Introducing the Diploma of Shiatsu and Oriental Therapies, this year-long course offers comprehensive training in the art of 5 Element Wisdom embodied through Shiatsu massage, Cupping, Massage and Food as Medicine. Students will develop a variety of skills, including Eastern bodywork practices and modern massage techniques with a strong foundation in Traditional Japanese and Chinese Medicine theory.

Graduates of this Diploma are prepared to work as Traditional 5 Elements Eastern Medicine Therapists in private practice or integrative health settings, offering grounded, compassionate care for stress, pain, musculoskeletal issues, fatigue and imbalance, or to weave these skills into existing health, bodywork or women’s health practices.

Students will learn:

• Theory and philosophy of Traditional Japanese and Chinese Medicine 5 Elements

• Shiatsu massage and other bodywork techniques

• Holistic patient assessment and treatment planning

• Food as medicine and lifestyle interventions

• Professional practice, ethics and client care

This course is suited to those who feel drawn to the principles of Traditional Medicine practice, who value gentleness and depth, and who wish to practice in a way that is sustainable, ethical and rooted in respect for the human body and its cycles.

This course offers:

• National recognition in Australia

• Qualification in 12 months (Full Time) 

• Adaptable skillset

• Small classes, individual mentorship and support

• Focus on self-development

Teacher Bio - Naomi Jansson

Naomi Jansson Founder of the School of Traditional Medicine

Teaching the Diploma of Shiatsu and Oriental Therapies HLT52215

From Australian College of Eastern Medicine

Naomi Jansson is a second-generation Chinese Medicine Doctor and Educator; an integrative Clinical Nurse Consultant for Women’s Health and ComplexClinical Care with over 25 years of experience. Her work is grounded in Classical East Asian medicine lineages, with a particular focus on Classical Five Element theory as a living system that informs both clinical practice and everyday life.

Raised in a Traditional Medicine household, Naomi inherited an early and embodied relationship with classical medicine. This foundation led her to formal study and lifelong apprenticeship across multiple East Asian medical systems, including Chinese Medicine (Zhongyi), Japanese Medicine (HariKyu), Tibetan Medicine (Sowa Rigpa), and Ayurveda. Her clinical and educational approach is deeply shaped by lineage-based transmission, classical texts, and ongoing mentorship with Master practitioners in Australia, Japan, and the United States.

Naomi holds a Master of Chinese Medicine (Acupuncture) from RMIT University and a Bachelor of Nursing from QUT, and is AHPRA-registered in both professions. This dual clinical training uniquely positions her to teach Five Element theory not only as philosophy, but as a precise diagnostic and clinical framework, integrated with contemporary healthcare settings. Her teaching bridges classical pattern differentiation, elemental psychology of the Spirits, constitutional assessment, and treatment strategy, while remaining accessible & practical with a deep focus on ethics.

A defining aspect of Naomi’s work is her ability to translate classical medicine into language and practices that empower practitioners and clients alike. She emphasises the Five Elements as a tool for clinical clarity, therapeutic relationship, client education, and self-cultivation, enabling students to confidently apply theory in clinic, mentoring, and everyday life. Her teaching weaves meridian therapies, moxibustion, herbal elements dietetics, breath, movement, and lifestyle medicine into a coherent, lived system of care.

Naomi is an undergraduate and  postgraduate teacher, mentor, speaker, and advocate, offering programs, apprenticeships, community clinics, and advanced training for practitioners and students of Traditional Medicine. 

Her teaching is known for its depth, integrity, and clarity honouring the ancestors and classical roots of medicine while equipping modern practitioners with tools that are clinically effective, relationally intelligent, and immediately applicable.

Naomi teaches with an insight that classical medicine is not static knowledge, but a living transmission one that must be embodied, ethically practised, and clearly taught in service of those who seek care and understanding.

Naomi has additional courses that specialise in Women’s Health:

Alongside her classical training, Naomi has undertaken extensive study in living intercultural and folk medicines for women’s health, learning directly from Indigenous Australian, South American, European, Middle Eastern, Irish, and Russian traditions. These studies include pelvic steaming, closing the bones rituals, rebozo and abdominal binding, womb and breast care, postpartum recovery practices, and traditional herbal, food, and movement medicine. This breadth allows her to contextualise Five Element medicine within rites of passage, reproductive health, and women’s lived experience, without diluting its classical integrity.

Classical Japanese Moxibustion 

Naomi has undertaken deep and sustained enquiry in the classical traditions of Moxibustion, recognising it as a complete and sophisticated medical system in its own right, rather than an adjunct technique. She has dedicated many years to the disciplined practice, observation, and clinical application of moxa, with particular attention to its profound capacity for prevention, constitutional strengthening, and the treatment of complex disease states and elemental imbalance.

Trained by multiple masters of classical moxibustion, Naomi works with both direct and indirect methods, seasonal and constitutional approaches, lineage informed protocols rooted in classical texts and oral transmission. Moxibustion is central to her personal cultivation, clinical work, and teaching, and is used consistently in her own life as a foundational practice for regulating Qi, Blood, and Spirit.

In her teaching, Naomi invites practitioners to move beyond superficial application and into true relationship and mastery with fire medicine emphasising precision, discernment, safety, and embodied understanding. Students are guided to develop confidence in clinical decision-making while also learning how to educate and empower clients to work with moxa responsibly as part of everyday self-care and long-term health cultivation.

Teacher Bio - Julia Turner 

Julia is a Shiatsu teacher and clinical massage therapist with a clinical interest in women’s health, her teaching and therapeutic approach rooted in the principles of preventative care, seasonal and cyclical living, and the philosophical foundations of Chinese Medicine. Her work is informed by a deep respect for the body’s innate intelligence and the cultivation of balance across the life cycle.

She has worked full-time in clinical practice for over five years, integrating Shiatsu with a range of  specialised bodywork modalities, including Kahuna and Lomi Lomi massage, Arvigo® abdominal therapy, deep tissue techniques, lymphatic drainage, pregnancy massage, and moxibustion. This breadth of experience enriches both her hands-on clinical work and her teaching.

For the past three years, Julia has trained and apprenticed alongside Dr Naomi Jansson (TCM, MAppSci), further deepening her studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine with a particular focus on women’s health, postpartum care, and food as medicine. Alongside her bodywork background, she brings extensive experience as a yoga teacher, including Yin Yoga and practices supporting women through menstruation, fertility, and menopause.

Julia also teaches Food as Medicine at the Australian College of Eastern Medicine and is passionate about supporting students to integrate classical Chinese medicine philosophy with embodied, practical therapeutic skill.