My journey

Treating people with Shiatsu is in my life since decades. My first experiences date back from the 90s - during my studies of mechanical engineering. I carried the feeling with me, the special form of encounter with a receiver, the touch, leaning with relaxed body weight, the calm atmosphere, being peacefully present in the Here and Now.
Years later my wife and I joined the European Shiatsu Institute in Munich. Far more opened up, we met wonderful teachers along the way, and we graduated at the Italian branch of the institute in Rome. We continued to learn and discovered more of the dimensions of Shiatsu.
It is worth noting that there are many different styles of Shiatsu, as it evolved from its roots in Japan. I use the term energy work or energy treatment for what I am doing, to give the idea that there is far more than physical touch. While being fully present in the physical world, we are in contact with our spiritual reality. Touch remains the tool in my Shiatsu, while using several energy systems like meridians and chakra, along with my alignment and mindset to get in contact with both the needs and the power and potential of the receiver.
I am deeply grateful for all the experiences on this ongoing journey, for beautiful encounters with receivers, with other Shiatsu practitioners (much love to our friends in Italy and elsewhere...), and for the love and wisdom from our teachers. It would be a long list, but I want to mention at least Gabriella Poli in Rome, Pamela Ferguson in Austin, Texas and Klaus Metzner in Munich.
It is a treasure that my wife Katrin and I are both on this journey, each of us doing our own expression of energy work. As we share insights and treat each other, we learn, we support us, we connect even deeper.

I put some resources below, you may find those helpful.