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School of BodyMind Shiatsu
BodyMind Shiatsu Practitioner Program
WHAT YOU LEARN
The Most Comprehensive Shiatsu Program In Washington Shiatsu is a Japanese word which has two parts: shi meaning finger and atsu meaning pressure. BodyMind Shiatsu is an integrative form of Shiatsu that combines anatomical Shiatsu, meridian Shiatsu, Zen Shiatsu and the 5 element energy transformations as they apply to the emotions. BodyMind Shiatsu uses direct pressure touch on specific anatomical and meridian points to assist healing. The BodyMind Shiatsu Practitioner Program is 324 credit hours. We teach you Shiatsu pulse assessment, whole body matwork, how to work with emotions and emotion release, and specific treatments for chronic pain, colitis, high blood pressure, whiplash, sciatica, low back pain and much more. The BodyMind Shiatsu Practitioner Program teaches you to practice Shiatsu without pain to the client and with ease to the practitioner. Because of its integrative nature, this program leverages your ability to provide assistance to your self and to your clients. The elements of the program, described below, combine to create a synergy that is greater than the sum of its parts. Energy Work and The Energy Perspective The BodyMind Shiatsu Practitioner Program teaches you to use energy rather than muscle to assist the healing process. Getting The Energy Perspective is a process that involves increasing your sensitivity and your intuitive understanding of healing energy and the actions that direct it. This process takes some time. As you practice pulse assessment and energy flow through the body's meridian pathways, you begin to feel the results of specific pressures on specific Shiatsu points. Your energy sensitivity expands. The joy of learning BodyMind Shiatsu includes seeing and feeling indisputable evidence of your healing capabilities. Practicing BodyMind Shiatsu balances your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual energy as you work. It is like doing Tai Chi while you are giving a massage. The person practicing BodyMind Shiatsu receives energy benefits from every session he or she gives. Balance Breathing and Macrobiotics Balance Breathing is a health practice that teaches you how to assess the condition of your personal energy and apply apropriate breath interventions to bring your energy into balance. Macrobiotics is the practice of using specific foods to balance your energy. Both practices are taught as a part of the BodyMind Shiatsu Program. As you work with them, your ability to assess energy and embody The Energy Perspective increases. Anatomical Zen Shiatsu: Whole Body Matwork Anatomical BodyMind Shiatsu applies specific pressures to the body's anatomical structures to move blocked energy and promote healing. Anatomical Shiatsu includes and integrates both Namikoshi and Zen Shiatsu (Masunaga) in the practice of Whole Body Matwork. Matwork is Shiatsu done with the freedom of movement available on a mat placed on the floor. Meridian Shiatsu The ancient Chinese identified energy flow channels through the body called meridians. Meridian BodyMind Shiatsu teaches you the location and use of 361 specific points on 12 bilateral and 2 unilateral body meridians, meridian stretches, how to use the 12 wrist pulses to assess the condition of the meridians and how to create touch applications that assist the energy flow through the meridians. BodyMind Shiatsu and Emotion Release BodyMind Shiatsu pays particular attention to the role that emotional holding patterns play in the development of tension, pain and disease. The BodyMind Shiatsu Program teaches you the 5 element Energy Transformations from Chinese Medicine. With this foundation, we show you how to balance the five emotions (grief, fear, anger, joy and love) by releasing emotional holding patterns during the BodyMind Shiatsu session. The Case Study Program: Embodying What You Learn Embodying what you learn makes what you are learning literally available at your fingertips. The Academy's Case Study Program gives you the supervised practice that helps you embody everything you are learning. This powerful part of your experience at the BodyMind Academy teaches you how to schedule clients and provide continuity of care as you observe each individual's progress through five sessions. How Your Training Unfolds Your first term at the Academy is called the Personal Healing Term. During this term, the focus is on your own healing and what you bring to the process of becoming a BodyMind Shiatsu Practitioner. The second term is called the Transformational Term. During this term, you will notice all the changes occuring in your body, your mind and your life as a result of what you are learning. The third term is called the Professional Term. Here, you get the opportunity to practice being a professional BodyMind Shiatsu Practitioner while you are still in school. During your first term, your case study clients are chosen from among your classmates. Your Term 2 and 3 case study clients are chosen from people who are outside of your class. Your Final Project Report gives you the opportunity to discover and explore an area within the practice of BodyMind Shiatsu where you are called to make a contribution. Your Final Project Report and your completed Case Studies place you on the fast track to establishing a successful BodyMind Shiatsu practice once you have graduated. Establishing Your Professional Practice In order to practice BodyMind Shiatsu professionally, you will need to receive a massage license from the state of Washington if you do not already have one. We recommend completing the massage program at the Academy in order to satisfy all the state requirements to get your massage license. It is possible to take both the massage and Shiatsu programs at the same time. For more information about the Academy's massage program, please click on Massage under Programs on the upper left side of this page. The BodyMind Massage and Shiatsu Practitioner Programs make a powerful combination. They work together to teach you how to deliver healing touch modalities to those who are called to work with you. Completing these two programs gives you two of your required certifications for your Holistic Health Practitioner Degree. Only one more certifications is required. You can choose between Fitness & Nutrition Consulting & BodyMind Trance Breathwork. Please see below for a listing of specific learning areas and scheduling information for the Shiatsu program. The BodyMind Shiatsu Practitioner Program Terms of Study & Practice: Term 1: THE PERSONAL HEALING TERM: Energy Sensitivity, Anatomy, Meridians, Energy Assessment Balance Breathing; The Body's Meridians; meridian stretches; The Head, Neck and Shoulder Treatment; Whole Body Matwork; pulse assessment; Meridian/Muscle correspondences; Seated Shiatsu; the client interview; diet assessment; building trust skills. Term 2: THE TRANSFORMATIONAL TERM: Emotion Release Work Recognizing unlocking chronic tension patterns; the treatment plan; five element energy transformations; releasing emotional holding patters; treating chronic physical and emotional pain; Conception and Governing Vessel energy flow system; the central channel; Hara assessment and treatment; Spinal Shiatsu; Cross Body Balancing; Whole Body Shistsu Treatment. Term 3: THE PROFESSIONAL TERM: Specific Treatment Work BodyMind Shiatsu Tablework; specific treatments for neck pain; whiplash injuries; high blood pressure; asthma; colitis; rheumatoid osteo arthritis; low back pain; sciatica; migraine headaches; carpal tunnel syndrome; menstrual imbalances; fibromyalgia; chronic fatigue syndrome; depression anxiety disorders; immune system disorders and much more. Scheduling Information BodyMind Shiatsu is a 324 credit hour program. Please call us for the schedule of the next BodyMind Shiatsu Practitioner Program!
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