Shiatsu is a gentle and powerful Japanese healing art which literally translated means finger pressure.
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Welcome to Nicola Endicott - Healing-ShiatsuShiatsu is a gentle and powerful Japanese healing art which literally translated means finger pressure. Originating from oriental massage it affects the same points and meridians worked on in Acupuncture; but uses a method of gentle pressure through touch, to re-establish flow of energy and well-being.
What is Shiatsu?Shiatsu is a gentle and powerful Japanese healing art which literally translated means finger pressure. Originating from oriental massage it affects the same points and meridians worked on in Acupuncture; but uses a method of gentle pressure through touch, to re-establish flow of energy and well-being.
How can Shiatsu benefit you? Shiatsu sessions bring about deep relaxation and can be experienced as profoundly calming and peaceful. This alone will stimulate your own self-healing abilities.
On a physical level Shiatsu can help with:
- easing physical pains in the back, neck, head, shoulders or joints;
- increasing suppleness in stiff muscles or joints
- improving breathing whether there are difficulties or not
- calming digestive disorders, resolving constipation
- menstrual problems
- conditions arising during pregnancy or post-natally
On mental level Shiatsu can help with:
- decreasing the levels of stress
- uncluttering the mind
- increasing the clarity of the mind
- increasing awareness of mental states
On emotional level Shiatsu can help with:
- decreasing the levels of anxiety
- decreasing frequency of panic attacks
- processing grief
- finding more positivity when depressed
- generally calming any emotions that arise
What does a Shiatsu session involve? A Shiatsu session lasts about 1 hour and is given with the person fully clothed, wearing loose fitting clothes, like a track suit. After an initial talk, the client is asked to lie on a futon on the floor. Generally the practitioner works on the whole body: gentle pressure is applied with thumbs, palms, knees or elbows; some gentle stretching of the limbs and joint rotations also takes place.
At the end of the session, you may be given simple stretching and breathing exercises to help you maintain relaxation and good health outside the sessions. See information on Makko-ho Exercises for more detail on this aspect.
About NicolaNicola Endicott qualified as a Shiatsu practitioner in 1994 with the Healing-Shiatsu Education Centre (Dip HSEC) and became a member of the Register of the Shiatsu Society (MRSS). In 2003 she completed a one year postgraduate course in Shiatsu for maternity care with Well Mother. She now teaches introductory course for midwives and shiatsu practitioners for Well Mother. In 2009 she became a registered Shiatsu teacher with the Shiatsu Society (T).
Nicola has run a private practice for the last 13 years and currently runs practices in Belgravia (SW London) and in Dorking, Surrey.
Nicola has also worked as a Shiatsu practitioner for several charities: the Cancer Support Centre in Wandsworth and the Hoxton Health Group - a unique project offering complementary medicine to the senior citizens.
Before qualifying, Nicola studied Shiatsu for 5 years. Her training consisted of 3 years with the European School of Shiatsu and 2 years with the Healing-Shiatsu Education Centre. Nicola is a member of a regular peer supervision group and is committed to continuous professional development.
Nicola is also an Aikido teacher and is a 2nd DAN black belt.
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