Edward Bailey Shiatsudo Acupressure

Specialties

Shiatsu or Acupressure is a therapeutic hand-​healing method from Japan which is effective for the relief of pain and stress. The practitioner supports and empathizes with the receiver’s inner drive to recover by balancing the distribution of the life force in the body through touch and finger pressure. This process brings relief to physical and emotional pain, promotes wellness and the spontaneous healing of muscular, skeletal or internal dysfunction.

History

Established in 1978.

My business is my hands. At 11 years old in 1958, my mother placed my hands on her head and requested help with severe headaches. It worked. I became aware of our life force field.

1970 in London, I observed a Shiatsu master work and realized schools in Japan cultivated hand healing.

One San Francisco morning in 1978, I read the famous practitioner Shizuto Masunaga was in town. I called his hotel and asked to study with him in Tokyo. He laughed and refused due to my poor Japanese. So my wife and I moved to Tokyo and went to his clinic. He laughed again and accepted me. My part time practice in Tokyo surged to full time by 1980.

A Psychologist visiting Japan invited me to teach Shiatsu in Menlo Park in 1986. Soon after we settled here. A month later I was busy. In 1987 an Osteopathic Dr. and friend offered me office space and we shared a glorious 6 years working together. In 1993 I moved my Shiatsu practice to Portola Valley for 21 years.

This year 2014, I relocated to Redwood City.

Meet the Business Owner

Edward B.

Business Owner

Edward Bailey, Shiatsu practitioner, 40 years experience.

His passion began in London in 1970 observing his mentor Yoshio Kawahara in his medical practice. He moved to Japan in 1978 and apprenticed for 3 years under the Shiatsu Master Shizuto Masunaga at his busy clinics in Tokyo. He graduated from the IoKai Shiatsu Center in 1981. Edward taught Shiatsu and point location at the Institute of Oriental Medicine while studying Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine there. He directed his own clinic in Tokyo for 4 years. He received a black belt in Aikido and two degrees in Acupuncture from China and Japan.

Since 1986 Edward has seen five thousand clients at his offices in Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Portola Valley. He taught a State certified course at Body Therapy Center in Palo Alto and at Stanford’s Health Improvement Program.

Edward has deep respect for ancient and modern medicine and believes the Shiatsu practitioner’s role is to support and strengthen the receiver’s inner drive to heal.