Here's the video of the interview with Suzanne Yates on the benefits of shiatsu during pregnancy and childbirth. Enjoy! 
http://www.facebook.com/l/d2716H_Fia2fPwupKfmmRXbZJWA/youtu.be/mC-34eF576w

We have some wonderful events coming your way,
So mark your calendars and save these dates!

Sunday, September 11 - Dr. Kaneko Review with Bonita Kosciolek Review these techniques to get the most out of Dr. Kaneko's advanced workshop in October. This unique offering will include review of Long Form.

 

Sept. 16-18th & Sept. 30-Oct 2nd - Jin Shin Do® Bodymind Acupressure Basics Class with Deborah Valentine Smith.
Learn the "Way of the Compassionate Spirit" and see how Jin Shin Do® correlates chronic tension with states of mind, hence, bodymind.

October 21 - Daoyin with Dr. Kaneko

Daoyin - the art of healing ourselves through meditation, breathing, self-massage, and therapeutic exercise.

October 22-23rd - Shiatsu for Sleep and Immune Disorders with Dr Kaneko.
*This is an advanced workshop for those who have completed at least one course in Shiatsu Anma.
Learn and practice a variety of assessment skills and techniqes to work with 5 elements, 8principles and root treatments.  Deepen your knowledge of Zang-Fu Organ funtions and patterns of disharmony.

 

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Workshop fee: $75  Satuday, July 16 10am -5pm (Register by July 8)

For those who wish to practice natural healing at home with family, friends and self, Shiatsu Basics provides an ideal introduction. Participants learn simple yet effective finger pressure techniques to relieve and prevent chronic aches & pains and everyday ailments. Basic theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Qi, Yin/Yang, and Eight Principles) are taught to facilitate understanding of how and why Shiatsu works.

Published in the Star Tribune August 31, 2009

As aerobic warriors and diehard athletes, we never stretch enough, don't drink enough water, ignore muscle pain and fail to take the occasional break. Over time, we hurt, we get cranky, lopsided and stagnant. Our energy doesn't flow. But we don't slow down enough to listen to our bodies.

Frankly, I just assumed that body pain went with the territory. But then Stone Point Shiatsu therapist Bonita Kosciolek called and offered me a challenge. Shiatsu massage is based on Eastern medicine and will help release toxins, let energy flow more freely and heal those chronic sore spots, she said. And she was willing to prove it.

Read the entire article at: 

  http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/55864597.html?page=3&c=y

 

Founded in 1995 by JoAnn Reinhardt, Burnsville Shiatsu Center (BSC) recently celebrated its 15th anniversary.  Karen Hielsberg bought the practice in 1997 when JoAnn retired and moved to Nevada.  Karen's interest in shiatsu started while she was teaching English in Japan after college.  She graduated from Minnesota Center for Shiatsu Study, now CenterPoint, in 1994 and practiced shiatsu at BSC starting in 1995.  Since 1999, bodywork has been her full-time job.

Shortly after Karen bought BSC, she was joined in the practice by Laurel Regan, a 1998 graduate of Minnesota Center for Shiatsu Studies.  Laurel was already a yoga teacher, and her interest in practicing shiatsu came in

Bonita Kosciolek has just been approved as a Registered Instructor through the AOBTA®! This is an excellent landmark of the time, energy and progress that she has dedicated to her bodywork practice, continuing education, and the Shiatsu wisdom she mentors to her students. Next she will be expanding her teaching scope to include Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory and will accomplish her long term goal of becoming a certified AOBTA® instructor in the future. 

Bonitaʼs Story

Since she was very young she remembers naturally wanting to help, touch and heal with people. Bonita pursued a successful career in advertising for 20 years when she realized her body was in pain, she was overworked, and had no energy to take care of herself and invest in her spiritual pursuits. It was obvious it was time for a change, so she took a leap of faith and a leave of absence from her high powered job to take care of herself and walk "the road less traveled". During this time she played with her daughter and took her to kindergarten.