Shiatsu can sometimes guide a person from childhood and only become his or her life path much later in adulthood. That’s the whole personal story of Toshi Ichikawa. Now teaching Toshiatsu in Paris, he is one of the masters who touches people with his simplicity, his...
Interviews
Interview of Hiroshi Iwaoka: founder of myo-energetics
Among the masters I meet from time to time, there are some who seem straight out of a manga by Jirō Taniguchi. Calm, smiling, quite humble, a quiet force emanates from him that nothing could shake. His delicate manners remind us of old Japan. Yet, his career was...
Interview : Wataru Ohashi, founder of the Ohashi Method
Is it still necessary to introduce Ohashi sensei? He is one of the famous Japanese masters who has spread Shiatsu around the world. But if his technique is known, his career is significantly less. This interview allows to better understand who he is, where he comes...
Ivan Bel, on a quest for Shiatsu
For once, Ivan Bel slides over to the other side of the microphone and answers questions from his long-time friend: Pierre-Emmanuel Canon. An Asia-roaming backpacker for 25 years, Chinese speaking, serious reader and passionate about Shiatsu, Ivan Bel is also a...
Interview: Mike Mandl, organizer of the 2017 Shiatsu European Congress
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...
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...
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...