Lisa Esmonde Shiatsu Therapy

I specialise in shiatsu, a form of body work originating from Japan that gently enables your body to relax, promoting well-being. Over my years of working with a wide range of individuals, I see my role to enable you to work with how your individual system is to either strengthen or relax. Additional training has equipped me with skills to gently work with Musculoskeletal misalignment. Central Channel Release involves working with deeper held stress that allows your body to find deeper ease and fluidity of movement.

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I came to study Shiatsu having worked for fourteen years in administrative roles in the United Nations and then in academia. In the academic environment, I have worked as a health researcher on clinical trials, reviewing research evidence for NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence).

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Despite opportunities to progress in these environments, I knew I wanted to work more closely with people. By chance a friend and colleague who was herself a Shiatsu practitioner suggested trying an introductory weekend. That was 17 years ago. The weekend became two years in Nottingham with the British School of Shiatsu-do and a final two years with Sheffield's Northern School of Shiatsu. The impact of receiving treatments in training and subsequently, has had a profoundly positive effect on my life and I endeavour to share that with clients.