Unless you travel to Austria to practice shiatsu, you can't know Mike Mandl. Yet, he is an experienced practician, a passionate professor, a man recognized for his shiatsu even in the Vienna hospitals. But above all, he is a man full of fire who organized the last...
Ivan Bel
Interview: Jean-Marc Weill: the passer of passions
Jean-Marc Weill defines himself as a mere passeur. Yet since I’ve known him for years, I can say he excels at passing on his passion for Shiatsu and oriental medicine. A polyglot teacher and educational director of the Shiatsu school in French Guiana, he works in...
Interview: Diego Sanchez, Shiatsu at heart
Diego Sanchez is a Uruguayan Shiatsu teacher with a rich and original career in this discipline. But what marks the most when you meet him is his kindness, his vitality and his belief in Shiatsu. He traveled South and North America as well as Europe to learn the...
Interview: Mike Mandl, organizer of the 2017 European Shiatsu Congress (ESC)
If you don't travel to Austria to practice Shiatsu, then you probably don't know Mike Mandl. However, he is an experienced practitioner, a passionate teacher, a man known for his Shiatsu even in the hospitals of Vienna. But above all he is a man full of fire who is...
Is there a tradition in Shiatsu
In 2017 an exciting conference was held about traditional Shiatsu vs modern Shiatsu took place, at the Shiatsu European Congress [1]. The purpose of the discussion was to highlight the differences between the roots and the evolutions of Shiatsu nowadays and whether...
Tal Badihi: an autism specialist
Tal Badihi! Remember this name, because he is one of those who is rising in the international Shiatsu panorama. Tal is an Israelian shiatsu practitioner (now based in London) who specialized in autism treatment. From the outset it will be recognized that it takes...
Bill Palmer: the master of Movement Shiatsu
When you think about Shiatsu in England, two names immediately come to mind: the East-West Center and Bill Palmer. It is this giant of English Shiatsu that we have the great pleasure to present you: longtime teacher, co-founder of U.K. Shiatsu Society and a passionate...
The “Gate” points in Shiatsu
The "Gate" points are generally known to Shiatsu practitioners, but they are not perceived as forming a therapeutic family by themselves. This is an omission, because these points can be of great interest to all practitioners. Let’s rediscover those exciting group of...
Interview: Tzvika Calisar, founder of Seiki Shiatsu
It is during a world tour that Tzvika Calisar decides to go to Japan. He is 23 years old and no money in his pocket. He is suggested to work in Tokyo and here he is on a plane for Japan. What he doesn't know at that time is, that his meeting with Shiatsu will change...