About me and Shiatsu (Qualifications and training)

I began to study Shiatsu in 1994 with one of the UK's leading schools, The British School of Shiatsu-Do. For the next four years I was guided and supervised through many of the wide ranging aspects of Shiatsu by talented and enthusiastic teachers/practitioners, before being examined and assessed, and qualifying in 1998.

Following this I passed the Shiatsu Society Assessment to achieve Member of the Register of the Shiatsu Society (MRSS) status. This registration is the full qualification of a Shiatsu practitioner in the UK. To maintain it, I have to be bound by the Society's code of ethics and hold full professional indemnity and public liability insurance.

About me and Chi gung

My involvement with oriental arts began with yoga in my youth, and later I developed an interest in martial arts. This led me in 1990 to begin studying T'ai Chi, which I hope to do for the rest of my life. The powerful health giving effects of T'ai Chi aroused my interest in Chi gung, which I have since developed alongside my study of Shiatsu, with the help of a variety of teachers