After many months of negotiation and work with the Belgian authorities, the Belgian Shiatsu Federation (FBS) has succeeded in obtaining a NACE code to designate the trade code for Shiatsu. Eurostat has just confirmed acceptance of the Belgian proposal to allocate a...
From February 21 to 23, 2025, the European Shiatsu Federation is organizing the 1st Shiatsu Symposium, which will be an essentially political meeting, in Brussels. Its aim is to discuss the politics, organization and development of Shiatsu at European level. To this...
On the weekend of September 28-29, the Spanish federation (APSE) and one of the Italian organizations (COS) jointly signed a memorandum of intent concerning the mutual recognition of Shiatsu diplomas between their two organizations. Achieved under the auspices of the...
For some time now, June has been International Shiatsu Month, with a host of events. First of all, the Shiatsu Without Borders branch of the ESF is organising Shiatsu Without Borders Month in June 2024, with two events not to be missed: On 2 June 2024 at 6pm GMT / 7pm...
This is great news for the world of Shiatsu. We have just learnt that, after a long period of work, the company has just completed level 6 of the EQF (European Qualification Framework) system on 10 April 2024. This long-term project is supported by the European...
C’est un tout nouveau site simple et puissant qui est sorti cette semaine. La Fédération Européenne de Shiatsu fait peau neuve. Publié en 4 langues, il regroupe 10 organisations nationales d’Europe. Il renvoie notamment vers ses nouveaux projets et sites web que sont...
As every year, the International Shiatsu Congress will be held online. This year, from 2 to 23 April, France is the guest of honour, with four teachers who are well worth a visit. Fanny Roque (also President of the FFST) will be presenting Shiatsu for people with...
After being downgraded in the European professional codes (NAF code in French or NACE code in English), Shiatsu was relegated, depending on the country, to a "catch-all" code (96.09) with "bar hostesses", tattoo artists and other astrologers, which greatly harmed the...
A new shiatsu association is born in Poland! This is great news for the European shiatsu community. Congratulations to the Polish Shiatsu Association, which received its official birth certificate earlier this week.Karolina Kowalczyk and her husband, Karol, are the...
From 30 May to 2 June 2024, a Shiatsu Summit will be held in Vienna on the theme of trauma treatment. Organised by Mike Mandl, the event will feature the leading specialist in Shiatsu and trauma, Mihael Mamyschvili. For more information and to register, visit the...
