First : what’s all about ?

Zen Shiatsu is a Japanese bodywork therapy that helps people to balance, which is key to health in Asian traditional medicine, and it’s used either as a preventative medicine or for healing. We’ve created a space in the neighbourhood of Chorlton / Whalleyrange in Manchester to support anyone to achieve that harmony essential for wellbeing and good health. We support that journey one step at a time but steadily through Shiatsu, recommendations about life style, food and appropriate practices. We also run Qigong (or Yin Yoga) classes. 


Second : the session 

Shiatsu is practiced with the receiver dressed in comfortable clothes and clean socks lying on a futon, while the giver works on their Hara (abdomen) to get a diagnose, then proceeds to work on the meridians that come up on the Hara diagnosis. We also work with pressure points, but we use our thumbs and fingers, maybe elbows too, instead of needles as done by acupuncturist. We might perform some stretches and definitely join rotations.

Third : cost

Sessions are £50 (£40 concessions) 1 hour
The first session is up to 30 min longer (free of charge) as we’ll go through your medical history and what’s what you want from the therapy.

Four : exactly where ?

Carla Shiatsu Clinic 
15 Blair Rd
Flat 1
m16 8NS

Some Qigong classes are run via zoom - if interested, contact to enquire 

Five : our journey 

2012 - we start practicing Qigong in our GP in Salford 
2015 - we became a Qigong teacher in Chen style with the supervision of teacher Liming Yue
2017 - we start what will be our long term practice in Chong Heh Dao Qigong and Vajrayana Buddhism with teacher Ed -Ho-Yuen To
2018 - we become a Holistic Shiatsu practitioner thanks to Shiatsu College Manchester
2024 - we become a Professional Shiatsu practitioner thanks to Shiatsu College Manchester
2024 - we became a Member of the Shiatsu Society

Before we were a contemporary artist who based their practice in impact that humans are having in the environment and in human health

Carla Tora
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Carla and all those who have crossed our path - all teachers