Romanian Shiatsu Association

In recent years, Shiatsu therapy has become popular among international health care professionals who have integrated it into daily practice because of the scientifically proven clinical efficacy of the numerous quality studies conducted between 1998 and 2017 by Shiatsu Therapy Research Lab at Japan Shiatsu College in Tokyo, a college accredited by the Ministry of Education, Labor and Health of Japan.

Shiatsu therapy (the official Namikoshi method) is internationally recognised by the World Health Organisation and the European Union. As in other countries, the official Shiatsu therapy has also become known in Romania due to the intensive promotion activities undertaken by Mr. Lucian Olaru, the first internationally accredited Shiatsu professional therapist in Romania, who founded the professional organisation Romanian Shiatsu Association.

Romanian Shiatsu Association is the professional organisation of the Shiatsu practitioners in Romania, independent, non-governmental, apolitical, non-profit, having legal personality and being officially registered by the Ministry of Justice in Romania.

The professional organisation Romanian Shiatsu Association has as main activity the organisation, control and supervision of the practice of the Shiatsu practitioner profession, the training of Shiatsu practitioners and the promotion of Shiatsu therapy in Romania. All the Shiatsu practitioners in Romania are required to register in the Unique Record of Shiatsu Practitioners in Romania, owned by the professional organisation Romanian Shiatsu Association.

The study programs within the professional organisation Romanian Shiatsu Association are based on manuals approved by Japan Shiatsu College in Tokyo, being in line with international requirements and standards, while respecting the national legislation.
Training courses in official Shiatsu therapy are organised and supported only within the professional organisation Romanian Shiatsu Association. To become therapists, all Shiatsu practitioners in Romania must have an adequate level of theoretical training and clinical experience.

Certification by the professional organisation The Romanian Association of Shiatsu means the guarantee of quality, excellence and professionalism.