The Shiatsu Society makes the continued development of its registered practitioners a compulsory requirement for membership. This policy was adopted at the society’s 2008 AGM and was adopted from 1st January 2009.
Each member of the society is required to collect evidence of their CPD activities. Each year a random selection of members are asked to submit their portfolios for inspection.
As part of my commitment to Continuous Professional Development I am making as much of my own evidence available on this site. Much of what I do is described in my blog articles but this page groups those posts together by CPD activity.
Where there are no links to posts below that either means I have not posted an article about it yet or I have not paid enough attention to the activity. By making my own CPD efforts public I expect to be held account by my clients and web readers.
| Activity | Description |
| Peer Exchanges | Exchanging shiatsu with another practitioner and reviewing the differences in how each of us works. |
| Informal Learning | Updating my knowledge through reading books, professional publications and internet sites. |
| Promotion of shiatsu | Giving demonstrations and tasters to community groups or to the public in general. Can include writing articles for local magazines and newspapers. |
| Personal development | Any reflective practise that promotes personal growth. |
| Volunteer work | Working for local hospitals, hospices, charities and community groups. The aim is to build knowledge and skills with people of different needs. |
| National conferences | Attendance at the conferences of any national shiatsu or related organisations. |
| Research projects | Conducting a research project related to shiatsu. |
| Shiatsu committee work | Working for the shiatsu society on one of its committees of project teams. |
| Contributing to shiatsu development | Working for the development and promotion of the professional standards of all shiatsu practitioners. |
| Attending shiatsu workshops | Attending CPD talks, workshops and events by local shiatsu teachers, schools and colleges. |
| Shiatsu related professional training | Training in skills other than shiatsu. Training must result in a certificate, license or diploma. |
| Delivery of workshops or courses | Aimed at trainers only. |
| Publication of case studies and articles | Articles published in shiatsu or related professional publications and journals. |
| Travel to CPD event (over 50 miles) | A controversial category aimed at rewarding shiatsu professionals attending events that incur travel time and costs. |
Please feel free to comment on my interpretation of the CPD rules. If there is anything you feel I can better or have suggestions for CPD activities please let me know. Either email me or call me on 07500 93 73 85.
