Tamworth Shiatsu - Ki Shiatsu

25/03/2026

Times when I really need a hike in nature - plus a good cup of Bancha tea!!

22/03/2026

A GENUINE REASON TO LEARN HANDS ON.. Use it or lose it.

This has become quite dramatic - especially with social media. You cannot become skilled at anything via digital alone. REAL learning comes from being engaged in person, being hands on and applying things in an supportive, constructive environmental space.

Something changed in 2010… and it’s scary.For the first time, this generation may be less cognitively equipped than the one before — and the biggest shift is...

13/03/2026

This relates to all of us. Not just men. https://www.facebook.com/reel/25953205427664599

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03/03/2026

01/03/2026

For those having trouble with the "What to Bring" details - the link is now fixed.

28/02/2026

Ki Shiatsu Introductory Weekend. For those interested in learning or furthering their study in Ki Shiatsu Therapy.
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27/02/2026

It is absolutely staggering how people give up their dreams, their aspirations and their present moments - for money.

I am so grateful I never did. Yes, I have had to survive under extreme circumstances that delayed my dreams. But NEVER did I give them up or make money my master - even when for years it was an overwhelming burden.

Patience, perserverance, conviction, staying true to yourself - even under extreme ridicule and other pressures and circumstances. These are the qualities one should never sacrifice, ever.

Am I still learning? Do I still falter and make mistakes? Yes indeed.

To wait to be myself or to be as fully alive and vibrant as I can? Never.

If you are realising this now - great. Because it is never too late.

Waiting is an illness. It's a trickster. The only time is now - it always was and alweays will be.

Michio advises against selling your life for money instead of pursuing your life’s dream in this clip taken from his 1985 lecture, “Understanding Humanity’s ...

31/01/2026

Health is a discipline of principles that work, of good habits, consistency of unified mind, body and spirit.

31/01/2026

Ki Shiatsu treatments will be available again next week. The move is complete.

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