Relieving chronic pain, injury, ailment, and stress. Treating causes not symptoms, to improve quality of life.
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Recognised by LAYA Healthcare
Registered Member of The Association of Neuromuscular and Massage Therapists (ANMT)
Registered Member of the Complementary Therapists Association (CThA)
28/04/2026
Your body is always looking to reorganise and heal. The gentle treatment of Amatsu helps guide you to reduced pain and increased quality of life.
To book your appointment, DM directly here, call/text 0877608901, or email info@dundanuamatsu.com.
24/04/2026
We've evolved our natural systems over a millennia.
Modern life sometimes overloads our systems.
Its at these times we need to reflect on whether we are being true to the patterns of our nature 💫
17/04/2026
Our systems follow pattern recognition. Do the same thing - it learns and adapts to that.
Want change?
Change the pattern.
10/04/2026
Returning you to the patterns and flow of yourself
03/04/2026
What you repeat, your body and mind follows.
Today can be a different pattern.
01/04/2026
New month - same body and mind
If things like tension, poor sleep, stress, or pain have been building to the point where you notice it, things won't change just because the calendar has.
Things can change with the right help. Let April be your month.
26/03/2026
Most people I see with long-term pain say the same thing:
“I’ve had this for years. It just doesn’t go away."
It might ease for a few days, but then it comes back again for no apparent reason.
At that point, it’s rarely just about the original injury. What’s changed is how the system is responding.
Sleep, stress, past load, recovery – all of it shapes sensitivity and processing in your system. Over time, the system can become more reactive. More protective. Quicker to trigger pain. That’s why it can still hurt
even when nothing new has happened.
This doesn’t mean the pain isn’t real. It means the system has become more sensitive in how it processes signals between the body and the mind. Knowing this changes how you need to think about it.
Changing the condition of the system, changes the patterns of the system.
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Amatsu therapy is a modern adaptation of a physical therapy that has been used for thousands of years in Japan. It is based on ancient principles of natural movement and can be used to help many musculoskeletal and lifestyle related conditions, as well as supporting the restoration of general health and well being.
For thousands of years, the Japanese Ninja (Shinobi) warriors practiced their martial art fighting skills alongside an ancient orthopaedic healing therapy called ‘HichibukuGoshin-jutsu Ryu’. Within this covert organisation, healing practice knowledge was passed down from Master to student through the secret “Amatsu Tatara” scrolls. The current holder of the scrolls is Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi, receiving his Shinobi training from Tosh*tsugu Takamatsu (1889-1972), who is recognised as the last of the battle-tested Shinobi Masters.
Amatsu was made known to the outside world in the 1980’s, when Dr.Hatsumi made the decision to train three European martial arts practitioners. Between them, Dennis Bartram, William Doolan, and Chris Rowarth had backgrounds in osteopathy, chiropractic, psychotherapy, physiotherapy and natural medicine. Developing Dr.Hatsumi’s eastern healing art teachings into modern western medical frameworks, Amatsu training schools were later established in Ireland, the UK, and Europe.
As a unique therapy modality, Amatsu adopts a whole-body approach, identifying and treating the source of injury, illness, or ailment, and not just the symptoms.
In ancient Irish history, ‘Danu’ is the oldest of all Celtic goddesses and could be seen as being Mother Earth. In the Irish Gaelic language, a ‘Dún’ is a Fort or place of safety. Bringing the modern adaptation of an ancient Japanese healing modality to a calming healing space in County Kildare, Dún Danu Amatsu Clinic aims to bring balance and peace to body and mind.
Dún Danu Amatsu Clinic is a registered member of the ‘Association of Neuromuscular Physical Therapists’ (ANMPT), and is recognised by LAYA Healthcare for Client rebates.