BILL PALMER AND TERESA HADLAND IN OCTOBER 2026
16 – 18 October 2026 in Wageningen
Join us for an advanced weekend exploring one of the most moving and transformative techniques of Bill Palmer’s Movement Shiatsu.
THE DANCING JOINTS
- Learn how to move the joints in the way they naturally want to move when they are free
- Discover the doorway to the shadow hidden within joints that are not able to move free
Inviting the shadow to dance
One of the fundamental principles of East Asian medicine is that illness often arises when parts of the body-mind become inactive — like shadow players withdrawing from participation in the whole.
In this workshop we will explore in depth how to work with three key aspects of this principle:
Activating Integrity Muscles
These are the muscles that stabilize and hold a joint together. When they are not sufficiently active, other muscles compensate by restricting movement in order to create stability, often resulting in pain, stiffness, and stress.
You will learn bodywork techniques to reactivate these muscles, as well as exercises that can be taught to clients for continued integration.
Joining the Dance
Some parts of the body habitually remain passive within a person’s movement patterns.
We will teach detailed bodywork approaches that help these neglected areas re-engage, allowing them to contribute their energy to the movement of the whole.
Bringing the Shadow into the Light
This principle also applies to behaviour and personality.
We will explore how to identify aspects of personality that remain passively in the background and how to support clients in experimenting with new behaviours that bring these hidden parts into expression.
These explorations are both profound and accessible. They help people experience greater agency in their lives and relationships, moving beyond patterns shaped by trauma.
Requirements for participation
We assume participants are already familiar with the basic principles of Movement Shiatsu, or have substantial experience working with movement in physical therapy or body-based psychotherapy.
Not sure if this workshop is right for you? Get in touch!
Accreditations
Accreditation will be requested from KTNO (among others NVST) and ZHONG (category 1 and/or 3). LVNT and SVN automatically recognize our training courses.
The teachers
BILL PALMER
Bill Palmer was one of the pioneers of oriental bodywork and Qigong in Europe in the 1970s. He saw that the basis of the oriental approach was to “facilitate the communication within”.
He began to investigate how people could access suppressed parts of their personality through their bodies and through movement. He worked for ten years with teachers in the voice work tradition of Alfred Wolfson and Roy Hart. He studied Qigong, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Developmental Movement Therapy and Drama Therapy and founded the School for Experiential Education. Within this school the emphasis is on learning through exploration and improvisation.
Bill is the initiator of the shiatsu style “Movement Shiatsu”. He teaches Movement Shiatsu around the world. He is also regularly involved in music improvisations, which he sees mainly as a way to let go of the dominant mind in order to be able to be together in a spontaneous way.
TERESA HADLAND
Teresa Hadland has studied Shiatsu since 1980 in the East-West Centre in Edinburgh and London, the Iokai Centre in Japan and for many years with Sonia Moriceau in the UK.
For 11 years she taught on the BA in Complementary and Holistic Therapies at Derby University and is now Senior Tutor at the School for Experiential Education. Since 2000 she has coordinated the assessment of teachers for the Shiatsu Society.
She now runs two busy practices in the UK and, with Bill Palmer, co-teaches courses in Inner Qigong and Movement Shiatsu worldwide. Her special interest is in how emotional issues can be resolved through working with the body.
Practical information
Date: 16, 17 and 18 of October 2026
Location: KenKon
Nieuwe Kanaal 11, Wageningen
Times: 10 to 17 o’clock
Investment incl. home made daily lunch (vegetarian):
Early Bird till 1 September €450,-, after that €495,-
€95,- upon registration, the remainder before the start.
We work both on futons on the floor and on massage tables. During talks, sitting on regular chairs is also possible. So if you cannot or prefer not to work on the floor for whole three days, you can still join.
Overnight stay: you can stay overnight at KenKon (€20 for a single room, €10 for sleeping in the shared hall; bring your own bedding; mattresses are provided. Shower and kitchen available.). There are also hotels and B&Bs nearby.
(For people familiar with our school: this training really is in Wageningen! And not in our current working space in Nijmegen.)
Sign in
Are you in? You can sign in with the button below. You pay the registration fee €95,- when signing in. For the rest you will receive an invoice later.
(NB: If you ar from an other country than The Netherlands, you better send me an e-mail, so I can sign you in manually. Mail me: jaana@handsontao.nl )
Article
Read the article “The Six Forms Of Touch”, that Bill wrote. You find more articles at https://seed.org/article-archive/