Karma, like a boomerang.

In the great religions of Asia, the law of karma...
Body and poetry

Body and poetry

In body, poetry, Poetry again.   Have you ever tried to put a feeling into words? Water on the skin? The taste of a crushed raspberry under the tongue? The color of bamboo? The sound of the marimba? A hand that caresses you?The language cannot say everything the...

Presence and confidence

Presence and confidence

A few months ago, I was asked questions about the quality of presence of the shiatsu practitioner and the confidence induced. In particular, how to improve the quality of presence of the practitioner (thank you Caroline for starting the reflections). During this...

Moment, present… Ichi-go, ichi-e

Moment, present… Ichi-go, ichi-e

Ichigo ichie, a moment, a meeting.   This expression comes to us from Zen and more precisely from the tea ceremony.   It was highlighted by Sen no Rikyu, tea master, in the 16th century, a period of refinement of Zen. This period was marked by numerous...

Art and love of gesture

Art and love of gesture

Following a previous article on attention just at the moment (Ichi-Go, Ichi-e, a moment, a meeting), I wanted to come back to what exists in all art, all crafts: the passion of Art, the search for the right gesture which could tend towards a certain perfection.  ...

Shiatsu & sport

Shiatsu & sport

I was already talking about it a bit in my presentation: I did and I still do a lot of sport (s).I like to meet training and discover new exploration grounds. I especially need to experiment, to go through my body to understand.I started early enough with athletics...

Portrait

Portrait

My name is Fabian Bastianelli, I was born in 1974 in Belgium.I am curious about life and like to ask questions.Shiatsu is my main activity. I run an integrative therapy center, the Résonances center in Huy (Belgium) in which I practice shiatsu, give meditation...

A matter of posture…

A matter of posture…

“It is not easy to sit on a cloud when you have decided to stay upright inside yourself”   This sentence, by Daniel Meurois, brings together, for me, the internal posture towards which to tend.  The right posture   Certainly, there is the attention to...

The 4 seasons of diagnosis

The 4 seasons of diagnosis

The 4 forms of diagnosis: boshin, bunshin, monshin and setsushin are a mainstay of our practice. When I was at Yoseido shiatsu academy, I often heard Kawada sensei discuss many themes that made up the thought of Japan and the spirit of our practice: Buddhism, Zen, a...

At the roots of shiatsu

At the roots of shiatsu

For some time now, I have noticed a certain dichotomy sometimes going as far as splitting concerning the practice of shiatsu and its breeding ground. These exchanges inflame futile ideological debates but the questioning remains a rich teaching exercise.The root of...

Neither empty nor full. An approach to kyo-jitsu

Neither empty nor full. An approach to kyo-jitsu

When I was a student beside Kawada Sensei, we regularly talked about the Zen that I practice. One day, Kawada Sensei gave me an Hanna Shingyo, the heart sutra, calligraphed in Japan by a monk. This text, much appreciated by the Japanese, is a sort of summary of the...