thedevonschoolofshiatsu

2010/2011 COURSE PROGRAMME

�� Three Year Diploma inShiatsu (part-time)

�� Introductory Workshops

�� Post-Graduate Coursesfor CPD

�� Courses ratified byUK Shiatsu Society

25th Anniversary!

Contents1 The School

What is Shiatsu?2 Shiatsu as a Career

Who studies Shiatsu?The Learning Experience

3 Our Courses and QualificationsGaining a Diploma in Shiatsu

4 Introductory Shiatsu Weekends6 The Foundation Year7 The Year Two Course8 The Year Three Course10 The Teaching Team11 The Administration Team12 Downloads from our Website

Getting in ContactLocation of the SchoolDirections

13 Registration & Information Request Form

The SchoolWelcome to the Devon School of Shiatsu programmeof courses for 2010/2011. The school was established by OliverCowmeadow in 1985 and was one of the very first schools in theUK offering in depth shiatsu training. It has the ideal setting forstudy, based in its own rooms in a converted barn and stable a fewmiles from Totnes, a mainline railway station, in peacefulDevonshire countryside.

In its training the school places great emphasis on thedevelopment of compassionate and healing hands-on work. Theeffectiveness of this bodywork is made greater by thoroughteaching on how to give clients recommendations on dietary andlifestyle changes, and specific exercise programmes.

We believe the personal development of students is essential in training mature andcompetent practitioners, and we use tutorials and class workshops to support the emotionalgrowth of our students. There is ample opportunity for students to ask individual questionsand get personal support from the teachers and teaching assistants present in every class.

The school has gained an excellent reputation for its in-depth teaching on how to approach awide variety of health problems with shiatsu, fully preparing students for a busy clinical practice.It has trained many successful graduates, with established practices across the UK and theworld.

We have a strong and dedicated teaching faculty who are all engaged in clinical practice, andour students regularly express what a life changing, enjoyable time training in shiatsu has been– making new friends, finding a new vocation in life, learning about themselves and helpingothers along the way.

Oliver Cowmeadow

What is Shiatsu?Shiatsu has its roots in the ancient tradition of Oriental Medicine, and developed in the lastfew centuries in Japan. Since its introduction to the West in the 1970’s, shiatsu has becomemore and more popular, and it now stands as a respected complementary medicine. Itsapproach is both in-depth and very effective for a wide range of health problems.

Shiatsu understands the human being as a system of energy (traditionally called Ki) thatcirculates in channels called meridians. These meridians have physical, psychological andspiritual functions. In shiatsu we contact the Ki and restore its natural flow by applyingpressure with the hands, thumbs or elbows and with simple stretching and movementtechniques. This can relieve many physical ailments and bring about healing on an emotional,mental and spiritual level.

As well as giving symptomatic relief for health problems, shiatsu also looks for the source of aproblem within a person and the way he or she is living their life. Addressing this deeper levelcan then bring about a deeper healing. Shiatsu is also used preventatively, by improving aperson’s underlying health and reducing their chances of becoming ill in the future.

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Oliver Cowmeadow.

The Learning ExperienceThe aim of the school is to train and develop people to the highest standard to bring physical,emotional and spiritual healing to themselves and others, creating deep and lasting health andhappiness. To achieve this we:� Offer a comprehensive training, that has been in development for 25 years since the

school’s beginning in 1985.� Have an established teaching team with many years of experience as shiatsu practitioners

and teachers.� Give a thorough clinical training in how to help a wide variety of health problems through

hands-on shiatsu, including Western anatomy, physiology and pathology of common health problems.

� Have a strong emphasis on students’ own personal development, both in class teaching and through personal one-to-one tutorials.

� Place great emphasis on developing deep, compassionate touch, to make profound contact with clients that has great healing benefits.

� Give comprehensive training in recommending dietary changes, specific exercises and life changes to promote the healing of many common health problems.

� Teach how to use basic counselling skills in your relationship with clients.

