OLIVER COWMEADOW MRSS(T) is the founder and director of the school, and the main course teacher and Course Tutor for the Year Three Course. He is a Registered Teacher with the Shiatsu Society and a certified Dietary Counsellor and Teacher of Oriental philosophy and medicine with the Kushi Institute.

Oliver has studied with many leading teachers of shiatsu and Oriental medicine in the West, including Wataru Ohashi, Michio and Aveline Kushi, Saul Goodman and Pauline Sasaki. He has been teaching shiatsu courses in the south west and internationally since 1984, and is the author of four books on shiatsu and the Oriental approach to health.

JEAN NETHERWAY MRSS(T) is a graduate of the Devon School of Shiatsu, and a Shiatsu Society Registered Teacher. She is the main course teacher and Course Tutor for the Foundation Year courses.

Jean is also a Stress Management Consultant, using the power of a positive mind to enhance the intention brought to the healing process. Jean has done much to promote shiatsu in Devon, and has a busy practice in Paignton.

KATE BURFORD MRSS(T) trained at the British School of Shiatsu-Do and has been part of their teaching team since 1994. She is a teacher member of the Shiatsu Society and regularly sits on their assessment panel.

Kate is a past chair of the Shiatsu Society Assessment Committee and is currently an editor for the Shiatsu Society News, a quarterly professional magazine. She has a busy practice and with a yoga teacher, runs workshops for pregnant women. Kate lives in Penzance with her partner and two young children.

GRAHAM CRISP MRSS(T) is a co-founder and co-director of the Ki Kai Shiatsu Centre in London. He has been practicing and teaching shiatsu for over 20 years. From an initial background in Aikido and Tai Chi, he started studying shiatsu in 1984.

Graham spent five years as an assessor for the Shiatsu Society and was also involved in the ratification of all shiatsu schools. As well as shiatsu, Graham also teaches Qi Gong, having studied extensively with Lam Kam Chuen and Dr. Shen Hongxun.

Currently Graham divides his time between practices and teaching in London, and Cornwall and Devon.

KEITH BELLISS MRSS teaches the anatomy on the Foundation Year Courses and physiology and pathology on the Year Two course. He first trained in Sport Science, and has been working at a Physical Rehabilitation Centre since 1990.

Keith studied shiatsu at the Devon School of Shiatsu, and now has a private practice as well as using shiatsu in rehabilitation programmes. Keith has also introduced shiatsu to the Nuffield Hospital Exeter.

ALEX TURNER MRSS is a graduate of The Devon School of Shiatsu and a member of The Shiatsu Society. He is a teacher on the Year One course and oriental exercise teacher on the Macrobiotic & Life Counselling training course run by the Holistic Cooking School.

Alex has been practicing Martial Arts since 1977 and is a teacher of Tai Chi and Chi Kung and Classical Jujitsu. He has also practiced Aikido and Zen meditation for many years and continues his training in the UK and Japan.

Alex has a busy practice in Exeter where he also teaches introductory courses in Shiatsu.

ISO BARNDEN has worked for a number of years as an administrator for various charities. A language graduate, she initially worked as a teacher and translator, but has also been a traveller and a carpenter.

Iso’s interest in complementary therapies grows constantly, and supporting students and teachers at the school in the Devon countryside provides the perfect work setting for her.