The Norwich Branch of the Shiatsu College holds its classes at the Wellbeing Centre, a lovely central venue, with spacious rooms, leafy views and its own garden for outdoor exercises and summer picnic lunches. We can also offer simple overnight accommodation at the Shiatsu Centre clinic for students travelling from afar. ‍ We are a co-operatively run branch of the Shiatsu College UK. Our collective consists of Cat Westwood and Basti Deans. Dinah John (former Head of Branch) and Cliff Andrews (one of the founders of the Shiatsu College) provide further teaching support. Please visit our Norwich Classes and Course, below, for all course information and payments.

Contact and Address


01603 632555

[email protected]

Norwich Wellbeing Centre, 15 Chapel Field East, Norwich, NR2 1SF


DATES 2025-26

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

                       

2025-26

TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3
Sep 20/21
Oct 18/19
Nov 15/16
Dec 13/14		 Jan 10/11
Feb 07/08
Mar 07/08
Apr 18/19		 May 16/17
Jun 06/07
Jul 11/12

Fees 2025-26

                       


Teachers

Norwich branch

Teacher Cat Westwood

BA Hons SrSS T CYT 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. She continues to develop her bodywork practice by attending regular CPD courses and is now a Teacher and manager at Shiatsu College Norwich. Cat also manages and teaches the 'Teach Yoga Naturally', a Yoga Teacher Training course in Norwich.

Teacher Basti Deans

FwSS T Sebastian Deans loves seeing life’s beauty and humour from many angles, and he brings this quality to his teaching, with simple explanations. He has been training and practising in Norfolk since 2004, assisting at the Norwich branch since 2007. He has now joined the teaching team for the College as well as running his own Shiatsu workshops in the North Norfolk countryside. Sebastian also practices Reiki, Qi Gong and parenting.

Teacher Dinah John

BA FwSS T Dinah was Cliff's first graduate from the Shiatsu College Norwich in 1990. She's been in full time practice at the Shiatsu Centre Norwich ever since - as well as teaching internationally at Post-Graduate level for some years - and she loves Shiatsu! She took over as Principal of the Shiatsu College Norwich in 2003 and now - after 17 years at the helm - is happy to be stepping back and teaching at the Norwich branch. Dinah’s love of life and of Shiatsu manifest in the great enthusiasm she brings to her teaching. She is endlessly interested in and fascinated by human beings and she touches profoundly all those who work with her. Practising Shiatsu and Qigong for over 30 years, she has been an editor of the Shiatsu Society Journal since 1997, a teacher at post-graduate level for over 25 years and is a popular guest teacher both in the UK and Europe – known for her clarity, humour and generosity of spirit, as well as her rich experience. She was originally an English literature graduate and trained as a teacher of English.

Teacher Clifford Andrews

MSc FwSS T Cliff has been studying, practising and teaching Shiatsu since 1981 - he was one of the original founders of the Shiatsu College when it was launched in 1986. Cliff has stepped back from the Norwich Collective and now teaches at the Norwich branch. Cliff Andrews is an internationally renowned Shiatsu teacher who is invited to teach regularly throughout Europe and in the USA and Australia. He has been practising Shiatsu since 1981 and, following his apprenticeship with pioneering teacher Pauline Sasaki, he went on to work alongside her for 25 years – creating a coherent development for the Masunaga Zen Shiatsu system. In 1986 Cliff co-founded the Shiatsu College, and in 1992 he established the Post-Graduate CPD programme, now at www.newenergywork.com. Cliff has developed many advanced Shiatsu techniques and has worked with eminent scientists, such as James Oschman and Emilio del Guidice, in developing an understanding of the scientific basis for Shiatsu and energy medicine. Cliff is renowned for his clear, structured and supportive teaching style.

DATES 2024-25

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

  

2026-27

TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3
Sep 
Oct 
Nov 
Dec 		 Jan 
Feb 
Mar 
Apr 		 May 
Jun 
Jul 

Fees 2024-25