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 two study formats. Full details are provided on the Study Formats page.
All formats run at 7 hours per day.
Intensive:
• 3 weeks (Monday to Friday)
Weekend Course:
• 7.5 weekends (Saturday & Sunday)
Choose the structure that best fits your lifestyle, all formats lead to the same Level 1 training hours and certification.
Certificate
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.
Price: $5,990
Advanced Techniques You Will Study in Level 3
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 Scoliosis & 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, - The Skeleton Tapping System (STS) - The Scoliosis Protocol - The Emotional Intelligence Induction (EII) - Harmony of Movement (HOM) - Feng Shui 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 and scoliosis re-education. Holistic Integration: Learn to integrate Dietary, Lifestyle and Emotional 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). Feng Shui: How our internal condition creates the external world- the art of harmonizing the living space- 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) 212 Hours (112 in-class instruction + 100 home study/practice) at this stage the students will have completed a 537 hours training. Investment $6,000.00 COURSE LEVEL 3: Advanced Chinese Medicine & Healing Mastery Format Options (7 hours per day) - Intensive: 3 weeks + 1 day (Monday to Friday) Weekend Course: 7.5 weekends + 1 day (Saturdays & Sundays) Syllabus: The Career-Making Diploma for Holistic Healers Day Topics & Practice Focus Level 3 Syllabus: Advanced Chinese Medicine & Healing Mastery Daily Schedule: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (8 hours elapsed | 7.0 instructional hours/day) Classroom Contact Hours: 112.0 Hours (16 Days) Home Study & Master Practicum: 100.0 Hours Total Level 3 Credited Hours: 212.0 Hours Day 1 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Yoga Warm-up, Meridian Stretching & Chinese Clock 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs) — Lecture: Root vs. Symptom - Differential Diagnosis in Advanced TCM 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Practical/Lab: Clinical Protocol for Kidney (KD) System Imbalance & Five Element 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM (3.5 hrs) — Practical Practicum: Advanced Diagnostic Application & Targeted Organ Realignment (LU - LV - HT - KD - SP) - 5 Elements Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (2.0 Lecture / 5.0 Practical) Day 2 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Harmony of Movement (HoM) Postural Alignment & Somatic Re-education 09:30 AM – 11:00 AM (1.5 hrs) — Lecture: Psychosomatic Traits of Joints & Non-Judgmental Practitioner Awareness 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (1.5 hrs) — Practical/Lab: Full Body Mobilization Sequence Focused Specifically on Joint Articulations 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM (3.5 hrs) — Theory & Practical/lab: STS Introduction and demo Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (1.5 Lecture / 5.5 Practical) Day 3 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Harmony of Movement (HoM) Warm-up 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs) — Lecture: Advanced Clinical Moxibustion (Acute/Chronic Conditions, Pregnancy, Gynecology & Pathogens) 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Practical/Lab: Direct, Indirect, and Warm-Needle Moxa Applications across Major Joint Systems 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM (3.5 hrs) — Practical Practicum & Clinical Forum: STS the hip - the shoulder - the Spine Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (2.0 Lecture / 5.0 Practical) Day 4 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Harmony of Movement (HoM) Warm-up 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs) — Lecture & Lab: Advanced Diagnostics — Integrative Tongue Reading, Facial Morphology & Body Reading 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Practical/Lab: Perceptual Bodywork — Sensing Manifest (Yang) vs. Hidden (Yin) Energetic Distortions 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM (3.5 hrs) — Practical Practicum: STS: The Elbow- The Foot - The Hand - The Spine- Neck Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (2.0 Lecture / 5.0 Practical) Day 5 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Harmony of Movement (HoM) Warm-up 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs) — Lecture & Lab: Ear Auriculotherapy — Microsystem Anatomy, Point Selection & Symptom Pairing 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Practical/Lab: Ear Seeding & Needle/Probe Stimulation Protocols for Pain Management 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM (3.5 hrs) — Recorded Clinical Practicum & Forum: STS: Scoliosis Protocol Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (2.0 Lecture / 5.0 Practical) Day 6 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Harmony of Movement (HoM) Warm-up 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs) — Lecture & Lab: Traditional Cupping Therapy — Stationary, Flash, and Moving Cupping Methods 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Practical/Lab: Diagnostic Evaluation Synthesis (Four Examinations: Hara, Back, Face, Tongue) 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM (3.5 hrs) — Practical Practicum & Forum: Emotional Intelligence Induction (EII) Protocol: The Upsets- the Push & Pull - The Symbolism- Practice Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (2.0 Lecture / 5.0 Practical) Day 7 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Harmony of Movement (HoM) Warm-up 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs) — Lecture & Lab: Skeleton Tapping System (STS) — Acoustic Resonance, Piezoelectric Stimulation & Fascial Pathways 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Practical/Lab: STS Tool Handling & Skeletal Alignment Protocols for Joint Decompression 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM (3.5 hrs) — Practical Practicum