Gassho, a timeless thank you
Almost all of us are familiar with this Asian sign of thanks and welcome: join hands at chest level and bow. In many Japanese practices, particularly in the martial arts, before interacting with one's partner, one makes gassho, a greeting. This bow is made in a...
The Buddha illusion
The discovery of Buddhism in the West has opened doors to practices such as meditation, yoga, the notion of happiness, and also the philosophy that allows us to re-question our own. We've come to realise that there are many similarities between the East and the West,...
Karma, like a boomerang.
In the great religions of Asia, the law of karma is what is known as the law of causality. In a nutshell, it can be summed up as "action-reaction". This concept carries with it a whole universe of understanding. It's the law of cause and effect: nothing appears...
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
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
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
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
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
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…
“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...
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