Shonishin for Shiatsu Practitioners

Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring Shonishin ~ a gentle, non-invasive Japanese technique traditionally used in pediatric care. This workshop is perfect for Shiatsu Practitioners looking to expand their skillset and integrate new tools into their practice.

Shonishin is a Japanese word meaning “children’s needle therapy”. It is suitable for all children from newborn to puberty as well as teenagers and adults with very sensitive nervous systems or an aversion to inserted needling. Shonishin was developed in Japan in the 17th and 18th centuries and has gained popularity over the last fifty years thanks to the gentle, non-insertive techniques and easy to apply treatments.

Shonishin treatments consist of a basic, whole body routine as well as specific tapping or rubbing techniques for particular ailments. Often these treatments are taught to the parent or caregiver to apply at home. 

What You’ll Learn: This workshop will introduce the whole body treatment and fundamental principles of applying shonishin in a way that you will be confident to add them to your shiatsu practice and expand the range of people you can treat.

There will be some shonishin tools available to purchase on the day. If you already own a Shonishin tool, please bring it along.

About the Facilitator:

Elizabeth Keen is a registered practitioner of shiatsu, acupuncture, and kampo. She has been in professional practice since 2007, starting her career in Traditional East Asian Medicine training at the Australian Shiatsu College in 2004 followed by a certificate in Toyohari, a highly refined form of Japanese Meridian Therapy and then Kampo, the Japanese method of practicing Chinese medicine. She completed a Bachelor of Health Science – Chinese Medicine at Southern School of Natural Therapies in 2013 and makes regular visits to Japan to continue studying with her teachers, including many from the blind tradition of meridian therapy.

She is a member of the Chinese Medicine Registration Board, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, the Toyohari Association and the Australian Natural Health Association. Elizabeth is currently Vice President of the Australasian Branch of the Toyohari Association (ABTA) and a member of the ABTA teaching faculty.