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Office Hours:  Monday-Friday 10am-3pm  215-340-9918  learnshiatsu@gmail.com




Open house May 12-13 Brad's Raw Chips, Pipersville Join us for free Mini-sessions of shiatsu! 11-4:00



June 30-July 1   Intro to Shiatsu, Beginner's Weekend. Learn the Whole Body sequence to improve health and wellness. If 70% of illness is caused  by stress, then shiatsu is the restorative solution!

 


Check out shiatsu...

  1.  Attend open house  or recieve a shiatsu from ISS staff
  2. Take Intro to Shiatsu 
  3. Complete application & interview 
  4. Complete enrollment form
  5.  Register for level one: evenings, weekends or Mondays
  6. Schedule your practice clients: ask all your family, friends and biz associates

Clinic & Open House:  June 2, July 7, August 4, Sept. 9  Call 215-340-9918 to make appt. 9:30-3:30  $35 for 50 minute session.



Beginner's Weekend Intro to Shiatsu:
  
June 30-July 1 ,  July 28-29,  August 11-12,  Sept.  8-9, Sept. 29-30   Note: you must be able to kneel and crawl on futon mats on the floor.
Special evenings schedule June 6-27th  7-10pm
Shiatsu relieves stress, improves body systems,  learn the Whole Body, a sequence for health and wellness.  $289.00 
 

Shiatsu for the Massage Table:  Sunday-Monday $260. To be scheduled

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2012 Shiatsu Level One:
Meridians & Assessment 
     July-August Tues & Wed evenings July 10-August29  and 4 weekends: July 14-15 & 28-29,   August 11-12 &  25-26. Evenings: 7-10pm and Weekends 9:30-5:30

      


2012 Shiatsu Level Two:  Adapting Shiatsu & Reproductive system, TCM & Macro  100 hours
   June 9-10, June 23-24, June 30-July 1,  21-22, August 4-5, 18-19, 25-26  8:30-5:30

Fall Level Two:  September 15-16  -December 15-16 2 weekends per month 8:30-4:00


 2012 Shiatsu Level three Masunaga  Extended Meridians 100 hours
  Weekends: May 19-20, June 2-3,16-17,23-24, July 7-8,14-15, 26-27-28-29

 Fall level three: Sept.15-16 through Dec. 15-16 2 weekends per month


Level Four: Shiatsu Practioner Program,  428  hours 2 weekends per month for 18 months
Revised Schedules, call to verify dates.
OMT:  Next course is Jan. 2013
Business: TBA


Clinic: Every first Saturday for 18 months, $820.  100 hours  9:00-5:30
Clinical Skills:
    Ethics, 2 days  $220.
    Communicating with Clients, 2 days  $220.
Business Skills
,     $330.
Physiology: Revised Dates    May  19th 10 am exam
Healing Foods, Macrobiotics 12:30-3:30   $69.  May 19 Summer Foods

Advanced Techniques:

      Structural Alignment   next Jan. & March 2013  $495 per session 10-5:30
      Shin Tai, June 8-10  $330  10-5:30
      Hara & Conception Vessel, June 16-20  $220 for Hara only,  $595 for all of CV
      Zen Shiatsu  October  $440 
      Fascia For Bodyworkers  September $440.

Sciences:
 Physiology in session
  Anatomy   Fall 2012   $890.00
  OMT Spring 2013  $960.00
Ethics,  $220.00
Communications, $220.00
CPR First Aid  $95.00
NJ Laws for Massage Therapists $144.00


Saul Goodman's Advanced courses open to ISS graduates and health care  professionals. See the schedule below and check Saul Goodman's website for other locations and dates.
www.shintaiinternational.net

2012 Doylestown ISS schedule:

Structural Alignment TBA  $495 each session.

Governing Vessel & the Spine July 26-31 2012  $595. 36 CE hours

Central Channel 3 parts TBA

 Shin Tai June 8-10, 2012  $330 for Level 4 students

Conception Vessel & the Hara, June 16-20, 2012

Proprioceptive Exercises, TBA $175.00


 


Continuing Education Courses:
**NCBTMB
CE   approved provider
Open to all Bodyworkers, Massage Therapists, Yoga Instructors with base of 300 hours
Early registrations are required to be sure  class takes place.

  Intro to Shiatsu  9-4:30 $289.00  12 CE hours

LaStone Hot & Cold Stone with Kay Shoda ** 30 hours $639.00  if registered by June 14th. As of June 15th full tuition of $695.00   July 17-20, 2012

Thai Massage Foundation (Intro)   Instructor: Barb Panno TBA
    review day June 27 1:30-4:30 $44.00

              Thai Level Two October 13-14 & Oct. 27-28th  $495.00

Reiki I Evenings  June 6 & 13th  7-10pm  $110.00  Susan Watson

         Reiki 2, Evenings July 11,18, 25, August 1st   7-10pm
  $210.00
              Reiki Master class Falll 2012  $800.00

Reflexology June 3,9,10 9-5:00 $295.00

Shiatsu for the Massage Table,  TBA  $260.00

Shiatsu for the Massage Chair, TBA

Acupressure Facial, TBA


 

 

 

Welcome to Shiatsu...

Are your ready to be part of the Natural Health Movement? Guide your family, friends, and clients to a healthier life, with less stress. If  the majority of  illness is stress-related, imagine what shiatsu can do to improve the quality of life for all people.

 

Shiatsu training in Doylestown, PA  prepares graduates for a career as a shiatsu practitioner. Shiatsu,  shiatsu massage, and Asian bodywork therapy  all refer to  the  use of thumb or finger pressure on meridian pathways  to balance the body's energy system. In many places, shiatsu is considered a form of energywork. 