� Have our curriculum and exams ratified by the Shiatsu Society, the largest professional body for Shiatsu in the UK, enabling easier entry onto its professional register.

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Shiatsu as a CareerLife as a shiatsu practitioner offers independence and flexibility in your working life, the rewardof helping others heal and an everlasting path of learning about life and health.

Some practitioners work from a special room set aside in their home giving them flexibility inworking times, and others work in natural health centres or other clinics, with the convenienceof having support and tailored premises.

Your clinics can include private practices, charities, palliative care and corporate organisationsand opportunities within the NHS are also increasing.

Shiatsu is increasingly being used in hospices and centres for people with addiction problems,autism, HIV / AIDS and other specialised needs.

Who Studies Shiatsu?People from a wide variety of backgrounds choose to study shiatsu, for example nurses andmidwives wanting a more hands-on and intuitive approach to health, yoga teachers, massagetherapists who are interested in taking their bodywork to a deeper level or people whoalready practice a complementary therapy such as reflexology or aromatherapy or people whohave raised a family and now have time to devote to a new career which fits with their familycommitments.

Past students have also come from a wide range of backgrounds such as stone masonry, thenavy, sales & marketing and education. The primary focus has been wanting a new challenge inlife and a practical and hands-on approach to helping others.

Our Courses and Qualifications

Introductory Shiatsu Courses We hold regular Introductory Shiatsu coursesover one weekend here at the school, one day workshops and evening classes are heldin Exeter and other towns in the south west of England. These are ideal for learning thebasics of shiatsu, or for finding out if a career in shiatsu is the right choice for you.

Our Three Year Professional Training Course is part-time, with tuition onweekends approximately once a month. It is divided into a Foundation Year, Year Twoand Year Three courses.

Post Graduate Courses are run regularly offering Continuous ProfessionalDevelopment (CPD) to all shiatsu graduates (graduates of the school and other schoolsand colleges) to deepen their understanding and practice of shiatsu and to learn newtechniques and areas of work.

All courses include a healthy vegetarian wholefood lunch.

Gaining a Diploma in ShiatsuOn completing the three years of training you are awarded a Diploma in Shiatsu (Dip.Shi)the recognised professional qualification for practicing shiatsu, and are entered onto theschool’s Register of Practitioners. As the school’s theoretical and practical training andassessments have been ratified by the Shiatsu Society, you will also be entered onto theirregister of graduates.

After gaining a diploma, graduates may enter a ‘Post Graduate Year’ with supervision, togain full practitioner status with the Shiatsu Society (MRSS).

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Introductory Shiatsu WeekendsThese courses are ideal for anyone wanting to find out more about shiatsu; manypeople also use them to decide if they want to study shiatsu as a career on our ThreeYear Practitioner Training course.

Practical and hands-on

� Exercises to experience the ‘Ki’ or life energy that we use in shiatsu.

� Feel the healing Ki in your own hands and in another person.

� Learn to give a simple full-body shiatsu which you can give to friends and family.

� How to develop your own energy centre called ‘hara’.

� Learn how shiatsu can be used as an in-depth practice for your own self-development.

� An introduction to the classical meridian system.

� Find out more about our three year professional training in shiatsu.

2010 August 28th & 29th

2011 February 12th & 13th

May 21st & 22nd

FEES: £95 including extensive course notes andwholefood lunches

Please register either by emailing info@devonshiatsu.co.uk or by completingthe registration form on page 13.

“Thorough and practical – nowasting time and very immediate. A great grounding in the basics.”

Hele

Release of longheld emotionslike grief, anger or deep sadness.

Promoting a healthypregnancy and childbirth

Muscular-skeletal problemsand digestive disorders

Clinical Applications of Shiatsu

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The Foundation YearThe emphasis of this course is on learning the fundamental theory and practical skills of healing withshiatsu. Please request the full course details by emailing info@devonshiatsu.co.uk or download from thewebsite www.devonshiatsu.co.uk/documents/index.

