Shiatsu Bodyworks Blog

Shiatsu Blog: Autumn, The Metal Element and Embracing Letting Go

The school term starts in Autumn, and so my Shiatsu course each year started at this time too. We learnt each element of the 5 element...

A History of Zen Shiatsu: Bridging Ancient Wisdom for Emotional Balance

I'm biased I love Shiatsu! Anyone who is passionate about their particular therapy will think it's the best go-to therapy of them all; so...

Brain Health: Shiatsu for neck and back

There are many ways of looking at brain health in general but this month I'm focusing on why keeping your neck supple and your...

Can shiatsu help relieve my menopause symptoms?

My life and my health changed for the better when I found shiatsu, I loved it so much that I was on the 3 year practitioner training...

Shiatsu blog: Physical therapy for emotional and stress relief

I go to shiatsu therapy for everything! It's my starting point, any ache, pain or emotional grumble I book in for shiatsu before anything...

Shiatsu blog: How physics and vibration explain an energetic therapy

I loved physics at school! I wasn't the best but I wangled my way into A level physics based on enthusiasm (and passed) and I it hit me...

Can shiatsu help sciatica?

The first in my short blogs on shiatsu and how it can help relief specific symptoms and today it's sciatica. An excrutiating symptom for...

Can shiatsu reach the parts other therapies can't?

Now there's a question! For me, the answer is yes! I can say this because I tried a lot of other therapies in the 14 years or so that it...

Shiatsu blog: Liver, love and emotions

As we approach spring we're coming into an energy of the year called Wood; one of the 5 main elements. I remember saying to a colleague...

Shiatsu Blog: How does my body get like this? (The twists and torsions of life!)

One of the questions I'm asked THE most by new clients is How does my body get like this? Human beings are curious, and we've grown up in...

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