Michael initially studied Shiatsu with Yuichi Kawada in London and Paris, and with Zen master Reuho Yamada in San Francisco. He was then most fortunate to study with Master Shizuto Masunaga for one year in Tokyo where he received his graduate diploma in 1979.

He has been practising and teaching Shiatsu for twenty-five years and teaches extensively in the United Kingdom for many of the major schools, and internationally. His work has been strongly influenced by the Sufi and Zen traditions, and by his interest in music and the martial arts.

His major interest is the development of the essential qualities of Shiatsu healing, its enjoyment and its spirituality, through a strongly earthed approach.

His teaching aim is to help the practitioner, whatever their level, to increase their sensitivity, power, quality and taste of their Shiatsu experience.