11/08/2025
An aspiration brought into reality this weekend with Shiatsu Therapy Association of Australia Inc.hosting the fabulous Elizabeth Keen owner Shinma: Traditional East Asian Medicine teaching Paediatric Shiatsu - Shonishin for Shiatsu Practitioners.
I have wanted to learn more about this incredibly gentle and profoundly effective technique since seeing it turn my son’s health around. Ethan was born with very weak lung qi. In fact he was battling pneumonia twice in his first six months. Drs quickly predicted he would be an asthmatic child and loaded us up with steroids, ventolin and preventers. Six months of regular Shonishin treatments with the late Michael Hook, a beautiful gentle and wise practitioner, not only changed that prediction but also our lives forever.
To learn a needle free gentle and yet efective technique for not only children, but for teens, animals and our sensitive clientele was fantastic. Thank you to the inspiring group of practitioners who attended and made the workshop so engaging. We can’t wait to introduce these gentle techniques to our clientele.