Francesco Candelori
Certified Shiatsu and Tuina Practitioner
Chinese medicine is old and exact. What it hands down is not a routine to be repeated but a body of knowledge to be applied — differently each time, to the person on the mat, in the service of their health.
The work is creative for that reason, not in spite of it.
It was received before it was studied. A treatment taken out of curiosity, an effect that held, and then another. The body was convinced first, and the training followed.
My Approach to Healing and Wellness
The thinking happens before the session and after it. What comes before is analysis — the tongue, the pulse, how a person sleeps and digests, what the season is doing to them. What comes after is the same analysis, revised by what the hands found. Between the two, what switches off is the ego. What keeps working is the body’s memory: years of technique held in the hands rather than in the mind, and the theory running quietly underneath it.
So each session is a single work, made once and not repeated. A living body changes under the hands and carries more variables than anyone can hold, so no plan arrives ready to be carried out. Painting taught this before bodywork did, and watercolour most plainly: you account for the temperature, the humidity, the particular day, and find a compromise between what you intend and what the water wants.
The Formation
Before technique, before any pattern is named, two bodies read each other below the level of thought. A person’s history is written into the body, in its tensions and its temperature, the colour and moisture of the skin, the sound of the voice. I read that first by hand, and reason about it after.
Training in Rome and Bologna, and continuous study since: Shiatsu, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Tuina, alongside craniosacral work, Qi Gong and Tai Chi, classical Chinese phytotherapy, the I Ching. Member of APOS, the Italian professional association for Shiatsu practitioners. Private practice and hospitality work, in Italy and abroad.
Professional Experience and Certifications
I am proud to hold certifications in Shiatsu and other holistic therapies, which reflect my commitment to professional standards and continuous learning. I am also a member of APOS (Associazione Professionale Operatori e Insegnanti Shiatsu), which ensures that my practice adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards.
Hear What they Say
He is a highly professional therapist – attentive, caring, and very thoughtful. I would recommend him to anyone.
My tired body finally felt deeply relaxed, and I genuinely felt healed.
If my travel schedule allows, I would love to come back again.
During the session I felt reliefed of tension and restored the body to a state that it hasn’t been to for a while. It felt like I’ve been to the deep space restoration station a got back with the inner system sounding in a different way. As if I got a new face. And that’s always reviving, I guess.
I can see how several days after the session the changes heard by the body are slowly and gently revealing the reality around me, bringing peace, care and comfort back to my life. The treatment starts with the attitude of the therapist, and makes it a wonderous fulfilling experience, cause in healing everything matters, and it's the main principle of holism, which I strongly believe in.
**Excellent shiatsu massage in a very cool old farm house in the countryside.
Situated in Montone, Perugia.
Address:
06014 Montone, Province of Perugia, Italy