Foundational Trainings

ZENTHAI SHIATSU

Level One: Foundations

This four-day immersive course gives an introduction into Zenthai Shiatsu, blending Zen Shiatsu, Thai massage and osteopathic techniques with mindfulness at its core.

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ZENTHAI SHIATSU

Five Elements

Deep dive into the 5 Elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine through movement, Zenthai bodywork, and theory, deepening embodied awareness and therapeutic touch.

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Advanced Trainings

ZENTHAI SHIATSU

Therapist Program

Our comprehensive two-year pathway into Zenthai bodywork, Traditional Chinese Medicine and structural therapy. Build the skills, confidence and presence to support others through transformational touch.

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ZENTHAI SHIATSU

The Art of Transitions

Explore the fluid, rhythmic, and expressive dimensions of Zenthai Shiatsu through movement, touch and advanced transitions. Cultivate grace, responsiveness, and flow in your practice.

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Prenatal Zenthai x Rebozo

Deepen your capacity to support pregnancy, birth and postpartum through Zenthai Shiatsu and Rebozo techniques. Cultivate presence, responsiveness and practical skills for offering informed, nurturing care.

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Meet Natan:

Natan Leijssen is a movement artist from Belgium. Beginning as a young martial arts student and circus enthusiast, and later becoming a dedicated yoga practitioner, he started traveling the world in 2016 to learn from a wide range of teachers, healers, and movement facilitators. Along the way, he discovered a deep passion for the healing arts. Natan established a full-time practice in Byron Bay and Sydney before moving back to Europe in 2025 to lead the Zenthai Therapist Program. Natan continues to travel, teach, and share his work internationally.

With a deep bow of respect I honour my teachers: Gwyn Williams, Uriel Yariv, Blandine Wegener, Radu Nichitescu, Sahajananda, John Kirkwood.

“A teacher affects eternity, he can never know where his influence stops”. - Henry Adems

“Zenthai to me... is the transformation of touch into a language of connection, bridging the physical, emotional, and energetic realms. Beyond a physical art, it is a practice of ‘being in touch’ – with ourselves, each other, and the deeper rhythms of life.”

natan leijssen

Flying Therapeutics

In this form of therapy we use gravity, body weight and harmonic pulsing to allow the body to realign and release. The body is lifted up from the ground and moved in various positions that help open the structural and energetic body in powerful ways. 

Flying therapeutics improves oxygen flow to the brain, circulation, posture, lymphatic drainage, hormonal responses. Clients do not receive the rush of blood to the head that many participants of other types of inversion therapy experience. This is because the client has their knees bent during the massage, and the practitioner's feet are pressed against the major artery in the lower body, the femoral artery. This slows the blood flow returning to the head, resulting in a sense of calm, and a temporary reduction in brain activity.

Prenatal Zenthai x Rebozo

Pregnancy is one of the best times for a Zenthai treatment, benefiting both mother and baby. Here we use peaceful, flowing movements and stretches that will support mother and baby in welcoming growth and transformation. With its holistic approach pregnancy Zenthai aims to balance the nervous system, increase the lung capacity, support blood health and distribution of Ki (energy).

Incorporated into a routine, Zenthai can greatly improve the overall wellness during pregnancy and bring relief to a great array of symptoms related to changes of the musculoskeletal system. The ideal time to start a prenatal zenthai regiment is the second trimester through the end of the third trimester, when energy levels are starting to decrease and discomfort increases.

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