“Stages of Life” – Using the Connections between Development and Meridians
Much of Oriental Medicine focuses on working with the Qi, activating and balancing the homeostatic functions of the body. This often means trying to change old patterns that resist change. But there is a deeper way of working that recognises constitutional patterns and loosens them rather than trying to change them. This facilitates archetypal developmental processes, which spontaneously find new ways of being and acting that are consistent your nature.
We work with several models of human development as well as the infant movements central to Movement Shiatsu. One is Erikson’s eight psychosocial stages, another is the Eight Shields system of collaborative community. The latter is especially useful in Movement Shiatsu because it gives value to the capacities of each stage. This relates directly to how Movement Shiatsu sees an individual, where the energy and genius of each part of the body and mind are seen as equally valuable. Even the problematic areas!
Erkison’s model is useful because he defines the challenges met at each stage of development. In working with a client, it is often useful to gauge what stage of development a person has reached in their life. Movement Shiatsu gives specific tools for helping people to learn the lessons of their current phase by relating the psychosocial challenges to the development of physical capacities. If you have been stuck in a phase of development, moving into the next stage usually liberates a great amount of energy, and we will be providing space for using that energy in creative ways and helping you to use it to take charge of your life.
What Can You Expect
We will be working with touch, Wolfson voicework, breathwork, movement, artwork, dance and spontaneity. The course is open to everyone, but you need to have experience of self-development work, take responsibility for your own exploration and be willing to take emotional risks. This is not a therapy group but a mature space for deep exploration.
The Postgraduate Certificate in Movement Shiatsu & Inner Qigong
If you are a practising therapist, you can use this course as the major contribution to receiving our well respected Postgraduate Certificate in Inner Qigong and Movement Shiatsu. To qualify for this you also need to attend our series of four online masterclasses and either the New Year Inner Qigong weekend or be a subscriber to our Qigong classes.