes. I am the oldest debut MMA cage fighter (aged 59) in the Pan-Pacific and still compete in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I've always found it essential to be a healthy example for others, especially as a 'health expert'. Walk the Talk of your Shiatsu life, strive to be fitter and healthier than most people you treat. My legacy is to give people the 'tools' for living a longer and more dynamic life through conscious Wellbeing and making better daily choices.

FB: Living Longer Younger Blueprint

Instagram: Livinglongeryounger

Renate Novak as a background in Holistic Health that reaches back to her late teens. She studied at a full-time holistic school in Germany right out of high school and graduated in 1969. She then immigrated to the USA and used the massage therapy portion of her training as her vocation here in the USA. Over a twenty-year period, she conservatively estimates to have given 10,000 massage sessions.

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This work provided her with deep, personal insight into the human dilemma, and she realized that there were underlying emotional issues causing the tensions and pains that her clients came to see her.

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In 1992, Renate purchased Health Choices Institute and Holistic Massage School.  She and her colleagues developed it into one of the finest holistic massage schools on the east coast of the United States. Health Choices Institute and Holistic Massage School graduates are known for their excellent, comprehensive work that includes a Body-Mind-Spirit approach. Renate was owner and director of this New Jersey State Department of Education approved vocational school for 18 years. The school closed its doors in 2009 with the economic downturn.

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While running her Holistic Massage School, that also housed other professional programs like Hakomi, Unergi and Somatic Processing, she studied Hakomi and was certified as a Hakomi Practitioner in 2009. Renate has her private practice in Princeton, NJ. Her assistant role during her two years of Hakomi training serves her to continuously refine her work. She focuses on helping her clients reach expanded self-awareness through self-study. She assists her clients in processing energy blocks through body awareness, allowing the Essential Self to emerge and become the seat of life experience.

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Renate completed Beginning Level 1 of the Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing® (SE) Trauma training. (www.traumahealing.com). This 3-year training program is based on the work of Peter Levine. Books written by him include, "Waking the Tiger" & "Trauma Proofing Your Kids".

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Location: New Jersey & Pennsylvania

Cell: 609-477-0152

Email: renatemnovak@gmail.com

http://www.renatenovak.com/

Rita Griesche has a passion for communications, teaching, and learning. This fascination led her to receive a BA in Modern Foreign Languages in Germany and a BA in Fine Arts in the UK and continuing her training in Art Therapy, Clay Field, and learning through play. She loves doing Land Art and labyrinths.

Rita, originally from Germany, lived for many years in England and then moved to Spain in 1995 after the birth of her son. She has also traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia, including spending one year in Japan. For over 36 years, Rita has been studying shiatsu with many international teachers. Since 1998, she has directed the Shiatsu School in Murcia, Spain (www.shiatsuspain.com).

She has a long history of working with Health Centres, Schools, Hospitals, and Old People’s Homes offering social workshops and courses. Over the past 10 years, her interests have shifted to working with children, babies, and with pregnancy, menopause, and fertility.

In 2019, Rita had the opportunity to investigate "The Effects of Mindful Touch in Early Years and in the Transition from Infant to Primary School" at a local school with excellent results. As a result, she created KUKI - Kulturkinder, a method of teaching foreign languages by way of the five senses, with special attention to our haptic sense.

This year Rita gave birth to MINDFUL TOUCH EDUCATION MTEd, a registered trademark, and brand, with the mission to establish Mindful Touch within the 21st Century school education. Until the full MTED program is launched, Rita is growing her Instagram account and spreading the word about her belief in Mindful Touch.

“MTEd is all I am and what I love to share.” Rita Griesche

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfultouch.education/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rita.griesche

Robert Posen, ND is a 2009 graduate of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) and maintains a naturopathic practice in Toronto, Canada. He uses shiatsu in his practice for both assessment and physical treatment.

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Robert began Zen Shiatsu training with Adarsa Chakra and T’agyol (Daniel) Adler in 2004. Since 2006, he has been studying Tao Shiatsu, whenever possible, with Endo Sensei and Alex Pereklita.

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“Shiatsu is a wonderful therapy to relieve physical, emotional, and mental suffering. I enjoy the ability to treat using touch in various ways to support healing relief.” Robert Posen

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Email: posenrobert@gmail.com

Address: 1-539 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5R 2Z6 Canada

Phone: (647) 470-4760

Roberto Palasciano is a Didactic Director of the Milan branch of the International School of Shiatsu Italy, since 1998, and is a member of the scientific committee of the Lombardy region for Bio-Natural disciplines. Roberto is a shiatsu operator and teacher certified by the Italian Federation of shiatsu teachers and operators (FISieo) since 1998. He is an organizer and teacher of ECM courses for health personnel at the San Paolo and Besta hospital institutes in Milan. 
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Roberto Palasciano is the editorial director and columnist at Shiatsu Milano Editore (SME), an independent publisher based in Milan that focuses on books about bio-natural disciplines and shiatsu. He also organizes courses held in Italy by Haruhiko Masunaga Sensei, director of the Iokai Centre in Tokyo, with whom he is in contact for the translation of the books of his father Shizuto Masunaga.
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Roberto Palasciano – Shiatsu Therapist, teacher and Didactic Director of Scuola Internationale di Shiatsu Italia, in Milan; Publishing Director of Shiatsu Milano Editore (SME).
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https://www.shiatsumilanoeditore.it/english-articles/about-us/
https://store.streetlib.com/en/search?publisher=SHIATSU%20MILANO%20EDITORE
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Facebook: @shiatsumilanoeditore
Instagram: shiatsu_milano_editore
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL-sNZ-OHoX1s5Y0wvEGAAw

Sam Berlind, Former Senior Ohashiatsu®  Instructor

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I am a shiatsu teacher and practitioner living in NYC. While studying Comparative Religion and Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, and becoming curious about the practical aspect of what I was researching academically, I began to study yoga and meditation. After moving to New York, I continued to practice and teach yoga focusing on the relationship between the practice of yoga, and traditional Asian healing arts, Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, martial arts, and shiatsu with Pauline Sasaki, Wataru Ohashi and others. Learning about touch, movement, healing, and the relationship between them fascinated me. I dove deeply into its study, seeking out teachers wherever I could find them.

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I began my shiatsu practice in 1985, and developed curriculum and teaching programs at the Ohashi Institute shortly afterwards. In addition, I have taught both students and teachers throughout the USA, Mexico, and Europe. I find it rewarding to help other people develop self-awareness and the ability to heal themselves (because it gives me the opportunity to do the same).

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I also teach enhancement workshops and seminars based on my study of yoga, Feldenkrais Method, Gestalt therapy, Zen Shiatsu, TCM, and martial arts. I am currently excited to be working with Strala yoga founders Tara Stiles and Michael Taylor to further develop their teacher training program.

