The London branch is based in The Helios Centre, in Holborn, right in the heart of London. With just a 4-minute walk from Holborn Tube station and a 1-minute walk to the peaceful Red Lion Square Gardens, for a welcome breath of nature within the bustle of city life. Here we provide a stimulating and caring teaching environment, for small groups of students. We welcome our students from a wide geographical area and backgrounds; all coming together to experience the personal and enriching art of Shiatsu hands-on therapy in a welcoming and supportive atmosphere. All our classes are taught by experienced teachers who are passionate about Shiatsu. We are currently running The Shiatsu College’s three-year, Level 4 Diploma Shiatsu course; a Government Recognised Qualification – training to full professional MrSS Shiatsu Practitioner status. The first year is open as a ‘stand alone’ one year course to gain ‘The Shiatsu College’s Bodywork for Wellbeing’ certificate. Some students use this single year for it’s self awareness & self development work to use within their own world of various therapies or other occupations. There are plenty of opportunities to join in with our branch of Shiatsu; learning about and experiencing the amazing healing art of Shiatsu. Our Branch Leader is Claire Gilliver. All enquiries are welcome.

Contact and Address


07951 170637

[email protected]

The Helios Centre 

47 Eagle Street,

Holborn

London WC1R 4AP

DATES 2025-26

Here are the dates for our Bodywork for Wellbeing Certificate & Diploma course 

                       

2025-26

TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3
Oct 11/12
Nov 08/09
Dec 13/14		 Jan 10/11
Feb 14/15
Mar 14/15
Apr 11/12		 May 09/10
May 30/31
Jun 27/28
Jul 11/12

Fees 2025-26

                       


Teachers

London branch

Teacher Claire Gilliver

Claire Gilliver BA(hons) FwSS T Claire Gilliver BA(hons) FwSS T heads the London and Brighton Branches. She is a fellow of The Shiatsu Society UK, and qualified as a Professional Shiatsu Practitioner in 2007. She has a thriving Shiatsu practice in Brighton; specialising in psychological and emotional health. She also runs a Shiatsu clinic at ‘Southdown’s Housing Trust, Mental Health Hub’ (previously the NHS) since 2007; dedicated to taking Shiatsu out into the community. Her passion for teaching, qualifying in 2020, arrives from her ability to make life in the classroom accessible and enjoyable for all. Her teaching style and humour, with a background in Fine Art & Design, brings the theory side of the course to life and opens up student’s potential. Claire is also a qualified Qigong Teacher, and brings this meditative movement & ancient ‘art form’ of exercise into the classroom and workshops, as a teaching tool.

Teacher Annie Cryar

BSc Cert.Ed(1974) FwSS Annie qualified as a teacher (QTS) in the early 1970’s. Her love of the art of teaching and life long learning continues. Annie’s Yoga practice also spans decades and she qualified to teach Scaravelli Inspired Yoga, at the same time discovering Qigong as part of her Shiatsu studies. She is committed to helping students find the best in themselves to teach the form, the essence and the spirit of Shiatsu, Qigong and Yoga. Her love of Shiatsu and its amazing potential for supporting people through their journey in life has never diminished.

Teacher Cat Westwood

BA Hons SrSS T CYT Cat heads the Norwich branch, in addition to heading the Teach Yoga Naturally, Norwich Branch (a Yoga Teacher training Course). Cat's interest in Shiatsu developed originally from her dance training in Body Weather Laboratory - a Japanese contemporary dance form which utilises nature and the environment. After studying with Oguri in Los Angeles in 2010, she went on to train in Zen Shiatsu with the Shiatsu College Brighton. Cat is also a Meridian Yoga Teacher and International Movement Artist. Cat has experience working in a variety of settings, including the Martlets Hospice in Hove and with the Lewes FC Mental Well-Being football teams project, and Pitstop at the Men's Craft in Norwich. She continues to develop her bodywork practice by attending regular CPD courses and works as part of the New Energy Work Team with Clifford Andrews.

Teacher Jane Lyons

BA(Hons) ITEC FwSS Jane Lyons is passionate about Shiatsu and she loves the honesty and integrity of the connection that it allows between people. Her students particularly love the clarity, energy, imagination and humour of her teaching. Jane has been teaching Shiatsu since 1991, she is also a Ki Aikido Teacher, an approved Shiatsu Society (UK) assessor, a trained Massage Therapist, a visual artist and member of the Ki Federation of Great Britain.

Teacher Daniela Voit

MSc MRSS Daniela graduated from Shiatsu College London in 2017. During her 3 years of assisting at the Shiatsu College, she started her journey to becoming a Shiatsu Teacher and has been part of the teaching team since autumn 2022. Daniela has also been studying Sei-Ki with Alice Whieldon since her second year of Shiatsu studies and attended extensive Sei-Ki Training in Manchester in 2018-2019. She continues to expand her Sei-Ki experience by attending workshops with Alice and is hoping to be teaching Sei-Ki in the future. Alongside building her Shiatsu and Sei-Ki practice in Southwest London Daniela is a Climate Activist and committed to helping societal systems to change through community and grassroots organising. Daniela is most interested in the beautiful connections between beings that arise through touch and the interconnectedness of all beings through Ki as well as a return to our lost connection to nature.

DATES 2024-25

Here are the dates for our Bodywork for Wellbeing Certificate & Diploma course 


2024-25

TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3
Sep 21/22
Oct 19/20
Nov 16/17
Dec 14/15		 Jan 11/12
Feb 08/09
Mar 08/09
Apr 05/06		 Apr 26/27
May 17/18
Jun14/15

Fees 2024-25