The Foundation Year can be taken on its own as self development, or form the first year of the diplomacourse. At the end of the Foundation Year you can then decide if you want to continue with Years Twoand Three.

Who is the course open to? Anyone who is interested in a career in complementary medicineand healing. No prior experience is required.

AimsBy the end of this course students will be confident in giving shiatsu to a wide range of people, for generalrelaxation and healing and the relief of minor health problems. Many students also experience real shiftsin their own health and life during this year.

Your ChoiceWe have two identical intakes for the Foundation Year course, one running from September to Juneand another from April to March. Tuition consists of 10 weekends, some of which are three dayslong, and an additional Clinic Day, a total of 27 days tuition or 180 hours of teaching.

Foundation Year September 2010 intake2010 Sept 25 & 26; Oct 22, 23, 24; Nov 27, 28.

2011 Jan 7, 8, 9; Feb 5, 6; Mar 4, 5, 6; Apr 1, 2, 3; Apr 29, 30, May 1; Jun 3, 4, 5; June 25, 26.

Foundation Year April 2011 intake2011 Apr 16 &17; May 27, 28 29; July 16 & 17; Sept 9, 10, 11; Oct 8, 9; Nov 11, 12, 13; Dec 9, 10, 11.

2012 Jan 20, 21, 22; Feb 17, 18, 19; Mar 17, 18.

Fees: £1975 (monthly instalments available) Including lunches.

Outline Course SyllabusBackground to Shiatsu: The history and fundamental principles of shiatsu.Practical Principles for giving Shiatsu: based on movement of Ki to contact and heal on an energeticlevel.Full Body Shiatsu Techniques: in prone, supine and side positions. Integrating the use of pressure,movement and stretching.Adapting Shiatsu Treatments: to individual’s unique physical and mental condition.Basic Oriental Medicine Concepts: Tao, Yin and Yang, Ki and its production in the body, Shen and Essence.Five Transformations: five stages of energy flowing in nature and human life and health.Diagnosis: Study of Kyo and Jitsu and their appropriate treatment.Exercises: for developing sensitivity to Ki and hara.Subtle Anatomy: the location and functions of the 12 classical meridians and the actions and uses ofthe major acupressure points.Physical Anatomy: study of the muscular-skeletal and connective tissue systems.Oriental principles of Food Energetics: to understand balanced and healthy eating.

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“This is a thorough, rigorous and challenging three years. I haveenjoyed it and although it has not always been easy I feel I havereally achieved something worthwhile at the end of it. It haschanged me and my attitude to my life and health for the better”

Alex

The Year Two CourseOur Year Two course is open to students who have completed the school’s Foundation Year or equivalentstudy elsewhere. Please request the Year Two course details by emailing info@devonshiatsu.co.uk ordownload from the website www.devonshiatsu.co.uk/documents/index.

AimsStudents will be able to make a clear Oriental diagnosis, give appropriate and effective shiatsu treatmentsto a wide range of people and treat a variety of health problems. A total of 29 days or 190 hours ofteaching including two Clinic Days.

2010 Sept 3, 4, 5; Oct 2, 3; Nov 5, 6 7; Dec 4, 5.

2011 Jan 14, 15, 16; Feb 25, 26, 27; Mar 25, 26, 27; May 6, 7 8; Jun 10, 11, 12; Jul 2, 3.

Fees: £2095 (flexible payment options available - including lunches)

Outline Course SyllabusIn-depth Diagnosis: including visual, listening, questioning, back and hara diagnosis.Shiatsu Technique: working with Kyo and Jitsu. The nervous system response method. Hara Development, Knee Walking, and transitions for moving around the body.Zen Shiatsu: Introduction to Masunaga’s theories on shiatsu and his extended meridian system.Listening & Communication Skills: to enhance building rapport with clients and givingbasic skills for working with the emotions.Western Physiology: of all the main systems of the body.Food Energetics, Diagnosis & Dietary Recommendations: using Five Transformation theory to givedietary, emotional and lifestyle recommendations for specific health problems.Yu and Bo points: for diagnosis and treatment, including a review of spinal anatomy.Subtle Anatomy: Conception and Governing Vessels.

