Tao Shiatsu Treatment

What to expect

A session is approximately 60 minutes for an adult, shorter for a teen or child. A treatment takes place with the receiver clothed, lying on a futon mattress on the floor. All that is needed is to remove the shoes.

A bit of history first. I began shiatsu treatments after a severe attack of back pain. I had to drag my leg on the floor because of the numbness in my leg and ankle. In the first treatment, it was explained to me that this method could be painful. This was right for the first few treatments. Sometimes I even had tears in my eyes from the pain. But at the same time I could not ignore that after 3 or 4 treatments I walked straighter and dragged my leg less. After continuing the treatment, I felt so much improved.

“For years I suffered from severe back pain. I tried medications, all kinds of back braces and supports and nothing helped. When I lost hope, Tao Shiatsu came to my rescue. I got rid of all the other unnecessary medical support that I experienced at times to be harmful. In the last few years, I received an hour treatment of Tao Shiatsu once a week. Over time, on the advice of my practitioner, we reduced the frequency to once every 2 weeks. Obviously, we had to be persistent and conscientious in our commitment to the treatment.

"I discovered Tao Shiatsu 'by accident'. I thought it would be another kind of 'relaxing body treatment'. A short period afterwards, I realized that it is not at all a relaxing body treatment but a highly important method of regularly maintaining the body and the spirit.

Tao Shiatsu helped me to face my physical problems (as pain and illnesses) and also my spiritual distress (as stress and pressure).

Three years ago, I suffered from severe asthma attacks. Every attack was followed by an infection that was treated with antibiotics and cortisone. I heard that Tao Shiatsu treatments could alleviate these attacks. The Tao Shiatsu practitioner promised to try and do her best.