Shiatsu Secrets for Hairdressers

By Kris Deva North

This handy little manual holds the secrets of a unique treatment to transform your hairdressing experience, using special Shiatsu pressure points for relaxation, vitality, and stress relief.
It’s easy to give the massage, and the more you know about it the more you will impress the friends and colleagues you will find eagerly volunteering to be your guinea-pigs, as well as Clients looking for that little extra in their personal pampering program.
Learn to find the secret points, called Tsubos in Shiatsu, with special therapeutic qualities: releasing tension – how many people will go for that!
The first secret is: Shiatsu isn’t just great for clients – it makes you feel good too! You already know people have different sensitivity levels: some like it hard and fast, some slow and gentle; some like a light touch, others more penetrating. Like so many other pleasurable activities the enjoyment of a Shiatsu massage is unique to each individual.
Your hairdresser will thank you for this book!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kris Deva North
• Release date: Nov 17, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311791481

Kris Deva North

Kris Deva North has been involved in Taoist practice since 1987. In 1993 he cofounded the Zen School of Shiatsu and London Tao Centre. He lives in London.

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Shiatsu Secrets for Hairdressers

The tone is pitched perfectly and is conversational, fun and informative. I like the interactive quality and the photos and instructions work well together. It's great... hairdressers will love it and be inspired! Christine Pike, Stylist and Shiatsu Practitioner

SHIATSU SECRETS FOR HAIRDRESSERS

How to Transform Your Clients' Salon Experience

By

Kris Deva North

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Table of Contents

FORWARD

INSPIRATION

IN THE CHAIR

AT THE BACKWASH

SHIATSU SECRET HOMEWORK!

BECOME AN EXPERT

MORE SHIATSU SECRETS

SHIATSU HISTORY AND POLITICS

REFERENCES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

AUTHOR

KRIS'S OTHER BOOKS

FORWARD

By Christine Pike, Stylist

Quite often it will be the trainee who carries out the shiatsu for the client. Usually they'll be the one who washes the hair and prepares the client for the hairdresser (not always the case but pretty frequently). They may only have 5 minutes at the backwash for a shampoo but longer techniques can be incorporated within a hair conditioning treatment service which typically could be 20-30 minutes... and will be charged for differently. As a stylist the times I have used shiatsu is after the consultation and before the client is taken to the basin by the trainee.

Incorporating just one or two of the Shiatsu techniques can yield great results, and an invitation to expand your repertoire, not necessarily having to practice the whole sequence (although of course it would be delightful if you did!)

Salons can be hectic environments that would benefit from the calming influence of Shiatsu in action ...but if time is pushed, acknowledging the simplicity of holding, and a few neck points, may create positive stillness.

Some of the suggestions will appeal to you more than others; therefore enjoy the ones that speak to you: the enjoyment will transmit. And while dealing with the Client's head and all the busyness that goes with it, keep mindful of your posture, for your own comfort!

INSPIRATION

When TONI&GUY approached Kris Deva North, then Master of the Zen School of Shiatsu, to design a special Shiatsu Massage, Kris cast his mind back to his own Shiatsu training, and a work placement with Daniel Field: whose celebrity clients soon began to enjoy receiving Kris's Head-Neck-Shoulders Shiatsu in the chair, and lovely Face-Shiatsu at the backwash.

TONI&GUY wanted something more than plain head-rub. This handy little manual is the result, a unique treatment to transform your Clients' hairdressing experience, a modern massage based on ancient principles, using Shiatsu pressure points and meridians for relaxation, vitality, and stress relief.

Your hairdressing training in client care already utilizes the sensitivity and skill that is incorporated in the essence of Shiatsu. Adapting those principles you apply the new techniques you are learning now. Shiatsu is a simple manual skill backed up by a comprehensive theory. It's easy to give the massage, and the more you know about it the more you will impress the friends and colleagues you will find