27/01/2026
Here is a newsletter written by my Sensei/teacher Ken McLean Sensei, recalling a Ki Shiatsu treatment he had recently (see below). Many of my clients can relate to this article from the results they recieved from my treatments as well. This is because of the precision of principles that make Ki Shiatsu work.
And as a Ki Shiatsu practitioner for over 35 years, it is testimony to the highest quality of teaching I received.
I liken Ki Shiatsu to the art of Japanese sword making. This art is also very focusedly precise - because it has to be to attain the highest quality sword making possible.
Anyone that knows the Japanese art of sword making knows how high and precise that standard is - and there is no acceptance of anything less than the highest quality. This has been handed down from generation after generation. There is no maybe or second best.
So it is with the standard of Ki Shiatsu.
I hope you enjoy the article....
"Greetings,
May 2026 unfold for you in positivity, joy and health.
Later in this newsletter will be the Dojo news and upcoming courses.
The other day I was giving a Ki Shiatsu treatment to a man I know from Bronte. He had hip and lower back pain and his usual therapist, a sports physio, after four treatments had not been able to effect change. He thought he would give me a try as I had helped his shoulder heal several years ago.
In Ki Shiatsu we treat not only where the pain or symptom is, but also the meridian (energy line) and associate areas. The associate areas for him were his lower leg and ankle as well as the occipital area at the base of the skull.
I explained to him that in his case, his gall bladder was congested which was the cause of his hip and back pain. I said when an organ gets congested, it seeks to release the excess through the associated areas. Ideally speaking, along with the treatment, it would be good to change his dietary habits to affect his gall bladder so the body doesn’t have to release through the hip and back.
However he loves his food, and is very gregarious so I knew he won’t be changing his diet anytime soon. This means the client is more passive in the process of healing and is basically not taking responsibility in their role of creating the condition. Then the pressure is on the practitioner to alleviate the symptoms without the patient taking a role.
Pain is the symptom. Its like a building where a fire starts, and the fire alarm goes off to let us know there is a fire happening. Then someone comes along and turns the alarm off, the fire keeps raging and the building burns down. It’s important in healing to free the body of pain - the alarm – but also to put out the fire – the cause and its usually coming from an organ. So I gave him his first treatment and then said to him give it a few days for the shifts to take place.
Sometimes if people have built up blockage, then there may be some detox, which is what happened. The next day – his back and hip were slightly worse. He didn’t know about this process so he most likely felt though I’d failed and he was disappointed. I said to him to be patient and the next day the pain had considerably lessened and he was feeling a lot better.
As Ki Shiatsu practitioners we like to do more than one treatment. This is because the first treatment creates shifts and dissolves body armouring (tension) and awakens the deep nervous system. This means then that the person’s “Master Points” come to the surface to be treated. Master points are the special points that each individual has unique to them that relates to their particular condition.
So by the second treatment I treated his Master Points and sent him away. I didn’t hear from him for a few days and then I received a phone call with him effusively praising my healing power as there was no more pain and he was moving freely once again. He praised this treatment as the best he’d ever received.
Ki Shiatsu is a Holistic Art and energy science based on the universal principles of life medicine. It is a great way of supporting the process to deeper health and wellbeing and physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
In Shiatsu we don’t call it a form of massage. A practitioner is called a Ki Shiatsu therapist or at an advanced level a Ki Shiatsu Healer. The person who receives, doesn’t receive a massage but rather a deep treatment on several levels.
Wishing you every happiness."
All the best,
Ken McLean
Sensei of Shin Sen Dojo
