When you touch one thing with deep awareness,
you touch everything.
— Thich Nhat Hanh

My understanding of Shiatsu

A healing touch is not taken for granted today. Therefore, any kind of bodywork is about building trust in order to allow the physical contact and letting it go. Only then Shiatsu can achieve its full effect and "restore" the body. Shiatsu does not take anything away, nor does it add anything. It just tries to balance the body and remember it as it was in the beginning.

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Despite the love for my Carinthian home in the south, I decided to stay and work in Vienna after my graduation in business administration at WU Wien. Since 2008 I have been working at the National Environment Agency Austria in climate change and mobility projects.

I discovered Shiatsu due to my migraine and was fascinated how much it helped me. After three years of studying I became a Certified Shiatsu Practitioner in 2017 (Manus) and founded my own business.

Up to the diploma we completed about 300 practical lessons. The Tao teachings of the Far East, the origin of all things, the principles of Yin and Yang, the 5 Elements of transformation of TCM, the meridian system and anatomy and how we work with it in Shiatsu were taught. A healthy diet according to TCM was also part of the curriculum.

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I try to give my clients therapeutic add-ons from other disciplines. Stretching exercises for self-care, nutritional tips or kinesiological taping have proven particularly useful here. I want to convey the possibilities for self-therapy, since in general it is all about health care.

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By February 2019 I’ve finished a 200h Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher Training with the great teacher Michael Sidhamo Johnson (Vibrantly Alive Yoga). Also in Yoga you can focus on therapeutic aspects along the meridians and not understand it as a pure fitness program. Elements of Ayurvedic Yoga Massage were also part of the program.

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What my clients like about me is my uncomplicated nature, a cheerful charisma, warm hands, a "good" pressure during practicing and the mindfulness with which I get in contact with people.

Shiatsu has absolutely enriched my life and if I had to decide again, it would be it!