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“I entered this training with an open mind and leave convinced bythe power of shiatsu to bring together and heal on an emotional,physical, mental and spiritual level. What a gift to give to others.Thank you.”

Sacha

The Year Three CourseOur Year Three course is open to students who have completed the Year Two course or equivalent studyelsewhere. Please request the Year Three course details by emailing info@devonshiatsu.co.uk ordownload from the website www.devonshiatsu.co.uk/documents/index.

AimsStudents will become competent and confident Shiatsu practitioners able to diagnose, treat and heal awide range of clients. There is a particular emphasis on clinical training, to fully prepare students forprofessional practise. A total of 31 days or 210 hours of teaching including two Clinic Days.

2010 Sept 18, 19; Oct 15, 16, 17; Nov 19, 20, 21; Dec 17, 18 19.

2011 Jan 28, 29 30; Mar 12, 13; Apr 8, 9 10; May 14, 15; Jun 17, 18, 19; Jul 8, 9, 10; Jul 20.

Fees: £2150 (flexible payment options available - including lunches)

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Outline Course SyllabusThe Practitioner-Client Relationship: Our responsibilities and professional ethics, common reactionsto treatments and how to respond to these.

Setting up in Practice: building a client base, promoting yourself, fees, time boundaries.

Diagnosis: using the Five Transformations and integration of all diagnostic methods in practice,including making a clear self-diagnosis.

Pathology: principles of oriental pathology, progression and depth of disease.

Revision of Zen Shiatsu meridians: location, functions and use.

Theory of Touch: in-depth treatment of body areas. including neck, spine, abdomen, shoulders andknees.

Specific Treatments & Recommendations: for common reproductive, skeletal and muscular, nervous,immune, respiratory, circulatory and digestive problems.

Intuitive Diagnosis & Treatment: working with emotional realease, through hands-on bodywork anddialogue with the client.

Supervised Clinic: working on the public under a teacher’s supervision.

Western Pathology: of common problems encountered in a shiatsu practice.

Shiatsu for a Healthy Pregnancy and Birth: including use of extraordinary meridians.

Muscular Injuries: how to speed up recovery and heal shock and trauma held in the body.

Oliver Cowmeadow, the Principal, teaching back in the early 90’s and also the present day.

Class of 1992 Class of 2009

Devon School of ShiatsuCelebrating its 25th Anniversary!

The school has been training Shiatsu Practitioners for 25 years, withgraduates now working across the UK and in many countries in otherparts of the world including New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, France,Canada and the USA.

The Teaching TeamOLIVER COWMEADOW is the Principal of the school, which he founded in1985. Oliver is a Registered Teacher with the Shiatsu Society and a certified DietaryCounsellor and teacher of Oriental philosophy and medicine with the Kushi Institute. He has studied with many of the leading teachers of shiatsu and Oriental medicine inthe West, notably Michio and Aveline Kushi, Wataru Ohashi, Shizuto Yamamoto, DennyWaxman, Saul Goodman, and Pauline Sasaki.He has been teaching shiatsu courses in the South West since 1984, is the co-founderof the International Macrobiotic School and Holistic Cooking School and is the authorof four books on shiatsu and the Oriental approach to health.

JEAN NETHERWAY is a graduate of The Devon School of Shiatsu, and a ShiatsuSociety Registered Teacher. All her working life, Jean has been involved with improvingpeople’s health, originally with the NHS as a Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer. Havingbecome dissatisfied with the limitations of orthodox medicine she studied Shiatsu to beable to work with individuals from a holistic approach. She is deepening herunderstanding of food and lifestyle changes with study at the International MacrobioticSchool, from which she will graduate in 2009.

