by fabian.bastianelli | Apr 25, 2023 | Meditation, Phylosophical reflection, Shiatsu
“It is not easy to sit on a cloud when you have decided to stay upright inside yourself” (Daniel Meurois) This sentence is taken from the book of joshua. Even if the book is far from the practices of shiatsu and Zen, for me, it brings together on its own the...
by fabian.bastianelli | Apr 25, 2023 | Shiatsu
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...
by fabian.bastianelli | Apr 25, 2023 | 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...
by fabian.bastianelli | Jan 17, 2023 | Shiatsu
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...
by fabian.bastianelli | Oct 14, 2022 | Shiatsu
In the previous article, I told about the meeting of an ovum and a spermatozoon, the cellular engendering and the development of the energy circuits appearing in the first hours following creation. In this article, I will try to take you to the way in which...
by fabian.bastianelli | Oct 14, 2022 | Shiatsu
Sit down, take a deep breath. Feel the air entering your nostrils and inflating your lungs. Exhale. Feel your body. Let him relax on each exhale. Imagine. A caulked cell deep in the uterus. A cocktail of hormones which stirs, which agitates it, which triturate it,...
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