Category Archives: Inspirations

Ideas for integrating nature’s rhythms into your life – including art, sculpture, and poetry.

Shiatsu for midwives

I always love to hear from people who have attended my courses, as it is important for me what they do after they have studied. I was checking details on my register of practitioners and spoke to Carol Falaki (previously

Shiatsu for midwives

I always love to hear from people who have attended my courses, as it is important for me what they do after they have studied. I was checking details on my register of practitioners and spoke to Carol Falaki (previously

Compassion and judgement

How time flies! I realise I haven’t posted anything in August and now it is the last day! I have been working on my book, writing an article for the Shiatsu Society news (for those of you in the UK  hopefully it

Compassion and judgement

How time flies! I realise I haven’t posted anything in August and now it is the last day! I have been working on my book, writing an article for the Shiatsu Society news (for those of you in the UK  hopefully it

Postnatal shiatsu with refugees

Segolene Cadet, who has just completed her work for the Well Mother Shiatsu Diploma in Maternity Care included some reflections on her work in the suburbs of Paris where she describes her shiatsu with women refuges. I find her work

Postnatal shiatsu with refugees

Segolene Cadet, who has just completed her work for the Well Mother Shiatsu Diploma in Maternity Care included some reflections on her work in the suburbs of Paris where she describes her shiatsu with women refuges. I find her work

Shiatsu post natal avec les femmes exilees

Segolene Cadet, qui vient de presenter son travail pour le Diplôme Shiatsu maternite, a fait des réflexions sur un lieu à côté de paris dans la banlieue où elle a fait une jolie expérience de travail de Shiatsu avec les

Shiatsu post natal avec les femmes exilees

Segolene Cadet, qui vient de presenter son travail pour le Diplôme Shiatsu maternite, a fait des réflexions sur un lieu à côté de paris dans la banlieue où elle a fait une jolie expérience de travail de Shiatsu avec les

The power of Yin

People often say to me that they find the work I teach with the Extraordinary Vessels is very Yin. I agree. It is so much about holding, supporting and allowing the body to connect with its deep inner resources. I

The power of Yin

People often say to me that they find the work I teach with the Extraordinary Vessels is very Yin. I agree. It is so much about holding, supporting and allowing the body to connect with its deep inner resources. I

The Extraordinary vessels and psychological issues

I was teaching a course at the Shambhala Shiatsu School  in Vienna recently and Johanna Garnitschnig, who was assisting me, added a contribution of her connection with the Extraordinary Vessels, where she described their “inner landscape”. I liked the way she

The Extraordinary vessels and psychological issues

I was teaching a course at the Shambhala Shiatsu School  in Vienna recently and Johanna Garnitschnig, who was assisting me, added a contribution of her connection with the Extraordinary Vessels, where she described their “inner landscape”. I liked the way she

Meine Erfahrungen mit der Shiatsu-Arbeit an den außerordentlichen Gefäßen bei KlientInnen in psychischen Belastungssituationen

Ich unterrichtete unlängst einen Kurs in der Shambhala Shiatsu Schule in Wien. Johanna Garnitschnig, die mir assistierte, brachte einen Beitrag über ihre Beziehung zu den außerordentlichen Gefäßen ein, in dem sie deren “innere Landschaft” beschrieb. Mir gefiel die Art und Weise,

Meine Erfahrungen mit der Shiatsu-Arbeit an den außerordentlichen Gefäßen bei KlientInnen in psychischen Belastungssituationen

Ich unterrichtete unlängst einen Kurs in der Shambhala Shiatsu Schule in Wien. Johanna Garnitschnig, die mir assistierte, brachte einen Beitrag über ihre Beziehung zu den außerordentlichen Gefäßen ein, in dem sie deren “innere Landschaft” beschrieb. Mir gefiel die Art und Weise,

The 8 Extraordinary Vessels and the first week after conception: Whole and self contained

I have been busy teaching so apologies for the delay in this next Blog on the Extraordinary vessels and our time in the womb. As so much happens in the first four weeks, I am writing a blog on each

The 8 Extraordinary Vessels and the first week after conception: Whole and self contained

I have been busy teaching so apologies for the delay in this next Blog on the Extraordinary vessels and our time in the womb. As so much happens in the first four weeks, I am writing a blog on each

Happy new goat year

The year of the Yin Wood goat The last few days in the UK have felt very spring like: as well as the snowdrops of Lucy’s blog there are crocuses and new leaves peeping through. The light is changing, the

Happy new goat year

The year of the Yin Wood goat The last few days in the UK have felt very spring like: as well as the snowdrops of Lucy’s blog there are crocuses and new leaves peeping through. The light is changing, the

Like a winter leaf

Here is another poem by Hannah Mackay. She is a shiatsu practitioner in Manchester and wrote a lovely poem about her pregnancy This one is about Yin and resting. Very apt at this time of year, as we can be

Like a winter leaf

Here is another poem by Hannah Mackay. She is a shiatsu practitioner in Manchester and wrote a lovely poem about her pregnancy This one is about Yin and resting. Very apt at this time of year, as we can be