Special Edinburgh Festival Fringe OPEN DAY
Sunday 29th August 2010, 8am–6pm
0131 229 0724
- Early Bird Chi Gung 8am
- Baby Shiatsu 9.45-11.15am
- more talks and classes to be announced
All day:
- Find out about courses – advance booking for the Autumn Term, 2010
- Try out Seated Shiatsu acupressure massage £18 (£8 concession)
- Buy Gift Vouchers at the special Open Day saving of 10%
- Look round our exhibition
- Buy our hand-made bags and other goodies – discounts abound!
- Come and see our beautiful new rooms and book space for your classes/therapy
To book a treatment/class phone 0131 229 0724
Please download The Shiatsu Centre's Fringe Calendar (PDF, 123 KB).
Look out for our other Open Days at The Shiatsu Centre. Your chance to try out tasters of classes and therapies for free.
Sundays 1st August 2010 and 19th September 2010. Put these dates in your diary so you don't forget!
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Information for journalists, members of the Press and media
We welcome journalists, members of the Press and media to The Shiatsu Centre for free tasters and talks, so please do contact us if you are interested. If you would like to go on our Mailing List so that you are notified of Special Press/Media days, then please e-mail us.
For further details and press release contact the.shiatsu.centre@googlemail.com
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Holistic Life Coaching
- Introductory Evening - Holistic Life Coaching with Jay Lincoln
Your chance to find out how Life Coaching works, what it could do for you, how people benefit, how to use the tools gained from the training and more!
8th July 2010 7pm–8.30pm
£2.00 entry fee
- Living in the Present – One Day Workshop
Holistic Life Coaching with Jay Lincoln
This workshop is all about you, understanding you, celebrating you, and empowering you to change in whatever way you want.
Imagine being able to wave a magic wand over your life and make whatever changes that excite you?
Saturday 31st July 2010
£60.00 per person or £100.00 for 2 people booking
Deposit 25.00 balance required 2 weeks before 31st July
- Way to Freedom evening workshops
Price £160.00 Deposit is £50.00, balance required 2 weeks before workshop starts.
£300.00 for 2 people booking. Deposit is £100.00, balance required 2 weeks before workshop commences.
Workshop dates
Week 1 4th August
Week 2 18th August
Week 3 1st September
Week 4 15th September
Individual coaching sessions
Week 5 29th September
Week 6 13th October
Week 7 27th October
Week 8 10th November
Approved facilitator and supplier to Life Coach Associates
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Homeopathy. Lyssa Clayton, homeopath, support with acute illnesses or longer term chronic ailments and as preventative medicine to encourage well being. Lyssa is working at The Shiatsu Centre on Thursdays (12 noon to 9pm), Wednesdays and Saturdays.
She also runs, together with Jenny Newland, Introductory workshops and short courses:
"Communicating with Our Children and Ourselves: practical, effective ideas to encourage co-operation and understanding in families."
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Aromatherapy, Reiki and Therapeutic Massage with Pauline Cuff, Wednesday afternoons.
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Imogen Blackmore, Counsellor BA, PGDip is now working at The Shiatsu Centre.
I strongly believe in helping individuals primarily using a person-centred approach but adapting my methods as appropriate. After all we're all different. Through open and honest discussion, we can work through personal issues, including grief, stress, anger, depression, guilt, anxiety, and many more.
http://www.imogenblackmore.com/
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Ruth Holloway is now working at The Shiatsu Centre. She is a Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming and Hypnotherapy. Tuesdays 2–6pm.
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New Courses coming to The Shiatsu Centre
Watch out for Pilates on Mondays 6–7pm and Holistic Life Coaching with Jay Lincoln, both starting soon at The Shiatsu Centre.
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Wednesdays 'Toe to Fingertip' Stretching, postural and breathing improvement exercise session
Ideal classes for office workers - come along and move your body - you will work so much better after lunch if you have a good stretch and focus on being centred and grounded! 12.30 pm–1 pm (lunchtimes). Cost £3.50
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Evening Classes:
- Sivananda Yoga for beginners
We are sorry to say that Vas is no longer teaching with us, however our classes are being reinstated a little at a time.
Isabel will be teaching on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 9am and on Wednesday at 5.30pm. Starting 18th May 2010.
Cost: £7 (£5 concessions) for one class; £60 (£40 concessions) for a card of 10 class tickets.
Sivananda is a branch of Hatha Yoga and Isabel has been professionally trained in India.
If you are interested in more classes please follow us on Twitter and you can also e-mail so we know what times and days suit you.
- Wednesdays Chi Gung with Peter Browne
6–7.30pm. £7 per class (90 mins including green tea) or £70 for the term. 28th April–25th August.
