Micheal Rose Weekend, the heart of Shiatsu
November 25, 2009
Thanks to Gina for inspiring me to finally finish this post even though the actual weekend was awhile ago!
Needless to Say, Micheal Rose rules!
So a fantastic weekend with Micheal Rose. Which was very inspiring.To start at the end, I had to thank him for bringing us to the Heart of Shiatsu , because that’s what I got out of the weekend most. The guy had such a presence, something akin to Bill Palmer. I imagine Chris Jarmey was and Carola Beresford Cook is, the same. I see these guys as the second generation Shiatsu Masters, it feels like they are much nearer the source of origin somehow and this is combined with a sense of in – the momentness that I feel comes from years of self-development and commitment to a spiritual path (Bill’s tibetan Buddhist I believe although I could be wrong and Micheal’s is Sufism both of which I dig but I’ve nver bee a joiner so far!).
What I have gained from doing workshops with both of these guys is not so much of the practical techniques or ways of doing things ( which were amazing) but more of a feeling, inspired yes, but more of a quality, a sense of integratedness and I say it again ‘ presence’ is this what people mean by ‘transmission’?
I have to say the rest of the weekend was reassuring and kinda earthshaking. Micheal get’s down to the essence of Shiatsu, the qualty of touch, bringing the elements into your quality of touch and usingg these to balance out the Ki in the body, like a pieece of art or music, a real quality of the Shiatsu.
Now I had been becoming fairly mechanical in my Shiatsu and far too obsessed with Chinese Medicine theory and points. Coming from me this sounds like blasphemy! I strongly believe in the TCM roots if feel it’s important not to get too far away from it, but , but, this weekend reminded me again what I am , what I do, and this is Shiatsu . I am not an Acupressure person, I am not an acupuncturist masquerading as physical therapy person, I am a Shiatsu practitioner, harmonizing Ki in the body, using both hands, flowing from one area to the next and feeling the quality of the elements in my work and bringing a sense of calm and presence that comes with getting into the Shiatsu space and really being there with the client.
That’s all for now.
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Gina | November 25, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Hello back! Yay for finishing this post and damn if I don’t want to fly across the pond and learn from some of these people directly!
I have to address your ‘blasphemy’.. because I, too, have been struggling with not being ‘clinical’ enough (hence the self-imposed ‘lazy’ description) or TCM enough. It was only after reading the article I referred to in my post that it all finally clicked, and totally validated what I felt to be doing all along. What Mark Silver would call my ‘Jewel’, which I believe to be removing the blocks that allow people to connect with their sense of Oneness, through touch. Through shiatsu.
Yes. Ahh. I feel like I’ve come out of the closet:)
Thank you…for writing this and for the props!
Peace.
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