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In my free time, you'll find me hiking, traveling, building computers, renovating apartments, cooking, and still trying to learn to play Bach well.

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email: samberlind@gmail.com

www.samberlind.com

Sandra Ryusan Fernandez is a Zen Shiatsu Therapist, Teacher and Life Coach. She is a practicing Buddhist and is passionate about Astrology and helping people grow with natural ways of living. 

Sandra’s main focus is on helping women empower themselves through balancing their mind and emotions when facing difficult and not-so difficult life circumstances, from conditions like cancer or other challenging health conditions to simply wanting to take better care of themselves. Through using TCM, Zen Shiatsu and Zen Coaching Sandra assists people with their health and balance at a deep energetic level. 

She also publishes her blog, LE ZEN URBAIN: ZenPlicité, where she shares tips and advice based on the “energies available” in the moment. This is available to all of her clients, subscribers and to the general public.
Sandra has been working professionally as a Zen Shiatsu Therapist since 2008 having trained extensively at the Habalkagual School of Zen Shiatsu in Malaga, Spain and she is a professional expert in Integral Coaching. She offers Zen Shiatsu therapies in-person and Zen Coaching one-on-one, in-person and online.

Location: Brussels, Belgium

0032 0483.512.650
Email: sandra.shiatsuzen@gmail.com
www.shiatsuzen.net

Originally from Italy, Sara grew up surrounded by a love and passion for plants and nature. Her family owns and runs a plant nursery where they grow shrubs and roses.

While working in the family business, Sara became interested in yoga and shiatsu. She began studying and practicing shiatsu in 1997, graduating from the Ohashi Institute in 2001, becoming a Certified Ohashiatsu Instructor in 2005.

In 2007, Sara began teaching shiatsu, ethics and supervising the students in clinic at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (now Pacific College of Health and Science) in Chicago, IL, where she taught for 12 years.

She has been on the faculty at ZenShiatsu Chicago and Elgin Community College teaching Chinese Medicine, shiatsu and continuing education classes for massage therapists.

She is a Certified Holistic Health Coach with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (2012), Yoga Teacher (Himalayan Institute). She found a way to incorporate the plants that she love so much as allies in the treatment healing space through fragrance energetics, combining essential oils to the acupuncture points. She is trained as an AromaPoint Therapist with Peter Holmes, L.Ac., MH and Tiffany Pollard L.Ac. MH)
She’s currently in Italy taking care of family.
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Location: Treviso, Italy & Chicago, USA
+ 39 348 419 0920  + 1 847 962 5380🇺🇸 (WhatsApp only)
saravanin@gmail.com

Sensei John P. Mirrione is the founder of Harmony By Karate, and has been training in karate for 40 years. He was bullied severely, and this led to him being a lifelong teacher who focuses on the healing aspects of the martial arts.

Sensei John took his martial arts expertise and combined it with breakdancing, leading him to become a well-known solo dance performer. As an Air Force entertainer, he danced all over the country. This later led him to have four performances at the Apollo Theater, and 72 episodes of Club MTV which broadened his understanding of human equality and celebrating diversity through dance.

He traveled to 17 cities to get a glimpse into the bullying crisis in the US. This deepened his understanding of the root causes of bullying. As a result, he founded the Harmony Power Foundation. Its mission is to “stand up to bullying and stand for human equality.” He was a featured guest on Deepak Chopra’s One World, discussing the healing aspects of empowering children on a worldwide scale. Most recently, Sensei John set a new world record, doing 42 one-arm/one-leg push-ups in 30 seconds to teach children that anything is possible when you put your mind and great consistent effort into it.

His experience as a martial artist and dancer led to him living a more fearless existence as he achieved countless goals. His main goal is guiding the planet to heal itself is by empowering humanity to look deep inside and make the necessary changes to make the world a safer, happier, and healthier place to live and thrive.

Location: New York, NY

www.harmonypowernow.org

www.harmonybykarate.com

Cell: 646 387 2073

Sensei Reggie Ceaser is a practitioner and instructor in many forms of massage therapy including Swedish massage, Tui na, Thai massage, shiatsu, auricular and foot massage, and Thai Herbal Massage. He also practices cupping, ear candling, and aromatherapy.  In his 45 years of practice, he has treated thousands of patients. His practice is located in Long Island City, Queens, NY.

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He is a 1979 diploma graduate of the Swedish Institute for Massage Therapy, a New York State Licensed Massage Therapist, a graduate of the Ohashi Institute and certified by the Ohashi Institute as an Ohashiatsu Practitioner and Instructor.  As an instructor at the Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences for 30 years, he has taught many hundreds of students the art of massage therapy.

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Sensei Reggie is also an herbalist.  He works with Nature's Sunshine, Pure Herbs, and Young Living Essential Oils to provide his patients with the best available herbs and treatments.

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Location: Long Island City, NY

http://senseireggie.com/

Cell: 718-986-5794

Email: rkhdc@aol.com

Serena Trotti lives in Valtellina, Italy near Milan. She has been a professional Shiatsu Practitioner since 2011. She is listed in the Italian Federation of Shiatsu Practitioners and Teachers, FISieo. Serena’s shiatsu specialty is Anpuku, the ancient Japanese abdominal treatment, which she practices and teaches. She supervised the translation of the book, Anpuku Zukai, written by Shinsai Ota. 

She is a co-founder of Okami Kumo, a Japanese Cultural Association, located in Netro, Biella province. Okami Kumo organizes training classes and seminars for shiatsu practitioners, and also hosts many other types of specialized courses and symposia conducted by some of the best Italian and international teachers including: the Five Lights Center of Shiatsu, founded by Kumiko Kanayama Sensei in New York City, and Ryoho Shiatsu, Ivan Bel's school. The Association periodically hosts Anthony Fidler when he teaches his Sei-Ki and Heart Touch course, and Anton Gerona from Spain, an expert in Therapeutic Feng Shui and Quantum Physics.

Serena works with both children and adults in her shiatsu practice.  Her focus is on insomnia, anxiety, and chronic tiredness. She also uses her shiatsu practice to treat issues with fertility, pregnancy, and breastfeeding, as well as many other conditions. 

Email: serenatrotti@gmail.com 
WhatsApp: + 39 349 533 7701

Sharon Smith is a trailblazer in the Taoist healing arts, weaving 47 years of Qigong, Tai Chi, and spiritual cultivation into a rich tapestry of teaching, ritual, and devotion. One of Master Mantak Chia’s first Western students in 1981, she went on to become a certified Senior Instructor and Chi Nei Tsang Practitioner in his Universal Healing Tao. She also teaches Sheng Zhen Gong, the heart-opening practice of Master Li Junfeng.

