Winning bidder receives one teen/young adult shiatsu massage lasting 45 minutes.

Shiatsu is the hands-on form of Asian Medicine that has been practiced in Japan for over 2,000 years.  

Tao shiatsu therapists focus on recovering the patient’s ki (or chi), the life force energy circulating through channels in the body.

By treating natural healing points (“tsubo”) on the meridian that lie deep inside your body chronic stiffness and pain disappear finally.

Tao Shiatsu stimulates the body’s internal healing power and restores the unity of the patient’s body, mind and spirit.  It is effective for adults and children with many different kinds of conditions.

Tao Shiatsu is effective for body pain and stiffness, stress and tension, sciatica, sports injuries, headaches and migraines, digestive problems, depression & emotional problems, pre and post-natal support, and others.

Deborah Bachmann is a certified Tao Shiatsu practitioner and instructor. She studied for 4 years in Kyoto, Japan and then returned to Madison in 1995 to establish the Madison Tao Sangha Center.