2008 courses
- First Aid — 16 February 2008
- Katherine Hall — 15/16 March 2008
- Michael Rose — 24/25 May 2008
- Dinah John — 19/20 July 2008
All workshops confer a CPD accreditation certificate for those who require it, and are suitable for graduates of a part-time, 3-year Shiatsu course.
fees
The First Aid course is £55.
Each weekend course is £85.
how to apply
To apply, please download, print out and fill in the postgraduate application form, and send it to us along with a non-refundable deposit of £25 for each of the courses you wish to attend.
The remainder is to be paid on the Saturday morning of the
course.
Please send completed application form with cheque made
payable to 'The Shiatsu School Edinburgh' to:
The Administrator
The Shiatsu School Edinburgh
PO Box 23613
Edinburgh
EH6 8ZB
You will receive written acknowledgement of your application.
First Aid with Focus Training
These training days will cover various topics - from practising CPR & dealing with unconscious persons, through to heart conditions, breathing problems and much more. You will become confident to give effective emergency treatment before professional help arrives. The course includes a certificate which is valid for 3 years and a First Aid Manual.
Ruth Anderson & Lynne Bates run Focus Training, delivering practical, dynamic courses giving plenty of hands-on experience
Spirit of the Points with Katherine Hall
This weekend is an opportunity to look at the Spiritual and Emotional aspects of the Points, exploring their often very beautiful names e.g. Gate of Hope, Residence of the Will, and the layers of meaning and function therein. The aim for the day is to be stimulating and interactive, and for students to leave with new insights and ways of enhancing their Shiatsu practice.
Theory and practical work will be included, and written handouts, with booklist, with be provided. The focus will be on a number of Points and Point combinations, which have strong emotional and spiritual associations. 'Well', 'Stream', 'River' Points and 'Connecting' and 'Master' points are looked at, also 'Gate', 'Window', 'Dragon' and 'Ghost' Points, and the 'Virtues and Transformations of the 5 Elements'.
There will be time to share your own experiences of Points in Shiatsu.
Katharine Hall MRSS(T) has been a registered practitioner since 1991, after training with the Shiatsu College, London. She has done workshops with Bill Palmer, Michael Rose, Ohashi, George Dellar, Nick Pole, Giovanni Maciocia and Bob Flaws. Katherine qualified as a Shiatsu Teacher in 1999, and is keen to support students on their Shiatsu journey, and to participate in the development of integrated health care in the UK.
Katherine's Shiatsu Practice is based in Harley Street and Northamptonshire. She works with a broad range of clients privately, at the General Hospital Northampton and with MIND. She also works as the Shiatsu Rep. on the Regulation board for Prince of Wales Foundation. She teaches principally for the Shiatsu College, Hastings, as well as private workshops and Adult Ed. in Northants. She is a member of the Shiatsu Society Assessment panel.
Practicing and teaching Shiatsu and energy awareness, informs Katherine's work, as does Psychology which she studied at London University.
The Chinese written character representing crisis is made up of the characters for danger and opportunity. This is how Katherine sees illness. She aims to provide deep relaxation and promote healing by offering insights to clients on their physical and emotional conditions, and rekindling hope and inspiration in a relaxing and supportive environment.
The essential qualities of Shiatsu healing with Michael Rose
Michael Rose is interested in the development of the essential qualities of shiatsu healing, its enjoyment, and its spirituality, through a strongly earthed approach, well tested in clinical practice. His teaching aim is to help the student/ practitioner, whatever their level, to increase the sensitivity, power, quality and taste of their shiatsu experience.
Michael Rose initially studied shiatsu with Yuichi Kawada, in London and Paris,
and with Zen Master Reuho Yamada in San Francisco.
He was then most fortunate to study with Master Shizuto Masunaga for one year in
Tokyo, where he received his graduate diploma in 1979.
He has been practising and teaching shiatsu for thirty years, teaching
extensively in the U.K for many of the major schools, and internationally.
His work is strongly influenced by the Sufi and Zen traditions, and by his
interest in music and martial arts.
His main interest is in the development of the essential qualities of shiatsu
healing, its enjoyment, and its spirituality, through a strongly earthed
approach, well tested in clinical practise.
His teaching aim is to help the student/ practitioner, whatever their level, to
increase the sensitivity, power, quality and taste of their shiatsu experience.
Pain with Dinah John
In TCM terms, pain is associated primarily with Stagnation of Ki, differentiated by Excess or Deficiency patterns, and coloured by the Causes of Disease (e.g. Heat, Cold etc). In terms of the physical body it manifests differently according to which systems are affected (e.g. digestive, nervous etc). In Shiatsu terms, pain varies according to the vibrational qualities of the meridian functions affected (e.g. intake/elimination, circulation/protection etc), and on which vibrational level the disharmony dominates (e.g. physical, emotional etc).
Dinah John BA, MRSS(T) was first introduced to Shiatsu in 1985 by Clifford Andrews. She went on to become his first graduate, continuing to study with him and to practise alongside him at the Shiatsu Centre in Norwich since 1990. She is now a Post-Graduate teacher for the Shiatsu College and Principal of the Shiatsu College Norwich. Her other main teachers include Pauline Sasaki, Carola Beresford-Cooke, Nicola Pooley and Paul Lundberg. She's a popular teacher, invited regularly to schools on the Continent as well as in the UK, where her clarity of presentation and her enthusiasm are widely appreciated.
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