Her journey has taken her from mountaintop temples in China to urban dojos in New York City, with deep studies in Iyengar yoga, Taoist alchemy, and martial arts. Sharon trained at Wudang’s Internal Kung Fu Academy and has studied with many masters—famous and hidden alike.

She is the Creatrix of The Immortal Sisters of the Tao Foundation, and the visionary behind the Immortal Sisters Conferences, historic gatherings honoring Yin wisdom and sacred feminine Taoist traditions. From 2020 to 2023, she served as both host and one of the most beloved presenters of The Shift Network’s Qigong Global Summits, sharing ancient wisdom with a worldwide audience.Sharon has taught internationally and across the U.S. at institutions like Omega, Kripalu, Tao Garden, and the NY Open Center. A passionate advocate for elders and healing in community, her work has earned foundation grants and national recognition.

As the host of the Shift Network’s Qigong Global Summits from 2020-2023, she interviewed 100’s of the world’s leading qigong experts, adding to her knowledge and expertise.Beyond the healing arts, Sharon is also an acclaimed photographer and filmmaker. Her book Camera Girl (2024) and documentary Saturn Saved Me (2015) showcase her creativity and gift for communicating the unseen.

For more details, click here.

website: www.taosharon.com

Sheyna Hoitsma has a background in dance, flexibility training, and aerial acrobatics. Formerly a circus performer and instructor, Sheyna is now a Zen Shiatsu Practitioner and works at the Shiatsu School of Vermont with her mother, Marjorie Pivar, the Director of the school. Sheyna received her BA in Liberal Arts from Bennington College, where she studied dance, neuroscience, and psychology.

She is also the Director of Membership for the AOBTA. She is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Physical Therapy and plans to incorporate Zen Shiatsu into her practice as a physical therapist. Sheyna has a private Zen Shiatsu practice in Southern Vermont and is accepting new clients at this time.

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Shiatsu School of Vermont
www.shiatsuvt.org

Tel: 802-490-0489

Email: ShiatsuVT@gmail.com

Silvia Marchesa Rossi founded the association "Il Vaso di Pandora" in 1993 to teach Ohashiatsu®️ in Milan, Italy and other cities in Europe and the USA until 2013.  In this association she conceived the practice of Zen-Stretching®️, based on the original use of Masunaga's Zen Imagery Exercises, now widespread in Italy and France. She also practices and teaches Qi Gong, Reiki, Motherpeace Round Tarots, Jin Shin Do®️, Hypnosis.

www.vasodipandora.it
http://www.zen-stretching.it/en/

Please find my Zen-Stretching lessons, together with Alessandra Baggioli: https://www.vitalitytao.com/silvia-marchesa-rossi

During this period of Coronavirus you can register for free on the Vitality Tao website and attend all the lessons, leaving only your account details.
Location: Milan, Italy
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WhatsApp: +39 347 245 9059
Silvia Marchesa-Rossi Circolo Arci Il Vaso di Pandora Via G. Tartini, 38 - 20158 - Milano
tel. 02/36514463 - 347/2459059
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www.vasodipandora.it www.zen-stretching.it
mailto:silvia.marchesarossi@fastwebnet.it
mailto:silvia@vasodipandora.it

Silvia Verde was born in Peru. She is currently an Arts Management senior year student at SUNY-Purchase College. For over 3 years, she has also been studying Zen Shiatsu with Kumiko Kanayama at the Five Lights Center of Shiatsu in New York City, spreading The Power of Touch.

Silvia has been initiated in the healing arts of the Andean-Amazonian Traditions and Cosmovision. She also received Green Medicine & Herbalism training at the Open Center in New York City, and studied at the Heartstone Center for Earth Essentials.

One of her projects at the Five Lights Center is preparing social media posters in Spanish. She plans on teaching and sharing her shiatsu experience when she returns to Peru.

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Email: silvel25@gmail.com

Phone: (914) 343-9796

Simone Carbonel grew up in a fishing village in the south of France. She developed an early interest in natural healing to prevent disease and maintain health. After graduating from college with honors in French Literature and Philosophy, she travelled extensively in India and the Orient engaging in Viniyoga and Vipassana which she practices to date. Her first training in Foot Reflexology was in Italy where she lived for 25 years.

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Eventually Carbonel  moved to the United States to continue studying Complementary Therapies. She has a Certificate of Mastery in Reflexology at Laura Norman & Associates School of Reflexology in 1987, is ARCB (American Reflexology Certification Board) Certified, and a member of ICR (International Council of Reflexology). Carbonel currently teaches Foot Reflexology in New York City and in Europe. In 1988 she studied shiatsu at Ohashi Institute. She is a former Ohashiatsu instructor for Beginner and Intermediate levels which she taught for eight years.

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In 1989 she trained in Jin Shin Do ® Bodymind Acupressure. A Registered Jin Shin Do ® Acupressurist, she offers Introductory classes in Self-Jin Shin Do ® Acupressure, and gives private sessions. She obtained the Degree of Associate in Occupational Studies in Massage Therapy from the Swedish Institute College of Massage and Allied Sciences. She trained in 5 Element Shiatsu at the Swedish Institute, and in Zen Shiatsu with Pauline Sasaki. She is Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork and a NYS Licensed LMT and NYS Licensed Acupuncturist.

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Simone maintains a private practice in Acupuncture, Shiatsu, Jin Shin Do and Foot Reflexology in New York City and in Europe. Sessions are available by appointment only.

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Location: New York, NY

Phone: 212-365-8886

Email: scarbonel@gmail.com

Sonja denElzen, R.Ac, is an acupuncturist, a licensed zen shiatsu practitioner and a RYT500 yoga instructor. She received her Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture Diploma from Eight Branches Academy of Eastern Medicine in Toronto, and completed her Zen Shiatsu training in 2010, studying with Sensei Adarsa Chakra, Era Birfer and (T’agyol) Daniel Adler. Sonja has also been training in Daoist martial arts and Qi Gong with Lindsey Wei of Wudang Whitehorse.

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Founder of Cedar Healing Arts, Sonja’s vision is to create a space supporting and inspiring people on their journey to well-being while cultivating deeper connections to their higher selves, each other, and nature. She is deeply inspired by nature, Traditional Chinese Medicine and its holistic view of the natural elements, and the macro cosmos and how it is reflected in the microcosmos of our beings. She is passionate about the necessity for humanity to cultivate a co-creative relationship with nature along with being more self-empowered in one’s own well-being. Sonja’s approach is a holistic one that addresses body, mind, and spirit.

