LEVEL THREE
Advanced Chinese Medicine & Healing Mastery.
The Career-Making Diploma for Holistic Healers.
​Level 3 is where you refine yourself into a fully capable clinical Shiatsu therapist.
Here, you learn advanced diagnostic systems, master meridian combinations, and develop the ability to treat complex physical and emotional disharmonies with confidence.
You deepen your sensitivity, precision, and therapeutic presence, learning to integrate Traditional Chinese Medicine with advanced Western anatomy and functional movement.
By the end of Level 3, you are fully prepared to work as an independent Shiatsu therapist with a complete professional skillset.
​What's Included
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205 total training hours
– 105 hours of in-class advanced instruction
– 100 hours of additional recorded home-study and practice assignments -
Advanced TCM diagnostics:
Detailed differentiation of patterns, advanced Zang-Fu theory, meridian combinations, point selection, and analysis of complex disharmonies. -
Emotional & energetic integration:
Working with emotional states, embodied patterns, and how physical, energetic, and mental layers interact in treatment. -
Advanced Western anatomy & biomechanics:
Understanding how posture, gait, alignment, and movement relate to chronic tension, pain, and organ function. -
Full treatment protocols:
Developing, modifying, and executing full clinical treatments based on the client’s presenting patterns: chronic, acute, or combined. -
Professional development:
Guidance on building a successful practice, client communication, intake procedures, boundaries, ethics, and long-term treatment planning.
Ideal For
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Students who have completed Level 2 and want to achieve the highest level of clinical competence.
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Individuals preparing to work as certified, independent Shiatsu therapists with a full diagnostic and therapeutic toolbox.
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Practitioners who want to confidently treat complex conditions using TCM theory integrated with Western anatomy.
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Bodyworkers, movement teachers, or healers looking to expand their results, intuition, and professional credibility.
Learning Formats​​
Level 3 is available in three study formats. Full details are provided on the Study Formats page.
All formats run at 7 hours per day.
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Residential Intensive:
• 3 weeks (Monday to Friday)
Weekend Course:
• 7.5 weekends (Saturday & Sunday)
Weekly Course:
• 15 weeks (One day per week)
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Choose the structure that best fits your lifestyle, all formats lead to the same Level 1 training hours and certification.
Certificate​
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After completing Level 3, you will receive the Advanced Clinical Shiatsu Therapist Certification, confirming your readiness to work professionally, independently, and at the highest level of skill.
Level 3 represents the final stage of the Comprehensive Practitioner Programme and marks your complete professional formation as a Shiatsu therapist.​
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Price: $5,990
Here you can find a detailed breakdown of each lesson in the program.
COURSE LEVEL 3: Advanced Chinese Medicine & Healing Mastery The Career-Making Diploma for Holistic Healers This final, comprehensive stage is for dedicated practitioners seeking the highest level of mastery. Learn advanced techniques and sophisticated medical thinking to confidently recognize and treat a wide range of disharmonies, solidifying your career worldwide. What You Will Master (The Master Practitioner) Advanced Healing Techniques: Specialized methods for body alignment, treating sciatica, tendinitis, joints condition, arthrosis, diet in TCM, organs-related conditions and more. Auxiliary Modalities: Master powerful clinical tools: Moxibustion, Cupping, Ear Auriculotherapy, and the Skeleton Tapping System (STS). Integrative Diagnostics: Develop advanced diagnostic thinking to create unique, personalized treatment plans (seeing the manifest and non-manifest