Ebisu, Tokyo · Yokosuka
Energetic Treatment
Biodynamic osteopathy and magnetism
The quietest session David offers. You stay dressed and lie still while he works with very light contact — biodynamic osteopathy, and the magnetism he was taught to use alongside it. Nothing is pushed, pulled or cracked. Some people feel a great deal during the session, others feel very little and notice the difference over the days that follow.
Session
Dressed, lying down
Price
¥30,000
Consultations in
English, 日本語, français
What is an energetic treatment?
It is a hands-on session with almost no movement in it. In biodynamic osteopathy David rests his hands on you and follows what your body is already doing, rather than correcting anything. It comes out of the same cranial training as the gentlest work in an ordinary osteopathy session, taken much further towards listening and much further away from technique.
Magnetism is the older half of it: the laying on of hands, as it has been practised in France for generations. David works with it because it belongs beside this kind of osteopathy, not instead of it. Nobody can explain the mechanism, and he will not pretend otherwise. What he can tell you is what he does, what people report afterwards, and where he thinks it has no place.
What happens in the session
Step 1
We talk first
David asks what brought you in, what has already been looked at medically, and what you are hoping for. If this is not the session you need, he will say so before you are on the table.
Step 2
Hands resting
You lie down fully dressed, usually face up, under a blanket if you want one. David places his hands — head, sacrum, ribs, feet — and leaves them there. From the outside, very little appears to happen.
Step 3
Magnetism
Where it fits, David works with magnetism over the area that is asking for it, hands on the body or just off it. This part is quiet too. Most people are somewhere between deeply relaxed and asleep.
Step 4
Afterwards
Take the first few minutes slowly — people often get up a little dreamy. Some feel lighter straight away, others notice things settle over the following two or three days. David will tell you honestly whether another session is worth your money.
Being straight with you
What this is, and what it is not
This is not medicine. David is a French-qualified osteopath, not a doctor. He does not diagnose, he does not prescribe, and an energetic session is never a reason to postpone care you actually need or to stop anything your doctor has given you.
Biodynamic osteopathy and magnetism are not proven by clinical trials, and David promises nothing about what either will do for you. What he can say is that both are gentle and carry very little risk: nothing is forced, nothing is manipulated, you stay dressed, and you can ask him to stop at any point.
If what you are dealing with is mechanical — a stiff back, a locked neck, something with a clear physical cause — then holistic osteopathy will serve you better, and David would rather tell you that than take the booking.
What people come in for
Nobody can promise you an outcome, and this session least of all. These are the reasons people choose it.
Running on empty
Tiredness that sleep is not fixing, a long stretch of stress, the flat patch after an illness or after a hard year.
Nothing left to adjust
You have had the scans, the physiotherapy and the manipulation, nothing mechanical seems to be out of place, and something still does not feel right.
After loss or upheaval
Grief, burnout, a body that has been braced since something happened. This is not psychotherapy and no substitute for it — it is quiet, careful contact and nothing more.
Which session should you book?
This one
Book an energetic treatment if you already know this kind of work and came for it deliberately, or if the gentlest possible approach is what you want.
It is the quietest thing offered here. Expect stillness rather than technique, and expect David to be plain about what he can and cannot tell you.
Holistic osteopathy
Better for a first visit, for a problem nobody has explained to you yet, during pregnancy, for children, or whenever you are simply not sure.
It comes with a full assessment and a wider range of techniques — and David can still bring gentle cranial and biodynamic work into that session where it suits you. More on holistic osteopathy.
Please note
Manual treatment is not a substitute for urgent medical care. If you have severe or sudden symptoms, unexplained weight loss, fever, numbness that is spreading, loss of strength, recent trauma, chest pain, or symptoms that are getting worse, please seek medical advice promptly.
What patients say
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Ebisu, Tokyo
Monday – Thursday & Saturday
Energetic Treatment
A quiet room in Ebisu, a short walk from the station. Stay dressed, bring nothing.
Yokosuka
Fridays
Energetic Treatment
The same session, on a Friday. Second floor, stairs only.
Not sure this is the right session?
Tell David what is going on and he will say honestly whether an energetic treatment is what you need, or whether hands-on osteopathy would do more for you — in English, Japanese or French.