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“Zen Shiatsu has a profound ability to calm the nervous system and allow this deep state of relaxation (that) releases the body’s energy system (Qi) to be redirected to engage in its own innate healing powers. Shiatsu helps the body release stuck energy and return to its natural state of flow.” - Sonja denElzen

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https://www.cedarhealingarts.com/sonja-denelzen

Email: info@cedarhealingarts.com

Address: 193 maple heights dr, Gravenhursg, Ont P1p1r1 Canada

Phone: 01 (416) 823-0700

Sooyong Kim is a licensed massage therapist in the State of Maryland (Lic. Reg. Cert. No. M01267) and has a practice in Takoma Park, Md. A gifted, intuitive practitioner who creates space for your healing, Sooyong combines several modalities in her practice. She believes that every single person has the capacity to heal.

In 1998, she graduated from the Ohashi Institute in New York City, and completed her third level reiki training. She has studied Craniosacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release with the Upledger Institute, Vita Flex, Raindrop Therapy, Spiritual Healing, Zero Balancing, SMRT Therapy (Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique), and has had extensive experience in the martial arts, including Tang Soo Do, Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Aikido and Qigong.

Sooyong grew up in South Korea, Malaysia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. She worked in the corporate world in New York City after obtaining a BA in comparative literature and a certificate in European Cultural Studies from Princeton University.

After experiencing a call to the healing arts, she studied at the Ohashi Institute, and eventually moved to the Washington, D.C. area.

A facilitator of workshops on Laughter, Shiatsu, and Energy Healing, Sooyong continues to study the healing arts, since she believes that she is on a lifelong path of learning and discovery.

Location: Takoma Park, Md

Email: sooyongkim@hotmail.com

Cell: 301-404-1314

www.sooyongkim.com

Stephane Cuypers was born in Liege, Belgium and continues to live and work in Belgium. His first job was as a Dutch and English teacher. Later, he started working for an insurance company, eventually becoming the Head of Communications. 

Besides his “normal” career, Stephane has always been interested in the East and in all its occurrences, from philosophy and spirituality, to body practices. He practices Aikidô and Kyudô, learned some basic Japanese language and started meditation on his own. He travelled several times to Japan, which he found to be a very fascinating country with a powerful energy.

While in Belgium, he had the opportunity to meet Master Kawada, who accepted Stephane as one of his students. He learned Shiatsu at the Yoseidô Shiatsu School, then he sought other trainings with Japanese and European teachers, so as to learn different ways of practicing Shiatsu. He feels there are many interesting ways, indeed, not contradictory, showing different aspects of complexity. 

After quitting his job, he started a Shiatsu practice in Brussels, and it very quickly became his sole activity. He felt that first it is important to build experience in the practice room, then maybe you will have something to share with others. So he had the pleasure to co-found a Shiatsu dôjô in Belgium, named Ôdô Shiatsu. Learning at Ôdô is at the same time, both a deep personal and professional experience.

Research with an open and inclusive mind is very important to Stephane. He wrote a book on Shiatsu subtitled Un Art Japonais. Practicing Shiatsu is real art, much more than mere technique, and to Stephane, Shiatsu is truly Japanese, with an inclusive mind and a pragmatic approach. 

Stephane describes his shiatsu journey:

“Looking back, I feel very grateful to have crossed the path of Shiatsu and to practice it every day. It is a really exciting way of life!
Looking forward, I see that the way has no end and that there are lots of discoveries still to be done and to be shared… Passion for Life, Passion for Shiatsu!”


Read and discover more on

www.shinmon-shiatsu.com
www.odoshiatsu.be

Email: shinmon.shiatsu@gmail.com

Cell: +32 471 40 56 95

Stephanie is a licensed bodyworker and Yoga Teacher/Trainer for 27 years, and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (Trauma and PTSD resolution) for six years. SEP, LMT, ERYT500 and Founder/Director of the Devalila Yoga 200 & 300 Hour Teacher Trainings, Author of the books: Yoga at Your Wall, and Yoga Posture Adjustments and Assisting available on amazon.com and other online booksellers.

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Location: New Jersey & Pennsylvania

Email: stefanipappas@hotmail.com

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Telephone: 908-310-9666

Websites:
http://www.DevalilaYoga.com
http://www.ptsdnj.com

http://www.YogaAtYourWall.comhttp://www.YogaPostureAdjustments.com

I am still amazed at the power and simplicity of touch” Suzanne Yates, shiatsu and massage therapist, teacher and author, founder of Wellmother, supporting the wisdom of parents, babies and all life’s cycles with the Extraordinary Vessels of Chinese medicine) Suzanne Yates is an acclaimed international therapist, teacher, researcher and innovator. A published author and expert in the field of pre and postnatal shiatsu and bodywork, she has taught doctors, midwives, nurses, shiatsu therapists and massage practitioners to work with mothers and babies over the past 30 + years.

Through supporting pregnant women to be more connected with their body’s wisdom, she discovered the power of the Extraordinary Vessels of Chinese medicine to access deeply held memories. She also became aware of how much the maternity period affects us all, whether as mothers or babies, for the rest of our lives. She now collaborates with her daughter Rosa (yoga teacher and massage therapist) to support anyone to become more fully embodied and present at any stage of their life cycle. Touch and movement (Qi gong/yoga) based practices, along with visualisations, can empower us to transform stuck and disconnected patterns within our body, releasing its potential and enabling us to better connect not only with ourselves but with each other and our world.

My main shiatsu teacher Sonia Moriceau studied with Ohashi in New York in the early 1980’s and so I am familiar with his approach from her. I also did a couple of weekends with him when he came to London in the 1980’s. And you can order my books from my website www.wellmother.org which has links to the sales pages on Amazon.

Location: 24, Dunkerry Road, Windmill Hill, Bristol BS3 4LB

Tel: +44 117 9632306

Website:  www.wellmother.org

Hailing from South Africa and now calling Toronto home, Daniel came to Canada in 1998 to study Chinese medicine.

Trained in Zen Shiatsu, Acupuncture, and Kampo (Japanese Herbal Medicine), He is a RTCMP in current good standing with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners of Ontario.

He works with a wide range of conditions, ranging from broad issues such as musculoskeletal pain and stress to more specific concerns around digestion and menstruation.

Daniel is particularly fascinated with the profound ability of how gentle, simple treatments have truly deep effects on health. And he is known for my ability to connect with clients, and for his strong commitment to facilitating healing on multiple levels.

As a teacher, he is known for his energetic, non-dogmatic and enthusiastic approach to the transmission of information and his ability to work with students from a wide range of skill levels and backgrounds.

Known as both Daniel and T’agyol, T’agyol is his Dharma name, which he received when he took Buddhist Precepts in the Korean Zen tradition. It means “Harmonizing of Opposites and Conflict Resolution”. He uses both names interchangeably.

