The healing touch of Shiatsu

February 19, 2001

This traditional art of body massage allows you to keep your clothes on.

By Angelene Wong

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Healing Touch

When pressure is exerted on specific points or 'tsubo', this form of massage helps to invigorate and stimulate various parts of the body to help improve circulation, disperse toxins and to promote healing and a general sense of well-being.

People suffering from muscle strains, aches, sprains and other physical ailments such as high blood pressure also stand to benefit from this unique healing art form.

One such person is Terry himself. The accountant-turned-Shiatsu master lives and breathes the ancient art with heartfelt passion.

After a serious back injury, he turned to massages - Indonesian, sports massages - you name it, he tried it.

Stumbling upon Shiatsu, he found it so effective (it cured his back injury completely) that he decided to, in his own words, jump into it as a profession, much to the surprise of friends and relatives.

Set up in October 1997, The Shiatsu School is the only registered school of its kind in Singapore.

It offers both client services, Shiatsu therapies (head-to-toe body massages and their unique Japanese Facial Massage) and training for enthusiasts, aspiring Shiatsu practitioners and professionals in the health and wellness industry.

Trained in the States under Japanese teachers, most of Terry's students are foreigners from America, Japan and Europe, although his Singaporean ones are growing in number.

Courses available allow students to master Shiatsu as a hobby or to gain certification. It costs $1,200 to study it for recreational purposes (without certification) and $1,500 for professional purposes (with certification).

Located along River Valley Road, the school's cosy and non-clinical premises instils a sense of calm amid the pub-infested area at Mohammed Sultan Road, which lies diagonally across.

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