Early Spring in the Zen School

Come by for our Zen Shiatsu Free Talk and Demonstration Open Evening on Wednesday 28th March at the Zen School.  Then we have an Intensive Immersion Training Beginners Basic Friday thru Monday 30th March to 2nd April.  Of course you don’t have to wait – the weekly training starts every Tuesday evening and Thursday afternoon, or monthly on the 3rd Saturday of the month (next is 17th March.)  Or come join us at the Vitality Show – March 22-25.

Congratulations to Claire de Gruchy on winning her Diploma Advanced Shiatsu accredited by Middlesex University and validated by the Zen Shiatsu Society for registration with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council.  Claire practises in Folkestone – for your nearest practitioner click here.

Congratulations to Sarah Coursey (USA), Steve Whitehall-Smith, Maggie Whelan, Dan Gifford and Ann-Marie Avory on winning their Certificate in Practical Shiatsu.  Welcome Sarah, Steve, Maggie and Dan to Intermediate Shiatsu Training and Grzegorz Zolkowski to the Beginners Basic.

Make friends with Shiatsu!  Everyone likes a nice shiatsu treatment and it feels good to give, too. The Way of the Healing Hand, learning to do good things in good company. .  There’s a place for you at the Zen School and our system of Continuous enrolment means you can start any time: Tuesday evenings, Thursday afternoons, or the monthly Saturday, to meet new people and make new friends as you learn this caring skill.  Why not change lives, start with yours, make your living doing what you love.  Learn more here or come by for a personal visit: call 0700 078 1195  (no commitment, no obligation, and its free!).  Why wait?

Zen School Continuous Enrolment

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING > PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION Here at the Zen School of Shiatsu we offer you three levels of training, from Absolute Beginner right through to qualified Practitioner:

Basic Shiatsu
8 modules learning the ropes of how to give a good shiatsu treatment, leading to your Certificate in Practical Shiatsu, CPS, which gives Junior Practitioner Membership of the Zen Shiatsu Society and entitles you to insurance coverage for treating non-medical conditions

Intermediate Shiatsu
43 modules getting to grips with the theory behind the therapy and applying it in a series of learning-treatments, leading to your Intermediate Certificate and admission to the Intermediate-Practitioner Register of the Zen Shiatsu Society.

Advanced Shiatsu
64 modules putting it all together, developing your heart connection, putting your compassion into practice, learning how to make your living doing what you love, leading to your Diploma Advanced Shiatsu accredited by Middlesex University, your Licence to Practise from the Zen Shiatsu Society. and eligibility for membership of the Practitioner register of the Complementary and natural Healthcare Council

We operate a Continuous Enrolment system so you can join the learning-cycle at your convenience – any time! You can also combine courses and save yourself time, money, or both. Click for multi-course discounts

Shiatsu Introduction – 4 Day Intensive Immersion 7th – 10th October

Friday thru Monday 10.30 am to 5.30 pm.
The first step: meeting new people and making new friends as you learn a caring skill.
You will learn:
The Zen approach to Shiatsu: mindfulness, care and compassion
How to move easily into the Structures for giving Shiatsu safely
How to move your client into the Four Positions for receiving Shiatsu
Codes of Practice, ethics and complaints procedures
The roles of Professional organisations and structure of the Profession
How to protect yourself from energy depletion
Special exercises to help you give shiatsu with ease, grace and style
How to prepare yourself and client for treatment and the effects of treatment
The Seven Principles of Zen Shiatsu
How to assess your client’s condition and Shiatsu needs
What conditions to avoid (contra-indications)
and how to deliver mindful shiatsu with compassion, care and competence in the Four Positions for treatment: Prone, Supine, Side, and Seated, utilising Shiatsu techniques: Palm, thumb and finger pressure; Stretch and compression; Tonification and sedation…
leading to your basic Certificate in Practical Shiatsu (CPS) and eligibility for insurance.

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