CONTACT:

daniel@adlerclinic.ca

647 262 5722

adlerclinic.ca

Tamsin Grainger FwSS T

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Tamsin has been working as a Shiatsu practitioner for 30 years. She co-created The Shiatsu School Edinburgh and was the Director and Principal Teacher from 2000-2019. Tamsin has recently written her first book: Working with Death and Loss in Shiatsu Practice – a guide to holistic bodywork in palliative care, which will be published by Singing Dragon in August 2020. She gives Shiatsu in private practice and at an Edinburgh hospice for those with chronic symptoms or who are at the end of life. Previously Chair of the Shiatsu Society (UK), she has been travelling and teaching Shiatsu in Europe. If the Corona virus allows, she will be sharing her work in Portugal, Montpelier and Amsterdam at The European Shiatsu Congress later in 2020.

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‘For me Shiatsu has been a central part of my life since I began to receive it in 1987, transforming my health, informing my world view, and as the mainstay of my career. For me, the BodyMind is a microcosm of the universe, my way to touch, sense and understand what is going on around me, what lies behind that, and my relationship to it. Shiatsu and my bodywork give me a structure and form through which to translate the wonders of the world.’

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I am a Fellow of The Shiatsu Society (UK) and recognised teacher, and a registrant with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council, sitting on their Profession Specific Board.

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www.shiatsu.ryoho.co.uk

Email: shiatsu42@gmail.com

Blog: shiatsu690.com

Twitter: @Tamsinshiatsu

Instagram: GraingerTamsin

Teresa Bartoli, BA LMT is a Certified graduate of the Ohashi Institute, NY and a graduate of the former

New York College for Holistic Health Education and Research, Manhasset, NY.  She taught basic principles of Oriental Anatomy, and Physiology and Shiatsu bodywork to prepare students for licensure in New York and Florida. She also developed workshops in Miami, Florida to provide CEU's to licensed massage therapists to meet their renewal requirements.

Teresa has been a lifelong student of movement, body awareness, and energetic disciplines.Her path began with an early passion for the expressive and physical arts, including theater studies at Binghamton University NY, followed by many years dedicated to studying Tango dancing, Martial arts and body-based practices. She holds a black belt in Taekwondo and has continued to deepen her understanding of movement through the study of Tai Chi, ChiKung, women's self-defense and traditional healing systems.

Teresa took a hiatus in teaching to fully dedicate her time to her practice of Shiatsu and  Massage Therapy. She now returns to Shiatsu teaching with a renewed sense of purpose, bringing together decades of experience into a more integrated and mature approach.   She is passionate to work with beginners and has the privilege to introduce them to the beautiful world of Shiatsu where the possibilities of self-discovery are limitless. She is especially inspired by the beginner's mind, finding that those new to Shiatsu are often the most open to its transformative power, allowing for a pure and powerful connection to the work.  She is also honored to be part of the Five Lights Center community and contribute to the continue sharing of Shiatsu.

email: teresabartoli@yahoo.com

Cell: 954-662-8742

THE FATHER OF SHIATSU IN CANADA

Tetsuro (Ted) Saito is one of the world’s few shiatsu masters. He has spent a lifetime fully dedicated to developing shiatsu and its healing potential. Born in the small Japanese city of Noda in 1941, he was initially trained as an electrical engineer. But, drawn to the even greater complexity of systems within the human body, in 1966 he began his training in the art and practice of Shiatsu at the Japan Shiatsu School, under masters Tokujiro Namikoshi and Shizuto Masunaga. He later became a member of the Masunaga Research Group.

In 1971, just as the West was discovering acupuncture, Saito moved to Canada, opened the Shiatsu Centre in downtown Toronto and introduced the Japanese art of "finger pressure." For the past four decades, he has treated thousands of patients, trained hundreds of therapists worldwide, and pursued his own research on energy-based healing.

He is affectionately known as the “father of shiatsu” in Canada, but his influence on shiatsu and energy work has rippled worldwide. Saito is founding director of Shin So Shiatsu International and supports hundreds of dedicated post-graduate students in North America and Europe. He continues to research and maintains a shiatsu practice at the Shiatsu Centre in Toronto.

In 2006, he published a two-volume compendium of his new paradigm: Shin So Shiatsu – Healing the Deeper Meridian Systems and Shin So Shiatsu – Practitioner's Reference Manual.

“Dealing with the energetic world requires a flexible mind. But my ability to feel ki and meridians developed through shiatsu and not through my engineering training. A scientific mind can often interfere with the sensibility of ki! However, the structuring of my research, my scientific attitude to research and the way I explain my findings to my students does reflect my engineering background. The problem with modern medicine is this – when practitioners cannot see energy, they don’t believe in it.”

– Testuro Saito, in Sand to Sky: Conversations with Teachers of Asian Medicine, by Pamela Ellen Ferguson and Debra Duncan Persinger, Phd, iUniverse, Inc, 2008.

Thin Thin Lay, RN, HWNC-BC, originally from Burma (Myanmar), trained and worked in Geneva, Switzerland as a Registered Nurse before relocating to New York. Thin Thin is also a shiatsu practitioner, a certified ERGONOMICS assessor, and a health and wellness nursing coach, board-certified through the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation. Thin Thin has 14+ years of experience in occupational, public, and community health programs.

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Her Eastern origin, blended with her Western training, attracted her to study the art of touch which involved working on meridians and using the five elements theory. This led her to train at the Ohashi Institute. She was a Certified Ohashiatsu® Instructor and Consultant from 2002 until the Institute closed its NYC location. She incorporates shiatsu in her holistic nursing practice to maintain patient health and wellbeing. She also teaches and practices Reiki, both Traditional & Japanese Komyo Reiki styles.

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Thin Thin is experienced in various nursing specialties and has been an RN for over 20 years, including her work as a Senior Nurse at United Nations' headquarters in New York. She works with clients from multilingual and multicultural backgrounds. She herself is multilingual, fluent in French, English, and Burmese, and utilizes intercultural communication in her nurse coaching practice.

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Thin Thin works with clients who suffer from multiple sclerosis and neuromuscular disorders, including Parkinson’s Disease. She also treats back pain, shoulder and neck issues, work-related injuries, chronic illnesses, and knee, hip, and other joint diseases.

Thin Thin emphasizes humility and simplicity in her teaching as well as in her practice.

Her sweet, tranquil disposition and compassionate listening lead to the trust and appreciation of her students and clients.

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The followings are the comments from her students and clients:

“Very caring, compassionate teaching to a most diverse group.

It was very useful & interested in 5 elements ideas. A teacher is wonderful. Thank You.”

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“I have received sessions from Thin Thin for the past 5 years and it’s always new and recharging after each session. She is a great listener and knows where and how to work at all times.”

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Thin Thin also provides group health wellness coaching, group ergonomic programs, and smoking cessation programs. All programs are available upon request for multinational companies promoting employee wellness.

