Shin So Shiatsu Instructors working with Tetsuro (Ted) Saito
in Toronto:
Peter Skrivanic, MA, Dipl ST, Dac, was introduced to shiatsu while living in Japan in the mid 1990s and began informal studies in Kyoto before returning to Canada. He earned diplomas in shiatsu and acupuncture from the Shiatsu School of Canada (SSC), and completed a one-year post-graduate internship in Nagano-style acupuncture. He is currently an instructor and clinic supervisor at the SSC, works with Ted Saito at the Shiatsu Centre, and continues to study Shin So Shiatsu with him. He also recently completed an M.A. in medical anthropology at the University of Toronto, where his studies focused on the transmission of knowledge in globalized East Asian medical practices.
In British Columbia:
Cheryl Coull, BA, CST, graduated in 1991 from the Shiatsu School of Canada in Toronto where she first studied with Tetsuro Saito, and since then has maintained a busy shiatsu practice in Victoria, B.C. In 2004, she co-organized B.C.’s first Shin So Shiatsu workshop and used her background in writing and editing to assist with production of Ted Saito’s book, Shin So Shiatsu–Healing the Deeper Meridian Systems. She is an assistant editor with the North American Journal of Oriental Medicine (NAJOM), is currently enrolled in the Acupuncture Diploma Program at Pacific Rim College in Victoria, and continues to study Shin So Shiatsu with Tetsuro Saito.
Meriel Cammell, RST, graduated from the Dragon and Phoenix School of Shiatsu in Montreal, Quebec in 1999 and later pursued studies at the Canadian Acupressure Institute in Victoria, B.C. She practices Shiatsu and Reiki on Salt Spring Island, B.C., is co-coordinator of Shin So Shiatsu B.C., and continues her studies with Tetsuro Saito. She is a member of British Columbia Shiatsu Therapy Association.
Ted Thomas, R.Ac., RST, is director and co-founder of Vancouver's Sourcepoint Shiatsu Centre and director and creator of the Shiatsu Therapy Program offered through Langara College. He holds a Diploma of Oriental Therapies from the East West Centre in Sydney, Australia, and graduated from the International College of T.C.M. in Vancouver, B.C., with a degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has been practicing shiatsu since 1984 and Chinese Medicine since 1992. He continues to study Shin So Shiatsu with Tetsuro Saito.