Publications

  • The Journal of Shiatsu & Oriental Body Therapy
    This Journal was unique as an academic journal for full length articles about Shiatsu and other Oriental Body Therapies. It was published from 1993-1997 and now all the issues are available for download as PDF documents for free.
  • Embodiment of Energy:
    Energy needs to be embodied before change takes place. Sometimes working with meridians is not enough to help someone to embody their energy. This article describes how Experiential Anatomy can be used to help.
  • Working With Elders:
    This article introduces a method of training for ageing people, which can be started before old age, which develops three Yin capacities: Radiance, Equanimity and Benevolence. These capacities are aspects of the Tai Yin, Shao Yin and Jue Yin energies and do not decline with age. With their development, the ageing person not only is rescued from many of the physical conditions of old age but also grows into a state which is still valued, still useful and still attractive to other people.
  • The Body-Mind Connection:
    Babies learn to inhabit their bodies and at the same time develop consciousness. So the physical development provides the foundation for emotional and mental experience. This article descibes the historical development of Movement Shiatsu as an exploration of the body-mind connection.
  • The Six Channels:
    The Six Channels are maps of whole body coordination. Each channel is made up of two meridians but they perform an holistic function that is greater than the sum of their parts.
  • Health is a Dirty Word Published 1998
    How concepts such as balance and health can actually interrupt the process of an individual therapy
  • The Six Divisions and the Gestalt Cycle Published 1998
    How the Six Divisions represent dynamics in the personality as well as the physical movement development
  • Working with a Family with Cerebral Palsy Re-written 2008
    A case history about working with a child with cerebral palsy, and thence working with the parents as well
  • Movement Shiatsu as Developmental Process re-written 2008
    Another case history which describes the process of Movement Shiatsu working on something which would normally be the province of psychotherapy. This case history also explains the principles behind the work and is the first time I gave a satisifactory answer to the question 'What is Energy?'
  • Energy and Qi A review of the scientific research into biological organisation and it's reflection on the oriental idea of Qi
  • Kyo and Jitsu A look at the etymology of these much used words and a deeper look at their meaning
  • Experiential ShiatsuPublished 2008
    What does Experiential Work mean and how can it enliven and enrich Shiatsu and teaching.
  • The Sadist on Honeymoon Published 1998
    An exploration of the role of the Liver Energy in therapy and an explanation of the HUN

  • OLDER ARTICLES

  • Development of Energy Part 1 First Published 1992
    The first article on how meridians are the lines along which movement develops as babies
  • Development of Energy Part 2 First Published 1993
    The second article on how meridians are the lines along which movement develops as babies. It is quite out of date, not because of the theory of meridians, but becauase at that time I had not linked the themes to the Six Divisions, it was only when that happened that everything made sense.
  • The Six Divisions First Published 1994
    Explanations of the Six Divisions
  • Integration Published 2000
    Principles of working with the Shao yang and Jue Yin. This article also contains a shorter version of the Cerebral Palsy case study
  • The Three Souls Published 1999
    Working with Chronic Conditions and how this relates to the Po, Shen and Hun
  • Three Principles of working with Chronic Conditions Published 1997
    An old article from which later ones borrowed something about the Principles of Working with Chronic Conditions
  • Three Archytypes of Healing?Published 2007
    An personal exploration of my development, and how I feel there are three fundamental types of healing, and where Movement Shiatsu fit into this scheme
  • Dealing with Conflict (SSN 1997)
  • Movement Shiatsu in the Treatment of Cerebral Palsy (JSOBT 2)
  • What is Movement Shiatsu (Journal of Alternative & Complementary Therapy 1994)
  • Contact, Conflict and Commitment - working with Shao Yang and Jue Yin: Spanish Shiatsu Journal 2004