Teachers at the Irish branches of The European Shiatsu School

Sheena, a graduate of the Cork School of Shiatsu, is now a Registered Teacher and is currently running the teaching programme in Cork as well as assisting with teaching in the Galway School.

She is also a Qigong Teacher offering courses in Essence and Soaring Crane Qi Gong.

Diana trained in the British School of Shiatsu based in London in the early 90's, she is currently the director of the Cork School of Shiatsu. She teaches Shiatsu to adult education classes, gives short introductory workshops and  presentations. Her latest venture is Shiatsu for Children.

Diana runs a Shiatsu Practice in Cork City and in Inniscarra.

Graduating from the Cork School of Shiatsu in 2000, Jasmine has a shiatsu practice in Galway and is now the Director of Studies and founder of the Galway branch. At present she teaches foundation level and modules on Stage 2. She informs her teaching through her ongoing studies of the body/mind connection. She is also a qualified yoga teacher.

Please visit www.elixir-health.com for more info on Jasmine's shiatsu, yoga bodywork and massage.

Liz is the Hertfordshire Branch Director and a senior teacher with the ESS. She offers a full range of training in Hertford, from Basic Skills Days through to the 3 year Practitioner Course and post-graduate workshops. She also teaches regularly on the Cork, Galway, and London courses. In addition, Liz teaches on the ESS Teacher Training programme.

Liz is also a qualified Taiji instructor with the John Ding International Academy of Tai Chi Chuan and brings her knowledge and experience of Qigong and meditation practice into her classes. She also has counselling and groupwork facilitation experience.

For further information on Shiatsu classes and courses in the Hertfordshire area, please visit www.lizwelch.co.uk.

Peter completed his diploma in Shiatsu with the ESS in 1999 and gained membership to the Shiatsu Society Register in June 2000. He has since completed the ESS teacher-training. Peter has gained a wealth of clinical experience while working for a charity in the substance misuse field over the past 3 years. He is also a qualified practitioner of Chinese Herbal Medicine. He brings this knowledge to his classes to help students learn to combine theoretical and practical skills in a way that is easily understood and fun to practise.

Andrew is the Eastbourne Branch Director and runs the residential courses in England and on Ibiza, as well as weekend courses. He also teaches in London, Hertford, Galway, Brighton and in Poland. He teaches practical shiatsu skills, theory, Qigong and anatomy. Andrew has a particular interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Nutrition, the Five Elements, and point location. He also organises and teaches the Sotai and Seated Bodywork or On-site massage courses.

Before studying Shiatsu Andrew qualified as an acupuncturist at the College of Integrated Chinese medicine in Reading and has been running a successful practice since 1997. More recently he has completed a post graduate diploma in nutritional therapy. Andrew came into Oriental medicine through his love of martial arts and has been studying various forms for over twenty-five years including Tai Chi, Qigong, Karate and the Korean art of Kuk Sool Won.

For more information about Andrew, visit www.acupunctureuk.net

Dianna qualified from the European Shiatsu School in the early 1990's and became a registered teacher of shiatsu in 1995. She has recently trained as an acupucturist and has a successful practice in North London. In addition to her role as one of the school's main teachers, she is a visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster. She also plays an active role within the Shiatsu Society as an examiner on their assessment panel.

Dianna is also a Feng Shui consultant, with clients on both sides of the Atlantic. Her main influences have come from Buddhist Philosophy. Currently, she is undertaking teacher training in Scaravelli style yoga. www.diannacheong.co.uk

Andrew originally trained as a journalist. He has been practising shiatsu for over 10 years and has worked in a number of NHS drug rehabilitation projects, as well as being the shiatsu practitioner in The House of Commons for 5 years. He is based in Brighton and teaches all aspects of the curriculum at various branches of the school.

As a practitioner, he specializes in helping people understand the psychosomatic aspects of their symptoms. Andrew also runs regular Shiatsu courses throughout the UK and in Spain where he presents techniques adapted for use on a bodywork table.

Sibylle started teaching for the ESS in 1995 and is one of the principal teachers of the London Branch. Before graduating as a Shiatsu practitioner she had been working as a Chartered Physiotherapist. This background has given her a sound base in bodywork that comes across in her teaching of anatomy and shiatsu techniques. She teaches on all four stages of the practitioner course.

Her extensive clinical experience includes working in specialist centres for people affected by HIV/Aids, in a community drugs project, and working with pregnant women. She has an established shiatsu practice in South London. A special interest in meditation informs her personal practice. Sibylle is an assessor for the Shiatsu Society, and is also a qualified NLP practitioner.

For more information about Sibylle's Shiatsu practice, visit www.sibyllewalter.com