The ESS 3 Year Practitioner Course continues on from the Foundation Course. The format is approximately one weekend in every three, with breaks for Christmas and the summer. The training is ratified and recognised by the Shiatsu Society.

The course develops further the skills started in the Foundation course and includes:

• Classical channels, points and Zen meridian pathways
  
• Traditional Chinese Medicine, Five Element, Yin/Yang and Zen theory
  
• Touch and sensitivity skills
  
• Diagnosis
  
• Energy awareness and development
  
• Western anatomy, physiology and pathology
  
• Case history taking and clinical practice
  
• Personal development
  
• Practice, ethics and client/practitioner dynamics