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Contact Information:

Email: komyoreikizen@gmail.com

phone: 646-243-9889

website: Integrative nurse Coaching for Health & wellness, https://komyoreikiretreat.com/events/

Tom Augustyniak, MS, LMT - Founder and Owner of Zen Massage Center received his Masters Degree in Physical Education in Wroclaw, Poland in 1985. In 1999 Tom graduated with honors from Helma Institute of Massage Therapy in Saddle Brook, NJ. The same year, he founded Zen Massage Center. From 1999 to 2008 Tom taught Western massage and Shiatsu at Helma Institute of Massage Therapy. In 2001, Tom started studying Shiatsu with Master Ohashi.

Two years later he graduated from the Ohashi Institute in NYC. In 2005 Master Ohashi invited Tom to teach Anatomy to Ohashiatsu students. He has been a member of the ABMP since 1999. For many years Tom has been an accomplished practitioner of Judo, receiving a 3rd degree black belt and 10 medals in National Championships, including a gold medal in 2008. In 2009 he won a bronze medal in Pan-American Championship.

In free time Tom loves long distance running and hiking, he finished many Marathons and Spartan races including New York City Marathon in 2013, Chicago 2016, Boston and Berlin, Germany in 2018. Years of experience in physical education, competing, coaching, and teaching have given Tom a very deep understanding of the human body and enhanced his ability to treat sports and repetitive stress injuries as well as use massage to help his clients maintain or regain good health.

Sessions are available by appointment at Zen Massage Center in Maywood, NJ.
tom@zenmassagecenter.com

”The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
- Pablo Picasso

It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday.”

- Jigoro Kano

Tom Banasiak has been practicing Shiatsu since 1986.

He is a Diplomat of Asian Bodywork Therapy (NCCAOM), (retired), and a Certified Shiatsu Instructor (AOBTA). Tom has studied Shiatsu, Quantum Shiatsu, CranioSacral Therapy, Reiki, QiGong, and Zero Balancing, since 1978. Tom is licensed by the NYS Board of Massage Therapy and has also studied Tui Na, the martial art Aikido, and Clinical Nutrition at New York University. He graduated from the Swedish Institute in 1993. Beginning in January 1994, Tom has taught all levels of Shiatsu, plus CranioSacral Therapy, and Clinical Strategies. Tom was fortunate to begin his Shiatsu training in 1977 in New York City at the
Ohashi Institute. He would practice shiatsu on professional dancers almost daily while working as a professional classical ballet dancer, touring the country with Stars of American Ballet, American Festival Ballet, and other companies.

While living in Europe (1979-1985) and working at the State Opera Ballet Theatre In Hannover, he also studied Reiki, along with Shiatsu from Japanese and German teachers, notably Akinobu Kishi, who developed Seiki. In Germany, Tom began giving private sessions and teaching Shiatsu classes to physical therapists. 

In 1986, retiring from the professional ballet world, he returned to NYC, he began his work as a Shiatsu Therapist (COC) at the Ohashi Institute. Tom is also influenced by the profound teachings of Alice Whieldon (Seiki), and Paul Lundberg.

In 1989 Tom began studying CranioSacralTherapy with John Upledger and Zero Balancing with Fritz Smith, MD. Tom is now also a Certified Zero Balancing Practitioner. In 1989 Tom began his studies with Pauline Sasaki, who worked with Masunaga and assisted in the translation of his book “Zen Shiatsu” into English. Pauline was Tom’s most influential teacher, along with Ohashi and Kishi. He continued studying with Pauline until her sad passing in 2010.

Since 2004, he has also studied Qigong self-healing and external Qigong treatment methods with Qigong master, Robert Peng.
Tom lives in Manhattan with his wonderful wife Alix Keast, also a former Ohashi (COC) trained Shiatsu therapist and instructor at the Swedish Institute. He continues the study of Shiatsu and healing techniques, energetic fields of the body, and LED Light Therapy, while maintaining his private Asian Bodywork Therapy practice, helping his clients to fill their lives with ease, grace, and joy.

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Phone: alchemicalshiatsu@gmail.com

Email: 917-806-6525

Tokyoite by birth, Toshi ICHIKAWA settled in Paris in 1998. Toshi discovered shiatsu at a young age within the family. His father, who regularly suffers from back pain, asks him to press his back with his feet for relief. A special moment between father and son sets in. Toshi then discovers the benefit of this non-verbal communication.

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Once an adult, he will decide to deepen his knowledge of shiatsu and become more professional. From 1992 to 2003, in Japan and France, he trained with three teachers, all in the tradition of Shizuto MASUNAGA's Zen shiatsu: professors Susumu KIMURA, Danielle IWAHARA-CHEVILLON, and Yasutaka HANAMURA (who translated two books by S. MASUNAGA in French).

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Since 2003, he has been teaching shiatsu in France and works as a full-time shiatsu professional in Paris, in a paramedical practice near Montparnasse.

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The teachings that Toshi transmits in his school are based on the current of Zen shiatsu, a form of shiatsu very widespread in Western countries. It is a gentle, caring, listening style of shiatsu. However, he does not hesitate to integrate certain elements of oriental energy practices, such as Seitai or Japanese sôtai, in preparation exercises, to strengthen the energy and flexibility necessary for the proper conduct of a shiatsu session.

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Location: Paris, France

https://toshiatsu.com/

Email: toshiichikawa@gmail.com

Telephone: +33 06 75 61 37 61

Ute Arnold, M.F.A., is a Body-Psychotherapist and artist. She is also the author of Stuck is Not a Place, a book that describes Unergi Body-Psychotherapy, a holistic healing therapy she developed.

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Ute grew up in Germany and immigrated to the USA when she was 19 years old. She studied Art, Design and Color in San Francisco and London, and Gestalt Therapy, Alexander Technique and Sensory Movement in New York and Toronto.

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In 1993, she opened the Unergi Holistic Therapy School (www.unergi.com) teaching private and group classes in the Unegri Method in both Europe and the USA. Ute also hosts the Global Village Creations website (www.globalvillagecreations.us), a community that shares free postings about workshops, the arts, and original innovative creations.

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In November 2020, Ute is moving to Alsace in France to build a small eco self-sustainable village with her sister Aries.

