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Shiatsu and Yoga Training in Spain

In this 160-hour course, both Shiatsu and Yoga are taught by professional staff, led by Gerry Rixen, the founder and director of SYM-Ltd. This three-week total immersion course makes for a truly transformative experience, as you will be practicing and receiving Shiatsu treatments every day (one free day per week), as well as practicing yoga and relaxation.

Meet the instructors

Gerry
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Highlights

  • Daily yoga practice
  • Daily Shiatsu practice
  • Daily theory sessions
  • Anatomy, physiology
  • Chinese Medicine, chakras, and psychology
  • 21 nights accommodation

Skill level

  • Beginner

18 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: French, German, Italian, Spanish
Group size: Maximum of 12 participants
Airport transfer available:
Barcelona–El Prat Airport (US$ 249 per person)
Airport transfer available:
Reus Airport (US$ 135 per person)
Airport transfer available:
Valencia Airport (US$ 166 per person)
Airport transfer available:
Castellón–Costa Azahar Airport (US$ 78 per person)
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Accommodation

Check-in Time:
15:00
Check-out Time:
12:00

Accommodation, as well as the course, are at Vinalux Resort. A hotel with a yoga shala, fitness room, and sauna located in central Vinaros, close to the beach. All rooms have en-suite bathrooms.

The hotel is located in a quiet but central part of Vinaros. Restaurants, bars, markets, and supermarkets are all within a few minutes walk from the hotel. But the hotel is also close to the beach, and from there you may follow the beautiful coastline and leave the town behind.

Program

These informational fields are stimulated through touch, technique, intention, empathy, and energetic input. Healing naturally follows, bringing new energy, movement, blood, and consciousness into the hidden parts of the body or mind and releasing corresponding blockages. The deeply relaxing effect allows for healing on all levels, including the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual bodies.

Zen Shiatsu is energy medicine at the deepest level, working directly with the life force, thereby enabling that profound healing of body, mind, and soul. This leads to the tremendously effective healing of many common ailments and illnesses as well as chronic and degenerative diseases such as back pain, IBS, constipation, Crohn’s disease, asthma, skin problems, bloating, insomnia, period pains, headaches, stress, anxiety, and even arthritis and cancer.

The course follows the European Shiatsu Federation’s core syllabus and is based on a hands-on, experiential understanding of diagnosis and treatment, with pure theory making up 20% of each day's program. This unique program is taught by Gerry Rixen, who brings his 35 years of practice and teaching of Shiatsu, TCM, yoga, and martial arts to the course. Graduates obtain the following certification with each module.

  • Exercises: yoga, Meridian stretching, meditation, or relaxation
  • Principles of touch or sensitivity to Qi and positive connection to receivers' Qi
  • Continuity and fluency of movement or mental and physical concentration
  • Techniques: Shiatsu in prone, supine, side, and sitting positions
  • Contra-indications or accurate location of the classical meridians
  • Chinese organ and meridian functions
  • Anatomy and physiology (part one) or palpation and diagnosis
  • Location and function of 110 common acu-or pressure points
  • LU: 1,5,7,9,11
  • LI: 1,4,10,11,15,20
  • ST: 1,3,9,17,25,30,36,40,44,45
  • SP: 1,3,6,9,10,15,20,21
  • HT: 1,3,7,9
  • SI: 1,3,9,10,11,19
  • BL: 1,2,10,11,13,14,15,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,25,27,28,36,40, 57,60,67
  • KI: 1,3,6,7,10,16,27
  • PE: 1,3,6,7,8,9
  • TH: 1,4,5,10,14,23
  • GB: 1,12,14,20,21,24,25,30,34,40,41,44
  • LV: 1,3,4,5,8,13,14
  • GV: 1,2,4,14,16,20,26
  • CV: 3,4,5,6,8,12,14,17,24

Materials

This course will provide the yoga teacher training manual.

Evaluation procedure and grading criteria

  • Students will be required to have completed all the set assignments by the end of the course
  • Students will be expected to show proficiency and improvement in their own asana practice, teaching, and understanding, including:
  • a) Anatomy and physiology
  • b) Evaluation and treatment procedures
  • c) Three case histories
  • Students will be expected to show proficiency and improvement in their own asana practice, teaching, and understanding
  • The practical evaluation is based on continual assessment and students are expected to complete a minimum of 90% of contact hours

Attendance

Trainees should attend a minimum of 90% of the course. Should trainees miss more than this minimum, they will need to agree with the teacher which modules to retake. SYM reserves the right to charge additional fees for these catch-up modules.