reality). Body- Mind Connection: Explore the psychosomatic traits of joints and the Harmony of Movements (HOM) for postural re-education. Holistic Integration: Learn to integrate Dietary and Lifestyle recommendations as a core part of your treatment plan. Advanced Concepts: Study the Extraordinary Meridians and the Philosophy of Vital Substances (Shen, Qi, Jing, Xue). Your Diploma & Outcome: You will be prepared to safely and confidently practice worldwide as a professional Chinese Medicine Bodyworker. Advanced Practitioner Diploma: aligning with standards like the Shiatsu Society UK. Details: Duration (Total) 205 Hours (105 in-class instruction + 100 home study/practice) at this stage the students will have completed a 530 hours training. COURSE LEVEL 3: Advanced Chinese Medicine & Healing Mastery Format Options (7 hours per day) Residential Intensive: 3 weeks (Monday to Friday) Weekend Course: 7.5 weekends (Saturday & Sunday) Weekly Course: 15 weeks (One day a week) Syllabus: The Career-Making Diploma for Holistic Healers Day Topics & Practice Focus Day 1 Yoga and meridians stretch, location and Chinese clock; Integration of theory and practice: how to recognize and treat the root and symptoms using Zang Fu, 5 Elements, Yin Yang, and diagnostic skills; The KD imbalance and its 5 Elements treatment; Practice. Day 2 Harmony of Movement (HOM); Perception of our body and reconnecting mind/emotions; Non-judgmental attitude; Using this skill with clients; Full body treatment focusing on joints; Discussion on the meaning of joints. Day 3 HOM; Moxibustion: what it is, how to use it (organs, joints, acute symptoms, pregnancy, menstrual pain, wind/cold/humidity); Practice; Forum. Day 4 HOM; Tongue diagnosis and Face diagnosis; Reading of the body; Connecting the manifest with the hidden (Yin & Yang skills); Circular thinking; Practice (Shiatsu focusing on perception: "feel the Kyo Jitsu - understand what this body is looking for?"). Day 5 HOM; Ear Acupuncture: how to use this skill according to symptoms, organs, and 5 Elements; Connection of ear acu points to a focused result; Practice; Full recorded body treatment with focus; Forum. Day 6 HOM; Connecting diagnosis (Hara, Back, Face, Tongue) to understand the manifest reality; Thinking skills: seeing the non-manifest reality and treating it; Cupping; Forum; Treatment. Day 7 HOM; Skeleton Tapping System (STS): frequency, application, nerve pathway, fascia, and ligaments; Practice; Forum; Free session using anything needed (moxa, cupping, STS, ear acupuncture). Day 8 HOM; The Extraordinary Meridians: what they are and how to treat them; Use this system to understand the person at a deeper level; Practice and Forum. Day 9 Yoga; Diet: acidic & alkaline; Treat the organs and heal with diet in TCM; Conditions of mucus, cold, heat, wind, dryness, and related organs; Recognizing and treating imbalance by changing the diet. Day 10 Yoga; Pregnancy Support: relaxation, trust, breathing, opening of the body; Use of moxa, massage techniques, pelvis realignment, dietary suggestions; Students can bring a pregnant woman for evaluation/treatment (if available); Forum. Day 11 Yoga; Advanced techniques: shoulder and neck, face and head massage, lumbar, sacrum, hips and knees; Practice; Bodywork on the same person to treat joints districts using multiple techniques (STS, moxa, acu points, ear acupuncture); Feedback; Forum. Day 12 Yoga; General review Q&A; Recorded (written) and supervised treatment; Outline the therapy for this treatment; Practice: flow & connection, sequence in prone, supine and lateral (no therapy, no meridians). Day 13 HOM; Philosophy of TCM: Vital Substances: Shen, Qi, Jing, Xue, Jin-ye; Different types of Qi (Yuan Qi, Gu Qi, Zing Qi, Zheng Qi, Ying Qi, Wey Qi, Zhong Qi); Electricity - magnetism - chemistry (the 3 levels of ourselves); Forum; Bodywork. Day 14 Yoga; Feet reflexology; Hara ampuku; Techniques review (head, neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hands, chest, diaphragm, hips, knees, ankles, feet); Moxa, cupping, STS, ear acupuncture; HOM exercise for clients, center of gravity; Forum; Free supervised treatment. Day 15 Yoga; Free treatment & Treating the teachers; Forum and feedback; Free supervised treatment; Forum. -Delivery of Diplomas - Dinner together
