SUMMER 2019 - ISSUE 150 ISSN-2045-3590 shiatsu society journal Shiatsu in Europe • Legal Status • Compare Schools & Training • Personal Stories SUMMER 2019 SHIATSU SOCIETY JOURNAL From the Editor his Summer edition of the Shiatsu Society Journal is full Above, the European Shiatsu Congress team 2018 to the brim with information about Shiatsu in Europe. T I invited practitioners and teachers to write about Shiatsu and Germany, and how Spain, Greece and Norway in their country - about schools, individual practice and post- organise themselves, finding strength in working together. graduate training. Underlying this is the increasing Europe-wide contraction amongst the medical community who are unsure of the For many years the Shiatsu Society (UK) was the largest public’s embrace of our healing art. I have compiled a brief member of the European Shiatsu Federation (ESF), however list of contacts from the countries who are not represented in 2016 the decision was taken to leave (for financial and here in more detail, but it needs to be added to if it is going other reasons). That same year, just over half the British to be in any way comprehensive - it’s a start! people who answered the referendum question, ‘Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European English is not the first language of most of these writers and Union or leave the European Union?’ voted ‘Leave’. Since I would like to acknowledge the time and care they took in that time I have been travelling from country to country writing for us. meeting Shiatsu practitioners and others who are honestly We have a lot to learn from each other and we have much baffled by these outcomes and have quizzed me about to share. I hope that you will be inspired and stimulated the reasons. It has been hard to explain because it seems to reach into Europe, showing and receiving solidarity illogical to them and me. They ask: ‘Why did that happen and inspiration through making connections with our when we have so much in common’, ‘Surely we are all counterparts there. interested in Shiatsu being part of European legislation’, ‘What is wrong with open borders and free exchange?’ We also have obituaries of Katherine Hall and Igg Welthy, I have always leaned towards sharing, communicating and both respected practitioners, and we are bringing you up to networking, and so the theme for this Journal was born. date with the stirling work of our very own Board, elected by us and working tirelessly on our behalf. Thanks, as ever, I would like to see more, not less, understanding between to them. people in what I think of as OUR Shiatsu community. Being amongst the 500 strong attendees of the Viennese European Shiatsu Congress in September 2017, I was Tamsin Grainger strengthened and excited by the commonality and our FwSS sheer numbers. In these pages you will read practitioners’ personal stories from the Czech Republic, Croatia and Italy; how the approach to teaching Shiatsu varies in Germany and Austria; the burgeoning Shiatsu scene in France 2 SHIATSUSOCIETY.ORG SUMMER 2019 SHIATSU SOCIETY JOURNAL Contents News Shiatsu In France 4 European Shiatsu Congress 2020, Member letter and CPD 21 Focusing on the body Alain Tauch Shiatsu in Austria - The Beginnings, the Present Board News 5 and the European Dimension 23 Dr. Eduard Tripp and Chris McAlister The International Hara Academy Shiatsu In Greece 8 An example of an Austrian Shiatsu school 24 Panayiota Polychroni-Giannino and Kyriaki Frantzi Mike Mandl Shiatsu Touch in Croatia - The space where Shiatsu In Spain 10 soul find its peace and true home 26 A spirit of unity and a diversity of approach Svetlana Maksimović Brian Carling Shiatsu in the Czech Republic Shiatsu In Italy 12 Darja Havelkova 28 A path for inner evolution Serena Cellini Obituaries Shiatsu In Germany 14 Ian (Igg) Welthy, Katharine Hall 30 Between tradition and modernity Dr. Andrea Kleinau Shiatsu In France Shiatsu In Norway 16 A silent revolution 33 Plenty of room for potential Bernard Bouheret Ane Grimseth A journey into French Shiatsu Shiatsu contacts in other European 19 Focusing on the body 34 countries Catherine Dompas Cover - Europa, Greek goddess. 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Grainger possible, send your submissions Send your text and a rough layout SHIATSUSOCIETY.ORG 3 SUMMER 2019 SHIATSU SOCIETY JOURNAL The 6th European Shiatsu Congress will be in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on 4, 5 and 6 September 2020 he organisers are aiming for 500+ Shiatsu therapists Health in a video which can be found on YouTube Tand students over the 3 days - a mix of nationalities, (Search New Concept On Health). and a range of female and male teachers representing different styles - both local celebrities and international Their goals are: stars, some recognised and some new talent! The entire • To celebrate Shiatsu together Congress will be in English. • To professionalise Shiatsu The theme for the Congress is Positive Health • technical skills and Shiatsu knowledge The ESC 2020 theme is Positive Health. It encompasses • entrepreneurship a broad view of health, one which is no longer • ability to communicate what Shiatsu is and considered as a static condition, but rather as the dynamic ability to adapt and to manage one’s own has to offer wellbeing, including how to cope, adapt and self- • To increase the visibility & recognition of Shiatsu manage. In addition to medical conditions, ailments and within (Dutch) society disabilities, the concept of Positive Health also covers • general public dimensions such as social participation, quality of life and daily functioning. Machteld Huber, the Dutch creator • public health care organisations of this definition, explains what she means by Positive • complementary health care organisations Member Letter CPD challenge: Grassroots Shiatsu Workshops and Working in Hospitals Hi, I’m a member of the Shiatsu a lot of people I would never see in In your opinion, what Society and am starting to run some my private practice. I would love to is the significance Grassroots Shiatsu Workshops, open extend this into some kind of clinical of a European to the public. The next one is at the trial working on ‘pre op’ patients (like Positivity Centre on 7 July in Burnham, the work Diego Sanchez does). I have organisation and a near Slough. I would be very grateful a friend who works for NHS Trust and common European if as many people as possible could she is trying to help me. I am more curriculum for help me publicise this. than happy to share my experiences about working in hospitals with Shiatsu? I have been working at the Royal other Shiatsu Society members. Dr. Eduard Tripp and Berkshire Hospital in Reading for Can anyone support me with this? about 3 years, offering Shiatsu to Chris McAlister staff. It’s a great arrangement and Fiona Carlson. [email protected] has widened my client base - I see 07958543320 4 SHIATSUSOCIETY.ORG SUMMER 2019 SHIATSU SOCIETY JOURNAL Shiatsu in Austria The Beginnings, the Present and the European Dimension By Dr. Eduard Tripp and Chris McAlister he beginnings of Shiatsu in Austria date back to Tthe late 1970s, and at that time training courses were less extensive and less structured. It was not until the autumn of 1993 with the foundation of the Austrian Shiatsu Association (ÖDS), that professionalism, in the current sense, emerged. Seven training providers came together to create Dr. Eduard Tripp is binding structures within this joint foundation.