courses

I started teaching Shiatsu in 1994, and before that taught dance. Please see 'about Tamsin' for more biographical details.

evening classes

I teach adult beginners Shiatsu classes at Leith Community Centre in Edinburgh. These are in terms of ten weeks running on Monday evenings between 7pm and 9pm.

For booking details, please go here.

In these classes you will learn:

• some self-Shiatsu: 'makko-ho' stretches, 'do-in' and 'chi gung'
  
  
• a practical routine that you will be able to practise straight away on your friends and family
  
  
• some basic theory and background to the subject
  
  
• acupressure points for common ailments

one-day courses

These are usually at weekends although they can be arranged for weekdays in your workplace.

They run from 10.30am until 4pm and cost £50 per person.

You will get a great introduction to this Oriental massage style, both for your own benefit and to practise on friends and family.

baby-shiatsu soothe & play massage classes

Please phone or email Tamsin Grainger for details of costs and venue.

phone: (0131) 555 1875
email: shiatsu@ryoho.co.uk

baby-shiatsu is simple to learn & fun to do in a group

ages: birth to pre-crawling

Techniques for preventing and dealing with colic and other discomforts will be taught by the experienced tutor.

Please see children and babies for more information on this area.

parent/child courses

These are two and a half-hour workshops for a parent and child to attend together. This gives you a unique chance to learn how to massage your child, and have her or him massage you back. They are only children once, after all, and the benefits that massage can give you and your children should not be missed out on!

I believe that children intuitively know what they need to relax them and make them better, as well as how to massage someone else where it feels appropriate. Also that the parents are the ones who know their children best and so are in a prime position to apply massage techniques as and when needed - which may be the middle of the night and might consequently mean that that dreaded call to the doctor doesn't have to be made - crisis averted by hands-on healing!

The workshop is full of play and hand-outs are given to take home as reminders. Cost: £40 for each 'couple'. Please see children and babies for more information.

one, two and three-year courses

The Shiatsu School, Edinburgh. Taught by Tamsin Grainger MRSS T, Cynthia Shuken MRSS T and Audicia Morley MRSS T.

These courses are designed for those with a little experience of Shiatsu, or similar discipline, who want to take their training further - either to become a Shiatsu practitioner or for personal development.

All three tutors trained at The Glasgow School of Shiatsu and the 1st year course offers you::

• A full range of Shiatsu techniques, treating the whole body in four positions: supine, prone, sitting and side positions.
• Exercises for developing sensitivity to both the giver's and the receiver's energy (ki).
• Oriental diagnosis through touch, as well as through using the other senses.
• Chinese Five Element Theory as applied to diagnosis and (energy meridian) bodywork, as well as to other aspects of the person and the environment.
• The philosophy of yin and yang and its application to daily life, Oriental diagnosis and medicine.
• The location of the 12 classical acupuncture/acupressure meridians and their physical and psychological functions.
• The location and uses of the major acupuncture/acupressure points.
• Basic Western anatomy and physiology, with emphasis on associations with bodywork.
• How to work holistically, considering the receiver's mind and emotions as well as their body.
• Awareness of the practitioner's own condition and ways of working that take this into account.
• Self-Shiatsu exercises and methods of supporting and enhancing the practitioner's own energy and personal development.

For information on this, years 2 and 3 and Introductory Courses (next ones are on Mar 12 and June 11 2005), please go to this external site:

The Edinburgh Shiatsu School.

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