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Email: utebarnold@gmail.com

www.unergi.com

www.globalvillagecreations.us

Valentina Capoduri, from Italy, has been a Shiatsuka since 2011, and a member of APOS Association through the Tuscany Coordination Group since 2015.
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Before studying shiatsu, she worked in hotel management. Dedicated to her job, her hands and fingers worked tirelessly on her laptop and mobile phone. In 2009, she became a mother, changing her focus, spending time exclusively with her young daughter. It was during this period, she experienced the importance of human touch, and physical contact with her daughter as her teacher, who needed her mother’s presence, and recognized her from the motherly touch.
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This perception as a new mother encouraged Valentina to leave her management job and look for something that could teach her a new way to help and sustain her daughter’s growth. That is why she joined the holistic world, first through a course in Traditional Chinese Medicine and then, attending shiatsu school. She never gave up doing shiatsu and “now, this (shiatsu) is my passion and profession!”
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She has studied with Shigeru Onoda, Kazunori Sasaki, Wataru Ohashi, Toshi Ichikawa, Tomas Nelissen, David Ventura, David Home, and has taking classes and studied: Shiatsu for Children, Shiatsu for Pregnancy, Cromopuncture and Iokai.
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Valentina is also very active in the shiatsu community supporting APOS in organizing events and translating for foreign teachers; developing shiatsu conferences in Tuscany; working with hotel and spas as a free-lance shiatsu practitioner; offering school children shiatsu lessons; cooperating with DBN Magazine; and her practice in Shiatsu for Pregnancy.
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“Thanks to this extraordinary opportunity, I realized how important in human life are touch and physical contact…My daughter was a great teacher...She needed my presence and recognized me from my touch.” Valentina Capoduri
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Whatsapp + 39.347.9052455
Email: vcapoduri@yahoo.it or valentinacapoduri@gmail.com

I am Violante and I have been working in the field of holistic care for more than 10 years. With a solid background in Yoga and Zen practices, I offer Shiatsu treatments and Chōwa Do Ki (energy) regulation therapy.

Born in Florence, in the cradle of the Renaissance, I grew up surrounded by beauty and art. I lived in Spain, Austria, and India before calling Canada home.

Since 2014, I trained in the Zen Path under the teachings of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and the community of Plum Village in France.  I found the application of these teachings in the body and in the holistic care field in Toronto where I started study Zen Shiatsu under the guidance of Sensei Adarsa Chakra.

I am a certified Yoga instructor and I now combine this knowledge with the Meridian map based on the traditional East Asian medicine.

I am a member in good standing of the Zen Shiatsu Alliance of Canada and a professional Holistic Practitioner.

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Website: https://www.violantebinazzi.com/

Email: violante.binazzi@gmail.com

Virginia graduated from the Ohashi Institute in NYC over 30 years ago. She was very excited to learn and share this healing art form of bodywork with her friends, many who went on to become professional shiatsu practitioners. Her interest in shiatsu came from her background in dance and her curiosity with Traditional Chinese Medicine. After graduating from the Ohashi Institute in 1989, Virginia worked as a shiatsu consultant at the Institute for two years before opening her own private practice in downtown Manhattan. Fulfilling a dream to travel and teach shiatsu in places she had previously lived, Virginia went on to organize and teach shiatsu classes in Brazil and Italy. In the late 1990’s, she taught shiatsu at Health Choices for the Healing Arts, a massage therapy school in Belle Meade, NJ.

Around this time she also discovered the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies where Master Ohashi taught courses. At the Omega Institute, Virginia organized shiatsu classes for the staff and was a shiatsu practitioner at the Omega Wellness Center for several summers. In the early 2000’s, Virginia left NYC for Tucson, Arizona where she taught at the Desert Institute for the Healing Arts. Virginia now dedicates her time to sharing her shiatsu and self-care techniques at conferences and non-profit organizations.

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Location: Tuscon, AZ & Omega Institute, NY

Phone: (502) 481-3385 virgamber@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/VirginiaMillerBodycareYoga/

Wendy is a Certified Practitioner and teacher for the School of Images and has trained with Catherine since 2002. She also trained in Shiatsu with Wataru Ohashi at the Ohashi Institute in the 1990s, adding a foundation in Japanese bodywork and Eastern healing philosophy to her extensive background in integrative wellness.

Saphire® Imagery is part of her own daily imaginative life, providing valuable and practical insights for meeting life’s challenges from within and through external action. It also informs her professional work in private sessions, community-based programs, and corporate wellness settings, where she integrates Saphire® Imagery extensively to address post-trauma, substance abuse, post-disaster experiences, and other stressors affecting children and seniors.

In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and Superstorm Sandy, Wendy was on the ground offering imagery and acupuncture. During the height of COVID-19, she also offered virtual sessions to nurses.

Wendy is a licensed acupuncturist and Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist. She holds a Doctorate in Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine, is a Registered Trainer for the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA), and holds a Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). She is also certified in Teaching Mindfulness Meditation.

Wendy speaks English, German, and Hebrew.

Email: wh@theschoolofimages.org

Text: +1 (504) 202-1373

Wendy S Bolognesi has been a passionate proponent of Asian bodywork since her introduction to Shiatsu in 1978.  She studied at the Ohashi Institute, where she was certified as a Shiatsu therapist in 1990 and as an Ohashiatsu instructor in 1992.  She has been teaching, practicing, and studying Shiatsu ever since.

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At the Bancroft School of Massage Therapy (BSMT), where she has been a faculty member since 1993, Wendy created and teaches a course in Asian Massage Techniques which focuses on Shiatsu as well as Acupressure and Thai Massage.  It is one of many courses she has developed and taught, on her own or in collaboration, at Bancroft and in other settings.

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Along with teaching numerous courses in Shiatsu and other forms of Asian bodywork, Wendy has extensive experience in teaching Swedish, deep tissue, sports, and seated chair massage, as well as Reiki, anatomy and physiology, first aid, CPR, and spa treatments. She is certified by the Massachusetts Department of Education to teach a wide range of courses in massage therapy and Asian bodywork.

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In nearly twenty-six years at BSMT, Wendy has worked intensively with and for students:  teaching a wide variety of courses, working with students with varied learning styles, advising, tutoring in specific subjects as well as in preparation for certification exams, supervising internships and student clinics for the public, developing and supervising student volunteer projects, and developing new courses and curricula.  In the course of a multifaceted career, Wendy has gained experience in managing a variety of sometimes competing responsibilities, heading a department, and enhancing academic programs.

Wendy’s practice of massage and her teaching have deep roots in the community as well as at BSMT.  She treats clients in Worcester, Barre, and Hardwick, MA, and she often presents or co-presents workshops and continuing education classes in community settings.

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Among Wendy’s particular interests is the self-application of acupressure for the treatment of PTSD & addiction, a subject she continues to explore.  She has engaged her students in volunteer work, such as providing massage for veterans at a local shelter. In 2001, she began teaching canine massage, and she looks forward to expanding her work in this area.

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Email: wendyb413@gmail.com

Cell: 413-695-0014

Wilfried Rappenecker started to study Shiatsu in 1981 while working as a doctor in an ICU in a hospital. He was on his way to becoming a general practitioner when his encounter with Shiatsu fundamentally changed his view of life, health, and illness. Shiatsu gave Wilfried’s life an unexpectedly new and different direction. Today, as a general practitioner, he practices Shiatsu almost exclusively. His Shiatsu practice and lessons still give him much pleasure even after 30 years.

