Team

Bill Palmer

Bill is Supervising Director of the School for Experiential Education and the originator of Developmental Process Therapy and Movement Shiatsu. He was one of the pioneers of Shiatsu in Europe and a founder of the Shiatsu Society in the UK and was its chair and journal editor. He also created and edited the Journal of Shiatsu and Oriental Body Therapy. He teaches postgraduate courses in 10 countries worldwide.


Teresa Hadland

Teresa is an accredited teacher of Shiatsu and of Movement Shiatsu and co-teaches worldwide postgraduate courses with Bill.  For 11 years she taught on the BA in Complementary and Holistic Therapies at the University of Derby and ran her own 3-year Shiatsu Practitioner Training Course. She is now an assessor for Shiatsu teachers in the UK.

David Ventura

David Ventura is the founder and director of the School of Movement Shiatsu in Barcelona and the director of SEED in Spain. He also teaches postgraduate courses in France,  Madrid, Denmark, Italy and Argentina.


Jonathan Clifford

Jonathan is a Course Tutor at the School for Experiential Education and is an accredited teacher of Tuina and of Movement Shiatsu.


Bill Commerford

Bill is a Course Tutor at the School for Experiential Education and is principal at the Ki-Kai Shiatsu School in London.


Ruth Patrizzi

Ruth Patrizzi

Ruth is a Shiatsu Teacher, a sports massage therapist and part of the teaching team at SEED.
She has  established a Social Enterprise in North London. Here, she dedicates her efforts to working with individuals grappling with disabilities, mental health challenges, and chronic ailments, offering them support on their path to health and wellness. Her website is www.heartfelthands.org  @heartfelthandstherapies

Daphne Zandberg

Daphne Zandberg

Daphne is an Acupuncturist, Shiatsu Practitioner, Inner Qigong Teacher and Puppeteer based in Amsterdam.

She teaches regular classes in Inner Qigong, retreats in the Pyrenees and continuous professional development classes in Movement Shiatsu in Amsterdam.

For more details about her see https://www.daphnezandberg.nl and for dates of courses see Movement Shiatsu in Holland


Tanja Gerdes and Lilian de Nijs

Lilian Denijs

Tanja and Lilian teach courses on the Six Forms of Touch in the Netherlands.  See Movement Shiatsu in Holland for more details