What style of yoga does SYM teach?

SYM teaches Hatha yoga broadly based on the Sivananda and Iyengar yoga methods. Sym teaches an energetic approach to yoga, really feeling the postures and tapping into their unique healing potentials. Sym practices flow, but more emphasis is placed on steadiness in the posture with the correct alignment of physical and energetic bodies and mindset within poses. This requires them to be slower in their practice to truly feel and understand the tremendous therapeutic effects of the asana.

Example of the daily schedule

  • 08:00 - 09:30 Yoga or do-in, meditation, and relaxation
  • 09:30 - 10:00 Break; breakfast (self catering)
  • 10:00 - 12:30 Shiatsu: practice
  • 12:30 - 15:30 Lunch (self-catering) and break
  • 15:30 - 17:15 Theory
  • 17:15 - 17:30 Break
  • 17:30 - 19:30 Shiatsu: practice
  • 19:30 Free time and dinner (self-catering)

Note

This is an example of the daily schedule. Please note that times may change slightly due to season and location. The course will be taught in English.

Important note

Students are required to purchase 'Shiatsu Theory and Practice, 3rd edition' by Carola Beresford-Cooke.

Instructors

Gerry Rixen

Location

Vinaros is a picturesque, medium-sized town in the north of the Valencian Community, Spain, on the Mediterranean Coast north of Castellon. Not far south from the Ebro River. The location, Vinalux Resort, is just a few minutes walk from the beach, fresh food markets, supermarkets, restaurants, and bars.

Food

The apartments have fully equipped kitchens, and students can cater for themselves; there are markets and supermarkets with all necessities within easy walking distance.

Students are responsible for their own meals; however, selective restaurants will be recommended that provide quality food, including vegetarian and vegan options, at very reasonable rates.

There are markets, bars, restaurants, cafes, takeaways, and supermarkets within just a few minutes walk where you can find delicious snacks and a huge variety of food and meals.

The final party is included in the price.

The following meals are included:

  • Drinks

The following drinks are included:

  • Water
  • Coffee
  • Tea

Things to do (optional)

In your free time, you can enjoy the beautiful town of Vinaros, its beaches, and its coastline. In addition to the healing modalities explored in the course, students have the opportunity to arrange private treatments with Gerry, a certified therapist in Shiatsu and Chinese medicine. These can be arranged at an additional cost during the course.

Spa treatments

  • Shiatsu treatment - 50 EUR
  • Free use of multi gym
  • Sauna - 5 EUR

What's included

  • 21 nights accommodation
  • Complete course
  • Certification with SYM-International
  • Daily Do-in/Yoga practice
  • Daily Shiatsu practice
  • Daily theory sessions

What's not included

  • Airfare
  • Health insurance
  • Travel insurance
  • Train tickets
  • Food

How to get there

Recommended Airports

Arrival by airplane:

Please book your flights to arrive at Valencia Airport (VLC) or Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN). You can also try Castellón–Costa Azahar Airport (CDT) and Reus Airport (REU) (near Tarragona). These are much smaller airports compared to Barcelona or Valencia and have far fewer flights available, but worth checking.

Pick up / drop off:

  • Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) is 240 EUR.
  • Valencia Airport (VLC) is 160 EUR.
  • Reus Airport (REU) is 130 EUR.
  • Castellón–Costa Azahar Airport (CDT) is 75 EUR.

Arrival by train:

Please make your way by train to Vinaros train station or Benicarlo / Peniscola railway station where a complementary pick up will be provided. Drop off at the station is also included at the end of the course.

Airport: Barcelona–El Prat Airport Airport transfer available: Barcelona–El Prat Airport (US$ 249 per person) Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Airport: Reus Airport Airport transfer available: Reus Airport (US$ 135 per person) Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Airport: Valencia Airport Airport transfer available: Valencia Airport (US$ 166 per person) Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Airport: Castellón–Costa Azahar Airport Airport transfer available: Castellón–Costa Azahar Airport (US$ 78 per person) Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.

Cancellation Policy

  • A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
  • The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
  • The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.

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