About Tracy Krikler

WELCOME, I’m Tracy

I am a bodyworker, facilitator, teacher, explorer, mother, dancer, artist. 

I’d love to support you in managing and reducing pain, stress, injury -  with whatever you need to recover, relax, release or recalibrate. To help you to connect with your own life force to empower you in this art of living to your true potential. 

It gives me the greatest pleasure and I look forward to hearing from you.

Book a free chat to find out more about working together.

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Shiatsu And Me

This journey that began for me with the wish to find a natural way to support myself through injury and cyclical depression, led me to discover my first Shiatsu Practitioner in 1996 and then to enrol in my first Shiatsu class in April 2002.

For me, the receiving and giving of Shiatsu has been the therapy that has been the instrument that has guided me to manage life’s challenges and in that, more ease and acceptance, resilience in my relationship with myself, others and with the world I live in. 

Further embodiment exploration has led me to learn other breath and somatic movement methods that inspire my work and support my growth as life’s adventures continue to unfold. 

This work has taught me that within the difficulty there is always opportunity for learning and change to happen. Always a way for a new perspective and emergence to find more of the freedom and vitality we desire. 

I began my 3-year training at the British School of Shiatsu-Do in London in 2002. This ancient Japanese healing art made sense to me as a listening dance around the body that empowered deep change and connected me also into the wisdom of nature.

The language and metaphor of this touch therapy was the support I needed to guide me through regular dips of depression and anxiety. The power of working with the Qi (our Life Force), breath and awareness is transformational as I witness the lasting changes both in myself and in the people I work with. 

In 2014 I qualified as a Shiatsu Shin Tai Teacher and in 2020 completed the Facilitator’s training with Integrative Breath - using conscious connected breathwork. 

I have taught Introductory Shiatsu and Shin Tai certified training with the British School of Shiatsu, and now run workshops and courses for beginners, graduates and bodyworkers. I facilitate themed workshops at festivals, for workplace teams and on retreats. I hold fortnightly on-line Self-Shiatsu classes and offer mentoring and teacher training support for students and graduates. 

I consider myself a creative, resourceful lifelong learner and I’m grateful to the many many people I’ve met and worked with, who have been my greatest teachers.  

My Trainings

The Certified training I’ve undertaken since qualifying in 2005 has included:

  • Healing Shiatsu & Meditation with Sonia Moriceau (2006 – 2012)

  • Movement Shiatsu Practitioner / Inner Ki Gung with Bill Palmer SEED  (2008 – 2012)

  • Experiential Teaching with Bill Palmer SEED (2010 – 2011)

  • Shin Tai: GV/Spine; CV/Hara; Central Channel (2012 – present) 

  • Shiatsu Shin Tai Teacher Training with British School of Shiatsu-Do (2014)

  • Shiatsu with the Older Adult with Doe Warnes (2017)

  • Japanese Facial Rejuvenation with Doe Warnes (2016)

  • Extraordinary Vessels: Menstrual Cycle and Fertility with Suzanne Yates (2018) 

  • Trauma Awareness for Bodyworkers with Betsy Polatin (2019)

  • Working with Fascia with Gabriella Poli (2019)

  • Quantum Shiatsu with Gabriella Poli (2019)

  • Clean Language with Nick Pole (2020 – present)

  • Breathwork Facilitator Training with Integrative Breath (2020-21)

As well as private practice, I’ve offered Shiatsu in a variety of settings:

  • ‘Mind’ in Islington - voluntary placement (2004-2006)

  • Mental health recovery therapeutic centre - Richmond Fellowship (2009 – 2010)

  • Drug & Alcohol recovery centre  – Turning Point (2006 – 2009)

  • Chai Cancer Care (2017 – 2018 & current)

  • Festival Healing Fields (2008 – present)

  • Private Practice 

With over 35 years of working with people through challenging times:

  • BSc Psychology, 1984-7

  • Certificate of Qualification in Social Work & MSc. Applied Social Studies, 1992-1994

  • Probation Officer, 1994 - 2003 

  • Barnet Young Carers - for those affected by substance misuse in the family - new project development, 2007-8

  • Operations Manager & Registrar at British School of Shiatsu & Venue Hire, 2009 - 2017

  • Social Worker with Older Adults & families,  2018 – present

My Specialisms

As a physical therapy, and with a thorough knowledge of anatomy, physiology & pathology, I work with: 

  • Musculo-skeletal tensions and pain

  • Postural structural alignment

  • Injury recovery

  • Breathing, digestion, hormonal balancing

With a background in psychology, Social Work and formerly a Probation Officer, I have experience of working in mental health settings, addiction recovery, and the criminal justice system. I currently offer Shiatsu at a cancer support service:

  • Release of old past patterns of thinking and belief systems

  • Trauma release and integration

  • Anxiety and depression support

My experience of movement and exercise practices like yoga, ki gung, somatic movement, Movement Shiatsu & Clean Language informs me to: 

  • Guide classes in somatic awareness, grounding and self-regulation processes 

  • Recommend supporting exercises, nutrition, self practise guidance

Shiatsu Shin Tai is safe to use with children and older adults alike. Just get in touch to discuss whatever your needs are.

Parenthood

My children were aged 4 and 2 when I began my Shiatsu training. I found it so useful to have some tools to help them with growing pains, tummy aches, worries or injuries. I often felt that parenting was the hardest job and Shiatsu helped me to navigate through their fast changing phases of development.  Now at 23 and 25 years old they continue to inspire and teach me as I see them grow into making their own way in the world.

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What clients say…

  • “I greatly enjoy and take great benefit from the Shiatsu sessions with Tracy. She is a highly skilled practitioner and I have found them invaluable in helping me cope with a particularly stressful period in my life. As well as her shiatsu skills, her calm personality and willingness to listen means we have been able to focus effectively on a whole range of issues and as such all the sessions have been hugely rewarding.”

    — Paul Entwistle, Director of Music Merchandise Company

  • “Tracy’s treatments enable me to reconnect within myself on the physical, mental and emotional level … It helps me see beyond the clouds of my own being and lost strength emerges again. I’ve been seeing Tracy for years and even during the years I moved away, she was still the one I always went back to. Times of despair flow easily and evolution rises higher. With her treatments my body blockages became clear and a release occurs each time that makes me more aware of who of I am”

    — Miriam S. Shiatsu Practitioner

  • “I’ve been having regular Shiatsu treatment with Tracy Krikler for the past 9 years. The beneficial impact Shiatsu has had on me physically, mentally and emotionally became apparent from day one. It has been a great help in managing the debilitating effect of my ongoing insomnia and, as a 70-year-old woman, supporting my ageing process.

    From the beginning my body’s trust in Tracy’s respectful, caring and skilful touch was obvious. She has a deep respect for the Shiatsu wisdom and her own knowing and skills as well as for the person at the receiving end of her service. A combination that can only be beneficial. Is a joy and a privilege to work with her.”

    — Ana

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