EII: Base Type- Altered Type - Ego Type- Practice Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (2.0 Lecture / 5.0 Practical) Day 8 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Harmony of Movement (HoM) Warm-up 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs) — Lecture: The Eight Extraordinary Meridians (Qi Jing Ba Mai) — Ancestral Energetics & Deep Constitutional Work 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Practical/Lab: Master Point Pairing & Extraordinary Vessel Activation Protocols 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM (3.5 hrs) — Practical Practicum: EII: the Practical Curriculum- Practice Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (2.0 Lecture / 5.0 Practical) Day 9 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Yoga Warm-up 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs) — Lecture: TCM Dietary Therapy — Acid/Alkaline Dynamics, Thermal Natures & Pathogenic Conditions (Mucus, Damp, Heat, Wind) 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Practical/Lab: Formulating Dietary Recommendations Based on Zang-Fu Diagnostics 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM (3.5 hrs) — Practical Practicum: EII: Supervised Practice & Forum Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (2.0 Lecture / 5.0 Practical) Day 10 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Yoga Warm-up 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs) — Lecture: Obstetrics in TCM — Pregnancy Protocols, Pelvic Realignment & Contraindications 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Practical/Lab: Moxa for Malposition, Relaxation Protocols & Pelvic Stabilization Techniques 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM (3.5 hrs) — Clinical Practicum & Forum: STS practice - EII practice - Body Work practice Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (2.0 Lecture / 5.0 Practical) Day 11 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Yoga Warm-up 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs) — Practical/Lab: Advanced Orthopedic Shiatsu — Scoliosis, Sciatica, Tendinitis, Arthrosis & Cervical/Lumbar Protocols 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Practical/Lab: Multi-Modal Pathology Treatment (Combining STS, Moxa & Specific Acupuncture Points) 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM (3.5 hrs) — Practical Practicum & Clinical Feedback: Regional Joint Pathology Interventions - (STS - EII - Shiatsu - Moxa- Cupping - Ear Acupuncture) Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (2.0 Lecture / 5.0 Practical) Day 12 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Yoga Warm-up 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs) — Academic Review & Examination Briefing 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Written Examination: Advanced Clinical Diagnosis & Treatment Plan Formulation 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM (3.5 hrs) — Practical Practicum: Pure Somatic Flow & Connection (Prone, Supine, Lateral without Meridian Intervention) Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (3.0 Exam/Review / 4.0 Practical) Day 13 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Harmony of Movement (HoM) Warm-up 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs) — Lecture: Philosophy of Vital Substances — Shen, Qi, Jing, Xue, Jin-Ye & The 7 Classifications of Qi 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lecture: Bio-Physics in TCM — Electrical, Magnetic, and Chemical Dynamics of the Human Energetic Field 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM (3.5 hrs) — Practical Practicum & Theoretical Forum: Scoliosis - Hips Blocks- Shoulder Blocks- Treatment and meaning (STS - EII) Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (3.0 Lecture / 4.0 Practical) Day 14 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Yoga Warm-up 09:30 AM – 11:00 AM (1.5 hrs) — Practical/Lab: Foot Reflexology & Advanced Ampuku (Abdominal Dynamic Assessment) 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (1.5 hrs) — Practical/Lab: Comprehensive Joint Review (Head to Feet) & Postural Re-education (Center of Gravity) 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM (3.5 hrs) — Practical Practicum: Non-Verbal-Communication-EII supervised students practice Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (1.0 Lecture / 6.0 Practical) Day 15 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Yoga Warm-up 09:30 AM – 12:30 PM (3.0 hrs) — Practical Examination: Master-Level Clinical Practicum (Students Conduct Diagnostic Evaluation & Full Treatment) 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 03:30 PM (2.0 hrs) — Clinical Debrief & Peer Review Forum: Advanced Practice Management & Master Feedback 03:30 PM – 05:00 PM (1.5 hrs) — Official Graduation Ceremony: Delivery of Advanced Chinese Medicine Bodywork Master Diplomas Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (2.0 Forum / 5.0 Practical) Day 16 (Bonus Professional Module) Topic: Environmental Energetics & Feng Shui in TCM Practice 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM (0.5 hr) — Practical: Yoga & Environmental Center-of-Gravity Warm-up 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs) — Lecture: Environmental TCM Diagnostic Principles — Translating Internal Zang-Fu/5 Elements Diagnostics to External Living Spaces 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Practical/Lab: Environmental Assessment — Bagua Mapping, Spatial Qi Evaluation & Bio-Energetic Mirroring 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Lunch Break (Non-Instructional) 01:30 PM – 03:30 PM (2.0 hrs) — Practical/Lab: Remediation Strategies — Utilizing Environmental Feng Shui Modifications to Accelerate Clinical Healing & Personal Goal Achievement 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM (1.0 hr) — Forum & Case Studies: Evaluating Real Client Living Environments for Energetic Stagnation 04:30 PM – 05:00 PM (0.5 hr) — Closing Session & Integrative Program Wrap-Up Daily Subtotal: 7.0 Contact Hours (3.0 Lecture / 4.0 Practical)
