Benefits of Kizuna Bodywork

Kizuna Bodywork offers several benefits that distinguish it from other massage styles:

loving connection

Among the most powerful things Kizuna Bodywork therapists share through massage is the gift of loving connection. In our classes we'll help you tap in to your natural ability to allow kindness to flow from your heart and through your hands as you touch people. This experience of caring for others is beautiful and moving, and your compassionate intention can in itself be transformative and healing for you and your clients. As you connect lovingly with others, a current of happiness flows into your life, and your work feels meaningful and deeply fulfilling. Kizuna Bodywork makes it possible for you to enjoy giving as much as others enjoy receiving your massage.

safety

As a Kizuna Bodywork therapist you'll always do massage in a way that's easy and safe for you. You'll learn to stand and move in postures that prevent the kind of neck and back pain and injuries so many therapists suffer from. And instead of relying almost entirely on your hands and fingers and overworking them as most therapists do, you'll learn to use your arms and elbows as well as your hands as massage tools so your hands can often rest. You'll become so graceful and effective with these alternative tools that most of your clients won't realize when you're using your arms and elbows instead of your hands. While most massage therapists who practice other styles get injured and burn out in only a few years, as a Kizuna Bodywork therapist you can look forward to a long, healthy career without pain.

versatility and strength

Kizuna Bodywork gives you the versatility and strength to help many people and become a top massage therapist. You'll learn to do both gentle, soothing strokes to promote relaxation and deeper strokes that help relieve pain and tightness in muscles. We'll show you how to use your body weight instead of your muscular strength so even if you're small you'll feel like it's easy to do deep massage with a big client. You will become one of the rare therapists who can satisfy the needs of nearly every client.

results

Rather than giving nearly the same massage to every client as most therapists do, in Kizuna Bodywork class you'll learn to focus on the parts of your client's body that most need your help. We'll teach you to give each individual client a unique session that addresses their problem spots thoroughly with highly effective techniques. This will put you in a small minority of therapists who consistently achieve exceptional results and the highest levels of customer satisfaction. You'll have the satisfaction of knowing you're doing important work because you'll have the ability to help many people heal and relieve their pain.

science and sensitivity

Through Kizuna Bodywork you'll develop a balance between scientific approaches to massage and the ability to work sensitively. You'll learn to cultivate feelings of safety and relaxation in your clients by touching with great carefulness and gentleness, even when doing deep and technical work. You'll gain the ability to notice the movements of energy and emotions in your clients and respond effectively to support people's healing holistically.

connection with nature

We look to nature as the inspiration for how we touch people, imitating the circling flow of water, the gentle swaying and turning of leaves in the wind, and the slow, graceful steps of a forest animal. This connection with nature gives us an infinite source of new ideas with which to enrich our work. It activates our imagination and helps our massage become a living art form that, like nature, constantly evolves. And what's more, the time we spend quietly observing and contemplating nature puts us in a peaceful state of relaxed awareness. Massage becomes a form of meditation. By tuning in to the natural world we allow it to be a source of beauty, joy, and calm in our daily lives and our work.

bridging East and West

Kizuna Bodywork blends the wisdom and techniques of both Eastern and Western arts into a robust system. You'll learn to apply concepts like "maximum efficiency with minimum effort," drawn from Judo, to do effective massage work without tiring yourself. And through exercises in self-expression which Kizuna Bodywork adopts from contemporary American dance, you'll discover your own unique, natural way of moving gracefully and creatively as you massage. This mixture of Eastern and Western influences gives you the benefit of learning what cultures from abroad have to offer while also rooting yourself in the work of innovators closer to home.

community

Our classes are a heartwarming experience of getting to know each other, nurturing one another, and helping each other heal. This creates opportunities for you to connect more deeply with your peers and maintain your connections for a lifetime. Kizuna Bodywork therapists form a community of friends who support each other's growth.

connection with self

A priority of Kizuna Bodywork is to strengthen your connection with your inner self. Our classes include exercises that help you get in touch with the artist inside you, with your intuition, and with your feelings. As you connect with these aspects of yourself they bring depth to your massage work and passion, richness, and a sense of purpose to your life.

freedom

Kizuna Bodywork offers you freedom, flexibility, and room to grow as an individual. We provide you with the proven principles and techniques of the Kizuna Bodywork style, support you in gaining skills, and then encourage you to follow your creative impulse in developing your own unique way of doing Kizuna Bodywork. You're free to experiment and explore within and beyond the framework Kizuna Bodywork provides and share your discoveries with the community of your peers. This keeps the work fresh and interesting and encourages constant innovation and improvement.

educational resources

In addition to our classes, Kizuna Bodywork provides you with a rich and constantly growing collection of online learning resources and ways to connect with other therapists. These include our website's members' section and its library of articles, photos, and videos as well as a forum where you can ask questions of Kizuna Bodywork teachers and advanced therapists, join discussions with other students, and share your ideas and experiences. You can use this wide range of educational resources to continue learning both independently and together with your peers.

credentials

The foundation of Kizuna Bodywork's programs is a well-organized certification system. Whether your goal is a basic or advanced professional certificate or even a degree with which you can teach Kizuna Bodywork, we provide a clear path for you to efficiently achieve whichever level of credentials you want. Plus Kizuna Bodywork offers continuing education classes so you can further develop your skills with us after you graduate. We also make it easy for customers and employers to check your level of certification on our website so everyone can trust that you are a genuine skilled therapist.

local commitment

We hold most of our classes in a beautiful natural setting outside the city yet conveniently close to Tokyo. Because we're based in Japan and hold classes regularly, you won't need to wait a long time between classes or incur the expense and inconvenience of going abroad to get a degree as you would with many massage programs in Japan led by teachers from the West. And it's our goal to have our classes eventually taught entirely in Japanese without the need for interpreters. We're working to lower your class fees and empower Japanese people to share this work with each other by building a local teaching team. If you're interested in achieving the highest levels of skill and fostering the growth of students in your own community and beyond, we encourage you to look into the Kizuna Bodywork Teacher Certification Program.