Full day course at Heriot Watt University 24th July 2010. For more details and to book, please phone 0131 553 5660.
- Wednesdays 'Moving Zen' – Learn the postural and breathing improvement forms of traditional Karate-Do.
'Moving Zen'
The Basics, Kata and Bunkai (application of kata techniques) of Traditional Okinawan Karate-Do
Classes conducted by Sensei Frank Sargent 5th Dan (I.O.G.K.F.)
Class times 7.45 to 9.00pm. Cost: £8.75
Contact Sensei Frank on 077522 509 614/01592 772 034.
e-mail: franksargent@fsmail.net
- Booking Now for
Thursdays Meditation Course with Catherine Strang,
6–7.30pm. 20th May–1st July.
Fee: £48
Meditation can lead us into a natural stillness of mind. This is achieved not by escaping our thoughts and feelings, or the concerns of life, but through finding out how to remain calm and clear headed within whatever is going on.
Well documented benefits of meditation include:
- Increased clarity of mind
- Reduction of stress and tension
- Increase in joy and well being
- Greater self acceptance
- Expansion of consciousness
- Slows the ageing process
Six week course suitable for beginners and those with experience of meditation. Non-faith specific – all welcome.
Through a series of enjoyable lessons that progressively deepen the experience of meditation, you will discover how to easily drop into states of deep, restful peace.
This course aims to teach participants how to alleviate the obstacles that typically interfere with one's practice of meditation such as physical discomfort, a busy or judgemental mind and emotional distress.
Techniques covered include:
- Breath work and sensory awareness
- Guided journeys to anchor states of deep peace
- How to comfortably release troubling thoughts and emotions
- Being in the 'now'
- Experiencing compassion
- Expanding awareness
- Alexander Technique. A course of classes with Sandra Riddell,
Thursday September 16th until 4th November 2010. 8 weeks 7pm-9pm. Cost: £90/£80 (concession), which includes a one-to-one session for each participant.
Friday Shiatsu Evening Classes
Fridays 6.30pm–8.45pm. 4 week course 6th–27th August and 4 week course 10th Sept–1st Oct.
You can either attend a 4 week course or an 8 week course.
Cost: £30 for 4 classes. £48 for 8 classes.
The course will cover an introduction to the Shiatsu meridians with each class starting with some self-Shiatsu, meridian stretches or chi gung; followed by learning the meridian and finishing with a meditation.
Please fill in the application form and send with your payment to the address on the form. If you want to pay by BACS, please contact TSSED by e-mail admin@tssed.org and we will send you the bank details and a Word version of the application form to fill in and return on-line. If you have any further questions please contact the School at The Shiatsu Centre on either (0131) 229 0724 or 07821 264 882.
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Baby Shiatsu classes
Easy to learn and fun to do in a group!
A course of 5 classes on Fridays
21st May–18th June
at The Shiatsu Centre 10.45 am until 12 noon
You will learn a Shiatsu massage baby routine using gentle sweet almond oil and covering the whole body. Acupressure points are taught for calming and digestion, together with some simple games, and recommendations for deep sleep and to promote comfortable body rhythms.
Tea Tree Tea Café lunch available in the community room afterwards - why not invite your friend or partner to join you!
Baby changing area, high chair, and lots of space for buggies!
£45 for the 5 classes (£30 concessions: 2 places available)
To book a place please fill in the application form (PDF doc, 36KB) and send, together with your fee, to 35-37 Bread Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9AL.
For more details phone 0131 229 0724.
"Really lovely atmosphere in the class - always peaceful and calming"
Please see the 'One-Day Introductory Course and Short Courses' page for details.
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New premises for the school
We are proud to announce that The Shiatsu School Edinburgh now has its own premises at The Shiatsu Centre, 35-37 Bread Street, Edinburgh EH3 9AL.
Years 1, 2 and 3 will meet there at weekends; Introductory Days and follow-on Introductory Days will be held there; as will teacher training days; graduate workshops; First Aid workshops; Shiatsu evening classes (for beginners); practice classes (all levels); a new Monday evening Oriental Relaxation class; Seated Shiatsu courses for massage therapists, hairdressers and others; drop-in Seated Shiatsu lunch-time and evening sessions; and even more!
Located centrally off Lothian Road, The Shiatsu Centre is handy for Edinburgh's Haymarket and Waverley Stations as well as the bus station. Many buses serve Lothian Road, and numbers 24 and 2 stop outside on Bread Street. There are three big car parks and meters nearby, with free parking on Sundays.
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Introductory Courses
We are currently taking bookings for our Introductory Workshops on Saturday 24th April, 8th May, 10th July, 7th August, 14th August, 21st August 2010.
Our Introductory Workshops are a fantastic opportunity to learn Shiatsu massage skills to benefit yourself, family and friends.
