Samurai Shiatsu

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With heart and hand Our hands are the most important “tool” for physical therapy. Nothing can match the ease and effectiveness of ‚hands-on‘ touch! The Samurai programme was originally developed by Karin Kalbantner-Wernicke and Thomas Wernicke for school children. The exercises presented here have been adapted specifically for the treatment of older people, but can easily be used to treat any adult. These quick and simple exercises can be carried out by anyone working with older people, whether individually or in groups. They can be used effectively with ‚hale and hearty‘ elderly people or with those in an old people’s home suffering dementia. Care workers, volunteers, exercise trainers and Shiatsu practitioners but also family members who want to support elderly relatives, will all find that these exercises improve the quality of life of older people they work with – and are also inspiring for themselves. The wonderful thing about Samurai-Shiatsu treatment is that everybody benefits. Both the elderly person who is relaxed and stimulated and the carer (or family member) who can let go of the stress of daily functional care and appreciate the feeling of caring for another‘s body and soul with gentle ‚hands-on‘ touch. We encourage you to be creative, to expand your capacities and explore the potential of these exercises. Your engagement with your fellow human beings will, in the process, gain a completely new quality. The authors: Karin Kalbantner-Wernicke ist physiotherapist and shiatsu teacher. Thomas Wernicke is a general practitioner who specializes in acupuncture; Birgit Mai is a geriatric nurse and works as a consultant and trainer for relatives of people suffering from dementia.
The Samurai Programme was originally developed for school children. But the exercises presented here have been adapted specifically for the treatment of older people and can easily be used to treat any adult.
Our hands are the most important “tool” for physical therapy. Nothing can match the ease and effectiveness of ‘hands on’ touch! The Samurai Programme was originally developed for school children. The exercises presented here have been adapted specifically for the treatment of older people, but can easily be used to treat any adult. They are fast and simple and can be carried out by anyone working with older people, individually or in groups. Care workers, volunteers, exercise managers and Shiatsu practitioners will all find that these exercises improve the quality of life of older people they work with. Family members who want to support elderly relatives will readily learn these exercises too by following the easy-to-understand descriptions and illustrations.

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Karin Kalbantner-Wernicke
Karin is the founder member of the GSD (German Shiatsu Society), aceki e.V. (specialist training academy for Japanese therapies including Shiatsu and Shonishin) and baks e.V. (Federal working party of Baby and Children Shiatsu Practitioners). Since 2010 she is on the board of directors of the International Society for Traditional Japanese Medicine (IGTJM). Karin first qualified as a physiotherapist and then spent several years studying Shiatsu in Japan. Her practice has focussed mainly on working with babies, children and child development and this has informed the energetic concepts she developed and teaches as part of aceki e.V. Karin has over 30 years of teaching experience in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, Hungary, Spain, UK and USA. In the 1990s, she developed the Spiel-Räume-Konzept® (Play-Space-Concept) with emphasis on the Five Elements in the lives of children. She is the pioneer of aceki•BabyShiatsu® and author of several articles and books on Shiatsu and Baby Shiatsu: Shiatsu for babies and children (German only); Baby Shiatsu: Gentle Touch to Help Your Baby Thrive, which was also translated into Spanish, Dutch and Arabic. Specifically for school she wrote Samurai Massage, Shiatsu for Children. Have a look at her website: www.babyshiatsu.de

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