Shin So Shiatsu has transformed the way I practice shiatsu and made my work more powerful. The training  is designed as a post graduate program for shiatsu therapists, but anyone who works with energy and the meridian system will benefit from studying it. I include a short article about Level 1 from Toronto instructor Peter Skrivanic:

Shizuto Masunaga, the masterful shiatsu practitioner and innovator, stressed for his students the importance of meridian diagnosis: once one has obtained an accurate diagnosis, he said, the major work of a shiatsu treatment is complete. Yet for students and practitioners of shiatsu today, meridian diagnosis often appears to be a baffling process that is difficult to perform, and many end up abandoning it altogether.

Shin So Shiatsu solves this problem. The Sensing Energy workshop is the foundation of the Shin So system, and offers an incredible opportunity to shiatsu therapists, acupuncturists and others to take a leap in their ability to sense and work with ki energy. The ki-meridian system contains an enormous amount of information and healing potential that can be deployed in treatments once we learn how to communicate with it effectively. Through the finger test diagnostic method, students learn to do precisely this. With surprising ease, students find themselves capable of sensing meridian flows and locating acupuncture points, as well as diagnosing energy qualities such as kyo/jitsu, or the presence of jaki in or around the body.

The approach disclosed in this workshop offers practitioners distinct benefits: accuracy and depth in diagnosis; increased efficiency and effectiveness in treatment; and importantly, a method to confirm one’s diagnostic findings on the spot. Diagnostic confirmation, unique to the Shin So system, provides therapists a great boost in confidence and helps them to relax and trust their findings. Practitioners also benefit from the theoretical insights of system founder Ted Saito, who meaningfully connects the insights of Masunaga and other researchers with those of the classics of TCM. The Sensing Energy workshop provides the basic tools to assess and effectively treat imbalances in the Regular Meridian system, to locate and clear superficial jaki (bad ki) from patient and therapist, and to locate energetic zones that reflect structural problems in the body. It is foundational to the two other workshops in the Shin So system: ‘Tuning in to Structure: the Extra Meridians and the Treatment of Pain;’ and ‘Tuning in to the Organs: Supporting the Basis of Health.’

Tetsuro (Ted) Saito, the ‘father of shiatsu in Canada,’ studied directly with both Tokujiro Namikoshi and Shizuto Masunaga in Japan. He brought the latter to Canada on several occasions, and after Masunaga’s death in 1981, sought ways to better understand and further develop his teaching. Shin So Shiatsu is the result of Ted’s almost 30 years of ongoing original research, and is groundbreaking not only in the new knowledge that it discloses but in its transmissibility—anyone can learn and begin to apply this powerful system. The Sensing Energy workshop offers a great opportunity to study directly with this internationally-renowned innovator in Oriental Medicine.

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For more information about the Shin So system, visit the website: www.shinso-shiatsu.com/. You can also read a couple of articles on the Sourcepoint website: http://www.sourcepointshiatsu.com/article.html.

Please take a look at my teacher, Ted Saito, demonstrating a simple energetic technique for correcting imbalances in the sacroiliac joint and the pelvis. The results are profound. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsng_CjtcGo