Tao Shiatsu

Specialties

Tao Shiatsu therapy provides effective relief from pain. We also offer Registered Massage Therapy and Acupuncture.

Our three therapists have extensive training in Japan and Canada, and over fifty years of combined experience.

History

Established in 1999.

Original manual hands-​on therapy from Japan, Tao Shiatsu grew in Toronto and now is located in the Bloor West Village. Led by certified therapists trained in Japan and Canada, Tao Shiatsu offers patients an empathetic approach to holistic health based on Buddhist principles of compassion, responsibility and discipline.

Meet the Business Owner

Alex P.

Business Owner

Alex first journeyed to Japan in 1994 after graduating from engineering at the University of Toronto and experience in the nuclear research industry. In Japan, he focused mainly on training in the martial arts of Aikido and Iado. During one of the practices however, he twisted his knee exposing an old injury that neither acupuncture, osteopathy, nor various other treatments provided relief for. Then one day he heard about Tao Shiatsu and Master Ryokyu Endo, and in a desperate state, after weeks of other treatments, received a Tao Shiatsu treatment. Almost miraculously, most of the pain in his knee disappeared in one treatment! From that moment onward, Alex decided to study and practice this method of healing. In 1999, Alex moved back to Canada, bringing Tao Shiatsu to Toronto, then to Montréal and later Vancouver. The Tao Shiatsu Clinic receives and treats everyone equally, and strives towards a holistic approach to healing and healthy living.