 

 

 

  Shiatsu relieves stress, low back pain, digestive pain, and headaches. It helps with fertility and reproductive issues. How does it work? Shiatsu moves stagnant energy, removes blockages and creates balance in the body's energy systems. By applying firm pressure to energy points, the flow of chi or life force is restored. Shiatsu practitioners facilitate this change. The body then begins to heal itself. All major systems begin to improve: digestion, respiration, circulation, elimination, immune system. The receiver of shiatsu begins to feel more empowered and more responsible for small changes. So over time, the body feels rejuvenated, calmer and more energized.

 

 

 

 

  Continual stress leads to pain and illness. Ignoring the body's signals for sleep, exercise, good nourishing foods, and equally nurturing relationships cause more stress and more illness. People who realize the importance of change seek shiatsu as a framework to help them make changes in their lives. Imagine having the skills and expertise to help individuals make better choices every day.   Do friends and family  come to you for suggestions?  Do you like working with  people?  

Learn this life-enhancing skill that will become  a way of life-not just a career. Feel energized, relaxed and  empowered! Develop  your own specialty and set your own schedule.  Help clients re-connect with their real energy.

The International School of Shiatsu  has been training excellent shiatsu practitioners since 1977.  Shiatsu is energy-based therapy, using pressure from hands and palms to balance the flow of chi in the body. Courses are based on the theories of Masunaga Zen Shiatsu, Kushi Macrobiotics,  & Saul Goodman's  Shiatsu Shin Tai. 
Students from all parts of the world study & practice shiatsu.  If you have a desire to help others and to improve your own life,  study shiatsu! If you've never experienced a shiatsu, attend our clinics or find the nearest ISS graduate and feel the difference in your own body.  Shiatsu considers the whole life story of the receivers, nurturing each individual to live at their optimal levels.

Our
Shiatsu school's

 

mission:
         1. Train, nurture and support our students while developing their skills to     become excellent practitioners of Shiatsu and Shiatsu Shin Tai.
         2.  Provide on-going training and support in advanced bodywork.
         3.  Provide the experience of Shiatsu to the general public. 
         4.  Educate the public to improve wellness and lifestyle choices.
         5.  To provide a training program for teaching assistants.
         6.  To train, nurture and support  teachers of  Shiatsu.

 

 

 

Shiatsu is an energy-based  therapy that originated within the Asian Healing Arts. It incorporates the theory of acupuncture which proposes that energy, known as "Chi" ( or "Ki") moves through the body along well defined passageways called meridians. Creating balance in these energy flows is considered to be essential for health and well-being. Shiatsu,  which involves application of pressure on energy points and energy pathways,  has been found exceptionally effective for stress-reduction, reducing fatigue and alleviating a wide spectrum of symptoms.

 


Shiatsu Shin Tai, created by Saul Goodman, releases deep stress patterns within the body and recovers life force energy, allowing the client to live more fully in the present.  Saul's courses are available to bodyworkers who have completed a minimum of 300 hours of study.

Why study Shiatsu?
Shiatsu offers an antidote to our stress-filled  lives. Touch is essential to life! The faster the pace of living, the more exhausted we become. We live on adrenaline,
Our fast paced society has immediate access to all forms of communications, yet people find their lives empty, their careers unfulfilling. They seek more from life, not sure how to find it.  There is an overwhelming need for bodyworkers who are the catalyst for change. By bringing the receiver's attention to their bodies, people begin to seek  healthier lifestyle choices.  


 

 Who studies Shiatsu?
Anyone interested in energy work, seeking change may be attracted to shiatsu.
Students,  ages 18 to 73, from  many varied backgrounds find shiatsu a powerful protocol for transformation.  In the Beginner's Weekend, Intro to Shiatsu, students learn to apply palm and thumb pressure following the basics of the whole body outline.
They  learn an ancient technique for self-development as well as theory and philosopy of shiatsu.   Reiki Practitioners, massage therapists, yoga instructors and martial arts students often choose to add shiatsu to their practices.


Students of Martial Arts, who are already familiar with the concept of energy, seek to learn the healing qualities of energy.  Yoga instructors, nurses, physical therapists, and teachers are attracted to shiatsu and find many ways to integrate the material to enhance their current career path.

Continuing education hours are available for those who need NCBTMB hours for renewal of licenses. Contact the school for available courses. Check with your association to be sure they'll accept our CE hours.

 click here to see our complete course listing.

Open House
:
    
Come to visit Shiatsu Center and the Doylestown.  Observe the students and  feel the energy in the classroom.   Ask questions and share some time with the current students. Bring your family too.   As our thank you, you'll receive one free session at the clinic.  Future appointments in student clinic are  $35. Reservations required as we limit the number of observers.  215-340-9918. 
contact us.

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Time commitment:

 The Shiatsu Program is 700 hours. Students may take  one course at a time or take several courses in one semester. By taking intensive format courseses, it may be  possible to complete the first part in seven months.  Depending on your background, it  may be  possible to complete the entire program in 19 months or less. However, the information is intense and most students take 24-30 months.

  The Foundation Program,  300 hours, of shiatsu technique, hands-on practice,  development and refinement of skills. If started in January, it is possible to take all intensives and complete this program in 7 months. Students receive a certificate for completion of Foundation Program.

The Practitioner Program creates a nurturing  environment where  students refine skills, learn advanced techniques, and gain clinical experience and professional confidence.  This level requires 18 months; courses are usually on weekends and some weekdays.

Some students require a longer period of time for studies, please see the Director of Admissions to select the best schedule for your needs.

  Housing:  Students are responsible for  their own arrangements for housing. Request the local housing list. We recommend that students make housing arrangements as early as possible. 

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