Philippe Vandenabeele

From an early age, I have been fascinated by Eastern culture, lifestyles and bodywork. After suffering health issues in my youth, I began studying yoga in my teens and first travelled through Asia in my twenties. There I encountered Shiatsu and other forms of eastern manual therapy.

Fascinated by the positive effects on my health and my overall well-being, I started to study both Western and Eastern approaches to bodywork.

With 30 years of clinical practice and continued study I developed my own approach to manual therapy: the Shinzui Bodywork Method.

My home is in Fukuoka in southern Japan, it is where I give treatments in my practice that I share with my wife Hiroko. It is also in Fukuoka that we have our school and that we welcome students from Japan and abroad.

We love to share our lifelong passion for bodywork both in our treatments and courses.

More information: www.shinzui-bodywork.com

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