Continuing Professional Education Reports in 2019

For November Jikidenkai, Kiyoshi-sensei demonstrated techniques for treating the abdominal area. We were able to learn how to implement these various methods, as well as practice them on fellow therapists. Kiyoshi-sensei demonstrated how to use palm pressure in a cupping manner rather than using the heel of the palm and with other methods.
It was a great opportunity to exchange abdominal Shiatsu on each other especially since we don't usually get a chance to work with such a large group. Thank you so much Kiyoshi-sensei and to everyone who participated.

We had Haruka Ogata Sensei, she is an instructor and therapist with Canadian College of Shiatsu Therapy. She taught about treatment of pregnant women. We studied the initial, middle and final stages of pregnancy. We also studied the contraindications concerning treatment as well as proper treatment positions. We also reviewed practical knowledge and how to apply it in our clinic.
Thank you so much Haruka sensei!!

We had Hideo Asada-sensei who is a president of Namikoshi Shiastu Association in Mexico as a special guest speaker.
He started teaching us there are several ways of applying pressure. He also told us that therapists need to adjust speed and length of the pressure for each point. When pressure is released quickly at the joint, the bones to move slightly there by relieving tightness and it helps to make body's balance.
It was a great opportunity to learn new things to brush up our skills. Thank you very much, Asada-sensei

We had Satoru Sugimoto sensei who is an Acupuncturist and Athletic Trainer (AT) in Japan.
He taught us that he checks several things before he starts sessions. First of all, he looks at the client's body alignment with sagittal/frontal/transverse planes. In this way, he analyzes the body where is imbalanced and link it to the client's complaints. Thank you very much for sharing great technique, Sugimoto sensei.

We had Shigeru Izawa sensei who is an Acupuncturist and Shiatsu therapist in Japan as a guest speaker and shared his techniques. Izawa-sensei taught us the importance of feeling muscles, paying attention to the direction and angle of the thumb toward muscles, using four fingers of each hand to support the muscle firmly and applying pressure using body weight from foot to arm. We were able to apply stronger pressure without placing excessive stress on the thumb. Thank you so much, Izawa sensei.

We had Manami Miyokawa sensei who is a Shiatsu therapist as a guest speaker. We had a practical skill instruction to soften calf by adjustment of the ankle. First of all, there are four important bases of treatment.
1. Skeleton distortion
2. Tension of the muscle
3. Circulation failure of lymph and blood
4. Excess nervous signal
We check them all, and apply Shiatsu from Gluteal muscles to the ankles. Lastly we adjust the ankle. As a result the calf become soft.
After hearing this lecture, we were reminded the importance of anatomy and physiology again. Thank you so much Manami Miyokawa sensei.

We had Mariko Watanabe who is a Shiatsupractor at Japan Shiatsu Clinic as a guest speaker. She talked about her ten plus years experience as a Shiatsupractor. She had several struggles with her practice but she was able to overcome them.
Also she recommended the practitioners to make it a habit and find out their strength. It was a great opportunity to be useful for future treatment. Thank you so much, Mariko.

We had a shiatsu exchange session this time. We could learn many things through this. It was good opportunity to share our skills. We had so much fun this time and time passed by in a blink.

We had a shiatsu exchange session this time. We could learn many things through this.
It was a good opportunity to share our skills and information. We were also surprised that we still learned new things.

We had Tom Ohashi who is a Shiatsu Therapist as a guest speaker. He talked about how to treat for lower back.
We learned how to evaluate the forward and back inclination of the lower back, and which muscles are effect specifically using a model. It was a great opportunity to be useful for future treatment.
Thank you so much, Tom.

We invited Ms. Naomi Iguchi, who worked as an Athletic Trainer and Movement Coach for 10 years in Japan. She met a unique training approach developed in Japan, which is called "ReaLine Training (Re + Align)", and come to Canada to introduce it. Now she works on her clients with this concept at her studio everyday.
At first, she introduce us what is "ReaLine". Where does pain come from? Once we get it and do the alignment as normal posture or habit, then we can adjust the joint and recover to the normal mortion.
She instruct us what kind of questions we should ask for and how to diagnose.
Her goal is that her clients can keep ideal posture or motions and improvement of performance.
It is so important to find out what causes the pain and how to find it for us, too. It was a great opportunity to get the information!