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Shiatsu - Lynn Southham


Lynn Southam, Shiatsu

This therapy is rapidly growing in popularity. Deeply supportive and relaxing to receive Shiatsu can alleviate physical discomfort and address emotional issues. It can help with a wide range of specific conditions and also with more generalised feelings of stress or of being under par.

Channels, or meridians, of Chi flow are treated with gentle pressure and stretching techniques and use of the breath may be incorporated. Principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine are also a consideration. Advice may be offered on simple lifestyle or dietary changes based on this ancient wisdom.

The 3 year Shiatsu training includes anatomy, physiology and pathology as well as Oriental medicine. Each year practitioners have to undertake further training each year to keep their skills updated.

Treatment is received through loose clothing and it is recommended that comfortable, preferably cotton, clothes are worn. A sweatshirt and jogging bottoms are ideal. Treatment is usually given on a soft mat, or futon, at floor level. This is a very supportive place from which to receive treatment, facilitating appropriate gentle manipulation. However, if the need arises, shiatsu can be given on a couch or seated.

Lynn graduated from The Shiatsu College, Bristol, in 1999 and now runs a private practice, offers work-place treatments, and has experience of working with drug rehabilitation patients and adults with severe learning difficulties. She completed her Post-Graduate year in Italy to gain her MRSS qualification.

 

The website www.shiatsusociety.org contains much more information and lists practitioners in other areas.