Sei-ki: Doing & Not-Doing

By Alice Whieldon Sei-ki is the name given to his art by Kishi Akinobu.  He was a consummate practitioner of Shiatsu and devoted himself to learning and perfecting the methods of his teachers.  He gained his Shiatsu license from Namikoshi’s school and was...

Introduction to the Enlightenment Intensive 30th November 2019 at the London School of Capoeira, £80 for the day Contact for details

SEI-KI AND CLEAN LANGUAGE

Exploring Resonance Through Words And Touch Nick Pole & Alice Whieldon: in conversationSSJ ARTICLE WINTER 2018/9One's life is conducted by one's spirit…a treatment has to move the spirit to restore wellbeing…In creating a quiet space through a quiet mind and body,...

Soul Medicine

The key to what makes Shiatsu different from most science-based, as well as complementary medical systems, is that it is soul medicine.    The term ‘soul’ is western and can refer to different things in different theological systems; it is used to here...

Kishi Akinobu Sensei (1949-2012)

Kishi Akinobu Sensei (1949-2012)

Kishi by Alice Whieldon & Paul Lundberg​Paris, 1971, the ragged end of Cultural Revolution and a city raw from student protest; a backdrop of Vietnam spiralling to the inevitable crash.  A tired young Japanese man emerges from the dark of Gare de L’Est after...

Women in Shiatsu: Empowering us all

Alice Whieldon and in conversation with Gill Hall​Growing out of the 2017 European Shiatsu Congress (ESF), a conversation started about women in Shiatsu.  Specifically, some people at the Vienna Congress expressed a view that the lack of women on podiums and...

Shiatsu and The Myth of Meridians

This article was inspired by my work with Kishi on our book, Sei-ki: Life in Resonance, The Secret Art of Shiatsu 2011 Singing Dragon.  Kishi worked closely with Masunaga for 10 years before developing his own approach.  While writing the book he looked back...