The College

The Shiatsu College was established in 1986, aiming to provide the best possible quality of Shiatsu training, among the first of its kind, of comparable length and depth to that of an Acupuncture training.

The College is unique in having been conceived as a collaborative project between a group of founding teachers, each keen to share their enthusiasm and experience of the power and value of Shiatsu as a healing therapy. These founding teachers are among the most respected figures in the modern Shiatsu community and continue to guide and encourage the development of the College to the present day.

The College has grown and expanded now to comprise 6 regional branches, each sharing the same ethos, aims, syllabus and assessments. Our Professional Practitioner Training is fully ratified by the Shiatsu Society (UK) and has maintained its reputation as one of the most in-depth, thorough and high quality Shiatsu courses to be found in the UK.

The College is accredited by the National Open College Network. The NOCN is recognised by the regulatory authorities in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and provides flexible credit-based qualifications to a range of education and training providers and employers.

The founding teachers’ original aims still underpin the College’s approach:

• To provide you with the best available training in Shiatsu to practitioner level, taking account of required national and European standards.
• To provide you with a course whose theoretical content includes both the ancient tradition of Eastern medicine and more recent developments in Shiatsu theory and energy medicine.
• To give each student access to intuition, strength and balance, through techniques for the development of mind and body.
• To establish a College in which the democratic relationship between teachers would ensure constant review and development of course content and teaching methods.