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Since it was founded in 1987, Wilfried headed the School for Shiatsu in Hamburg. Thirty years later in July 2017, he passed on the school’s leadership role to his successor, Birte Ernestus-Holtkamp. Through 2016, Wilfried was also the Director of the International Shiatsu School (ISS) Kiental, and he was the initiator and Director of the European Shiatsu Congresses (ESC) 2004 - 2014. He is co-founder of the Shiatsu Society Germany (GSD).

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Wilfried believes “it is very important that the content and heart of Shiatsu in books and articles are available to the public as well as students and practitioners.” That is why he is involved as an author, co-author, and editor of a total of 7 specialist books on Shiatsu (https://wilfriedrappenecker.eu/en/texte-und-veroeffentlichungen/#buecher) and numerous articles on Shiatsu that reflect his experience and understanding of Shiatsu.

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www.wilfriedrappenecker.eu

Email: praxis@wilfriedrappenecker.eu

1969年 柔術を始める

1988年 指圧国家資格習得

1989年 鍼灸国家資格習得

1991年 柔道整復師 国家資格習得

1995年 皇光道柔術設立

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Location: 埼玉市大宮区吉敷町3-176-3

Email:　kokodojj@gmail.com

Cell:090-2556-0630

WWW: KoKoDo Bu-Jutsu (kokodo-bujutsu.org)

Cell: 904 537 2100

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Email: livezero1@gmail.com

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linkedin.com/in/yogarishi-deolal-mahabir-46b71314

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Website: Optimal health through the Power of the Mind (mindexplorer.com)

Yoshi Nakano is a second generation Asian body worker who has been inspired by numerous teachers including; Thich Nhat Hanh, Dr.Vasant Lad, Ohashi, Mantak Chia, Peter Holmes, Takemori, his father and uncle.

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At the age of eleven, Nakano began to practice anma massage, brush calligraphy, martial arts and moxibustion.  In New York City, he studied, practiced, and taught shiatsu at the Ohashi Institute and the Bateman Institute for Health Education.  Nakano also taught at the Omega Institute, New York, trained body workers at Kingston Health Spa in Jamaica and Ten Thousand Waves, a Japanese health spa in Santa Fe, New Mexico and served on the faculty of the Desert Institute of the Healing Arts in Tucson, Arizona.  He is a member of the guest faculty at the Prajna Yoga Temple in Santa Fe, New Mexico, directed by Tias and Surya Little.

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Drawing on more than three decades of experience and training in Eastern healing modalities (Zen Shiatsu, Qi Gong, Yoga-asana, Cooking and Zen Brush Meditation), Yoshi realizes it is now time to erase the borderlines within Asian healing traditions.  His training course, Zen Shiatsu Touch, integrates the healing arts of Tao and Ayurveda.

In addition to practicing shiatsu, Yoshi is an abstract brush calligrapher.  Nakano currently resides with his family in the Southwestern United States, home of the  Zen Tribe Wellness Dojo(www.zentribewellness.com) for Zen Shiatsu Touch and Zen Brush Meditation.

“Zen Shiatsu Touch is a guiding tool to awaken our instinctual healing abilities. This practice allows us to see what cannot be seen, and to embrace our intuitive  healing journey for well-being.” 
—Yoshi Nakano

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Location: Tucson, AZ & Santa Fe, NM

Phone: (505) 490-2938
Email: zentribewellness@gmail.com

1965年生まれ東京都出身　祖父は浪越徳治郎　日本指圧専門学校卒

国家資格あん摩マッサージ指圧師

勤務先：浪越学園日本指圧専門学校専任教員

浪越指圧治療センター院長

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連絡先

〒112-0002　東京都文京区小石川2-15-6

TEL-03-3813-7354

Website JAPAN SHIATSU COLLEGE

Email: y.namikoshi@shiatsu.ac.jp

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海外指圧講習

10,000円*（税込）　60分　一人 180分以上

修了証発行：1,000円*

＊料金は変更あり

講習は日本語対応のみ（通訳は講習者で手配）

テキスト浪越指圧基本実技（英語版あり）

＊評細はその都度、打ち合わせによる決定

Yumi Asakura, LMT was born in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from the Finger Lakes School of Massage (FLSM), Ithaca, NY in 2000 and has been practicing professionally since 2001. After graduating from FLSM, she continued her studies with various Shiatsu teachers at different schools in Japan, the USA and the UK. Some of her training included courses that are part of the certification program at Iokai in Tokyo (Master Masunaga's school);  post-graduate level summer intensive studies at the Shiatsu College in UK; and a specialized training in Pelvic Alignment at the BCT School in Tokyo. She is interested in a holistic approach to wellness that integrates many avenues of natural healing including energy medicine, aromatherapy, Yakuzen (Food Medicine) and meditation.

She is an owner of Shiatsu & Massage Therapy Studio in downtown Ithaca, and enjoys teaching Shiatsu. She taught Shiatsu and other massage modalities at FLSM for 17 years, and is currently a massage instructor at Cornell University in the Physical Education Department.

She is an approved CE provider through NCBTMB, offering workshops and classes.

Location: Ithaca, NY

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Phone: (607) 256-7655

Email: aromastudio@hotmail.com

Keith started studying martial arts in 1974, gaining a second Dan Black Belt in Karate Do, and representing Aberdeen and Scotland for the Karate Union of Great Britain. Keith practiced this way for ten years, before moving to the subtle healing arts of shiatsu, yoga, and Zen meditation in 1984.

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He qualified in shiatsu as a registered practitioner in 1988, and in 1991 as a registered teacher with the Shiatsu Society GB. Also in 1991, Keith gained a Hatha Yoga teaching diploma from the ACTC (late Ian Scorgie, the modern-day founder of yoga in Scotland). In 1992, he co-founded the Aberdeen School of Shiatsu and Healing.

Also in 1992, Keith first met and was introduced to the teaching and practice of Sei Ki Master, Akinobu Kishi sensei. Over the years, Keith has studied with many of the world’s top healers, Yoga, Taoist, and Zen Masters.

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“I am very lucky to have had the opportunity to work with some gifted and enlightened people! None more so than Akinobu Kishi who has had the most profound influence on my life and practice.” Keith Stewart

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In 1998, Keith dissolved the Aberdeen School of Shiatsu to develop his own way… Life Movement Method, Wa-Do way of harmony.

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In 2005, Kishi Sensei advised Keith to study Kotodama and Hatchi Riki with Hiromasa Maeda Sensei from “Oomoto Kyo” Shinto sect in Japan. Keith has since revised and developed his Sei Ki practice to incorporate Kotodama and Hachi Riki sound vibration and Ki Spiral. He calls the practice, Sei Ki UZUKI, loosely translated as, Universal Spiral of Energy!

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Life Movement Foundation

WA-DO way of harmony

Email: keithwado@btinternet.com

Phone + UK 01224732852

http://www.wa-do.co.uk