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What do we touch when we reach out to another human being?
Body, emotions, story, space…?
Why do we reach out and touch another person?
What is our purpose?
What is the effect?
In Sei-Ki, all these questions come together and in this workshop we will dive into this philosophical area and the practical realities of how we touch and why we do so through the idea of tekiatsu or ‘appropriate touch’, from the Shiatsu tradition.
Join us on this journey into the essentials of touch; what it is to be human; what it means to be in contact with another person and why it is important to our health and wellbeing do so.
Alice Whieldon is assisted by Alexandra Gelny for these three days in Vienna. The workshop is open to beginners and more experienced students of Sei-Ki.
Times:
Friday 17 Oct. 2025 | 10.00-18.00
Saturday 18 Oct. 2025 | 10.00-18.00
Sunday 19 Oct. 2025 | 10.00-17.00
Language:
English with translation into German (Alexandra Gelny)
Course recognized as CPE for Shiatsu (ÖDS).
Price:
435.- EUR
10% discount for students of the International Academy for Hara Shiatsu
Organizer:
Sei-Ki Hub
This Sei-Ki workshop with Alice Whieldon is open to participants with and without Sei-Ki experience. It can be an important milestone for anyone with an interest in Sei-Ki:
Sei-Ki is the way and the art of touch in undivided attention to the person and and to what is here, right now. It is about recognizing as “true” what we perceive, without judgement and without wanting to fix anything.
In this presence, a space opens where flow is possible and where health “remembers” itself. Sei-Ki is an “unfolding” into life, it is a space for encounter and recognition.
Sei-Ki is not easily accessible to modern thinking and cannot be learned by understanding theoretical concepts. Sei-Ki is presence and authenticity in touch. “Knowing” in Sei-Ki comes through the training of observation, attention and the willingness to engage with the reality of life movement with an empty mind.
There are benefits to both receiver and practitioner in Sei-Ki
Those who receive Sei-Ki often experience that they feel more like “themselves” and have a better sense of what they want – this can relate to small things, but over time also to big issues in life, such as work or relationships. As the body-mind wakes up and becomes more sensitive, life is experienced more immediately, more intensely and with more pleasure.
Practitioners experience something similar when they practise Sei-Ki with discipline and commitment: a greater connection to reality and quality in our work which continues into wider aspects of our lives.
We experience growth in wisdom and an understanding of clients from the roots of actually seeing how it is for them rather than relying on theory and maps.
Sei-Ki – echo of original Shiatsu
Founded by Akinobu Kishi, Sei-Ki has had a major influence on Western Shiatsu since the early 1980s. Kishi trained in Shiatsu during its Golden Age in Japan and Sei-ki is an expression of the evolution of Japanese Shiatsu, as well as a return to its origins. Sei-Ki also refers to a body culture and health philosophy practiced in Japanese traditions and arts that could not be found anywhere else. Many shiatsu teachers and practitioners refer to Kishi and his work as key to their development.
Sei-Ki connects back to the roots and feel of the original, Japanese Shiatsu; it is an echo we encourage you to ‘catch’ and use as you wish.
Alice Whieldon
Founder and Director of the Sei-Ki Hub and The Sei-Ki Training
Teacher of this workshop
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Alexandra Gelny
Co-founder & Assistant Teacher at the Sei-Ki Hub and The Sei-Ki Training
Assisting and translating (into German) in this workshop
More about AlexandraWe are happy that you’d like to participate in Alice Whieldon’s Sei-Ki workshop TOUCHING THE BODY | TOUCHING SPACE in Vienna (17-19 October, 2025).
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If you have any questions, please get in touch with us.
