About
About SomatiK Bodyworks
The practitioner Kei Shiokawa is specialised in Fascial treatments and has background in Structural Integration.
The name SomatiK is derived from a word ‘somatic’ and is aiming to inspire well-being thorough hands-on bodywork sessions.
As an experienced massage therapist, Kei’s strength is in giving clients a safe space to explore, let-go and relax.
Sessions may aid in maintaining health and well-being via: ‘Feeling good’
Relaxation & Rejuvenation
Improving circulation of energy, blood, lymphatic fluid
Assisting digestion, elimination cycle & detoxification
Boosting immune system
Balancing nervous system
Postural awareness and better ergonomics & alignment
Releasing musculoskeletal pains and aches
Helping the recovery process from injury or operation
Deepening practices of meditation, yoga, qigong , dance ,sports and any movement practices
Complementing other treatments
Supporting Pre and Post natal phase
Cultivating senses to listen to your body’s subtle messages
What’s somatics?
Somatic means ‘of or relating to the living body’. Soma means ‘the body as perceived from within’. Somatosensory system is the network of neural structures in the brain and body that produce the perception of touch, as well as temperature, body positions (proprioception/ kinesthetic sense), organ movement, and pain. *Related keyword: Interoception
*Thomas Hanna Ph D, an educator in the field, coined the term in 1970s
*an article on somatics (healthline.com)
About Kei
Kei is an intuitive Bodyworker and has been a keen student of the field of health care & somatic education for the last 20 years.
Grew up in Japan, actively engaged in sports as a teenager, was particularly drawn to litretures, arts, philosophy and forms of healing practices around the world led her to further study various healing methods, mind-body connection, mental training for sport, yoga, traditional medicine, mindful eating, and so on.
She tumbled upon an article on Rolfing® Structural Integration in 2000, the beginning of the new millennia which inspired her to go into the very first practitioner training in Japan/Asia. The Journey continued and she traveled to US and Australia to complete the training.
Certified as a Rolfer™ by the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute (former The Rolf Institute of Structural Integration)in 2004. Subsequently completed the certification training in Rolf Movement® Integration in 2005 and have been living and practicing in Melbourne, Australia since 2007.
Qualifications :
Rolfing® Structural Integration(2004) US
Rolf Movement™ Integration (2005) US
Reiki Level 3 (2009) Australia, Japan
Dip. Shiatsu and Oriental Therapies (2011) Australia
Dip. Remedial Massage(2012) Australia
Ongoing professional development courses:
Visceral Manipulation 1,2,3 (Barral Institute Australia) since 2017 ongoing
Neural Manipulation 1( Barral Institute Australia) 2024 ongoing
Craniosacral Therapy 1 (Upledger Institute Australia) since 2019 ongoing
Other workshops attended include :
Foot Reflexology
CranioSacral Therapy 1&2 (TenRai, Japan)
Spinal Biomechanics (Jim Asher)
‘Motility work’ & ‘Yielding’ workshops (with Rolf Movement® Instructor, Hiroyoshi Tahata)
Direct Myofascial release (Michael Stanborough)
Anatomy Trains (Thomas Myers)
Fascial Fitness (Robert Schleip, Divo Müller)
Rolf Movement™ with Mary Bond (Heal Your Posture)
Continuum (Susan Harper, Gael Rosewood)
Ohashiatsu (Ohashi )
SeiTaiSo (Lance Dixon)
Skin Manipulation ( Ben Fukui, Chudo Educational)
Pregnancy massage (Susan Yates)
Japanese Needle Therapy (Chudo Educational)
Japanese Moxa Therapy (Chudo Educational)
Special Interests :
Embryology
Biodynamic approach
Zen
Hado
Sound Healing
‘Nature, children and animals are the greatest teachers’
Member of ATMS & Dr.Ida Rolf Institute
ATMS Members' Code of Conduct
DIRI Code of Conduct
DIRI Ethics
DIRI Standards of Practice