All teaching has been totally engaging. I like the balance brought by the different styles of teaching.
Please contact us for more details or to book a place.
Times: 10.00 am–5.30 pm
Cost and Payment:
£55 per person. £100 for two people booking together.
Application forms and payment need to be sent and received no later than a week in advance prior to the workshop
For more information or to book a session, please contact us – 0131 229 0724
Shiatsu touch for parents and children
Workshops for adults and children to give and receive Shiatsu massage to each other. Shiatsu techniques can be taught for specific conditions/difficulties/illnesses that the child may be experiencing.
Mondays:
10.30-11.30 am Toddlers (3-5 years)
2-3 pm Early school age (5-7 years)
4-5 pm Older Primary age children (7-10 years)
All classes:
£7 for one child and one adult attending together.
Come along and join us!
The aim of these workshops is for adults to be confident about their natural skills in giving acupressure massage to children; and to show how children can instinctively give effective massage themselves.
Shiatsu involves gentle pressing and stretches, helps you feel very relaxed and gets your energy flowing, making you feel better. You do not take your clothes off for Shiatsu.
The teacher, Tamsin Grainger, has been giving and teaching Shiatsu for 17 years, and her special interest is in working with children and their carers, pregnant women and running baby shiatsu classes. She has two teenagers.
To book, please fill in the application form and return either on-line to admin@tssed.org or by post to The Shiatsu Centre.
You are welcome to phone 07821 264 882 for further information, or to check out:
www.shiatsu.ryoho.co.uk
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Intensive Course for Year One 2009-2010:
We will also be running a day-time, weekday course (Monday-Wednesday weekly) - dates to be confirmed. It will cover the same syllabus and number of hours as our popular Year 1 Course, and is a way of completing the work in a shorter time.
The Intensive course costs £1,720 and to secure a place please send a deposit of £160. Please contact us for further details.
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We offer Postgraduate Shiatsu courses with local and visiting teachers in Mindfulness Meditation, Movement Shiatsu and much more!
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Barefoot Shiatsu classes with Roy Mulholland, Mondays 6.30–8.30pm £14 per class (£36 for 3 classes if booked in advance and paid altogether).
Chi Gung and Barefoot Shiatsu combined in a 3 week course on Monday evenings. Book ahead for all 3 and get a serious reduction.
I teach injury prevention for therapists and artists, abdominal and kidney breathing, ergonomic movement, and have worked with many schools of shiatsu and with some of the leading dancers and opera singers in Italy, all based on Chi Kung and Tai Chi.
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Short certificated courses to learn Seated Shiatsu will be running in 2010. These courses will train you in effective methods of relieving back, neck and upper body pain and headaches.
- A 4-day course for those who have completed Shiatsu Year One or above starts May 19–June 9. Fee: £150. Payable in 2 x £75 installments.
- A 7-day course on Wednesdays (day release) for total beginners starts April 21–June 9 (not including May 5). Fee: £485. Deposit of £200 payable in advance, and £285 by day 1 of the course.
You will be trained to carry out the basic routine and manage this within the business environment, with full anatomy and physiology to cover the upper body.
Please inquire for further details.
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Practice Classes: Thursday mornings 11am - 1pm and Friday evenings 6.30pm - 9pm.
£6 per class. Buy card for 5 sessions and get 6th session free (can be used with the extra classes too, see below). All classes to be booked and paid for one week in advance please.
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Integrating baby-Shiatsu into your work: a course for Baby Massage instructors.
Please contact us for dates of the next course if you are interested.
This 2-day course is designed specifically for baby massage instructors, those who have undergone a baby massage training, and would like to enhance their skills using Shiatsu techniques.
Training days will last from 10am until 5.30pm (12 tutor hours for CPD).
Syllabus
1. Shiatsu
- what is Shiatsu?
- an introduction to Shiatsu touch, including use of Hara, 2 hands and breathing
- the theory of Yin/Yang
- acupressure points for common baby ailments (and self)
- self-shiatsu warm-up (Do-In), digestive chi-gung, and visualisation
2. Practical application
- the difference between baby massage and baby shiatsu
- integration of baby shiatsu into the baby massage routine (using dolls and real babies!)
3. Increasing skills
- the aims of our work
- working with parents/carers
- providing a supportive environment conducive to effective classes
- contra-indications and safety
4. Other
- further study
- book list
- a certificate will be given on completion of the course
- individual follow-up one-hour tutorial included in the price
There will be a practical demonstration of a baby-shiatsu class on day 2.
The cost of the course will be £150 for the 2 days training and a one-hour follow up tutorial at a time of your own choice. The course fee also includes venue, tea/coffee, and attractive course materials.
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