FLOW 流水 Centre of Japanese Therapy
With Valerie JACQUET, I am very pleased to announce the start of “FLOW 流水 Japanese Therapy Centre,” dedicated to the teaching and practice of Traditional Japanese Healing Arts. Our mission is; To build on and ・・read more
Announcement of temporary closing from 27th July
With the arrival of spring, everything is starting a new. For NAOKI HATTORI Acupuncture × Rolfing®, this means that we will be opening our first overseas clinic in Chamonix France. Of course, I will be offering my ・・read more
What is Zen Stillness Acupuncture?
One of my treatments called Zen Stillness Acupuncture helps you go into a state of deep inner silence. In the sessions, I release the flow of your vital energy and rebalance your body-mind to help you tune in to y ・・read more
NAOKI HATTORI’s 2018 European Tour
A warm late-summer greeting to you all! I hope that everyone is doing well. We would like to let you know that our clinic in Tokyo will be closed for 1 month, from 21st September to 26th October. During this time NAOKI H ・・read more
Carole Fuchs : Professional Alpinist, Trail-runner and Triathlete
Photos and personal details courtesy of Carole Fuchs. Carole reached the summit of Mt Everest on 20th May 2018. Not long afterwards, she came to my clinic for some treatment. I was really impressed by her, ・・read more
Take in and Let go
“The more that we can ‘open up’ to our environment and at the same time relinquish the things of the past, the more vital and alive we are” quoted in Shiatsu book by Gabriel Mojay. The suns ・・read more
Memorization
“Someone keeps on calling me. Everything was great dream. Now I know it is a piece of memory.” This is a famous lyric written by Japanese singer-songwriter, Yosui Inoue. When I saw the scene of the picture, i ・・read more
Settling into spring
The more spring arises, the more Yang energy springs up. After the cherry blossom season, the energy has changed to powerful. It is important to balance the energy within us for flourishing throught this season. When you ・・read more
Put a spring in your step.
It is well known that the Japanese working culture does not still allow us to take long holidays privately but now we are in a long national holiday called Golden Week. Even during holidays, our clinic is opened as usual ・・read more
Seasonal Letter – Autumn in Tokyo –
In western countries, September is often a starting point, a time to begin something new. In Japan, on the other hand, it is often considered a kind of halfway point in the year and a time to recover from the outgoing h ・・read more
Urban Retreat – Tune in to your inner silence with Japanese Zen style acupuncture
Where can you find a quiet place in Tokyo to experience the energy of traditional Japan? Japan is a fascinating country which has a unique energy mixture: modern and traditional, well-organized and chaos. One of the main ・・read more
Settling the body and mind – much more than relaxation
Traveling the world can be an expression of life’s struggle. While experiencing new places and cultures and meeting new people, you also have to manage the necessities of daily life – eating, drinking, moving fro ・・read more
Innate Breathing
Gravity is constantly pulling on us, if our bodies are out of alignment. I release the force of this contraction with gravity by using a slight traction of the head-neck. This is maintained and we wait for a cha ・・read more