Oran Kivity Training

In continuous practice since 1987, he specialized in Japanese methods and, in 2000, was a founder member of Toyohari UK, the British branch of the Toyohari Association of Japan.
In recent years, he developed the Ontake Method, winning awards in 2014 from Harper’s Bazaar Magazine, and in 2019, from Global Health Pharma for the most innovative new healing method.
His books, Moxa in Motion with the Ontake Method and Hirata Zone Therapy with the Ontake Method, received praise and recognition from acupuncture journals worldwide, including the Journal of Chinese Medicine and the North American Journal of Oriental Medicine.
Oran Kivity Training offers in-person and online teaching, one-to-one coaching, an online shop specializing in Japanese moxibustion books and products, and acupuncture and moxibustion services based in Taiwan.

THE ONTAKE METHOD
Ontake Warm Bamboo is a unique therapy created by British acupuncturist Oran Kivity. It combines different traditional Japanese physiotherapy concepts and has won several international healing awards.
A short piece of bamboo is filled with moxa wool. When the moxa is ignited, the bamboo gets warm and can be applied to the skin as a heated massage tool. The bamboo can be held, tapped, pressed, or rolled rhythmically on the skin.
Additionally, with the use of a metronome, these techniques can be applied at specific frequencies of beats per minute. This Meridian Frequency Moxibustion is an extension of the pioneering work in Japan by Dr. Yoshio Manaka on the meridian frequencies and the effect of different frequencies on muscular tension.
From the receiver’s point of view, this is an extremely relaxing treatment. The warmth of the bamboo, the smell of the burning moxa and the ticking of the metronome combine almost hypnotically to calm and relax the mind, allowing the knots in your muscles to melt away.

TEACHING
Oran lectured in acupuncture at the University of Westminster in London and the Northern College in York from 1994 to 2004. He was a teaching assistant for Stephen Birch, one of the foremost authorities on acupuncture. Oran currently teaches Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion worldwide, specializing in Manaka System Acupuncture and the Ontake Method. He has taught in the UK, Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland, Croatia, Israel, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Brazil, and the United States. Oran’s workshops are lively and informative, with an emphasis on focused practice.

COACHING
Tiny habits make big changes! Oran’s approach is client-centered, in the belief that with attention and guidance, you can be guided to find your own answers. He uses a variety of counseling, coaching, and reflective skills, including habit coaching and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). His coaching can be broken down into three main services:
• Mentoring and supervision (via zoom)
• Focused coaching (via zoom)
• App-based habit coaching

Oran lived and worked in Malaysia from 2005 till the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020, when he moved to Taiwan. He now practices, writes, coaches, and teaches from the southern port town of Kaohsiung, where he lives happily by a river, near a lake, and close to the sea.