KATE BURFORD trained at the British School of Shiatsu-Do and has been part oftheir teaching team since 1994. She is a teacher member of the Shiatsu Society andregularly sits on their assessment panel. She is a past chair of the Shiatsu SocietyAssessment Committee and currently an editor for the Shiatsu Society News. Kate has abusy practice and with a yoga teacher, runs workshops for pregnant women. Kate lives inPenzance with her partner and two young children.

ALEX TURNER is a graduate of the Devon School of Shiatsu and member of theUK Shiatsu Society. He is one of the course tutors for the Shiatsu Foundation Yearsand is an Oriental exercise teacher at the International Macrobiotic School. He hastaught Shiatsu and Tai Chi in the adult and community learning sector since 1997 andruns introductory courses around the south west of England.Alex has a well established Shiatsu Practice in Exeter and regularly works with PositiveAction, treating those affected by HIV and AIDs. He is a qualified Tai Chi and Chi Kungteacher and has practiced martial arts and Zen meditation for over 20 years in the UKand Japan.

KEITH BELLISS teaches the anatomy on the Foundation Year courses andphysiology and pathology on the Year Two and Three courses. He first trained in SportScience, and has been working at a Physical Rehabilitation Centre since 1990. Hestudied shiatsu at The Devon School of Shiatsu, and now has a private practice as well asusing shiatsu in rehabilitation programmes. Keith has also introduced shiatsu to TheNuffield Hospital Exeter.

SARA HOOLEY has been teaching shiatsu since 1989. She trained with the ShiatsuCollege in London and taught for them for five years before moving to Exmoor. She is aShiatsu Society Registered Teacher and teaches on the Year Two Course. Sara was amember of the Shiatsu Society Assessment Panel for four years and is still assessing forthe Society.

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WENDY MORRISON looks after our Marketing and Promotion Department.Wendy worked in the IT industry for many years in Manchester but then changeddirection to study acupuncture at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine inReading. She now combines her work at the school with busy acupuncture practices inBuckfastleigh and Torquay.

RUTH JENNI is our Office Manager. Amongst administration skills, Ruth has hadan array of experience including being a Greenpeace researcher, advising onalternative funerals and drum circle facilitation. Her interest in ComplementaryTherapies began 15 years ago before the birth of her son.

The Administration Team

Graduation Ceremony Students enjoying Do-In exercises

Getting in contactThe Devon School of ShiatsuThe Coach HouseBuckyette Farm, LittlehempstonTotnes, Devon TQ9 6NDTel. No.: 01803 762593Email: info@devonshiatsu.co.ukWebsite:www.devonshiatsu.co.uk

Location of the SchoolThe school is 3 miles from Totnes, close to the A38 and approximately 30 minutesdrive from Plymouth or Exeter. Totnesrailway station has regular trains fromLondon (under 3 hours) from Bristol andthe north of England.

DirectionsFrom Totnes take the A381 to NewtonAbbot. After 2 miles take the turning leftsignposted to Littlehempston, just beforethe Pig & Whistle Inn. In Littlehempstonyou will go under a railway bridge andthen over a stone bridge - turn rightimmediately after the two bridges, into aroad with a telephone box signposted toStaverton. After 3⁄4 mile you will pass twoturnings on the right and then come to aturning on the left through a gateway intoBuckyette Farm. Go up the driveway andyou will see the car park to your left.Directions to the school are also availableon our website:www.devonshiatsu.co.uk/Location&Directions.htm

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Download from our Website:www.devonshiatsu.co.uk/documents/index

Shiatsu & You is our bi-annual newsletter which aimsto raise the awareness of Shiatsu and the symptoms andproblems it can help to heal.

Foundation Year Course Details outline thestructure and content of the first year of the Diplomacourse and gives potential students a practical picture ofthe learning experience and the school’s ethos.

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Registration & Information Request FormPlease use this form to book a place on an Introductory Shiatsu Weekend, or to request theCourse Details for the Foundation Year course. The Course Details can also be sent by email -please email your request to info@devonshiatsu.co.uk.

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